Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, which is transmitted by chiggers.The target cells of this rickettsia are poorly defined in humans.Immunohistochemical staining of tissue sections of patients with scrub typhus is helpful in investigating the target cells of this rickettsia in different organs.We studied two autops
Objective.To evaluate the risk factors associated with treatment abandonment by overweight or obese children and adolescents.Methods.A cross-sectional study, conducted in 2011, at the Childhood Obesity Center, in Campina Grande, Seasonal Brazil, with the records of 208 children and adolescents, between three and 18 years of age, divided into two gr
Malignant ovarian germ cell tumor is a rare disease, but with current treatment strategies including surgery and platinum based chemotherapy survival is excellent.After treatment, intensive followup is indicated to encounter tumor relapse at an early stage.This case describes a 22-year-old female with a history of common variable immune deficiency
Fast and accurate interrogation of complex samples containing diseased cells or pathogens is important to make informed decisions on clinical and public health issues.Inertial microfluidics has been increasingly employed for such investigations to isolate target bioparticles from liquid samples with size and/or deformability-based manipulation.This
Following the stimulating discussions in the workshops held during the 9th International Conference on Model and Data Engineering (MEDI 2019), we proposed to edit a special issue compiling the fruitful research resulting from those discussions.This special issue on current research in model and data engineering of the Journal of Universal Computer