2024
Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study
Liu Y, Mabene Y, Camelo S, Rueda Z, Pelissari D, Johansen F, Huaman M, Avalos-Cruz T, Alarcón V, Ladutke L, Bergman M, Cohen T, Goldhaber-Fiebert J, Croda J, Andrews J. Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study. The Lancet Public Health 2024, 9: e841-e851. PMID: 39419058, PMCID: PMC11602220, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00192-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEpidemicsHealth PolicyHumansIncidenceLatin AmericaModels, TheoreticalPrisonersPrisonsTuberculosisConceptsLatin AmericaIncarceration policiesIncarcerated populationsEffects of policy alternativesDuration of incarcerationMinistry of JusticePrison admissionsIncarceration ratesMass incarcerationIncarcerationPolicy alternativesInternational health agenciesEl SalvadorHistorical riseTuberculosis incidenceLatinPrisonAge structureHealth agenciesCounterfactual scenariosCountriesPolicyHealth crisisNational Tuberculosis ProgrammeTuberculosis epidemicThe greatest Dengue epidemic in Brazil: Surveillance, Prevention, and Control
Gurgel-Gonçalves R, de Oliveira W, Croda J. The greatest Dengue epidemic in Brazil: Surveillance, Prevention, and Control. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical 2024, 57: e00203-2024. PMID: 39319953, PMCID: PMC11415067, DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0113-2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth education initiativesPhase 3 clinical trialsPublic health systemMinistry of HealthIndoor residual sprayingSterile insect techniqueHealth servicesHealth systemTakeda vaccineCommunity mobilizationMultisectoral approachDengue epidemicsDengue casesEducational initiativesDengue mortalityResidual sprayingMosquito controlHome cleaningInsect techniqueAedes aegyptiPotential mosquito breeding sitesHealthVaccination coverageDengue virusVaccineIncarceration and TB: the epidemic beyond prison walls
Sequera G, Aguirre S, Estigarribia G, Walter K, Horna-Campos O, Liu Y, Andrews J, Croda J, Garcia-Basteiro A. Incarceration and TB: the epidemic beyond prison walls. BMJ Global Health 2024, 9: e014722. PMID: 38382977, PMCID: PMC10882329, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014722.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Return of the founder Chikungunya virus to its place of introduction into Brazil is revealed by genomic characterization of exanthematic disease cases
Maia Z, Pereira F, do Carmo Said R, Fonseca V, Gräf T, de Bruycker Nogueira F, Nardy V, Xavier J, Maia M, Abreu A, de Albuquerque C, Oliveira W, Croda J, de Filippis A, Cunha R, Lourenço J, de Oliveira T, Faria N, Alcantara L, Giovanetti M. Return of the founder Chikungunya virus to its place of introduction into Brazil is revealed by genomic characterization of exanthematic disease cases. Emerging Microbes & Infections 2019, 9: 53-57. PMID: 31880218, PMCID: PMC6968431, DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1701954.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNumber of patientsGenomic surveillance strategiesFebrile illnessArboviral infectionsEpidemic seasonChikungunya virusWhole-genome sequencingDisease casesSurveillance strategiesGenetic diversityEpidemiological analysisMolecular clockCHIKV ECSA genotypeTransmission potentialGenome sequencingArboviral transmissionGenomic characterizationCHIKVLocal persistence