An overview of the sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) followed by the detection of Leishmania DNA and blood meal identification in the state of Acre, Amazonian Brazil by Thais de Araujo-Pereira, Daniela de Pita-Pereira, Sandylere Moreira Baia-Gomes, Mariana Boité, Franklin Silva, Israel de Souza Pinto, Raimundo Leoberto Torres de Sousa, Andressa Fuzari, Cristian de Souza, Reginaldo Brazil, Constança Britto

“…BACKGROUND In Acre state, Brazil, the dissemination of cutaneous leishmaniasis has increased in recent years, with limited knowledge of the potential Leishmania spp. vectors involved. …”
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Malaria in Pregnancy Interacts with and Alters the Angiogenic Profiles of the Placenta. by Ricardo Ataíde, Oscar Murillo, Jamille G Dombrowski, Rodrigo M Souza, Flávia A Lima, Giselle F M C Lima, Angélica D Hristov, Suiane C N Valle, Silvia M Di Santi, Sabrina Epiphanio, Claudio R F Marinho

“…We conducted a cross-sectional study in Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre state, Brazil, an area of low transmission and where both P. vivax and P. falciparum circulate. …”
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Traditional botanical knowledge: food plants from the Huni Kuĩ indigenous people, Acre, western Brazilian Amazon by Málika Simis Pilnik, Tarik Argentim, Valdely Ferreira Kinupp, Moacir Haverroth, Lin Chau Ming

“…Our study investigated native knowledge of edible forest plants, in three communities within the Kaxinawá Indigenous Land on the Lower Rio Jordão, Acre state, Brazil. The principal methods used were participant observation, open and semi-structured interviews and walk-in-the-woods. …”
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Attractiveness of black and white modified Shannon traps to phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in the Brazilian Amazon Basin, an area of intense transmission of American... by Brilhante Andreia Fernandes, de Ávila Márcia Moreira, de Souza Jailson Ferreira, Medeiros-Sousa Antônio Ralph, Sábio Priscila Bassan, de Paula Marcia Bicudo, Godoy Rodrigo Espindola, Melchior Leonardo Augusto Kohara, Nunes Vânia Lúcia Brandão, de Oliveira Cardoso Cristiane, Galati Eunice Aparecida Bianchi

“…This is the first study in Acre state using and comparing both black and white Shannon traps, demonstrating the richness, diversity, and anthropophilic behavior of the phlebotomine species and identifying proven and putative vectors of the etiological agents of leishmaniasis.…”
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Sustainability indicators of the Brazil nut tree management by Fernanda Lopes da Fonseca, Oscar José Rover, Lucia Helena de Oliveira Wadt, Cleisa Brasil da Cunha Cartaxo

“…For that, we carried out a case study in the Porvir Community, RESEX Chico Mendes, Acre State (Brazil), aiming to integrate the perceptions of Brazil nut harvesters, researchers, managers, and technicians to define the indicators. …”
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Population genomics reveals the expansion of highly inbred Plasmodium vivax lineages in the main malaria hotspot of Brazil. by Thaís Crippa de Oliveira, Rodrigo M Corder, Angela Early, Priscila T Rodrigues, Simone Ladeia-Andrade, João Marcelo P Alves, Daniel E Neafsey, Marcelo U Ferreira

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We analyze 38 patient-derived P. vivax genome sequences from Mâncio Lima (ML)-the Amazonian malaria hotspot next to the Brazil-Peru border-and 24 sequences from two other sites in Acre State, Brazil, a country that contributes 23% of malaria cases in the Americas. …”
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Chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis D superinfection in patients in the brazilian Western Amazon. by Marcelo Siqueira de Oliveira, Suiane da Costa Negreiros do Valle, Romeu Paulo Martins Silva, Elisabeth Níglio de Figueiredo

“…These patients were divided into two (2) groups (HBV and HBV+HDV), followed in Hepatology Clinic from Sanitary Dermatology Hospital in Cruzeiro do Sul city, Acre state, a regional reference healthcenter. Results: 42.8% - of the 208 records analyzed - have presented HBV infection, and 57.2% were diagnosed with coinfection, ie. …”
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Establishing <i>Cratylia argentea</i> in an Ultisol in the West of Acre, Southwestern Amazon, Brazil by Antônio Marcos de Souza Aquino, Eduardo Pacca Luna Mattar, Luís Henrique Ebling Farinatti, Leandro Roberto da Cruz, Alen Patric de Oliveira Costa, Elizio Ferreira Frade Junior, Edson Alves de Araújo, Walter Jose Rodrigues Matrangolo

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Health outcomes of the Bolsa Família program among Brazilian Amazonian children by Katherine J Ford, Barbara Hatzlhoffer Lourenço, Fernanda Cobayashi, Marly Augusto Cardoso

“…In this study, we hypothesized that health indicators of Bolsa Família participants would be comparable to those of other local children who were nonparticipants after two years of follow-up in the city of Acrelândia, Acre state, Western Brazilian Amazon. METHODS Data from a population-based longitudinal study were analyzed to examine school enrollment, vaccination coverage, height and body mass index for age z-scores, and biomarkers of micronutrient deficiencies (iron and vitamin A) between Bolsa Família participants (n = 325) and nonparticipants (n = 738). …”
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Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) deaneorum: a new species in the albitarsis complex (Diptera: culicidae) Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) deaneorum: uma nova espécie no complexo albitarsis (Dipt... by Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas

