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Newsletter - Issue 80 |
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Budget cuts represent great challenges to the future of Brazilian research and science
Budget cuts threaten the performance of the national ST&I, undermine the possibility of economic recovery and may seriously affect the population's life quality and the Country's sovereignty On December 13, the National Congress approved the Budget for 2018, with 19% cutbacks for Science, Technology and Innovation (SC&I) compared to 2017. The amount is equal to 40.5% of the 2016 budget. 
Studies are in course to map the virus' progression and anticipate vaccination in risk areas, avoiding the entry in these places Is Brazil ready to face yellow fever?Associate Professor at the Infectious Diseases Department at São Paulo University Medical School (FMUSP), Marta Heloisa Lopes, reminds that Brazil is the world's leading yellow fever vaccine manufacturer and, unlike what happened in Africa, in 2016, we are currently facing a wild yellow fever outbreak, not urban. "We have conditions and we are developing, in São Paulo, studies to map and anticipate vaccination in risk areas, avoiding the virus' entry in these places. 
The Aedes albopictus could be the link between urban and wild cycles by establishing an intermediate or rural cycle, or even by transmitting in urban áreas Aedes albopictus can establish rural or intermediate yellow fever transmission cycle, alerts Dr. Pedro VasconcelosA novel finding in the world should open a new front of studies about yellow fever transmission in Brazil. According do Doctor Pedro Vasconcelos, virology physician and director of the Evandro Chagas Institute, in Pará, the next steps include collecting more mosquitoes to verify the minimum infection rate in nature; if they are found infected again, perform...
We must maintain epidemiological surveillance, although Zika virus infections cases have dropped, alerts Celina Turchi
We must monitor the viral circulation and be ready for the possibility of future outbreaks among the susceptible populations with adverse neurological events and Zika Congenital Syndrome in newborns Internationally recognized for leading the first case-control study that demonstrated the relation between Zika virus and microcephaly... |
Obligatory vaccination against influenza for Brazilian health professionals
We aim to encourage the reflection and productive discussion over the theme, not only in the academia, but overall, in our scientific societies, professional associations and those responsible for public policies in the sector It is unnecessary to emphasize the role of vaccines controlling, reducing, eliminating and eradicating infectious diseases in the world and the time is extraordinarily proper to discuss the obligation to immunize against the flu, since in 2018 we celebrate the Spanish... 
Below is a selection of for this month of march of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals. Alternative methods needed to detect all schistosomiasis cases About Half of Millennials Are Not Getting Tested For HIV Studies show that Zika can protect agaisnt dengue and vice-versa Climate change increase risk of vector-borne diseases Project aims to identify viruses that could cause the next pandemic 
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