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Sanglard G, Cosati LCM. [Fernandes Figueira and children's health in Rio de Janeiro, 1880-1930]. Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos 2024; 31:e2024002. [PMID: 38597560 PMCID: PMC11000571 DOI: 10.1590/s0104-59702024000100002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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This article discusses the relationship between the physician Antônio Fernandes Figueira and children's health during the time that studies in this area were being institutionalized in Brazil. Children's health resulted from the emergence of the concept of health in contrast with disease; here we focus on how children's health became established, in partnership with or opposition to pediatrics. We emphasize how the circulation of ideas on children's health reached Brazil, and how this physician dialogued with and reinterpreted European discussions. A central theme is children's nutrition. We focused on Livro das mães: consultas práticas de higiene infantil [The mothers' book: practical queries on children's health], published by Fernandes Figueira in 1910.
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- Gisele Sanglard
- Pesquisadora, Departamento de Pesquisa/Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz. Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil
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- Doutoranda, Programa de Pós-graduação em História das Ciências e da Saúde/Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz. Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil
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Amaral LDF, Lana RM, Bastos LS. Was the COVID-19 epidemic synchronous in space? An analysis in the health regions of the Rio de Janeiro state, 2020-2022. Rev Bras Epidemiol 2024; 27:e240010. [PMID: 38422234 PMCID: PMC10896236 DOI: 10.1590/1980-549720240010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the spatio-temporal dynamics of COVID-19 in the Rio de Janeiro state within the nine health regions, between March 2020 and December 2022. METHODS The Poisson model with random effects was used to smooth and estimate the incidence of COVID-19 hospitalizations reported in the Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance Information System (SIVEP-Gripe) to verify the synchronicity of the epidemic in the state. RESULTS The COVID-19 epidemic in the state is characterized by the presence of seven peaks during the analyzed period corresponding to seven found. An asynchrony in hospitalizations was identified, varying according to the different virus variants in the nine health regions of the state. The incidence peaks of hospitalizations ranged from 1 to 12 cases per 100,000 inhabitants during the pandemic. CONCLUSION This spatio-temporal analysis is applicable to other scenarios, enabling monitoring and decision-making for the control of epidemic diseases in different areas.
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- Léa de Freitas Amaral
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, National School of Public Health - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil
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Tort LFL, Ribeiro IP, Menezes LSR, dos Santos AAC, Santos MP, Damasceno L, Silva PCR, de Siqueira MAMT, Brasil P, Bonaldo MC. SARS-CoV-2 variant N.9 identified in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2021; 116:e210166. [PMID: 34755818 PMCID: PMC8577066 DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B.1.1.33-derived lineage named N.9 was described recently in Brazil and it's considered a potential variant of interest (VOI) due to the presence of E484K substitution at the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the Spike (S) protein. OBJECTIVE To describe the first detection of variant N.9 in Rio de Janeiro State. METHODS SARS-CoV-2 N.9 was confirmed by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), whole-genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. FINDINGS Here, we report two SARS-CoV-2 N.9 lineage strains in Rio de Janeiro. One of them had only the E484K substitution of the six N.9 lineage-defining mutations. Other three strains pre-defined as N.9 have the same genomic profile. These four strains are grouped within the B.1.1.33 lineage and basal to the N.9 lineage in our phylogenetic analysis, and we call them "N.9-like/B.1.1.33 + E484K". MAIN CONCLUSIONS The phylogenetic analysis shows four independent introductions of N.9 in the state of Rio de Janeiro in October and December 2020, January and March 2021. SARS-CoV-2 N.9 dissemination in the Rio de Janeiro could have been limited by the emergence and dominance of other variants, mainly by the lineage P.2 VOI Zeta that emerged in the same period and co-circulated with N.9, as observed in the neighboring State of São Paulo.
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- Luis Fernando Lopez Tort
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Flavivírus, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
- Universidad de la República, Centro Universitario Regional Litoral Norte, Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Salto, Uruguay
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Flavivírus, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Flavivírus, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Flavivírus, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Vírus Respiratórios e do Sarampo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Flavivírus, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Leão LMCS, Rodrigues BC, Dias PTP, Gehrke B, de Souza TDSP, Hirose CK, Freire MDC. Vitamin D status and prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in different genders throughout life stages: A Brazilian cross-sectional study. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2021; 76:e2571. [PMID: 33852654 PMCID: PMC8009065 DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e2571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the mean concentration of 25-hydroxivitamin D [25(OH) D] and prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in individuals residing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS The data of 80,000 consecutive individuals who had 25(OH) D measurements performed by electrochemiluminescence between 1/2/2018 and 2/5/2018 were selected. Patients who reported the use of therapies/supplements were excluded. Levels of 25(OH) D ≥20 ng/mL (ages <60 years) and ≥30 ng/mL (ages ≥60 years) were considered adequate. RESULTS We analyzed the data of 24,074 individuals (1-95 years old, 64.7% female). Descriptive curves showed that, in both sexes, the mean values of 25(OH) D decreased from the first years of life until adolescence, then slightly increased, and then tended to stabilize during adulthood. Levels of 25(OH) D <20 ng/mL were observed in 6% of girls versus 3.6% of boys and in 13.6% of adolescent girls versus 12.6% of adolescent boys and 11% of adults. The percentage of seniors with serum levels of 25(OH) D <20 ng/mL was 13.6% in women and 12.7% in men; 53.2% of women and 50.6% of men had levels <30 ng/mL. CONCLUSIONS Mean 25(OH) D values were higher in children and lower in adolescents and women. Approximately 90% of non-seniors and presumably healthy residents of the urban metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro presented satisfactory levels of 25(OH) D during the summer months; however, in over half of the elderly, the serum concentrations of 25(OH) D were inadequate. Therefore, strategies for the prevention of hypovitaminosis D should be considered in the senior population.
