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 activitiesUnequal burden of Zika-associated microcephaly among populations with public and private healthcare in Salvador, Brazil
Aromolaran A, Araujo K, Ladines-Lim JB, Nery N, do Rosário MS, Rastely VN, Archanjo G, Daltro D, da Silveira Carvalho G, Pimentel K, de Almeida JRM, de Siqueira IC, Ribeiro HC, Oliveira-Filho J, de Oliveira D, Henriques DF, Rodrigues SG, da Costa Vasconcelos P, de Almeida ARP, Sacramento GA, Cruz JS, Sarno M, de Paula Freitas B, Mattos A, Khouri R, Reis MG, Ko AI, Costa F. Unequal burden of Zika-associated microcephaly among populations with public and private healthcare in Salvador, Brazil. International Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2022, 120: 201-204. PMID: 35470025, PMCID: PMC9119857, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.04.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZIKV exposurePregnant womenSocioeconomic statusRelative disease burdenCongenital Zika syndromeZika virus epidemicLow socioeconomic statusZika syndromeClinical presentationDisease burdenSimilar prevalenceSerologic dataDifferent socioeconomic statusS HospitalHospitalLarge hospitalsMicrocephalyStudy centersVirus epidemicWomenPositive associationInfantsUnequal burdenHigh rateExposure rate
2017
Rat infestation associated with environmental deficiencies in an urban slum community with high risk of leptospirosis transmission
de Jesus Santos N, Sousa E, Reis M, Ko A, Costa F. Rat infestation associated with environmental deficiencies in an urban slum community with high risk of leptospirosis transmission. Cadernos De Saúde Pública 2017, 33: e00132115. DOI: 10.1590/0102-311x00132115.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban Slums
Reis RB, Ribeiro GS, Felzemburgh RD, Santana FS, Mohr S, Melendez AX, Queiroz A, Santos AC, Ravines RR, Tassinari WS, Carvalho MS, Reis MG, Ko AI. Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban Slums. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2008, 2: e228. PMID: 18431445, PMCID: PMC2292260, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeptospira antibodiesLeptospira infectionRisk factorsIndependent risk factorSocioeconomic statusUrban slumsCommunity-based surveyPopulation-based informationHousehold environmental factorsPoisson regression modelsBlack raceOverall prevalencePrior infectionHealth outcomesHealth problemsUrban leptospirosisInfection riskInfectionSocial gradientUnequal health outcomesEffective preventionLeptospira transmissionTransmission determinantsAntibodiesSystem survey