Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Alexandre Ribera Macião

Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Biography

Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Amazonas (1983), Master in Tropical Medicine from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (1996) and Ph.D. in Tropical and Infectious Diseases from the State University of Amazonas (2009). He is currently a professor of medicine at FAMETRO, a physician - Manaus Municipal Health Department and a researcher at the FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR. HEITOR GOLDEN VIEIRA. Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, acting on the following subjects: Cutaneous, mucosa and visceral leishmaniasis, Chagas disease in the Amazon.

Publications

Mucosal Leishmaniasis - Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of 234 Cases Treated in a Tertiary Reference Center in the Brazilian Amazon

Presented here is a retrospective study including patients of the Brazilian Amazon region who were diagnosed with mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) and treated in a tertiary referral center between July 1992 to December 2008. In total, 234 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. There was a clear predominance of males, comprising 193 (82.5%) cases, and... Read More»

Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa, Marcilene Gomes Paes, Renato Teles de Sousa, Pricila Gama da Silva, Maria José Silva, Alexandre Ribera Macião, Rafael Siqueira de Carvalho, Leila Inês de Aguiar Raposo da Câmara Coelho and Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira

Research Article: J Community Med Health Edu 2011, 1:110

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000110

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