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Moraes C, Faus D, Castro M, Reichenheim M, Junger W, Taquette S
Cad Saude Publica . 2025 Feb; 40(12):e00149923. PMID: 39936745
Dating violence during adolescence is a global public health issue due to its widespread occurrence and negative health consequences. Unfortunately, research addressing this topic in Latin American countries remains limited....
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Bhangdia K, Natarajan A, Rudolfson N, Verguet S, Castro M, Dusengimana J, et al.
BMC Cancer . 2025 Jan; 25(1):146. PMID: 39865262
Background: Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence (BCCOE) was founded to serve Rwanda's rural low-income population, providing subsidized cancer diagnosis and treatment with transport stipends for the lowest-income patients. We examined...
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Gomez J, Grosso A, Guzman-Guzman M, Garcia Castillo S, Castro M, Torres K, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2025 Jan; 19(1):e0012058. PMID: 39761298
Background: While the global burden of malaria cases has decreased over the last two decades, the disease remains a major international threat, even on the rise in many regions. More...
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Baum S, Pelissari D, Dockhorn Costa F, Harada L, Sanchez M, Bartholomay P, et al.
PLoS Comput Biol . 2024 Dec; 20(12):e1012662. PMID: 39715258
Effectively responding to drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) requires accurate and timely information on resistance levels and trends. In contexts where use of drug susceptibility testing has not been universal (i.e. not...
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Andrade M, de Souza Noronha K, Guedes G, Juliao N, de Carvalho L, de Souza A, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2024 Dec; 18(12):e0012739. PMID: 39700260
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. Despite of the progress in malaria control in the last decades, malaria remains a major public health...
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Cortinhas Ferreira Neto L, Diniz C, Maretto R, Persello C, Silva Pinheiro M, Castro M, et al.
Nat Commun . 2024 Nov; 15(1):9847. PMID: 39537611
Mining has played an important role in the economies of South American countries. Although industrial mining prevails in most countries, the expansion of garimpo activity has increased substantially. Recently, Brazil...
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Andrade M, Noronha K, Guedes G, Diniz B, Silva V, de Souza A, et al.
Qual Life Res . 2024 Nov; 34(2):325-339. PMID: 39503941
Purpose: This paper aims to conduct a systematic review (SR) to assess Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of malaria-exposed populations for different regions where malaria is endemic, considering any health...
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Garcia Castillo S, Abanto Alvarez C, Rosas-Aguirre A, Acosta C, Corder R, Gomez J, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2024 Oct; 18(10):e0012566. PMID: 39480785
Background: In the Peruvian Amazon, Plasmodium vivax malaria transmission is maintained due to the high frequency of recurrences. By understanding the recurrence rates of submicroscopic and asymptomatic cases, we can...
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Thompson R, Kim S, Pelissari D, Harada L, de Barros Silva Junior J, Oliveira P, et al.
J Infect Dis . 2024 Oct; PMID: 39468776
We conducted a matched retrospective cohort study comparing mortality among individuals receiving a false-positive tuberculosis diagnosis (n=3701) to individuals correctly diagnosed with TB (n=8595) in Brazil from 2007-2016. Over an...
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Castro M, Lima Neto A
Nat Med . 2024 Oct; 30(12):3420-3421. PMID: 39468365
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