Title |
Mercury exposure, malaria, and serum antinuclear/antinucleolar antibodies in amazon populations in Brazil: a cross-sectional study
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Published in |
Environmental Health, November 2004
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DOI | 10.1186/1476-069x-3-11 |
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Authors |
Ines A Silva, Jennifer F Nyland, Andrew Gorman, Andre Perisse, Ana Maria Ventura, Elizabeth CO Santos, Jose M de Souza, CL Burek, Noel R Rose, Ellen K Silbergeld |
Abstract |
Mercury is an immunotoxic metal that induces autoimmune disease in rodents. Highly susceptible mouse strains such as SJL/N, A.SW, B10.S (H-2s) develop multiple autoimmune manifestations after exposure to inorganic mercury, including lymphoproliferation, elevated levels of autoantibodies, overproduction of IgG and IgE, and circulating immune complexes in kidney and vasculature. A few studies have examined relationships between mercury exposures and adverse immunological reactions in humans, but there is little evidence of mercury-associated autoimmunity in humans. |
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Canada | 1 | 20% |
Unknown | 4 | 80% |
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Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
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United States | 4 | 3% |
Brazil | 3 | 2% |
Belgium | 2 | 2% |
Peru | 1 | <1% |
Colombia | 1 | <1% |
Japan | 1 | <1% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 110 | 89% |
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Researcher | 21 | 17% |
Other | 17 | 14% |
Student > Master | 17 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 9% |
Other | 26 | 21% |
Unknown | 19 | 15% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 26% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 17% |
Environmental Science | 14 | 11% |
Chemistry | 7 | 6% |
Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
Other | 16 | 13% |
Unknown | 28 | 23% |