Intense SARS-CoV-2 transmission among affluent Manaus residents preceded the second wave of the epidemic in Brazil

by Buss, Lewis F, Sabino, Ester C
Published in The Lancet global health

Epidemiology of COVID-19 after Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Gamma Variant, Brazilian Amazon, 2020-2021

by Nicolete, Vanessa C, Rodrigues, Priscila T, Fernandes, Anderson R J, Corder, Rodrigo M, Tonini, Juliana, Buss, Lewis F, Sales, Flávia C, Faria, Nuno R, Sabino, Ester C, Castro, Marcia C, Ferreira, Marcelo U
Published in Emerging infectious diseases

SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity and COVID-19 among 5 years-old Amazonian children and their association with poverty and food insecurity

by Ferreira, Marcelo U, Giacomini, Isabel, Sato, Priscila M, Lourenço, Barbara H, Nicolete, Vanessa C, Buss, Lewis F, Matijasevich, Alicia, Castro, Marcia C, Cardoso, Marly A
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Declining antibody levels to Trypanosoma cruzi correlate with polymerase chain reaction positivity and electrocardiographic changes in a retrospective cohort of untreated Brazilian...

by Buss, Lewis F, Campos de Oliveira-da Silva, Léa, Moreira, Carlos H V, Manuli, Erika R, Sales, Flavia C, Morales, Ingra, Di Germanio, Clara, de Almeida-Neto, Cesar, Bakkour, Sonia, Constable, Paul, Pinto-Filho, Marcelo M, Ribeiro, Antonio L, Busch, Michael, Sabino, Ester C
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Reinfection by the SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant in blood donors in Manaus, Brazil

by Prete, Jr, Carlos A, Buss, Lewis F, Buccheri, Renata, Abrahim, Claudia M M, Salomon, Tassila, Crispim, Myuki A E, Oikawa, Marcio K, Grebe, Eduard, da Costa, Allyson G, Fraiji, Nelson A, do P S S Carvalho, Maria, Whittaker, Charles, Alexander, Neal, Faria, Nuno R, Dye, Christopher, Nascimento, Vítor H, Busch, Michael P, Sabino, Ester Cerdeira
Published in BMC infectious diseases

Performance of at-home self-collected saliva and nasal-oropharyngeal swabs in the surveillance of COVID-19

by Braz-Silva, Paulo H., Mamana, Ana C., Romano, Camila M., Felix, Alvina C., de Paula, Anderson V., Fereira, Noeli E, Buss, Lewis F., Tozetto-Mendoza, Tania R., Caixeta, Rafael A. V., Leal, Fabio E., Grespan, Regina M. Z., Bizário, João C. S., Ferraz, Andrea B. C., Sapkota, Dipak, Giannecchini, Simone, To, Kelvin K., Doglio, Alain, Mendes-Correa, Maria C.
Published in Journal of oral microbiology

Pharmacogenomic Profile and Adverse Drug Reactions in a Prospective Therapeutic Cohort of Chagas Disease Patients Treated with Benznidazole

by Franco, Lucas A M, Moreira, Carlos H V, Buss, Lewis F, Oliveira, Lea C, Martins, Roberta C R, Manuli, Erika R, Lindoso, José A L, Busch, Michael P, Pereira, Alexandre C, Sabino, Ester C
Published in International journal of molecular sciences

Can I have blood tests to check everything is alright?

by Buss, Lewis F, Spitzer, David, Watson, Jessica C
Published in BMJ (Online)

Resurgence of COVID-19 in Manaus, Brazil, despite high seroprevalence

by Sabino, Ester C, Buss, Lewis F, Carvalho, Maria P S, Prete, Carlos A, Crispim, Myuki A E, Fraiji, Nelson A, Pereira, Rafael H M, Parag, Kris V, da Silva Peixoto, Pedro, Kraemer, Moritz U G, Oikawa, Marcio K, Salomon, Tassila, Cucunuba, Zulma M, Castro, Márcia C, de Souza Santos, Andreza Aruska, Nascimento, Vítor H, Pereira, Henrique S, Ferguson, Neil M, Pybus, Oliver G, Kucharski, Adam, Busch, Michael P, Dye, Christopher, Faria, Nuno R
Published in The Lancet (British edition)

