Avoidable COVID-19-related deaths and hospitalizations in Brazil, 2020-2023
CONCLUSIONS: PLPE reduction in 2023 was likely caused by low vaccine uptake. The disease burden could have been much lower had the vaccination started earlier and had the vaccine uptake not dropped so sharply in 2023.PMID:38631953 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.041 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - April 17, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Emil Kupek Source Type: research
Analysis of causal relations between vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 vaccines and ideological orientations in Brazil
This article presents a causal inference analysis of vaccine hesitancy for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines based on socio-demographic data obtained via questionnaires applied to a sample of the Brazilian population. This data includes the respondents' political preferences, age group, education, salary range, country region, sex, believing fake news, vaccine confidence, and intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The research created a causal graph using these variables, seeking to answer questions about the probability of people getting vaccinated. The results of this research corroborate findings observed in ...
Source: Vaccine - April 17, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Eanes Torres Pereira Sylvia Iasulaitis Bruno Cardoso Greco Source Type: research
Efficacy and safety of topical 0.5% 5-Fluorouracil as primary treatment of ocular surface squamous neoplasia
CONCLUSION: Topical 0.5% 5-FU may be considered a safe and effective primary therapy for OSSN, with a low rate of side effects.PMID:38631493 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.03.021 (Source: Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology)
Source: Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology - April 17, 2024 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Juliana Mika Kato Priscilla Luppi Ballalai Patricia Picciarelli de Lima Ruth Miyuki Santo Source Type: research
Even worse for Black girls: the longitudinal association of racial bullying with the initiation of alcohol and tobacco use
Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Apr 15:kwae047. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae047. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe used Poisson's linear regression to examine the association between racial bullying (RB) and the initiation of alcohol and tobacco uses after nine months. Two cluster randomized controlled trials were conducted in 2019 with fifth (girls: 50.0%; 10 years old: 82.0%; White: 36.8%; Black: 58.7%; Others: 4.5%) and seventh graders (girls: 49.5%; 12 years old: 78.1%; White: 33.2%; Black: 60.4%; Others: 6.4%) from 30 public schools in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil. We restricted our analyzes on two subsets of students in each ...
Source: Am J Epidemiol - April 17, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Alessandra A S Menezes Zila M Sanchez Marcelo Demarzo Leandro F M Rezende Richard Miskolci Source Type: research
Attenuation photochemical potential of Pontal of Paranapanema river waters (Brazil) from agrochemicals: geographical and temporal assessment
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Apr 17. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-33358-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTKnowledge of the environmental photochemical fate of pesticides is essential to assess their potential impacts. However, there are few studies in the literature focused on the photochemical attenuation of micropollutants in Brazilian rivers. In this context, this study characterized the surface waters of the Pontal of Paranapanema region (region which concentrates more than 80% of Brazilian sugarcane cultivations), in order to determine its photochemical attenuation potential against micropollutants in different seasons....
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - April 17, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Gabriela de Souza Freitas Nat ália Garcez Rodrigues Arlen Mabel Lastre-Acosta Leandro Feirreira-Pinto Antonio Carlos Silva Costa Teixeira Marcela Prado Silva Parizi Source Type: research
Nitrospirillum viridazoti sp. nov., an Efficient Nitrogen-Fixing Species Isolated from Grasses
Curr Microbiol. 2024 Apr 17;81(6):144. doi: 10.1007/s00284-024-03665-1.ABSTRACTA group of Gram-negative plant-associated diazotrophic bacteria belonging to the genus Nitrospirillum was investigated, including both previously characterized and newly isolated strains from diverse regions and biomes, predominantly in Brazil. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA and recA genes revealed the formation of a distinct clade consisting of thirteen strains, separate from the formally recognized species N. amazonense (the closest species) and N. iridis. Comprehensive taxonomic analyses using the whole genomes of four strains (BR 11140T =...
Source: Current Microbiology - April 17, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jos é Ivo Baldani Nat ália Dos Santos Ferreira Stefan Shwab Veronica Massena Reis Luis Henrique de Barros Soares Jean Luiz Sim ões-Araujo Fernanda Dos Santos Dourado Evelise Bach Nat ália Neutzling Camacho Amanda Maura de Oliveira Bruno Jos é Rodrigu Source Type: research
Avoidable COVID-19-related deaths and hospitalizations in Brazil, 2020-2023
CONCLUSIONS: PLPE reduction in 2023 was likely caused by low vaccine uptake. The disease burden could have been much lower had the vaccination started earlier and had the vaccine uptake not dropped so sharply in 2023.PMID:38631953 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.041 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - April 17, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Emil Kupek Source Type: research
Analysis of causal relations between vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 vaccines and ideological orientations in Brazil
This article presents a causal inference analysis of vaccine hesitancy for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines based on socio-demographic data obtained via questionnaires applied to a sample of the Brazilian population. This data includes the respondents' political preferences, age group, education, salary range, country region, sex, believing fake news, vaccine confidence, and intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The research created a causal graph using these variables, seeking to answer questions about the probability of people getting vaccinated. The results of this research corroborate findings observed in ...
