Phalotris labiomaculatus Lema, 2002 was described based on a single specimen from Porto Franco, south of the Brazilian state of Maranhão, being rediscovered three years later in Mateiros, a municipality in the north of the state of Tocantins, attesting to its occurrence in the cerrado of both banks of the Tocantins River. The discovery of 28 new specimens from other localities during field expe...

The states that make up the Legal Amazon Region, which include the state of Maranhão, account for 99% of registered cases of human malaria in Brazil. It is also believed that transmission of malaria from nonhuman primates (NHP) to humans occurs in this region, because of current reports of seroepidemiological results from samples from humans and NHP coexisting in the same areas. This study aime...

INTRODUCTION The Baixada Maranhense Microregion currently has the highest prevalence of schistosomiasis in the State of Maranhão, likely because this parasitosis is characterized as an occupational disease, and increased contact with water increases the risk of infection by Schistosoma mansoni. This paper reports the results of the first comprehensive freshwater malacological survey performed i...

BACKGROUND Infection with human T-lymphotropic virus 1 or 2 (HTLV-1/2) is a major health problem. There is a public health policy defining measures for state hematology and hemotherapy centers in Brazil, in order to avoid virus transmission through blood donors. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the seroprevalence of HTLV -1/2 in blood donors in the State of Maranhão, Brazil, during rout...

A specimen of Stibasoma (Stibasoma) bella n. sp. collected in the municipality of Carolina is described and illustrated, representing the first record of this genus in the state of Maranhão, Brazil.

aPrograma de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação, Universidade Federal do Maranhão – UFMA, Av. dos Portugueses, 1966, Cidade Universitária, CEP 65080-805, São Luís, MA, Brazil bLaboratório de Estudos sobre Abelhas – LEA, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão – UFMA, Av. dos Portugueses, 1966, Cidade Universitária, CEP 65080-805, São Luís, MA, Brazil cCentro de Ciê...

MD, PhD. Anesthetist, Department of Anesthesia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil. PhD. Assistant professor and pharmacologist, Department of Anesthesia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo — Escola Paulista de Medicina (Unifesp-EPM), São Paulo, Brazil. PhD. Titular professor and toxicologist, Department of Toxicology, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Pr...

Although breast cancer is infrequent in women under 40 years of age, it deserves attention, since diagnosis requires a high rate of clinical suspicion. Thus, preventive practices should be emphasized in childbearing-age women, with opportunistic screening as a relevant strategy. This study focused on breast cancer prevention practices adopted by young women in Maranhão State, Brazil. This was a...

The authors provide a brief report on the historical evolution of visceral leishmaniasis in the State of Maranhão, Brazil, evaluating possible factors for growth of the disease in the State and control measures by the Brazilian Ministry of Health to integrate health services into the maintenance of control programs.

The present study reviews the phylogeny of the genus Marmosops and expands the geographic range of Marmosops pinheiroi to the Brazilian State of Maranhão. Five specimens of M. pinheiroi were collected from the Inhamum Municipal Environmental Protection Area in Caxias, Maranhão. Total DNA was extracted and the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene was sequenced in an ABI PRISM 3500. Additional sequenc...