2024
Overestimation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Household Transmission in Settings of High Community Transmission: Insights From an Informal Settlement Community in Salvador, Brazil
Ticona J, Nery N, Hitchings M, Belitardo E, Fofana M, Dorión M, Victoriano R, Cruz J, Santana J, de Moraes L, Cardoso C, Ribeiro G, Reis M, Khouri R, Costa F, Ko A, Cummings D. Overestimation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Household Transmission in Settings of High Community Transmission: Insights From an Informal Settlement Community in Salvador, Brazil. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2024, 11: ofae065. PMID: 38516384, PMCID: PMC10957159, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSARS-CoV-2Household transmissionRT-PCR positive casesSecondary attack rateAttack rateSARS-CoV-2 infectionSARS-CoV-2 Omicron variantRisk of infectionCommunity acquisitionTherapeutic optionsCOVID-19-related symptomsCase-finding studyHousehold contactsAcquisition of SARS-CoV-2Increased riskSymptom onsetSecondary infectionBooster vaccinationSevere outcomesBiweekly visitsHighest attack rateRT-PCRInfectionCOVID-19 severe outcomesOmicron BA
2020
Accuracy of the Zika IgM Antibody Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Zika MAC-ELISA) for Diagnosis of Zika Virus Infection
Portilho M, de Moraes L, Kikuti M, Nascimento L, Reis M, Boaventura V, Khouri R, Ribeiro G. Accuracy of the Zika IgM Antibody Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Zika MAC-ELISA) for Diagnosis of Zika Virus Infection. Diagnostics 2020, 10: 835. PMID: 33080935, PMCID: PMC7603149, DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10100835.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDays post-symptom onsetZika virus infectionConvalescent-phase seraVirus infectionRT-PCRDengue virusSerological diagnosisDengue casesPost-symptom onsetConvalescent-phase samplesBlood donor samplesIgM antibody capture enzymeEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayZika IgM antibodySymptom onsetDENV infectionIgM antibodiesZIKV infectionBlood donorsDonor samplesCapture enzymeOutbreak investigationDisease controlInfectionImmunosorbent assay