2019
Return of the founder Chikungunya virus to its place of introduction into Brazil is revealed by genomic characterization of exanthematic disease cases
Maia Z, Pereira F, do Carmo Said R, Fonseca V, Gräf T, de Bruycker Nogueira F, Nardy V, Xavier J, Maia M, Abreu A, de Albuquerque C, Oliveira W, Croda J, de Filippis A, Cunha R, Lourenço J, de Oliveira T, Faria N, Alcantara L, Giovanetti M. Return of the founder Chikungunya virus to its place of introduction into Brazil is revealed by genomic characterization of exanthematic disease cases. Emerging Microbes & Infections 2019, 9: 53-57. PMID: 31880218, PMCID: PMC6968431, DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1701954.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNumber of patientsGenomic surveillance strategiesFebrile illnessArboviral infectionsEpidemic seasonChikungunya virusWhole-genome sequencingDisease casesSurveillance strategiesGenetic diversityEpidemiological analysisMolecular clockCHIKV ECSA genotypeTransmission potentialGenome sequencingArboviral transmissionGenomic characterizationCHIKVLocal persistence
2012
Tuberculosis control in a highly endemic indigenous community in Brazil
Croda M, Trajber Z, da Costa Lima R, Croda J. Tuberculosis control in a highly endemic indigenous community in Brazil. Transactions Of The Royal Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2012, 106: 223-229. PMID: 22365154, DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTB treatmentNon-Indigenous populationsTB patientsTB case fatality rateImplementation of DOTSRetrospective cohort studyCase fatality rateNumber of patientsHIV-positive statusTimes higher mortalityHigh rateCohort studyTB controlCase fatalityDOTS implementationHIV prevalenceTuberculosis controlFatality rateHigh mortalityMultivariate analysisPatientsYoung adultsMortalityPriority groupsIndigenous populations