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Cardoso is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are 20°04′55″S, 49°51′54″W. The population in 2003 is 11,238 and the area is 639.47 km² The elevation is 422 m. See also.  This Brazilian geography a ...

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The disease was named after the Brazilian physician and infectologist Carlos Chagas, who first described it in 1909, but the disease was not seen as a major public health problem in humans until the 1960s. He discovered that the intestines of Triatomidae harbored a flagellate protozoan, a new species of the Trypanosoma genus, and was able to prove experimentally that it could be transmitted to marmoset monk ...

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Brazil's twenty-six states and the Federal District (Distrito Federal) are divided conventionally into five regions: North (Norte), Northeast (Nordeste), Southeast (Sudeste), South (Sul), and Center-West (Centro-Oeste) - see fig. 4. In 1996 there were 5,581 municipalities (municípios), which have municipal governments. Many municipalities, which are comparable to United States counties, are in turn divided into districts (distritos), which do not have political or administrative autonomy. In 1995 there were 9,274 districts. All municipal an ...

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(on 1 January 2002) Peeters 33,273 Janssens 31,529 Maes 25,654 Jacobs 20,229 Mertens 18,927 Willems 18,604 Claes 16,822 Goossens 16,202 Wouters 15,950 De Smet 14,491 The ten most common names in Belgium, shown above, are all of Flemish origin. The ten most common names in the Walloon region are: Dubois 9.804 Lambert 9.099 Martin 7.266 Dupont 6.688 Dumont 6.614 Leclercq 6.431 Simon 6.285 Laurent 5 ...

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Possessing large and well-developed agricultural, mining, manufacturing, and service sectors, Brazil's economy outweighs that of all other South American countries and is expanding its presence in world markets. In the late eighties and early nineties, high inflation hindered economic activity and investment. The Plano Real (Real Plan), instituted in the spring of 1994, sought to break inflationary expectations by pegging the real to the U.S. dollar. Inflation was brought down to single digit annual figures, but not fast enough to avo ...

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Chagas disease currently affects 16-18 million people, killing around 20,000 people annually and with some 100 million at risk of acquiring the disease. Chronic Chagas disease remains a major health problem in many Latin American countries, despite the effectiveness of hygienic and preventive measures, such as eliminating the transmitting insects, which have reduced to zero new infections in at least two countries of the region. With increased population movements, however, the possibility of transmission by blood transfusion has become more ...

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Investment (gross fixed): 19.8% of GDP (2004 est.) Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 48% (1998) Distribution of family income - Gini index: 60.7 (1998) Agriculture - products: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef Industrial production growth rate: 6% (2004 est.) Electricity: production: 339 TWh (2002) consumption:351.9 TWh (2002) exports: 7 GWh (2002) imports:See also:

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The human disease occurs in two stages: the acute stage shortly after the infection. A local lesion (so called chagoma (see picture), palpebral edema) can appear at the site of inoculation. The acute phase is usually asymptomatic, but can present with manifestations that include fever, anorexia, lymphadenopathy, mild hepatosplenomegaly, and myocarditis. Some acute cases (10 to 20%) resolve over a period of 2 to 3 months into an asympto ...

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Martinez Gonzalez Rodriguez Cruz List of most common surnames - Nuevo León. Martínez (8.50%) Rodríguez (8.14%) García (7.14%) González (7.09%) Hernández (7.06%) Source: GARCÍA, Miriam Para regios...los Martínez Periódico El Norte 18 de marzo de 2003. ...

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Medication for Chagas disease is usually only effective when given during the acute stage of infection. The drugs of choice are azole or nitroderivatives such as benznidazole [8] or nifurtimox (under an Investigational New Drug protocol from the CDC Drug Service), but resistance to these drugs has already been reported [9]. Furthermore, these agents are very toxic and have many adverse effects, and cannot be taken without medical supervision. A 10-year study of chronic administration of drugs in Brazil has revealed that these drugs are not t ...

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Brazil has the most advanced industrial sector in Latin America. Accounting for one-third of GDP, Brazil's diverse industries range from automobiles, steel and petrochemicals to computers, aircraft, and consumer durables. With the increased economic stability provided by the Plano Real, Brazilian and multinational businesses have invested heavily in new equipment and technology, a large proportio ...

