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Outbreak of Exanthematous Illness Associated with Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue Viruses, Salvador, Brazil by Cardoso, Cristiane W, Paploski, Igor A D, Kikuti, Mariana, Rodrigues, Moreno S, Silva, Monaise M O, Campos, Gubio S, Sardi, Silvia I, Kitron, Uriel, Reis, Mitermayer G, Ribeiro, Guilherme S

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Time Lags between Exanthematous Illness Attributed to Zika Virus, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and Microcephaly, Salvador, Brazil by Paploski, Igor A D, Prates, Ana Paula P B, Cardoso, Cristiane W, Kikuti, Mariana, Silva, Monaise M O, Waller, Lance A, Reis, Mitermayer G, Kitron, Uriel, Ribeiro, Guilherme S

“…Zika virus infection emerged as a public health emergency after increasing evidence for its association with neurologic disorders and congenital malformations…”
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Quantification of pathogenic Leptospira in the soils of a Brazilian urban slum by Schneider, Andrew G, Casanovas-Massana, Arnau, Hacker, Kathryn P, Wunder, Jr, Elsio A, Begon, Mike, Reis, Mitermayer G, Childs, James E, Costa, Federico, Lindow, Janet C, Ko, Albert I

“…Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic disease that causes considerable morbidity and mortality globally, primarily in residents of urban slums. While contact…”
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Patterns in Leptospira Shedding in Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Brazilian Slum Communities at High Risk of Disease Transmission by Costa, Federico, Wunder, Jr, Elsio A, De Oliveira, Daiana, Bisht, Vimla, Rodrigues, Gorete, Reis, Mitermayer G, Ko, Albert I, Begon, Mike, Childs, James E

“…We address some critical but unknown parameters of individuals and populations of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) that influence leptospiral infection,…”
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Spatial and temporal dynamics of pathogenic Leptospira in surface waters from the urban slum environment by Casanovas-Massana, Arnau, Costa, Federico, Riediger, Irina N., Cunha, Marcelo, de Oliveira, Daiana, Mota, Diogenes C., Sousa, Erica, Querino, Vladimir A., Nery, Nivisson, Reis, Mitermayer G., Wunder, Elsio A., Diggle, Peter J., Ko, Albert I.

“…Leptospirosis has emerged as an important urban health problem as slum settlements have expanded worldwide. Yet the dynamics of the environmentally transmitted…”
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Influence of Rainfall on Leptospira Infection and Disease in a Tropical Urban Setting, Brazil by Hacker, Kathryn P, Sacramento, Gielson A, Cruz, Jaqueline S, de Oliveira, Daiana, Nery, Jr, Nivison, Lindow, Janet C, Carvalho, Mayara, Hagan, Jose, Diggle, Peter J, Begon, Mike, Reis, Mitermayer G, Wunder, Jr, Elsio A, Ko, Albert I, Costa, Federico

“…The incidence of hospitalized leptospirosis patients was positively associated with increased precipitation in Salvador, Brazil. However, Leptospira infection…”
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Factors associated with differential seropositivity to Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira kirschneri in a high transmission urban setting for leptospirosis in Brazil by de Oliveira, Daiana, Khalil, Hussein, Almerinda G Palma, Fabiana, Santana, Roberta, Nery, Jr, Nivison, C Quintero-Vélez, Juan, Zeppelini, Caio Graco, Almeida do Sacramento, Gielson, Cruz, Jaqueline S, Lustosa, Ricardo, Santana Ferreira, Igor, Carvalho-Pereira, Ticiana, Diggle, Peter J, Wunder, Jr, Elsio A, I Ko, Albert, Alzate Lopez, Yeimi, Begon, Mike, G Reis, Mitermayer, Costa, Federico

“…Leptospirosis is a zoonosis caused by pathogenic species of bacteria belonging to the genus Leptospira. Most studies infer the epidemiological patterns of a…”
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Poverty, sanitation, and Leptospira transmission pathways in residents from four Brazilian slums by Khalil, Hussein, Santana, Roberta, de Oliveira, Daiana, Palma, Fabiana, Lustosa, Ricardo, Eyre, Max T, Carvalho-Pereira, Ticiana, Reis, Mitermayer G, Ko, Albert I, Diggle, Peter J, Alzate Lopez, Yeimi, Begon, Mike, Costa, Federico

