CV Lattes
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (IMT) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduate studies in Medicine at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (1981), master's degree in public health at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1993) and ph.d. in Preventive Medicine at Universidade de São Paulo (1998). Has experience in Public Health, focusing on Preventive Medicine, acting on the following subjects: epidemiology, epidemiologic surveillance, vaccines, HIV/AIDS and clinical trials. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The Zika virus (ZIKAV) was first identified 1947 in rhesus monkeys from the Zika forest in Uganda. The first autochthonous cases in Brazil were reported in 2015.At beginning, ZIKAV was believed to cause only mild disease, similar to classical dengue fever, with maculopapular rash, conjunctivitis and arthralgia. Nevertheless, there is now evidence that the ZIKAV is associated with serious…
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