2022
Evidence for local transmission and maintenance of schistosomiasis in an urban neighbourhood in Northeast Brazil
Chaves C, Sabino‐Santos G, Cedraz F, Santos‐Muccillo P, Filho J, Zanardi V, Moretto V, Santos A, Simões F, Barbosa L, Silva L, Reis M, Blanton R. Evidence for local transmission and maintenance of schistosomiasis in an urban neighbourhood in Northeast Brazil. Transboundary And Emerging Diseases 2022, 69: 3153-3159. PMID: 36057790, PMCID: PMC11013574, DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14692.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal transmissionSchistosoma mansoni infectionRural-urban migrationImportant demographic shiftPatterns of urbanizationUrban schistosomiasisMansoni infectionEpidemiological dataUrban neighborhoodsDemographic shiftsSchistosomiasisLocal transmission cyclesRural areasTransmission cycleUrban populationMetropolitan areaSame cityNeighborhoodUrbanizationPopulation dynamics of synanthropic rodents after a chemical and infrastructural intervention in an urban low-income community
Awoniyi A, Venegas-Vargas C, Souza F, Zeppelini C, Hacker K, Carvalho-Pereira T, Marins C, de Santana M, Pertile A, Begon M, Ko A, Diggle P, Reis M, Childs J, da Silva E, Costa F, Khalil H. Population dynamics of synanthropic rodents after a chemical and infrastructural intervention in an urban low-income community. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 10109. PMID: 35710879, PMCID: PMC9203450, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14474-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsHumansLongitudinal StudiesPopulation DynamicsPovertyRodent ControlRodentiaUrban PopulationConceptsUrban low-income communityLow-income communitiesEffects of interventionsPre-intervention levelsSynanthropic rodentsLong-term effectsRodent infestationInterventionRodent control programsLongitudinal studyCity of SalvadorControl programsActivity/abundanceRodentsPopulationHousehold/Pose risksYearsStudy
2021
Angiostrongylus cantonensis in urban populations of terrestrial gastropods and rats in an impoverished region of Brazil.
Souza F, Aguiar Santos M, Almeida Alves D, Cecília Vieira de Melo L, Jessé Gonçalves da Mota D, Cristina Pertile A, Gava R, Luiz Silva Pinto P, Eyre M, Graco Zeppelini C, Reis M, Ko A, Begon M, Bahiense T, Costa F, Carvalho-Pereira T. Angiostrongylus cantonensis in urban populations of terrestrial gastropods and rats in an impoverished region of Brazil. Parasitology 2021, 148: 994-1002. PMID: 33843507, PMCID: PMC11010192, DOI: 10.1017/s0031182021000597.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Prevalence of Infection of Biomphalaria glabrata by Schistosoma mansoni and the risk of urban Schistosomiasis mansoni in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Zanardi V, Barbosa L, Simões F, Thiengo S, Blanton R, Ribeiro Junior G, Silva L, Reis M. Prevalence of Infection of Biomphalaria glabrata by Schistosoma mansoni and the risk of urban Schistosomiasis mansoni in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical 2019, 52: e20190171. PMID: 31508782, DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0171-2019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMansoni infectionS. mansoniSubunit-specific primersSchistosoma mansoni infectionS. mansoni infectionB. glabrataS. mansoni prevalenceCercarial sheddingReal-time polymerase chain reactionPublic health planningTime polymerase chain reactionPrevalence of infectionS. mansoni DNABiomphalaria glabrataSchistosomiasis mansoniPolymerase chain reactionHigh prevalenceHealth planningSchistosoma mansoniInfectionPrevalenceIncidence of schistosomiasisMansoniSchistosomiasis transmissionChain reaction
2013
Longitudinal surveillance for meningitis by Acinetobacter in a large urban setting in Brazil
Coelho-Souza T, Reis J, Martins N, Martins I, Menezes A, Reis M, Silva N, Dias R, Riley L, Moreira B. Longitudinal surveillance for meningitis by Acinetobacter in a large urban setting in Brazil. Clinical Microbiology And Infection 2013, 19: e241-e244. PMID: 23398654, PMCID: PMC3625502, DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcinetobacter baumanniiAcinetobacter InfectionsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnti-Bacterial AgentsBrazilCarbapenemsChildChild, PreschoolColistinDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialEpidemiological MonitoringFemaleHumansMaleMeningitis, BacterialMiddle AgedMolecular EpidemiologyMultilocus Sequence TypingUrban PopulationYoung AdultConceptsMultilocus sequence typingA. baumanniiCarbapenem resistanceClonal complexesDissemination of infectionLongitudinal surveillanceAcinetobacter baumanniiLarge urban settingMeningitisStudy aimBaumanniiSequence typingUrban settingsAntimicrobial agentsSurveillance systemSurveillanceColistinInfectionSetting
2002
Epidemiologia do desenvolvimento cognitivo de escolares em Jequié, Bahia, Brasil: procedimentos de avaliação e resultados gerais
Santos D, Borges A, Pereira P, Chalhub A, Happé F, Silva R, Assis A, Blanton R, Parraga I, Reis M, Filho N, Barreto M. Epidemiologia do desenvolvimento cognitivo de escolares em Jequié, Bahia, Brasil: procedimentos de avaliação e resultados gerais. Cadernos De Saúde Pública 2002, 18: 723-733. PMID: 12048593, DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2002000300016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPopulation-based case-control investigation of risk factors for leptospirosis during an urban epidemic.
Sarkar U, Nascimento S, Barbosa R, Martins R, Nuevo H, Kalofonos I, Kalafanos I, Grunstein I, Flannery B, Dias J, Riley L, Reis M, Ko A. Population-based case-control investigation of risk factors for leptospirosis during an urban epidemic. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2002, 66: 605-10. PMID: 12201599, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.66.605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsUrban epidemicPopulation-based case-control studyPopulation-based case-control investigationIndependent risk factorLaboratory-confirmed casesHealthy neighbourhood controlsCase-control investigationCase-control studyCases of leptospirosisSevere leptospirosisWeil's syndromeWorkplace exposuresNeighborhood controlsHigh endemicityLeptospirosisFocused interventionsMore ratsSyndromeRatsEpidemicEnvironmental sourcesComplicationsFactorsMortality