2025
Topography and environmental deficiencies are associated with chikungunya virus exposure in urban informal settlements in Salvador, Brazil
Travis C, Argibay H, Pellizzaro M, de Oliveira D, Santana R, Palma F, Lustosa R, Santana J, Souza F, López Y, Reis M, Ko A, Diggle P, Ribeiro G, Begon M, Costa F, Khalil H, Eyre M. Topography and environmental deficiencies are associated with chikungunya virus exposure in urban informal settlements in Salvador, Brazil. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2025, 19: e0013477. PMID: 40911655, PMCID: PMC12440227, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrban informal settlementsPublic health burdenLow-income communitiesInformal settlementsGlobal public health burdenBinomial mixed-effects modelDegree of urbanisationHealth burdenMixed-effects modelsCHIKV seroprevalenceEnvironmental deficienciesReduced riskAssociated with seropositivityRisk factorsUrban communitiesMale sexBrazilian citiesRiskHouseholdsCommunityCHIKV seropositivityIndividualsEnvironmental factorsExposure patternsDomains individuals
2021
Clinical characteristics and outcomes for 7,995 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection
McPadden J, Warner F, Young HP, Hurley NC, Pulk RA, Singh A, Durant TJS, Gong G, Desai N, Haimovich A, Taylor RA, Gunel M, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Siner J, Villanueva M, Churchwell K, Hsiao A, Torre CJ, Velazquez EJ, Herbst RS, Iwasaki A, Ko AI, Mortazavi BJ, Krumholz HM, Schulz WL. Clinical characteristics and outcomes for 7,995 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0243291. PMID: 33788846, PMCID: PMC8011821, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionYale New Haven HealthSARS-CoV-2Hospital mortalityRisk of admissionMale sexRisk factorsSARS-CoV-2 testingInvasive mechanical ventilationSevere acute respiratory syndrome virusBurden of diseaseRT-PCR testingAcademic health systemDiverse patient populationsRespiratory syndrome virusEthnic groupsAdult patientsClinical characteristicsDischarge dispositionRespiratory supportPrimary outcomeTreatment guidelinesMechanical ventilationRetrospective studyPatient population
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