2022
Why is leptospirosis hard to avoid for the impoverished? Deconstructing leptospirosis transmission risk and the drivers of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in a disadvantaged community in Salvador, Brazil
Palma F, Costa F, Lustosa R, Mogaji H, de Oliveira D, Souza F, Reis M, Ko A, Begon M, Khalil H. Why is leptospirosis hard to avoid for the impoverished? Deconstructing leptospirosis transmission risk and the drivers of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in a disadvantaged community in Salvador, Brazil. PLOS Global Public Health 2022, 2: e0000408. PMID: 36962720, PMCID: PMC10022107, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow socioeconomic statusLower riskLeptospirosis transmissionSocioeconomic statusIndividual infection riskEnvironmental risk factorsPublic health messagingUrban disadvantaged communitiesKAP variablesMale genderRisk factorsCross-sectional KAP surveyEpidemiological dataHigh-risk activitiesHealth messagingPrevention practicesGreater riskInfection riskInfectious diseasesKAP surveyTransmission riskResidents' knowledgeDisadvantaged communitiesRiskRisk activities
2006
Folate, vitamin B12 and total homocysteine levels in neonates from Brazil
Couto F, Moreira L, dos Santos D, Reis M, Gonçalves M. Folate, vitamin B12 and total homocysteine levels in neonates from Brazil. European Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 2006, 61: 382-386. PMID: 16988650, DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal homocysteine levelsGroup 1Higher socioeconomic statusVitamin B12Homocysteine levelsGroup 2Maternal environmental risk factorsNewborn health statusSocioeconomic statusVitamin B12 levelsCross-sectional transversal studyMothers of babiesCord blood samplesHigh-risk factorsTime of deliveryEnvironmental risk factorsFolate binding proteinAdequate health careFluorescence polarization immunoassayPregnancy complicationsB12 levelsSerum levelsVitamin supplementationNewborn healthPrenatal care