Objective: To describe the agreement between the immunization data of the Juarez System and the information in the vaccination booklet and vaccination coverage in children aged 12 to 24 months. Methods: Descriptive study to assess the vaccination status at 12 and 24 months of age of children born in 2015 and registered in the Juarez System. The levels of agreement between the Juarez System data and the informat...
Reinfection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-COV-2) has been reported in many countries, suggesting that the virus may continue to circulate among humans despite the possibility of local herd immunity due to massive previous infections. The emergence of variants of concern (VOC) that are more transmissible than the previous circulating ones has raised particular concerns on the ...
Zika virus (ZIKV) clinical presentation and frequency/duration of shedding need further clarification. Symptomatic ZIKV-infected individuals identified in two hospitals in Sao Paulo State, Brazil, were investigated regarding clinical characteristics, shedding in body fluids, and serodynamics. Ninety-four of 235 symptomatic patients (Site A: 58%; Site B: 16%) had Real-Time PCR-confirmed ZIKV infection; fever, he...
Background: Zika virus (ZIKV) sexual transmission and prolonged viral shedding in semen have been previously reported, suggesting a strong viral affinity for genital tissues. A transient impact of ZIKV on male fertility was shown in animal and human studies. Methods: Adult male patients with confirmed ZIKV infection diagnosed in the city of Araraquara, Brazil during the epidemic season of 2016 were invited one ...
Doenças transmitidas por alimentos representam riscos operacionais em restaurantes industriais. Descrevemos surto de nove casos agrupados de doença aguda semelhante à toxoplasmose em indústria de 2300 funcionários. Estes pacientes e outros 36 funcionários assintomáticos foram diagnosticados por ELISA para o título e avidez de IgG anti-T. gondii. Foram excluídos 14 pacientes com toxoplasmose crônica e alta avide...