“…Residents of urban slums suffer from a high burden of zoonotic diseases due to individual, socioeconomic, and environmental factors. We conducted a…”
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Leptospira interrogans biofilm formation in Rattus norvegicus (Norway rats) natural reservoirs by Santos, Ana Amélia Nunes, Ribeiro, Priscyla Dos Santos, da França, Geórgia Virgínia, Souza, Fábio Neves, Ramos, Eduardo Antônio Gonçalves, Figueira, Cláudio Pereira, Reis, Mitermayer G, Costa, Federico, Ristow, Paula

“…Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat) is the main reservoir host of pathogenic Leptospira, the causative agent of leptospirosis, in urban environments. Pathogenic…”
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Spatiotemporal Determinants of Urban Leptospirosis Transmission: Four-Year Prospective Cohort Study of Slum Residents in Brazil by Hagan, José E, Moraga, Paula, Costa, Federico, Capian, Nicolas, Ribeiro, Guilherme S, Wunder, Jr, Elsio A, Felzemburgh, Ridalva D M, Reis, Renato B, Nery, Nivison, Santana, Francisco S, Fraga, Deborah, Dos Santos, Balbino L, Santos, Andréia C, Queiroz, Adriano, Tassinari, Wagner, Carvalho, Marilia S, Reis, Mitermayer G, Diggle, Peter J, Ko, Albert I

“…Rat-borne leptospirosis is an emerging zoonotic disease in urban slum settlements for which there are no adequate control measures. The challenge in…”
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A Two-Year Ecological Study of Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in a Brazilian Urban Slum by Panti-May, Jesús A, Carvalho-Pereira, Ticiana S A, Serrano, Soledad, Pedra, Gabriel G, Taylor, Josh, Pertile, Arsinoê C, Minter, Amanda, Airam, Vladimir, Carvalho, Mayara, Júnior, Nivison N, Rodrigues, Gorete, Reis, Mitermayer G, Ko, Albert I, Childs, James E, Begon, Mike, Costa, Federico

“…The Norway or brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) is among the most ubiquitous of rodents. However, the lack of studies describing Norway rat populations from…”
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A novel flagellar sheath protein, FcpA, determines filament coiling, translational motility and virulence for the Leptospira spirochete by Wunder, Elsio A., Figueira, Cláudio P., Benaroudj, Nadia, Hu, Bo, Tong, Brian A., Trajtenberg, Felipe, Liu, Jun, Reis, Mitermayer G., Charon, Nyles W., Buschiazzo, Alejandro, Picardeau, Mathieu, Ko, Albert I.

“…Summary Leptospira are unique among bacteria based on their helical cell morphology with hook‐shaped ends and the presence of periplasmic flagella (PF) with…”
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Developmental outcomes in children exposed to Zika virus in utero from a Brazilian urban slum cohort study by Aguilar Ticona, Juan P, Nery, Jr, Nivison, Ladines-Lim, Joseph B, Gambrah, Claudia, Sacramento, Gielson, de Paula Freitas, Bruno, Bouzon, Joseane, Oliveira-Filho, Jamary, Borja, Ana, Adhikarla, Haritha, Montoya, Magelda, Chin, Athena, Wunder, Jr, Elsio A, Ballalai, Verena, Vieira, Carina, Belfort, Rubens, P Almeida, Antonio R, Reis, Mitermayer G, Harris, Eva, Ko, Albert I, Costa, Federico

“…The prevalence of developmental alterations associated with in-utero Zika virus (ZIKV) exposure in children is not well understood. Furthermore, estimation of…”
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Evaluation of the impact of chemical control on the ecology of Rattus norvegicus of an urban community in Salvador, Brazil by Pertile, Arsinoê Cristina, Lustosa, Ricardo, Carvalho-Pereira, Ticiana, Pedra, Gabriel Ghizzi, Panti-May, Jesus Alonso, Oliveira, Udimila, Zeppelini, Caio Graco, Souza, Fábio Neves, Oliveira, Daiana S, Khalil, Hussein, Reis, Mitermayer G, Childs, James, Ko, Albert I, Begon, Mike, Costa, Federico

