Gerardo Godoy
Universidad de Oriente
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Tropical Medicine & International Health | 2005
Julman R Cermeño; Julmery J Cermeño V; Isabel Hernández; Gerardo Godoy; July Josefina Cermeño; Ismery Cabello; Yida Orellán; Ytalia Blanco; Salvador Penna
Objective To determine the prevalence of histoplasmosis and paracoccidiomycosis in Upata, a city in Bolívar state, Venezuela.
Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo | 1992
Clemencia E. Medrano; Volcán Gs; Gerardo Godoy
Physical exam and skin biopsy were performed and peripheral blood samples drawn from 10% of the inhabitants of 26 jungle villages of the State of Bolivar, Venezuela. One hundred and fifty three Indians and an inhabitant of mixed blood from 13 different communities were found to be infected with mansonelliasis representing a global index of 36.40% in the endemic area. The parasitosis was found to be concentrated in three areas. The largest, located in the southwest of the country and forming part of an extent infected area embarking neighboring parts of Venezuela and Brazil, contains villages with a parasite index of 80.76% and 94.44%. A second focus is located in the southeast, its carriers, as those of the first, are infected with Mansonella ozzardi. In a third, central eastern focus infections with Mansonella pertans were found. The patients infected with M. ozzardi were apparently asintomatic and their physical exam was normal, even though individual parasite densities up to 30,000 microfilariae/ml blood and 22,000/gr skin were found.
European Journal of Epidemiology | 2003
Julman R Cermeño; Isabel Hernández; Julmery J Cermeño V; Gerardo Godoy; July Josefina Cermeño; Yida Orellán; Ytalia Blanco; Ismery Cabello; Yesenia Guzmán; Frannelly Alcalá; Teófilo García; Salvador Penna
Paracoccidiodomycosis and histoplasmosis are endemic diseases in the south of Venezuela, representing a public health problem. Prevalence of Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis and Histoplasma capsulatum infections were estimated in Monte Ralo, a rural community area of Bolívar state using paracoccidiodine and histoplasmine skin tests. Paracoccidiodine was intradermically injected to 173 persons and readings were made at 24 and 48 h afterwards to 167 persons (97.85%). Reaction was positive in 8.5% (n = 14) at 24 h post-injection and 13.2% (n = 20) at 48 h. Farmers showed the higher percentage of positivity at 24 and 48 h. One hundred-seventy five persons were intradermically injected with histoplasmine but 167 and 157 of them attended for reading of the dermal reaction at 24 and 48 h post-injection respectively. Tests were positive in 25.7% (n = 43) at 24 h and 42.7% (n = 67) at 48 h. Further studies are needed in surrounding places to delimit the endemic area of these mycosis in the Bolívar state. However, epidemiological vigilance of PCM and H should be considered by local health authorities.
Investigacion Clinica | 2009
Julman R Cermeño; Julmery J Cermeño V; Gerardo Godoy; Isabel Hernández; Yida Orellán; Ytalia Blanco; Salvador Penna; Luily García; Thamara Mender; Marisa Gonsálvez; César lsaacura López; Neudys Hernández; Isabel Longa; Esther Gottberg; Amarilys Basanta; Milagros Castro; Iraida Millán; Walesca León; Flor Plaz; Caroline Jahouhari; Ismery Cabello
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 1980
Gerardo Godoy; Volcán Gs; Clemencia E. Medrano; Agustin Teixeira; Luis Matheus
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 1980
Gerardo Godoy; Thomas C. Orihel; Volcán Gs
Investigacion Clinica | 2005
Julman R Cermeño; Isabel Hernández; Gerardo Godoy; Ismery Cabello; Julmery J Cermeño V; Yida Orellán; Ytalia Blanco
Revista de la Sociedad Venezolana de Microbiología | 2007
Gerardo Godoy; Julio Espinoza; Isabel Hernández de Cuesta; Rodolfo Devera
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology | 1998
Gerardo Godoy
Revista de la Sociedad Venezolana de Microbiología | 2002
I. Hernández de Cuesta; Gerardo Godoy