Source: Vaccine - April 17, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Eanes Torres Pereira Sylvia Iasulaitis Bruno Cardoso Greco Source Type: research
Risk factors and mortality of candidemia in a children's public hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil
This study aimed to estimate the incidence and risk factors associated with mortality in candidemia cases occurring in a public children's hospital in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. It is a retrospective transversal study. Every patient under the age of 18 admitted to the study facility from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2019, was considered potentially eligible to be included if they had candidemia. We collected clinical data from medical records. We included 113 blood cultures yielding positive results for Candida. The incidence rate was 2.12 per 1000 admissions. The most common Candida species was Candida parapsilosis. Sept...
Source: Revista Argentina de Microbiologia - April 17, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Rodrigo Groisman Sieben Rolando Paternina-de la Ossa Amaury Waack Davi Casale Aragon Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues Seila Israel do Prado Maria Celia Cervi Source Type: research
Efficacy and safety of topical 0.5% 5-Fluorouracil as primary treatment of ocular surface squamous neoplasia
CONCLUSION: Topical 0.5% 5-FU may be considered a safe and effective primary therapy for OSSN, with a low rate of side effects.PMID:38631493 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.03.021 (Source: Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology)
Source: Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology - April 17, 2024 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Juliana Mika Kato Priscilla Luppi Ballalai Patricia Picciarelli de Lima Ruth Miyuki Santo Source Type: research
Intervention diversity predicts social rehabilitation indicators at discharge in Therapeutic Communities
The Therapeutic Community Model narrows the gap in substance use disorder's network of assistance in Brazil by offering residential treatment to socially vulnerable populations. Due to a historical lack of evidence-based approaches, the government has established treatment guidelines and has been trying to implement training and monitoring methods. (Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment)
Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - April 17, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: K átia Isicawa de Sousa Barreto, Clarice Sandi Madruga, André Constantino Miguel, Crystal Smith, Gleuda Simone Apolinário, Guilherme Sabino de Godoy Filho, Lucas Roncati Guirado, Pablo Andres Kurlander, Sterling McPherson, Ronaldo Ramos Laranjeira Source Type: research
Occurrence of area postrema syndrome during follow-up: phenotype and influence over NMOSD activity in LATAM in real-world settings
ConclusionsOur findings indicate that 18.3% of NMOSD patients developed APS during the follow-up period, with most patients fulfilling criteria for severe APS. The inflammatory activity decreased after the onset of APS compared to the previous year. (Source: Journal of Neurology)
Source: Journal of Neurology - April 17, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Incorporation, adaptation and rejection of obstetric practices during the implementation of the “Adequate Childbirth Program” in Brazilian private hospitals: a qualitative study
This study aimed to analyze labor and... (Source: Reproductive Health)
Source: Reproductive Health - April 17, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: D ébora Cecília Chaves de Oliveira, Maysa Luduvice Gomes, Andreza Rodrigues, Thamires Soares, Lucia Regina de Azevedo Nicida, Jacqueline Alves Torres and Elyne Montenegro Engstrom Tags: Research Source Type: research
Cost of SARS-CoV-2 self-test distribution programmes by different modalities: a micro-costing study in five countries (Brazil, Georgia, Malaysia, Ethiopia and the Philippines)
Conclusions
Our results indicate that it is likely to cost between $2.44 and $12.78 per test to distribute COVID-19 self-tests across common settings in five heterogeneous countries. Cost-effectiveness analyses using these results will allow policymakers to make informed decisions on optimally scaling up COVID-19 self-test distribution programmes across diverse settings and evolving needs. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - April 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hansen, M. A., Lekodeba, N. A., Chevalier, J. M., Ockhuisen, T., del Rey-Puech, P., Marban-Castro, E., Martinez-Perez, G. Z., Shilton, S., Radzi Abu Hassan, M., Getia, V., Weinert-Mizuschima, C., Tenorio Bezerra, M. I., Chala, L., Leong, R., Peregino, R., Tags: Open access, Health economics, COVID-19 Source Type: research
Can predictive factors determine the time to treatment initiation for oral and oropharyngeal cancer? A classification and regression tree analysis
by D ébora Rosana Alves Braga Silva Montagnoli, Vitória Ferreira Leite, Yasmim Silva Godoy, Vitória Marçolla Lafetá, Edmilson Antônio Pereira Junior, Akhilanand Chaurasia, Maria Cássia Ferreira Aguiar, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu, Renata Castro Martins
This ecological study aimed to identify the factors with the greatest power to discriminate the proportion of oral and oropharyngeal cancer (OOC) records with time to treatment initiation (TTI) within 30 days of diagnosis in Brazilian municipalities. A descriptive analysis was performed on the var iables grouped into five dimensions related to patient ch...
Source: PLoS One - April 17, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: D ébora Rosana Alves Braga Silva Montagnoli Source Type: research
