Associate Professor of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo. Graduated in Medicine from the University of São Paulo (1984), Master degree in Pediatrics from the Federal University of São Paulo (1991), PhD in Pediatrics from the Federal University of São Paulo (1996) and Postdoc in Pediatric Infectious Diseases from the Federal University of São Paulo (2010). Member of the Post-Graduate Program in Pediatrics and Applied Sciences to Pediatrics at the Federal University of São Paulo since 2000. Specialist in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases by the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics. Head of the Research Laboratory of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases since 1998. Member of the Brazilian Group on Immunodeficiency, of the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics and the European Society Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). Ad hoc advisor to FAPESP, CNPq and journals such as Vaccine and Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This research proposal consists of a "spin-off" project based on volunteer samples of the Oxford-UNIFESP ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine trial. The proposal will involve the 1,000 volunteer samples, and corresponding time points, to primarily establish a repository for the whole academic community of the São Paulo State. This repository will be converted in a Biobank after the project is conclude…
The inability to produce antibodies to polysaccharide antigens (SAD-specific antibody deficiency) can present as a Primary Immunodeficiencies (IDP) specify or associated with other IDP such as ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) and Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS).The response to polysaccharide antigens, considered a T-independent response, is carried by B cells of the marginal zone of the spleen, …
Despite the impressive decay in morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected children and adolescents due to the use of antiretroviral therapy, they are still more susceptible to infectious diseases and have a reduced response to vaccination. Tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine and, when available, tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) are recommended to adolescents at the age of 1…
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Primary immunodeficiencies is complex disorders that can affect several components of the immune system. They are considered rare diseases, but they present relevant statistics when analyzed together - about 1 for every 2000 live births. The patients affected are susceptible to infections (often recurrent) and adverse reactions to vaccines, which contribute to the increase in mortality an…
Tuberculosis is an infectious illness of great importance to Public Health. In Brazil, it is estimated that there are at least 73.000 new cases reported every year. The World Health Organization (WHO) advises that vaccinating with Calmette-Guérin bacillus (BCG) is the best strategy to prevent the infection and the severe forms of tuberculosis. Nonetheless, it is known that administrating …
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