Navegação Ciências Biológicas por Assunto "Zika virus"
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Association between Genetic Variants in NOS2 and TNF Genes with Congenital Zika Syndrome and Severe Microcephaly
(2021) [Artigo de periódico]Zika virus (ZIKV) causes Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) in individuals exposed prenatally. Here, we investigated polymorphisms in VEGFA, PTGS2, NOS3, TNF, and NOS2 genes as risk factors to CZS. Forty children with CZS and ... -
Avaliação da toxicidade pré-natal : estudo de teratogenicidade do inseticida piriproxifeno em ratos Wistar
(2020) [Artigo de periódico]Este estudo investigou a toxicidade pré-natal do inseticida piriproxifeno em ratos Wistar, de forma a detectar possíveis alterações no desenvolvimento fetal da progênie exposta durante o período organogênico. Três doses ... -
Classification algorithm for congenital Zika Syndrome: characterizations, diagnosis and validation
(2021) [Artigo de periódico]Zika virus was responsible for the microcephaly epidemic in Brazil which began in October 2015 and brought great challenges to the scientific community and health professionals in terms of diagnosis and classification. Due ... -
Epidemiological profile of 39 cases of microcephaly caused by congenital infections diagnosed in the state of Rio Grande do Sul between 2015-2017
(2019) [Artigo de periódico]Introduction: Microcephaly is a clinical finding that can arise from congenital anomalies or emerge after childbirth. Maternal infections acquired during pregnancy can result in characteristic brain damage in the newborn ... -
From abortion-inducing medications to Zika Virus Syndrome : 27 years experience of the First Teratogen Information Service in Latin America
(2019) [Artigo de periódico]In 1990, the first Teratogen Information Service in Brazil (SIAT) was implemented in the Medical Genetics Service at Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre. SIAT is a free-to-use information service both to health professionals ... -
Knowledge and actions for the control of the vector Aedes aegypti in a municipality in the Legal Amazon
(2021) [Artigo de periódico]Infections caused by arboviruses that have mostly impacted the Brazilian morbidity and mortality are caused by the same vector, Aedes aegypti. Preventive actions related to the vector are the most effective strategies in ... -
Microcephaly prevalence after the 2015 to 2016 Zika outbreak in Tangará da Serra, Brazil: a population-based study
(2022) [Artigo de periódico]Objective: Prenatal infection with the Zika virus (ZIKV) can lead to congenital Zika syndrome (CZS), characterized by microcephaly and brain injury. However, there are questions regarding the prevalence of microcephaly/CZS ... -
Neurological evaluation of microcephalic children with Zika syndrome and congenital cytomegalovirus infection
(2022) [Artigo de periódico]Introduction: The association between the virus prenatal infection by Zika virus (ZIKV) and central nervous system disorders has been well established and it has been described as the Congenital Syndrome Associated to the ... -
Population-based surveillance for congenital zika virus syndrome: a latent class analysis of recorded cases from 2015–2018
(2022) [Artigo de periódico]Abstract Objective: This study aims to describe clinical fndings and determine the medium-term survival of congenital zika syndrome (CZS) suspected cases. Methods: A retrospective cohort study using routine register-based ... -
Possible emergence of Zika virus of African lineage in Brazil and the risk for new outbreaks
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Teratogens : a public health issue - a brazilian overview
(2017) [Artigo de periódico]Congenital anomalies are already the second cause of infant mortality in Brazil, as in many other middle-income countries in Latin America. Birth defects are a result of both genetic and environmental factors, but a ... -
The age of brain organoids : tailoring cell identity and functionality for normal brain development and disease modeling
(2021) [Artigo de periódico]Over the past years, brain development has been investigated in rodent models, which were particularly relevant to establish the role of specific genes in this process. However, the cytoarchitectonic features, which determine ... -
Zika Brazilian Cohorts (ZBC) Consortium: protocol for an individual participant data meta-analysis of congenital Zika syndrome after maternal exposure during pregnancy
(2021) [Artigo de periódico]Despite great advances in our knowledge of the consequences of Zika virus to human health, many questions remain unanswered, and results are often inconsistent. The small sample size of individual studies has limited ... -
Zika virus envelope domain III recombinant protein delivered with saponin-based nanoadjuvant from Quillaja brasiliensis enhances anti-zika immune responses, including neutralizing antibodies and splenocyte proliferation
(2021) [Artigo de periódico]Nanoadjuvants that combine immunostimulatory properties and delivery systems reportedly bestow major improvements on the efficacy of recombinant, protein-based vaccines. Among these, self-assembled micellar formulations ...