“…Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) deaneorum sp. n. is described from specimens collected in Guajará-Mirim, Rondônia state and Rio Branco, Acre state, Brazil, on human and animal baits, inside dwellings and from the progenies of engorged females. …”
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Temporal patterns, spatial risks, and characteristics of tegumentary leishmaniasis in Brazil in the first twenty years of the 21st Century. by Vinícius Silva Belo, Fábio Raphael Pascoti Bruhn, David Soeiro Barbosa, Daniel Cardoso Portela Câmara, Taynãna César Simões, Lia Puppim Buzanovsky, Anna Gabryela Sousa Duarte, Saulo Nascimento de Melo, Diogo Tavares Cardoso, Lucas Edel Donato, Ana Nilce Silveira Maia-Elkhoury, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck

“…The disease was concentrated predominantly in the North region, with Acre state leading the incidence rank in the whole country, followed by Mato Grosso (Midwest), Maranhão and Bahia (Northeast) states. …”
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Biodiversity of Insecta in Amazonia: Updating the geographic records of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in Acre and Rondônia States, Brazil by Alexandre Somavilla, Raimundo Nonato de Morais Junior, Paulo Cézar Salgado Barroso, Marcio Luiz Oliveira, José Albertino Rafael

“…A total of 60 species were collected, 20 of these species are new distribution records to Acre state and 54 species, 15 of these species are new distribution records to Rondônia state. …”
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High prevalence of gestational night blindness and maternal anemia in a population-based survey of Brazilian Amazonian postpartum women. by Paulo A R Neves, Bárbara H Lourenço, Anaclara Pincelli, Maíra B Malta, Rodrigo M Souza, Marcelo U Ferreira, Marcia C Castro, Marly A Cardoso, MINA-Brazil Study Group

“…The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with gestational night blindness (GXN) and maternal anemia in a cross-sectional population-based study in Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre State, Western Brazilian Amazon. All women living in the municipality admitted at the only maternity-hospital in the city to delivery of a singleton infant were eligible to this study (n = 1,525). …”
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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BREASTFEEDING IN THE FIRST HOUR OF LIFE IN RIO BRANCO, ACRE, BRAZIL by Alanderson Alves Ramalho, Fernanda Andrade Martins, Thaíla Alves dos Santos Lima, Andréia Moreira Andrade, Rosalina Jorge Koifman

“…Methods: A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted with 1144 mother / newborn binomials belonging to a maternal-infant cohort in Rio Branco, capital of Acre State, Brazil. The data were collected in the only two maternity hospitals in the capital. …”
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Drinking water and rural schools in the Western Amazon: an environmental intervention study by Maura Regina Ribeiro, Luiz Carlos de Abreu, Gabriel Zorello Laporta

“…Methods A simplified chlorinator was installed for treatment of potable water in 20 public schools in the rural area of Rio Branco municipality, Acre state, Brazil. Results Before the intervention, 20% (n = 4), 100% (n = 20) and 70% (n = 14) of schools had water that failed to meet potability standards for turbidity, fecal coliforms and E. coli, respectively. …”
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Beverage quality of Coffea canephora genotypes in the western Amazon, Brazil by Johnnescley Anes de Morais, Rodrigo Barros Rocha, Enrique Anastácio Alves, Marcelo Curitiba Espindula, Alexsandro Lara Teixeira, Carolina Augusto de Souza

“…To analyze beverage quality, samples of cherry coffee beans were collected separately for each genotype from clonal competition trials installed in the municipalities of Ouro Preto do Oeste, Alta Floresta do Oeste, Porto Velho, and Ariquemes in Rondônia State and Rio Branco in Acre State (Brazil). The beverage quality was assessed using the Robusta Cupping Protocol, which attribute to each genotype a score in a range from 0 to 100, highlighting nuances. …”
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Geometry by Design: Contribution of Lidar to the Understanding of Settlement Patterns of the Mound Villages in SW Amazonia by Jose Iriarte, Mark Robinson, Jonas de Souza, Antonia Damasceno, Franciele da Silva, Francisco Nakahara, Alceu Ranzi, Luiz Aragao

“…A case in point are the newly discovered Mound Villages (AD ~1000–1650) in the SE portion of Acre State, Brazil. Much of recent pioneering work on this new archaeological tradition has mainly focused on the excavation of single mounds within sites with little concern for the architectural layout and regional settlement patterns, thus preventing us from understanding how these societies were organised at the regional level. …”
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Clinical treatment of intra-epithelia cervical neoplasia with photodynamic therapy by Antonio Carlos Figueiredo Vendette, Henrique Luis Piva, Luis Alexandre Muehlmann, Delfrank Ananias de Souza, Antonio Claudio Tedesco, Ricardo Bentes Azevedo

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Fire effect on bamboo-dominated forests in Southwestern Amazon: impacts on tree diversity and forest structure by Izaias Brasil da Silva, Patrícia Nakayama Miranda, Liana Oighenstein Anderson, Camila Valéria Silva de Jesus, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira Cruz de Aragão, Carlos Alberto Campos, Cleber Ibraim Salimon, Anselmo Fortunato Ruiz Rodriguez, Marcos Silveira

“…The study was carried out in two tropical forest fragments located in the eastern Acre State in southwestern Brazilian Amazon. In each fragment, we established three plots of 250 × 10 m2 in an unburned forest and three in a burned forest. …”
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Infestação de Aetalion reticulatum (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Aethalionidae) em Plantas de Euterpe oleracea Martius (Arecaceae) no Estado do Acre by Rodrigo Souza Santos, Antonio José Creão-Duarte, Aureny Maria Pereira Lunz

“…Infestation of Aetalion reticulatum (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Aethalionidae) in Plants of Euterpe oleracea Martius (Arecaceae) in Acre State, Brazil Abstract. The açai palm (Euterpe oleracea Martius) is a native palm tree from the Amazon region floodplains and may be indicated as the most economically profitable species of this genus. …”
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