Three-quarters attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 in the Brazilian Amazon during a largely unmitigated epidemic

by Buss, Lewis F, Prete, Jr, Carlos A, Abrahim, Claudia M M, Mendrone, Jr, Alfredo, Salomon, Tassila, de Almeida-Neto, Cesar, França, Rafael F O, Belotti, Maria C, Carvalho, Maria P S S, Costa, Allyson G, Crispim, Myuki A E, Ferreira, Suzete C, Fraiji, Nelson A, Gurzenda, Susie, Whittaker, Charles, Kamaura, Leonardo T, Takecian, Pedro L, da Silva Peixoto, Pedro, Oikawa, Marcio K, Nishiya, Anna S, Rocha, Vanderson, Salles, Nanci A, de Souza Santos, Andreza Aruska, da Silva, Martirene A, Custer, Brian, Parag, Kris V, Barral-Netto, Manoel, Kraemer, Moritz U G, Pereira, Rafael H M, Pybus, Oliver G, Busch, Michael P, Castro, Márcia C, Dye, Christopher, Nascimento, Vítor H, Faria, Nuno R, Sabino, Ester C
Published in Science

Incidence and Predictors of Progression to Chagas Cardiomyopathy: Long-Term Follow-Up of Trypanosoma cruzi -Seropositive Individuals

by Nunes, Maria Carmo P, Buss, Lewis F, Silva, Jose Luiz P, Martins, Larissa Natany A, Oliveira, Claudia Di Lorenzo, Cardoso, Clareci Silva, Brito, Bruno Oliveira de Figueiredo, Ferreira, Ariela Mota, Oliveira, Lea Campos, Bierrenbach, Ana Luiza, Fernandes, Fabio, Busch, Michael P, Hotta, Viviane Tiemi, Martinelli, Luiz Mario Baptista, Soeiro, Maria Carolina F Almeida, Brentegani, Adriana, Salemi, Vera M C, Menezes, Marcia M, Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P, Sabino, Ester Cerdeira
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.)

Deriving a parsimonious cardiac endpoint for use in epidemiological studies of Chagas disease: results from the Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II) cohort

by Buss, Lewis F, Bes, Taniela Marli, Pereira, Alexandre, Natany, Larissa, Oliveira, Claudia Di Lorenzo, Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P, Sabino, Ester Cerdeira
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Higher risk of death from COVID-19 in low-income and non-White populations of São Paulo, Brazil

by Li, Sabrina L, Pereira, Rafael H M, Prete Jr, Carlos A, Zarebski, Alexander E, Emanuel, Lucas, Alves, Pedro J H, Peixoto, Pedro S, Braga, Carlos K V, de Souza Santos, Andreza Aruska, de Souza, William M, Barbosa, Rogerio J, Buss, Lewis F, Mendrone, Alfredo, de Almeida-Neto, Cesar, Ferreira, Suzete C, Salles, Nanci A, Marcilio, Izabel, Wu, Chieh-Hsi, Gouveia, Nelson, Nascimento, Vitor H, Sabino, Ester C, Faria, Nuno R, Messina, Jane P
Published in BMJ global health

Cohort profile update: the main and new findings from the SaMi-Trop Chagas cohort

by Oliveira, Claudia Di Lorenzo, Cardoso, Clareci Silva, Baldoni, Nayara Ragi, Natany, Larissa, Ferreira, Ariela Mota, Oliveira, Lea Campos de, Nunes, Maria do Carmo Pereira, Quintino, Nayara Dornela, Bierrenbach, Ana Luiza, Buss, Lewis F., Haikal, Desiree Sant’Ana, Cunha Neto, Edecio, Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz Pinho, Sabino, Ester Cerdeira
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Parasitemia and antibody response to benznidazole treatment in a cohort of patients with chronic Chagas disease

by Moreira, Carlos Henrique Valente, Bierrenbach, Ana Luiza, Taconeli, Cesar Augusto, de Oliveira-da Silva, Léa Campos, Buss, Lewis F., Keating, Sheila M., Manuli, Erika Regina, Carvalho, Noemia Barbosa, Guastini, Cristina, Coco, Sonia Bakkour, Lindoso, José Ângelo Lauletta, Franco, Lucas Augusto Moyses, Ghilardi, Fabio, Sales, Flavia Cristina da Silva, Contestable, Paul, Di Germanio, Clara, Busch, Michael P., Sabino, Ester Cerdeira
Published in Frontiers in parasitology

