Search Results - "Grenfell, Rafaella F.Q."

Long COVID-19 syndrome: a 14-months longitudinal study during the two first epidemic peaks in Southeast Brazil by de Miranda, Daniel A P, Gomes, Sarah V C, Filgueiras, Priscilla S, Corsini, Camila A, Almeida, Nathalie B F, Silva, Raphael A, Medeiros, Maria Izabella V A R C, Vilela, Raquel V R, Fernandes, Gabriel R, Grenfell, Rafaella F Q

“…A growing number of long COVID cases after infection have been reported. By definition, long COVID is the condition whereby affected individuals do not recover…”
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Suitability of commercially available POC-CCA tests for schistosomiasis: Considerations for efficiency, reproducibility and decision making criteria for field application in areas of low endemicity by Grenfell, Rafaella F.Q., Pedrosa, Maria Luysa, Couto, Flavia F.B., Almeida, Aureo, Coelho, Paulo Marcos Z., Katz, Naftale

“…Point of care tests would be valuable for field diagnosis. However, high sensitivity will likely be required in low endemicity sets where individuals with low…”
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Fluorescent quantum dot-based nanotool for targeted identification and evaluation of the schistosomiasis circulating cathodic antigen in tissue samples by Lima, Rennan R.M., Pontes, Maria S.S., Silva, Mychel G., Ribeiro, Jéssika F.F., Nascimento, Gabriela A.F., Grenfell, Rafaella F.Q., Melo-Jr, Mário R., de Paula, Ana M., Pereira, Goreti, Cabral Filho, Paulo E., Carvalho, Luiz B., Fontes, Adriana

“…Schistosomiasis represents a serious public health problem, a disease for which the circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) is a relevant biomarker. Quantum dots…”
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Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: a neglected bane but a serious threat in Nigeria by Oyeyemi, Oyetunde T, Oyeyemi, Ifeoluwa T, Adesina, Isaac A, Tiamiyu, Adebisi M, Oluwafemi, Yinka D, Nwuba, Roseangela I, Grenfell, Rafaella F Q

“…Toxoplasmosis is a global health threat in which occurrence in pregnant women poses grave consequences to fetal wellbeing. Studies on prenatal Toxoplasma…”
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Immunogenicity, Effectiveness, and Safety of Inactivated Virus (CoronaVac) Vaccine in a Two-Dose Primary Protocol and BNT162b2 Heterologous Booster in Brazil (Immunita-001): A One Year Period Follow Up Phase 4 Study by Grenfell, Rafaella F. Q., Almeida, Nathalie B. F., Filgueiras, Priscilla S., Corsini, Camila A., Gomes, Sarah V. C., de Miranda, Daniel A. P., Lourenço, Adelina J., Martins-Filho, Olindo A., de Oliveira, Jaquelline G., Teixeira-Carvalho, Andrea, Campos, Guilherme R. F., Nogueira, Mauricio L., Alves, Pedro Augusto, Fernandes, Gabriel R., Castilho, Leda R., Lima, Tulio M., de Abreu, Daniel P. B., Alvim, Renata G. F., Silva, Thaís Bárbara de S., Jeremias, Wander de J., Otta, Dayane A., Campi-Azevedo, Ana Carolina

“…Background Effective and safe vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are critical to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic…”
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Dot blot platform as a novel diagnostic kit: rapid, accurate, and on-site detection of Schistosoma mansoni in urine samples of hard to detect individuals by Pedrosa, Maria Luysa C., de Oliveira, Alana K., Pereira, Caroline, Corsini, Camila A., Teixeira, Sueleny, de Oliveira, Aureo, Katz, Naftale, Oyeyemi, Oyetunde T., Grenfell, Rafaella F. Q.

“…Rapid diagnostics provide actionable information for patient care at the time and site of an encounter with the health care system. The mainstay of infectious…”
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Vaccine self-assembling immune matrix is a new delivery platform that enhances immune responses to recombinant HBsAg in mice by Grenfell, Rafaella F Q, Shollenberger, Lisa M, Samli, E Farah, Harn, Donald A

“…Vaccination remains the most effective public health tool to prevent infectious diseases. Many vaccines are marginally effective and need enhancement for…”
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Innovative methodology for point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen with rapid urine concentration for use in the field for detecting low Schistosoma mansoni infection and for control of cure with high accuracy by Grenfell, Rafaella F Q, Taboada, Diana, Coutinho, Lucélia A, Pedrosa, Maria Luysa C, Assis, Jéssica V, Oliveira, Matheus S P, Cruz, Renata R, Almeida, Aureo, Silva-Moraes, Vanessa, Katz, Naftale, Coelho, Paulo Marcos Z

“…Abstract Background Prior to eliminating schistosomiasis, efforts must address accurate and fast individual diagnosis. Diagnosis is still inaccurate by…”
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Antigenic extracts of Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania amazonensis associated with saponin partially protects BALB/c mice against Leishmania chagasi infection by suppressing IL-10 and IL-4 production by Grenfell, Rafaella F Q, Marques-da-Silva, Eduardo A, Souza-Testasicca, Miriam C, Coelho, Eduardo A F, Fernandes, Ana Paula, Afonso, Luís Carlos C, Rezende, Simone A

“…This study evaluated two vaccine candidates for their effectiveness in protecting BALB/c mice against Leishmania chagasi infection. These immunogenic…”
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