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Respiratory syncytial virus epidemic periods in an equatorial city of Brazil
Moura, Fernanda E. A.; Perdigão, Anne Carolinne Bezerra; Ribeiro, Joyce F.; Florêncio, Caroline M. G. D.; Oliveira, Francisco M. S.Background Characterization of the human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) season at the local level has important implications for appropriate decisions on the time period for administration of specific prophylaxis. Objectives (1) To describe five consecutive epidemic periods of HRSV in an equatorial city of Brazil and (2) to show preliminary data on genomic diversity of circulating HRSV. Patients/Methods Nas...
Clinical-epidemiological features of 13 cases of melioidosis in Brazil
Brilhante, Raimunda S. N.; Bandeira, Tereza J. P. G.; Cordeiro, Rossana A.; Grangeiro, Thalles Barbosa; Lima, Rita A. C.; Ribeiro, Joyce F.he aim of this work was to catalog the clinical and ecoepidemiological characteristics of melioidosis in Brazil. The clinical-epi- demiological features of melioidosis in Ceará are similar to those in other regions where the disease is endemic. These findings support the inclusion of this Brazilian state as part of the zone of endemicity for melioidosis