Background: In Brazil, mathematical models for deriving estimates and projections of COVID-19 cases have been developed without data on asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. We estimated the seroprevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 among blood donors in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Methods: Data were collected on 2,857 blood donors from April 14 to 27, 2020. We report the crude prevalence of antibodies to SARS-C...
Background Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are important causes of morbidity, disability, and mortality among poor and vulnerable populations in several countries worldwide, including Brazil. We present the burden of NTDs in Brazil from 1990 to 2016 based on findings from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016). Methodology We extracted data from GBD 2016 to assess yea...
BACKGROUND There is little information on the effect of using deltamethrin-impregnated dog collars for the control of canine visceral leishmaniasis. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of 4% deltamethrin-impregnated collars (Scalibor®) in controlling visceral leishmaniasis in Lutzomyia longipalpis by comparing populations in intervention and non-intervention areas...
As doenças de aparelho circulatório são as principais responsáveis por óbitos em quase todos os países e apresentam relação com as condições de vida das populações. O estudo tem como objetivos descrever a distribuição espacial da mortalidade por doenças isquêmicas do coração (DIC) e doenças cerebrovasculares (DCV) em relação ao contexto socieconômico e de saúde em uma área de implantação de um grande empreendim...
In Brazil, human and canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) caused byLeishmania infantum has undergone urbanisation since 1980, constituting a public health problem, and serological tests are tools of choice for identifying infected dogs. Until recently, the Brazilian zoonoses control program recommended enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and indirect immunofluorescence assays (IFA) as the screening and co...
O objetivo deste artigo é examinar as diferenças regionais na mortalidade associada à influenza entre 2006 e 2010 no Brasil. A vigilância sindrômica, que inclui óbitos por pneumonia e influenza registrados no Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade, mostrou aumento na mortalidade durante a pandemia apenas nas regiões Sul, Sudeste e Centro-Oeste. Nessas regiões, principalmente na Região Sul, esse aumento ocorre...
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Epidemiology has identified violence as a major worldwide public health concern. Suicide is clas- sified as violence. This study analyzes the asso- ciation between suicide and socio-demographic factors. The methodological design was ecologi- cal, using correlation techniques and backward multiple linear regression. Normality of the re- siduals in the final model was analyzed. Pro- portional mortality in relatio...