2022
Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil - Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Fournier JB, Blanton LS, Nery N, Wunder EA, Costa F, Reis MG, Ribeiro GS, Walker DH, Ko AI. Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil - Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2022, 28: 2132-2134. PMID: 36148970, PMCID: PMC9514363, DOI: 10.3201/eid2810.220497.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Stability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Nonsupplemented Saliva - Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Ott IM, Strine MS, Watkins AE, Boot M, Kalinich CC, Harden CA, Vogels CBF, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Nakahata M, Tokuyama M, Nelson A, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Campbell M, Datta R, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Ko AI, Iwasaki A, Grubaugh ND, Wilen CB, Wyllie AL, . Stability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Nonsupplemented Saliva - Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27: 1146-1150. PMID: 33754989, PMCID: PMC8007305, DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.204199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNAInfectious Diseases journal - CDCSARS-CoV-2 RNASaliva collectionSaliva collection devicesVirus RNAMass testingIncreased SARS-CoV-2 Testing Capacity with Pooled Saliva Samples - Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Watkins AE, Fenichel EP, Weinberger DM, Vogels CBF, Brackney DE, Casanovas-Massana A, Campbell M, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Datta R, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Iwasaki A, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Wyllie AL, . Increased SARS-CoV-2 Testing Capacity with Pooled Saliva Samples - Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27: 1184-1187. PMID: 33755009, PMCID: PMC8007323, DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.204200.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Early Release - Anicteric Leptospirosis-Associated Meningitis in a Tropical Urban Environment, Brazil - Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Nabity SA, Araújo GC, Hagan JE, Damião AO, Reis MG, Ko AI, Ribeiro GS. Early Release - Anicteric Leptospirosis-Associated Meningitis in a Tropical Urban Environment, Brazil - Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2020, 26: 2190-2192. PMID: 32818405, PMCID: PMC7454101, DOI: 10.3201/eid2609.191001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAseptic meningitisInfectious Diseases journal - CDCCerebrospinal fluid cell countAnicteric leptospirosisAssociated meningitisMeningitis patientsMeningitisCell countLeptospirosisPatientsCliniciansTransmission of Chikungunya Virus in a Brazilian Urban Slum - Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Anjos RO, Mugabe VA, Moreira PSS, Carvalho CX, Portilho MM, Khouri R, Sacramento GA, Nery NRR, Reis MG, Kitron UD, Ko AI, Costa F, Ribeiro GS. Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in a Brazilian Urban Slum - Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2020, 26: 1364-1373. PMID: 32568045, PMCID: PMC7323528, DOI: 10.3201/eid2607.190846.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpisodes of feverChikungunya outbreakInfectious Diseases journal - CDCSymptomatic infection ratePresumptive clinical diagnosisSufficient herd immunityCommunity-based studyFurther longitudinal studiesCHIKV seroprevalenceSeropositive personsVirus seroprevalenceClinical dataHerd immunityChikungunya virusInfection rateClinical diagnosisSerum samplesDisease pointUnpaved streetsArthralgiaLongitudinal studyFeverSeroprevalenceEpisodesOutbreak
2008
Leptospirosis-associated Severe Pulmonary Hemorrhagic Syndrome, Salvador, Brazil - Volume 14, Number 3—March 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Gouveia EL, Metcalfe J, de Carvalho AL, Aires TS, Villasboas-Bisneto JC, Queirroz A, Santos AC, Salgado K, Reis MG, Ko AI. Leptospirosis-associated Severe Pulmonary Hemorrhagic Syndrome, Salvador, Brazil - Volume 14, Number 3—March 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2008, 14: 505-508. PMID: 18325275, PMCID: PMC2570821, DOI: 10.3201/eid1403.071064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere pulmonary hemorrhagic syndromeHemorrhagic syndromeInfectious Diseases journal - CDCCase fatality rateActive surveillanceSyndromeSlum communitiesLeptospirosis