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January 19, 2025January 19, 2025

The impact of vaccination on the length of stay of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Brazil.

Publication date: Jan 16, 2025 The length of hospital stays for severe COVID-19 cases significantly impacts the overall burden on the health system. Current COVID-19 vaccines have proven effective at ... Read more

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025

Evaluating a Public Health Assessment and Response Framework: SARS-CoV-2 Spread Under the Controlled Distancing Model of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Coronavirus Literature

Publication date: Jan 15, 2025 In early 2020, to halt the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the state government of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil established a public health assessment and ... Read more

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025

Clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with liver cirrhosis – a propensity-matched analysis from a multicentric Brazilian cohort.

Coronavirus Literature

Publication date: Jan 15, 2025 Cirrhosis has been pointed out as a clinical entity that leads to worse clinical prognosis in COVID-19 patients. However, this concept is controversial in the ... Read more

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025

[Pharmacovigilance of COVID-19 Vaccines in Brazil: Actions Taken, Lessons Learned, and Next StepsFarmacovigilancia de las vacunas contra la COVID-19 en Brasil: medidas adoptadas, enseñanzas extraídas y próximos pasos].

Coronavirus Literature

Publication date: Jan 15, 2025 To document the actions taken by Brazil’s National Immunization Program for the pharmacovigilance of COVID-19 vaccines. Documentary research on the period 2020 to 2023. Documentary ... Read more

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025

SMAD4 Pathogenic Variants in Seven New Brazilian Individuals With Myhre Syndrome Including a New Family.

Autism Literature

Publication date: Jan 15, 2025 Myhre syndrome is a rare disorder caused by pathogenic gain-of-function variants in the SMAD4 gene. Most of the patients have had de novo variants. There ... Read more

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025

Clinical and epidemiological characterization of patients with cutaneous tuberculosis treated at a referral center in the Brazilian Amazon: case series.

Tuberculosis Literature

Publication date: Jan 14, 2025 Cutaneous tuberculosis is a rare form of the disease that defies diagnosis due to the diversity of clinical presentations. This study was based on the ... Read more

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025

Scorpionism in the State of Bahia, Brazil: A More Neglected Problem During the Pandemic?

Coronavirus Literature

Publication date: Jan 12, 2025 During the confinement in the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in the production of urban waste, increasing the risk of accidents caused by scorpions. ... Read more

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025

Comparison of the adequacies of the OSCE and vOSCE to assess the competencies required under Brazilian medical curriculum guidelines: a multicenter study.

Coronavirus Literature

Publication date: Jan 13, 2025 The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the popularization of information and communication technology in medical education. This study aimed to compare the objective structured clinical ... Read more

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

Serologic and Molecular Evidence of Arboviruses in Nonhuman Primates in Northeast Brazil.

Chikungunya Literature

Publication date: Jan 12, 2025 Arbovirus surveillance in marmosets (Callithrix spp. ) that live close to humans helps identify viral circulation in the environment and contributes to public health. We ... Read more

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025

Critical evaluation of Pap test adherence to routine screening in Amazonas State, Brazil.

Coronavirus Literature

Publication date: Jan 09, 2025 This study critically evaluates adherence to Pap test screening practices in cytology-based cervical cancer screening in the state of Amazonas over a 10-year period. A ... Read more