2021
Evolutionary Dynamics and Dissemination Pattern of the SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.33 During the Early Pandemic Phase in Brazil
Resende P, Delatorre E, Gräf T, Mir D, Motta F, Appolinario L, da Paixão A, da Fonseca Mendonça A, Ogrzewalska M, Caetano B, Wallau G, Docena C, dos Santos M, de Almeida Ferreira J, Sousa E, da Silva S, Fernandes S, Vianna L, da Costa Souza L, Ferro J, Nardy V, Santos C, Riediger I, do Carmo Debur M, Croda J, Oliveira W, Abreu A, Bello G, Siqueira M. Evolutionary Dynamics and Dissemination Pattern of the SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.33 During the Early Pandemic Phase in Brazil. Frontiers In Microbiology 2021, 11: 615280. PMID: 33679622, PMCID: PMC7925893, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.615280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPublic health interventionsHealth interventionsEarly pandemic phaseContinuous genomic surveillanceSARS-CoV-2 lineagesEffective reproductive numberLow prevalenceModerate prevalenceViral transmissionSARS-CoV-2 genomePandemic phaseWhole viral genomeGenomic surveillanceDissemination patternsAir travel restrictionsPrevalenceReproductive numberInterventionRio de JaneiroViral genomeBrazilian strainsPhylodynamic analysisPrevious studiesEpidemic dynamics
2019
Evaluating strategies for control of tuberculosis in prisons and prevention of spillover into communities: An observational and modeling study from Brazil
Mabud TS, de Lourdes Delgado Alves M, Ko AI, Basu S, Walter KS, Cohen T, Mathema B, Colijn C, Lemos E, Croda J, Andrews JR. Evaluating strategies for control of tuberculosis in prisons and prevention of spillover into communities: An observational and modeling study from Brazil. PLOS Medicine 2019, 16: e1002737. PMID: 30677013, PMCID: PMC6345418, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002737.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence of TBPrison-based interventionsTB incidenceGeneral populationTB casesCox proportional hazards modelNew TB casesControl of tuberculosisProportional hazards modelPaucity of dataTime of incarcerationTB burdenTB screeningTB riskTB transmissionTB ratesTB epidemicAdministrative databasesCommunity incidenceTuberculosis epidemicHazards modelTB databaseIncidenceEpidemiological contextIntervention
2018
Suicide in Brazilian indigenous communities: clustering of cases in children and adolescents by household
Lazzarini TA, Gonçalves CCM, Benites WM, da Silva L, Tsuha DH, Ko AI, Rohrbaugh R, Andrews JR, Croda J. Suicide in Brazilian indigenous communities: clustering of cases in children and adolescents by household. Revista De Saúde Pública 2018, 52: 56. PMID: 29791676, PMCID: PMC5958965, DOI: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2018052000541.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth interventionsSuicide ratesHousehold clustersRetrospective cohort studyBroader public health interventionsConclusions High ratesPublic health interventionsMental health interventionsHigh rateCohort studyHigh suicide ratesLower socioeconomic indicatorsAdult suicideAdolescent malesOverall suicide ratesChildrenSuicideGreater proportionChild suicideInterventionSocioeconomic indicatorsAdolescentsIndigenous individualsSuicide clustering