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Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). Coordenadoria de Controle de Doenças (CCD). Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduate at Ciências Biológicas from Faculdade de Fillosofia Ciências e Letras do Sagrado Coração (1984) and ph.d. at Microbiology from Universidade de São Paulo (2001). Has experience in Microbiology, focusing on Micobacteriology, acting on the following subjects: biosafety, diagnosis and molecular epidemiology on tuberculosis and other mycobacteriosis (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health problem. Of great concern is the increase in number of drug-resistant TB and the reduced therapeutic option for its treatment. In Brazil, in 2018, 1,119 patients with TB resistant to rifampicin (TBRR) or to rifampicin and isoniazid (TBMR) were notified. Of the total number of cases reported as TBRR/MR, only 141 (12.6%) were tested for s…
According to the World Health Organization, 6.2 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) were diagnosed and reported worldwide in 2010, with 5.4 million new cases. Brazil is among the 22 countries which account for 82% of TB cases in the world. Although the incidence rate has decreased from 42.8/100,000 inhabitants in 2001 to 36.0/100,000 inhabitants in 2011, TB is considered a serious disease …
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