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A reasonably effective vaccine was developed in Ribeirão Preto in the 1970s, using cellular and subcellular fractions of the parasite, but it was found economically unfeasible. More recently, the potential of DNA vaccines for immunotherapy of acute and chronic Chagas disease is being tested by several research groups. Prevention is centered on fighting the vector (Triatoma) by using sprays and paints containing insecticides (synthetic pyrethroids), and improving housing and sanitary conditions in the rural area. For urban dwel ...

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Main article: List of Korean family names 김 (金; Kim, Gim) 이 (李; Lee, Yi, I) 박 (朴; Park, Pak, Bak) 최 (崔; Choi, Choe) 정 (鄭; Jung, Chung, Jeong) 강 (姜; Gang, Kang) 조 (趙; Cho, Jo) 윤 (尹; Yoon, Yun) 장 (張; Jang, Chang) 임 (林; Lim, Im) 한 (韓; Han) 신 (申; Shin, Sin) 서 (徐; Suh, Seo) 권 (權; Kwon, Gwon) 손 (孫; Son) 황 (黃; Whang, Hwang) 송 (宋; Song) 안 (安; Ahn, An) ...

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An infected triatomine insect vector takes a blood meal and releases trypomastigotes in its feces near the site of the bite wound. By scratching the site of the bite, the victim allows trypomastigotes to enter the host through the wound, or through intact mucosal membranes, such as the conjunctiva. Inside the host, the trypomastigotes invade cells, where they differentiate into intracellular amastigotes. The amastigotes multiply by binary fission and differentiate into trypomastigotes, and then are released into the circulation as bloodstrea ...

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Chagas disease, Chagas disease - History, Chagas disease - Epidemiology and geographical distribution, Chagas disease - Clinical manifestations, Chagas disease - Infection cycle, Chagas disease - Alternative infection mechanism, Chagas disease - Laboratory diagnosis, Chagas disease - Treatment, Chagas disease - Prevention, Chagas disease - Original publication, Chagas disease - Sources

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Most popular Danish family names (as of 2004) [1] Nielsen 296850 Hansen 248968 Pedersen 186913 Andersen 172894 Christensen 133033 Larsen 129662 Sørensen 124175 Rasmussen 104130 Jørgensen 98354 Petersen 92189 Madsen 70176 Kristensen 65074 Olsen 54044 Thomsen 40514 Christiansen 40224 Poulsen 34203 Johansen 3312 ...

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The environmental problem that attracted most international attention in Brazil in the 1980s was undoubtedly deforestation in the Amazon. Of all Latin American countries, Brazil still has the largest portion (66 percent) of its territory covered by forests, but clearing and burning in the Amazon proceeded at alarming rates in the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the clearing resulted from the activities of ranchers, including large corporate operations, and a smaller portion resulte ...

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In contrast to the Andes, which rose to elevations of nearly 7,000 meters in a relatively recent epoch and inverted the Amazon's direction of flow from westward to eastward, Brazil's geological formation is very old. Precambrian crystalline shields cover 36 percent of the territory, especially its central area. The principal mountain ranges average elevations just under 2,000 meters. The Serra do Mar Range hugs the Atlantic coast, and the Serra do Espinhaço Range, the largest in area, extends through the south-central part of the country. T ...

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Although 90 percent of the country is within the tropical zone, the climate of Brazil varies considerably from the mostly tropical North (the equator traverses the mouth of the Amazon) to temperate zones below the Tropic of Capricorn (23°27' S latitude), which crosses the country at the latitude of the city of São Paulo. Brazil has five climatic regions: equatorial, tropical, semiarid, highland tropical, and subtropical. Temperatures along the equator are high, averaging above 25°C, but not reaching the summer extremes of up to 40� ...

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Area: total: 8,514,215 km² (3,287,357 sq. mi) land: 8,456,510 km² (3,265,076 sq. mi) water: 55,455 km² (21,411 sq. mi) note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo. Special Note: About 60% of the Amazon Rainforest is part of Brazil. Area - comparative: slightly smaller than the US Land boundaries: total: 15,735 km (9777 mi) borde ...

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