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Risk analysis for the reintroduction and transmission of measles in the post-el...
Lemos, Daniele Rocha Queiroz; Franco, Aidee Ramirez; Garcia, Márcio Henrique de Oliveira; Pastor, Desireé; Bravo-Alcântara, PâmelaObjective. To propose and test a model for analyzing municipalities’ level of risk of reintroduc - tion and transmission of the measles virus in the post-elimination period in the Americas. Methods. An ecological-analytical study was conducted using data on the measles epidemic that occurred in 2013–2015 in northeastern Brazil. The variables for analysis were selected after an extensive review of scientific lit...
Is the recent increment in attributable deaths to type- 2 diabetes (T2D) associ...
Cavalcanti, Luciano Pamplona de Góes; D’angelo, Sara Mendes; Lemos, Daniele Rocha Queiroz; Barreto, Francisca Kalline de AlmeidaIntroduction: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) can negatively influence outcomes in patients with pre-existing conditions. We investigated the association between the recent CHIKV outbreak and increased type 2 diabetes (T2D)-attributable deaths. Methods: Monthly averages of T2D-attributable deaths between 2001 and 2016 were determined and compared to the equivalent data for 2017 and the recent CHIKV outbreak. Results:...
Microcephaly in Infants, Ceará State, Brazil, 2015-2016
Cavalcanti, Luciano Pamplona de Góes; Ribeiro, Erlane Marques; Pessoa, André Luis Santos; Carvalho, Francisco Herlânio Costa; Martins Neto, ManoelIn late 2015, the Brazilian Ministry of Health officially announced the association between microcephaly in infants and Zika virus infection of the mother during pregnancy. We describe preliminary findings of this outbreak in Ceará, Northeast Brazil and it’s clinical characteristics in each medical speciality. We report epidemiological findings of 317 cases of microcephaly outbreak potentially associated with Z...
Cenários de pandemia de Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 no Ceará : padrões de morbimort...
Lemos, Daniele Rocha QueirozInfluenza is an acute infectious disease of viral origin, universal distribution, which affects the respiratory tract. According to statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO), about 5-15% of the world population is infected with influenza virus annually. In March 2009, with change in the pattern of occurrence of influenza in Mexico, influenza virus A (H1N1), a quadruple recombinant never seen before, w...
Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 : epidemiological analysis of cases in a tropi...
Pires Neto, Roberto da Justa; Lemos, Daniele Rocha Queiroz; Cavalcanti, Luciano Pamplona de Góes; Ramos Júnior, Alberto Novaes; Alencar, Carlos HenriqueIntroduction: The year 2009 marked the beginning of a pandemic caused by a new variant of influenza A (H1N1). After spreading through North America, the pandemic influenza virus (H1N1) 2009 spread rapidly throughout the world. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of cases of pandemic influenza in a tropical/semi-arid region of Brazil. Methods: A retrospective st...