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Alexandre Menezes

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Brito M, Rufatto R, Murta F, Sampaio V, Balieiro P, Baia-Silva D, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2024 Feb; 12(3):e467-e477. PMID: 38365417
Background: To achieve malaria elimination, Brazil must implement Plasmodium vivax radical cure. We aimed to investigate the operational feasibility of point-of-care, quantitative, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) testing followed by chloroquine plus...
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Menezes A, Peixoto M, Silva M, Costa-Bartuli E, Oliveira C, Walter-Nuno A, et al.
Parasit Vectors . 2024 Jan; 17(1):12. PMID: 38184590
Background: The high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in low- and middle-income countries is linked to an increase in Western diet consumption, characterized by a high intake of processed foods, which...
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Morais C, de Medeiros Brito R, Weselucha-Birczynska A, Pereira V, Pereira-Silva J, Menezes A, et al.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol . 2022 Dec; 12:1047269. PMID: 36530433
In the fight against malaria, the key is early treatment with antimalarial chemotherapy, such as artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs). However, has acquired multidrug resistance, including the emergence of strains with...
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Trajman A, Durovni B, Saraceni V, Menezes A, Cordeiro-Santos M, Cobelens F, et al.
PLoS One . 2016 May; 11(5):e0156471. PMID: 27219325
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Durovni B, Saraceni V, van den Hof S, Trajman A, Cordeiro-Santos M, Cavalcante S, et al.
PLoS Med . 2015 Dec; 12(12):e1001928. PMID: 26632815
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de Camargo Jr K, Guedes C, Caetano R, Menezes A, Trajman A
BMC Health Serv Res . 2015 Jul; 15:275. PMID: 26195000
Background: This article presents the qualitative component linked to a larger study of implementation of the Xpert™ MTB/Rif technology in two Brazilian cities. Despite intrinsic advantages of new health technologies,...
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Trajman A, Durovni B, Saraceni V, Menezes A, Cordeiro-Santos M, Cobelens F, et al.
PLoS One . 2015 Apr; 10(4):e0123252. PMID: 25915745
Introduction: The impact on treatment outcomes of XpertMTB/RIF, a molecular-based test that provides rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and rifampicin resistance with high accuracy, has not been reported despite its...
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Durovni B, Saraceni V, van den Hof S, Trajman A, Cordeiro-Santos M, Cavalcante S, et al.
PLoS Med . 2014 Dec; 11(12):e1001766. PMID: 25490549
Background: Abundant evidence on Xpert MTB/RIF accuracy for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) and rifampicin resistance has been produced, yet there are few data on the population benefit of its programmatic use....
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Durovni B, Saraceni V, Cordeiro-Santos M, Cavalcante S, Soares E, Lourenco C, et al.
Bull World Health Organ . 2014 Sep; 92(8):613-7. PMID: 25177076
Problem: The World Health Organization has endorsed the Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert), an automated polymerase-chain-reaction-based assay, for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis. However, large-scale use of a new technology calls for...
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Melo P, Goncalves B, Menezes A, Azevedo C
Chronobiol Int . 2013 Jun; 30(6):818-27. PMID: 23767997
Synchronized state of activity and rest might be attained by mechanisms of entrainment and masking. Most zeitgebers not only act to entrain but also to mask circadian rhythms. Although the...