Evolution and epidemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil

by Candido, Darlan S, Claro, Ingra M, de Jesus, Jaqueline G, Souza, William M, Moreira, Filipe R R, Dellicour, Simon, Mellan, Thomas A, du Plessis, Louis, Pereira, Rafael H M, Sales, Flavia C S, Manuli, Erika R, Thézé, Julien, Almeida, Luiz, Menezes, Mariane T, Voloch, Carolina M, Fumagalli, Marcilio J, Coletti, Thaís M, da Silva, Camila A M, Ramundo, Mariana S, Amorim, Mariene R, Hoeltgebaum, Henrique H, Mishra, Swapnil, Gill, Mandev S, Carvalho, Luiz M, Buss, Lewis F, Prete, Jr, Carlos A, Ashworth, Jordan, Nakaya, Helder I, Peixoto, Pedro S, Brady, Oliver J, Nicholls, Samuel M, Tanuri, Amilcar, Rossi, Átila D, Braga, Carlos K V, Gerber, Alexandra L, de C Guimarães, Ana Paula, Gaburo, Jr, Nelson, Alencar, Cecila Salete, Ferreira, Alessandro C S, Lima, Cristiano X, Levi, José Eduardo, Granato, Celso, Ferreira, Giulia M, Francisco, Jr, Ronaldo S, Granja, Fabiana, Garcia, Marcia T, Moretti, Maria Luiza, Perroud, Jr, Mauricio W, Castiñeiras, Terezinha M P P, Lazari, Carolina S, Hill, Sarah C, de Souza Santos, Andreza Aruska, Simeoni, Camila L, Forato, Julia, Sposito, Andrei C, Schreiber, Angelica Z, Santos, Magnun N N, de Sá, Camila Zolini, Souza, Renan P, Resende-Moreira, Luciana C, Teixeira, Mauro M, Hubner, Josy, Leme, Patricia A F, Moreira, Rennan G, Nogueira, Maurício L, Ferguson, Neil M, Costa, Silvia F, Proenca-Modena, José Luiz, Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza R, Bhatt, Samir, Lemey, Philippe, Wu, Chieh-Hsi, Rambaut, Andrew, Loman, Nick J, Aguiar, Renato S, Pybus, Oliver G, Sabino, Ester C, Faria, Nuno Rodrigues
Published in Science

SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity and COVID-19 among 5 years-old Amazonian children and their association with poverty and food insecurity

by Marcelo U. Ferreira, Isabel Giacomini, Priscila M. Sato, Barbara H. Lourenço, Vanessa C. Nicolete, Lewis F. Buss, Alicia Matijasevich, Marcia C. Castro, Marly A. Cardoso, for the MINA-Brazil Working Group
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases

SARS-CoV-2 antibody dynamics in blood donors and COVID-19 epidemiology in eight Brazilian state capitals: A serial cross-sectional study

by Prete, Jr, Carlos A, Buss, Lewis F, Whittaker, Charles, Salomon, Tassila, Oikawa, Marcio K, Pereira, Rafael H M, Moura, Isabel C G, Delerino, Lucas, Barral-Netto, Manoel, Tavares, Natalia M, Franca, Rafael F O, Boaventura, Viviane S, Miyajima, Fabio, Mendrone-Junior, Alfredo, de Almeida-Neto, Cesar, Salles, Nanci A, Ferreira, Suzete C, Fladzinski, Karine A, de Souza, Luana M, Schier, Luciane K, Inoue, Patricia M, Xabregas, Lilyane A, Crispim, Myuki A E, Fraiji, Nelson, Araujo, Fernando L V, Carlos, Luciana M B, Pessoa, Veridiana, Ribeiro, Maisa A, de Souza, Rosenvaldo E, da Silva, Sônia M N, Cavalcante, Anna F, Valença, Maria I B, da Silva, Maria V, Lopes, Esther, Filho, Luiz A, Mateos, Sheila O G, Nunes, Gabrielle T, Silva-Junior, Alexander L, Busch, Michael P, Castro, Marcia C, Dye, Christopher, Ratmann, Oliver, Faria, Nuno R, Nascimento, Vítor H, Sabino, Ester C
Published in eLife

Prolonged presence of replication‐competent SARS‐CoV‐2 in mildly symptomatic individuals: A Report of 2 Cases

by Maria Cassia Mendes Correa, Leal, Fabio E, Villas Boas, Lucy S, Witkin, Steven S, Anderson de Paula, Tania Regina Tozetto Mendonza, Noely Evangelista Ferreira, Curty, Gislaine, Santos de Carvalho, Pedro, Buss, Lewis F, Costa, Silvia F, Flavia Mendes da Cunha Carvalho, Kawakami, Joyce, Taniwaki, Noemi Nosomi, Paiao, Heuder, Joao Carlos da Silva Bizário, Jaqueline Goes de Jesus, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Camila Malta Romano, Regina Maura Zetone Grepan, Sesso, Antonio
Published in Journal of Medical Virology

Clinical features and natural history of the first 2073 suspected COVID-19 cases in the Corona São Caetano primary care programme: a prospective cohort study

by Leal, Fabio E, Mendes-Correa, Maria C, Buss, Lewis Fletcher, Costa, Silvia F, Bizario, Joao C S, de Souza, Sonia R P, Thomaz, Osorio, Tozetto-Mendoza, Tania Regina, Villas-Boas, Lucy S, de Oliveira-da Silva, Léa Campos, Grespan, Regina M Z, Capuani, Ligia, Buccheri, Renata, Domingues, Helves, Alexander, Neal, Mayaud, Philippe, Sabino, Ester Cerdeira
Published in BMJ open