2022
Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil - Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Fournier JB, Blanton LS, Nery N, Wunder EA, Costa F, Reis MG, Ribeiro GS, Walker DH, Ko AI. Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil - Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2022, 28: 2132-2134. PMID: 36148970, PMCID: PMC9514363, DOI: 10.3201/eid2810.220497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStructural factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in an urban slum setting in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional survey
Fofana MO, Nery N, Ticona J, de Andrade Belitardo EMM, Victoriano R, Anjos RO, Portilho MM, de Santana MC, dos Santos LL, de Oliveira D, Cruz JS, Muenker MC, Khouri R, Wunder EA, Hitchings MDT, Johnson O, Reis MG, Ribeiro GS, Cummings DAT, Costa F, Ko AI. Structural factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in an urban slum setting in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional survey. PLOS Medicine 2022, 19: e1004093. PMID: 36074784, PMCID: PMC9499230, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSARS-CoV-2 infection riskUrban slumsSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSARS-CoV-2 seroprevalenceSARS-CoV-2 incidenceCoronavirus 2 infectionCross-sectional serosurveyMain outcome measuresUrban slum populationPresence of IgGSARS-CoV-2 spike proteinUrban slum communityCross-sectional surveyUrban slum residentsCumulative incidenceMedian ageRisk factorsOutcome measuresStudy populationHigh seroprevalenceMedian dailyPandemic waveGender distribution
2017
Rat infestation associated with environmental deficiencies in an urban slum community with high risk of leptospirosis transmission
de Jesus Santos N, Sousa E, Reis M, Ko A, Costa F. Rat infestation associated with environmental deficiencies in an urban slum community with high risk of leptospirosis transmission. Cadernos De Saúde Pública 2017, 33: e00132115. DOI: 10.1590/0102-311x00132115.Peer-Reviewed Original Research