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Spatiotemporal dynamics and risk estimates of COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais...
Coura-Vital, Wendel; Cardoso, Diogo Tavares; Ker, Fabricio Thomaz de Oliveira; Magalhães, Fernanda do Carmo; Bezerra, Juliana Maria TrindadeCOVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the recently discovered coronavirus SARS-Cov-2. The disease became pandemic affecting many countries globally, including Brazil. Considering the expansion process and particularities during the initial stages of the epidemic, we aimed to analyze the spatial and spatiotemporal patterns of COVID-19 occurrence and to identify priority risk areas in Minas Gerais State, So...
Effectiveness of the Brazilian Visceral Leishmaniasis Surveillance and Control ...
Rocha, Iara Caixeta Marques da; Santos, Letícia Helena Marques dos; Vital, Wendel Coura; Cunha, Gisele Macedo Rodrigues da; Magalhães, Fernanda do CarmoBackground Control strategies adopted by the Brazilian Visceral Leishmaniasis Surveillance and Control Programme (VLSCP) include identifying and culling seropositive infected dogs, early diagnosis and treatment of human cases, chemical control of the vector and population awareness. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the VLSCP on the prevalence and incidence rates of Leishmania infantum in children resid...