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L. Silva

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Schistosomiasis as an urban disease: 13 years of studies in the neighborhoods of Salvador, BA, Brazil.

BACKGROUND Rapid urbanization in Brazil has shifted the epidemiological landscape of parasitic diseases, such as schistosomiasis and malaria. Although typically considered a rural infection, Schistosoma mansoni transmission persists in urban settings where sanitation and water access remain uneven. This study investiga...

Pedro Santos-Muccillo, Fernanda Mac-Allister Cedraz, L. Silva et al. · PLoS Neglected Tropical Dise... · 0 citations

Review Oct 2026

APOL1 Risk Genotypes and Sickle Cell Trait are Associated with Kidney Disease Progression in an Afro-Brazilian Population.

In this Afro-Brazilian population, APOL1 high-risk genotypes were enriched among individuals with kidney disease, whereas sickle cell trait prevalence resembled that of the general population.

D. J. Alladagbin, Vitória Brito Fontoura Lima, M. Tavares et al. · Kidney360 · 0 citations

Open access Oct 2026

Klebsiella pneumoniae from community-acquired infections and an urban river share antimicrobial resistance profiles and high-risk lineages but differ in virulence

Klebsiella pneumoniae poses a significant public health threat, but the relationship between community-acquired (CA) infections and environmental isolates remains poorly understood. Therefore, this study aimed to assess whether K. pneumoniae from CA infections share microbiological and molecular features with isolates...

A. S. S. Monteiro, João Ricardo, Vívian Santos Galvão et al. · Archives of Microbiology · 0 citations