2021
Improving the leptospirosis disease burden assessment by including ambulatory patients from outpatient departments: a cross-sectional study
Warnasekara J, Aberathna P, Nanayakkara G, Vinetz J, Agampodi S. Improving the leptospirosis disease burden assessment by including ambulatory patients from outpatient departments: a cross-sectional study. F1000Research 2021, 9: 1129. PMID: 34123371, PMCID: PMC8145224, DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.26202.2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOutpatient departmentOPD patientsAmbulatory patientsDisease burdenPrimary care centersProvincial General HospitalCases of leptospirosisCross-sectional studyDisease burden assessmentMicroscopic agglutination testPublic health implicationsQuantitative polymerase chain reactionOPD settingRegional Public HospitalOPD visitsLeptospirosis patientsFever patientsPatient numbersHospital inpatientsPolymerase chain reactionCare centerGeneral HospitalBurden assessmentPatientsSame period
2016
Reactive Case Detection for Plasmodium vivax Malaria Elimination in Rural Amazonia
Fontoura PS, Finco BF, Lima NF, de Carvalho JF, Vinetz JM, Castro MC, Ferreira MU. Reactive Case Detection for Plasmodium vivax Malaria Elimination in Rural Amazonia. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2016, 10: e0005221. PMID: 27941968, PMCID: PMC5179126, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalaria eliminationIndex caseElimination effortsControl householdsCorrelates of infectionReactive case detectionMixed-effects logistic regression modelResidual malaria transmissionCase detection strategiesMolecular genotypingMalaria elimination effortsP. vivax transmissionTotal parasite biomassReal-time polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionLogistic regression modelsP. vivax diversityPotential confoundersAsymptomatic carriersPolymerase chain reactionCase detectionIndex householdsQPCR-positive samplesMalaria burdenPlasmodium vivax