Epidemiology
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Hidden incidence
Cases of Hansen’s disease in children in the Amazon suggest that available figures underestimate the disease
By Suzel Tunes
Genetics
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
By Redação
Public health
Visceral leismaniasis gets to the metropolises
Diagnosis difficulties and warmer climate favor disease movement towards large urban centers
By Redação
Immunology
Zika vaccines edge closer
Zika vaccine candidates presented encouraging results on humans
By Redação
careers
The music stopped
Gabriel Victora left his career as a pianist to dedicate himself to immunology
Robert Tesh
Robert Tesh: Arbovirus hunter
Expert talks about Brazil’s performance during the Zika epidemic
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Growing up with Down
New parameters for monitoring growth of people with Down syndrome
By Diego Freire
L. interrogans
Leptospira in capybaras of western Amazonia
Leptospira in capybaras of western Amazonia
By Redação
Epidemiology
Breaking boundaries
Real-time analyses reveal trajectory of Zika virus across the Americas
public health
Dengue virus reprograms blood cells
The dengue virus alters the function of blood platelets
By Redação
Zoology
Retroactive epidemiology
Study of tadpoles preserved identifies fungus responsible for die-off
Epidemiology
The threat of yellow fever
Yellow fever cases is bringing back the fear of an urban epidemic in Brazil
Health
Zika in early pregnancy
Zika infections in early pregnancy present the gravest danger to the fetus
Epidemiology
Aztecs were plagued by gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis may have contributed to the decline of the Aztec empire
By Redação
Jorge Kalil
Jorge Kalil: Tamer of Crises
The immunologist talks about his experience as head of InCor and Butantan
Eduardo Franco
Eduardo Franco: Balancing science and activism
Epidemiologist juggles activism with research on cervical cancer
Epidemiology
Virus behind yellow fever outbreak in São Paulo probably came from Amazonia
Virus behind yellow fever outbreak in São Paulo probably came from Amazonia
By Redação