2022
Why is leptospirosis hard to avoid for the impoverished? Deconstructing leptospirosis transmission risk and the drivers of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in a disadvantaged community in Salvador, Brazil
Palma F, Costa F, Lustosa R, Mogaji H, de Oliveira D, Souza F, Reis M, Ko A, Begon M, Khalil H. Why is leptospirosis hard to avoid for the impoverished? Deconstructing leptospirosis transmission risk and the drivers of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in a disadvantaged community in Salvador, Brazil. PLOS Global Public Health 2022, 2: e0000408. PMID: 36962720, PMCID: PMC10022107, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow socioeconomic statusLower riskLeptospirosis transmissionSocioeconomic statusIndividual infection riskEnvironmental risk factorsPublic health messagingUrban disadvantaged communitiesKAP variablesMale genderRisk factorsCross-sectional KAP surveyEpidemiological dataHigh-risk activitiesHealth messagingPrevention practicesGreater riskInfection riskInfectious diseasesKAP surveyTransmission riskResidents' knowledgeDisadvantaged communitiesRiskRisk activities
2019
Performance of recombinant chimeric proteins in the serological diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs
Leony L, Freitas N, Del-Rei R, Carneiro C, Reis A, Jansen A, Xavier S, Gomes Y, Silva E, Reis M, Fraga D, Celedon P, Zanchin N, Dantas-Torres F, Santos F. Performance of recombinant chimeric proteins in the serological diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2019, 13: e0007545. PMID: 31242195, PMCID: PMC6615644, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCruzi infectionIBMP-8.4Cruzi IgG antibodiesDiagnostic performanceTrypanosoma cruzi infectionAntigenic matrixIgG antibody detectionIBMP-8.3IBMP-8.1IBMP-8.2High diagnostic performanceSuperior diagnostic performanceIgG antibodiesChimeric antigenInfected dogsVisceral leishmaniasisEpidemiological studiesRecombinant chimeric proteinAntibody detectionInfectious diseasesTransmission riskSerological diagnosisDogsROC curveDiagnostic potential