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- Lenora M. Camarate S.M. Leão
- Servico de Endocrinologia, Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR
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- Nucleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Atencao ao Uso de Drogas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR
- Departamento de Epidemiologia e Bioestatistica (MEB-ISC), Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi, RJ, BR
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- Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Fisiopatologia Clinica e Experimental (FISCLINEX), Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR
- *Corresponding author. E-mail:
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Fabri AA, Rodrigues CDDS, Santos CCD, Chalhoub FLL, Sampaio SA, Faria NRDC, Torres MC, Fonseca V, Brasil P, Calvet G, Alcantara LCJ, Filippis AMB, Giovanetti M, de Bruycker-Nogueira F. Co-Circulation of Two Independent Clades and Persistence of CHIKV-ECSA Genotype during Epidemic Waves in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil. Pathogens 2020; 9:E984. [PMID: 33255865 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9120984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 10/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The Chikungunya virus infection in Brazil has raised several concerns due to the rapid dissemination of the virus and its association with several clinical complications. Nevertheless, there is limited information about the genomic epidemiology of CHIKV circulating in Brazil from surveillance studies. Thus, to better understand its dispersion dynamics in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), one of the most affected states during the 2016–2019 epidemic waves, we generated 23 near-complete genomes of CHIKV isolates from two main cities located in the metropolitan mesoregion, obtained directly from clinical samples. Our phylogenetic reconstructions suggest the 2019-CHIKV-ECSA epidemic in RJ state was characterized by the co-circulation of multiple clade (clade A and B), highlighting that two independent introduction events of CHIKV-ECSA into RJ state have occurred between 2016–2019, both mediated from the northeastern region. Interestingly, we identified that the two-clade displaying eighteen characteristic amino acids changes among structural and non-structural proteins. Our findings reinforce that genomic data can provide information about virus genetic diversity and transmission dynamics, which might assist in the arbovirus epidemics establishing of an effective surveillance framework.
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Snyder RE, Jaimes G, Riley LW, Faerstein E, Corburn J. A comparison of social and spatial determinants of health between formal and informal settlements in a large metropolitan setting in Brazil. J Urban Health 2014; 91:432-45. [PMID: 24297475 PMCID: PMC4074326 DOI: 10.1007/s11524-013-9848-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Urban informal settlements are often under-recognized in national and regional surveys. A lack of quality intra-urban data frequently contributes to a one-size-fits-all public health intervention and clinical strategies that rarely address the variegated socioeconomic disparities across and within different informal settlements in a city. The 2010 Brazilian census gathered detailed population and place-based data across the country's informal settlements. Here, we examined key socio-demographic and infrastructure characteristics that are associated with health outcomes in Rio de Janeiro with the census tract as the unit of analysis. Many of the city's residents (1.39 million people, 22 % of the population) live in informal settlements. Residents of census tracts in Rio de Janeiro's urban informal areas are younger, (median age of 26 versus 35 years in formal settlements), and have less access to adequate water (96 versus 99 % of informal households), sanitation (86 versus 96 %), and electricity (67 versus 92 %). Average per household income in informal settlement census tracts is less than one third that of non-informal tracts (US\$708 versus US\$2362). Even among informal settlements in different planning areas in the same city, there is marked variation in these characteristics. Public health interventions, clinical management, and urban planning policies aiming to improve the living conditions of the people residing in informal settlements, including government strategies currently underway, must consider the differences that exist between and within informal settlements that shape place-based physical and social determinants of health.
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- Robert E. Snyder
- />Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 530E Li Ka Shing Center, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- />Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 44 Giannini Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- />Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology and Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 530E Li Ka Shing Center, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- />Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, Bloco D, Sala 7009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- />Department of City and Regional Planning and School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 410C Wurster Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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Pereira FB, Pereira ADN, Timi JT, Luque JL. Pseudascarophis brasiliensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) parasitic in the Bermuda chub Kyphosus sectatrix (Perciformes: Kyphosidae) from southeastern Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2013. [PMID: 23828003 PMCID: PMC3970610 DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108042013013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A new species of Pseudascarophis (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) found in the stomach of Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus) (Kyphosidae), off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is described. The new species can be differentiated from the other congeners by the presence of lateral alae, distinct but inconspicuous cephalic papillae at the anterior end, three pairs of precloacal and one pair of adcloacal papillae in males, egg morphology and morphometry of glandular oesophagus and spicules. Pseudascarophis tropica is transferred to Ascarophis as Ascarophis tropica (Solov'eva) comb. n. due to its ambiguous diagnosis.
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- Felipe Bisaggio Pereira
- Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Departamento de
Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ,
Brasil
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- Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Departamento de
Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ,
Brasil
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- Laboratorio de Parasitología, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y
Costeras, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del
Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Departamento de
Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ,
Brasil, Corresponding author:
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