2024
IgG Isotypes Targeting a Recombinant Chimeric Protein of Trypanosoma cruzi in Different Clinical Presentations of Chronic Chagas Disease
Serrano I, Ribeiro G, Santos R, Cruz J, Lanza F, dos Santos E, de Almeida M, de Souza Soares J, Luquetti A, Celedon P, Zanchin N, Santos F, dos Reis M. IgG Isotypes Targeting a Recombinant Chimeric Protein of Trypanosoma cruzi in Different Clinical Presentations of Chronic Chagas Disease. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2024, 110: 669-676. PMID: 38412539, PMCID: PMC10993828, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical presentationChronic CDClinical formsSpectrum of clinical presentationsIg profilesSevere cardiac involvementChagas diseaseChronic Chagas diseaseSerum samplesDevelopment of tissue damageHost immune responseCross-sectional studyCardiac involvementIgG3 levelsImmunopathogenic mechanismsDisease progressionProgression of CDRecombinant chimeric proteinImmune responseIgG isotypeIgG3 isotypesTotal IgGMC groupSC groupDisease pathogenesis
2022
Unequal burden of Zika-associated microcephaly among populations with public and private healthcare in Salvador, Brazil
Aromolaran A, Araujo K, Ladines-Lim JB, Nery N, do Rosário MS, Rastely VN, Archanjo G, Daltro D, da Silveira Carvalho G, Pimentel K, de Almeida JRM, de Siqueira IC, Ribeiro HC, Oliveira-Filho J, de Oliveira D, Henriques DF, Rodrigues SG, da Costa Vasconcelos P, de Almeida ARP, Sacramento GA, Cruz JS, Sarno M, de Paula Freitas B, Mattos A, Khouri R, Reis MG, Ko AI, Costa F. Unequal burden of Zika-associated microcephaly among populations with public and private healthcare in Salvador, Brazil. International Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2022, 120: 201-204. PMID: 35470025, PMCID: PMC9119857, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.04.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZIKV exposurePregnant womenSocioeconomic statusRelative disease burdenCongenital Zika syndromeZika virus epidemicLow socioeconomic statusZika syndromeClinical presentationDisease burdenSimilar prevalenceSerologic dataDifferent socioeconomic statusS HospitalHospitalLarge hospitalsMicrocephalyStudy centersVirus epidemicWomenPositive associationInfantsUnequal burdenHigh rateExposure rate