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Zika: an ongoing threat to women and infants
Santos,Beatriz Macedo Coimbra dos; Coelho,Flavio Codeço; Armstrong,Margaret; Saraceni,Valeria; Lemos,CristinaRecent data from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shows a sharp drop in the number of reported occurrences of Zika during the summer of 2016/2017, compared to the previous summer. There is still a much higher incidence among women than men, almost certainly due to sexual transmission. An unexpected feature of the new data is that there are proportionally far more cases affecting children under 15 mon...
The epidemic wave of influenza A (H1N1) in Brazil, 2009
Codeço,Cláudia Torres; Cordeiro,Josiane da Silva; Lima,Arthur Weiss da Silva; Colpo,Rodrigo Amarante; Cruz,Oswaldo Gonçalves; Coelho,Flavio CodeçoThis study describes the main features of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in Brazil during 2009. Brazil is a large country that extends roughly from latitudes 5ºN to 34ºS. Brazil has tropical and sub-tropical climates, a heterogeneous population distribution, and intense urbanization in the southern portions of the country and along its Atlantic coast. Our analysis points to a wide variation in infection rates thro...