“…The presence of synanthropic rodents, such as Rattus norvegicus, in urban environments generates high costs of prophylaxis and control, in large part due to…”
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Efficient Detection of Pathogenic Leptospires Using 16S Ribosomal RNA by Backstedt, Brian T, Buyuktanir, Ozlem, Lindow, Janet, Wunder, Jr, Elsio A, Reis, Mitermayer G, Usmani-Brown, Sahar, Ledizet, Michel, Ko, Albert, Pal, Utpal

“…Pathogenic Leptospira species cause a prevalent yet neglected zoonotic disease with mild to life-threatening complications in a variety of susceptible animals…”
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Population dynamics of synanthropic rodents after a chemical and infrastructural intervention in an urban low-income community by Awoniyi, Adedayo Michael, Venegas-Vargas, Cristina, Souza, Fabio Neves, Zeppelini, Caio Graco, Hacker, Kathryn P., Carvalho-Pereira, Ticiana, Marins, Catarina Lobo, de Santana, Mayara Carvalho, Pertile, Arsinoê Cristina, Begon, Michael, Ko, Albert I., Diggle, Peter J., Reis, Mitermayer G., Childs, James E., da Silva, Eduardo Mendes, Costa, Federico, Khalil, Hussein

“…Synanthropic rodents are ubiquitous in low-income communities and pose risks for human health, as they are generally resistant to control programs. However,…”
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Heterogeneous development of children with Congenital Zika Syndrome-associated microcephaly by Aguilar Ticona, Juan P, Nery, Nivison, Doss-Gollin, Simon, Gambrah, Claudia, Lessa, Millani, Rastely-Júnior, Valmir, Matos, Adriana, de Paula Freitas, Bruno, Borja, Ana, Wunder, Elsio A, Ballalai, Verena, Vieira, Carina, Cruz, Jaqueline S, de Oliveira, Daiana, Araujo, Danielle Bastos, Oliveira, Danielle B, Nascimento Fabris Maeda, Denicar Lina, Mendes, Erica A, Pereira Soares, Camila, Durigon, Edison L, de Souza Ferreira, Luis Carlos, Belfort, Rubens, P. Almeida, Antonio R, Oliveira-Filho, Jamary, Reis, Mitermayer G, Ko, Albert I, Costa, Federico

“…Objective To describe the neurological and neurodevelopmental outcomes of children with Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) associated microcephaly beyond 2 years…”
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Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in an Urban Slum, Brazil by Anjos, Rosângela O, Mugabe, Vánio André, Moreira, Patrícia S S, Carvalho, Caroline X, Portilho, Moyra M, Khouri, Ricardo, Sacramento, Gielson A, Nery, Jr, Nivison R R, Reis, Mitermayer G, Kitron, Uriel D, Ko, Albert I, Costa, Federico, Ribeiro, Guilherme S

“…After a chikungunya outbreak in Salvador, Brazil, we performed a cross-sectional, community-based study of 1,776 inhabitants to determine chikungunya virus…”
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Household rat infestation in urban slum populations: Development and validation of a predictive score for leptospirosis by Costa, Federico, Zeppelini, Caio Graco, Ribeiro, Guilherme S, Santos, Norlan, Reis, Renato Barbosa, Martins, Ridalva D, Bittencourt, Deborah, Santana, Carlos, Brant, Jonas, Reis, Mitermayer G, Ko, Albert I

“…Domestic rats are the principal reservoir for urban leptospirosis. However, few studies have identified infestation markers in slums and evaluated their…”
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Cryptic population structure and transmission dynamics uncovered for Schistosoma mansoni populations by genetic analyses by Long, Jeffrey C., Taylor, Sarah E., Barbosa, Lucio M., Silva, Luciano K., Reis, Mitermayer G., Blanton, Ronald E.

“…Patterns of diversity in pathogen genomes provide a window into the spatiotemporal spread of disease. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that Schistosoma…”
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