2025
Gender differences in Leptospira exposure risk, perceptions of disease severity, and high-risk behaviours in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional study
Delight E, Santiago D, Palma F, de Oliveira D, Souza F, Santana J, Hidano A, López Y, Reis M, Ko A, Marphatia A, Cremonese C, Costa F, Eyre M. Gender differences in Leptospira exposure risk, perceptions of disease severity, and high-risk behaviours in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional study. PLOS Global Public Health 2025, 5: e0004786. PMID: 40577380, PMCID: PMC12204547, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004786.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-risk behaviorsUrban informal settlementsGender lensHealth promotion programsInformal settlementsGender identityHigh riskGender-neutralPerception of disease severityCross-sectional studySex-disaggregated analysesGender-specific riskLogistic regression modelsPromotion programsWalking barefootClimate hazardsGender differencesExposure riskEvidence gapsSalvadorGenderCross-sectional serosurveySurveillance dataAssociated with seropositivityWomen
2022
Unequal 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
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