Epidemiology

A resurgence of leprosy

New cases have risen in Brazil for two consecutive years, with more than 28,000 confirmed cases in 2018

Clean blood against yellow fever

Experimental plasma exchange therapy reduced mortality to 5% this year in São Paulo

Health in the balance

Spending cuts in primary care could curb decline in premature mortality, modeling shows

Paola Marcella Camargo Minoprio: A new front against emerging diseases

The Pasteur Institute in Paris, USP, and FIOCRUZ start partnership under coordination of São Paulo biomedical scientist

HIV therapy has prevented 9.5 million deaths

Antiretroviral therapy prevented 9.5 million deaths worldwide between 1995 and 2015, with a global economic benefit of US$1.05 trillion

Ebola outbreak alert level raised in Africa

The World Health Organization has raised the alert level in response to the threat of an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fattening foods

New evidence links ultra-processed foods to weight gain

Viruses in monkeys and sloths

Primates and sloths in the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia carry an unexpected range of insect-borne viruses

A center for safeguarding health in the Amazon

Founded in 1936, the Evandro Chagas Institute produces world-leading research on infectious and parasitic diseases and environmental issues

Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos: The return of yellow fever and Zika

Discoverer of more than 100 species of viruses in the Amazon, the virologist from the state of Pará says it's just a matter of time before there are new outbreaks of the two diseases

Potential sylvatic cycle of Zika in Brazil

Brazilian researchers have identified the Zika virus in the carcasses of monkeys found in the interior of São Paulo State and in Minas Gerais

A parasite reaches the big city

Difficult diagnosis and a warmer climate facilitate the advance of visceral leishmaniasis toward large urban centers

The reasons for the decline in vaccinations

At least nine factors contribute to a reduction in childhood immunization and increase the risk of the reappearance of serious illnesses

West Nile virus isolated in Brazil

The West Nile fever virus was isolated in Brazil for the first time by researchers at the Evandro Chagas Institute

A parasite reaches the big city

Difficult diagnosis and a warmer climate facilitate the advance of visceral leishmaniasis toward large urban centers

Africa hit by new Ebola outbreak

In May, the city of Mbandaka confirmed its first cases of Ebola, which have spread from an outbreak in nearby rural areas

Hidden incidence

Cases of Hansen’s disease in children in the Amazon suggest that available figures underestimate the disease

A superfamily of 13 million people

Thirteen million people connected by blood ties or marriage over five centuries make up the largest family tree ever constructed

Papers published on Zika and microcephaly

Visceral leismaniasis gets to the metropolises

Diagnosis difficulties and warmer climate favor disease movement towards large urban centers

Examining the yellow fever vaccine

Scientific evidence indicates that the fractionated dose produces a protective effect, but there is no consensus about its duration

The monkey alarm

Yellow fever is decimating populations of wild primates, whose deaths indicate areas where the virus is transmitted

From monkeys to people

FIOCRUZ team suggests a sixth form of malaria

Zika vaccines edge closer

Zika vaccine candidates presented encouraging results on humans

No Zika at the Olympic Games in Rio

No Zika at the Olympic Games in Rio

The music stopped

Gabriel Victora left his career as a pianist to dedicate himself to immunology

Tracking yellow fever

How monkeys help us understand the virus' dispersal

Biosensors in medicine

Biosensor diagnoses dengue fever in 20 minutes

HPV and male cancer

How long it takes HPV to cause genital warts or precancerous lesions

Robert Tesh: Arbovirus hunter

Expert talks about Brazil’s performance during the Zika epidemic