2023
Analyses of Early ZIKV Genomes Are Consistent with Viral Spread from Northeast Brazil to the Americas
de Moraes L, Portilho M, Vrancken B, Van den Broeck F, Santos L, Cucco M, Tauro L, Kikuti M, Silva M, Campos G, Reis M, Barral A, Barral-Netto M, Boaventura V, Vandamme A, Theys K, Lemey P, Ribeiro G, Khouri R. Analyses of Early ZIKV Genomes Are Consistent with Viral Spread from Northeast Brazil to the Americas. Viruses 2023, 15: 1236. PMID: 37376536, PMCID: PMC10301521, DOI: 10.3390/v15061236.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute ZIKV infectionSpread of ZIKVPublic health responseZika virus outbreakClinical symptomsZIKV infectionHealth responseZIKVZIKV genomeViral spreadGenomic surveillanceVirus outbreakInfectionSubsequent disseminationSurveillance effortsZIKV dynamicsFuture surveillance effortsOutbreakEarly stages
2020
Leptospira yasudae sp. nov. and Leptospira stimsonii sp. nov., two new species of the pathogenic group isolated from environmental sources
Casanovas-Massana A, Hamond C, Santos LA, de Oliveira D, Hacker KP, Balassiano I, Costa F, Medeiros MA, Reis MG, Ko AI, Wunder EA. Leptospira yasudae sp. nov. and Leptospira stimsonii sp. nov., two new species of the pathogenic group isolated from environmental sources. International Journal Of Systematic And Evolutionary Microbiology 2020, 70: 1450-1456. PMID: 31184568, PMCID: PMC10197099, DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003480.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
A localized outbreak of Chikungunya virus in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Tauro L, Cardoso C, Souza R, Nascimento L, dos Santos D, Campos G, Sardi S, dos Reis O, Reis M, Kitron U, Ribeiro G. A localized outbreak of Chikungunya virus in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Memórias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2019, 114: e180597. PMID: 30843962, PMCID: PMC6396974, DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180597.Peer-Reviewed Original Research