LUCY SANTOS VILAS BOAS
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LIM/52 - Laboratório de Virologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Shotgun metagenomic sequencing of the first case of monkeypox virus in Brazil, 2022(2022) CLARO, Ingra Morales; ROMANO, Camila Malta; CANDIDO, Darlan da Silva; LIMA, Evelyn Lepka de; LINDOSO, Jose Angelo Lauletta; RAMUNDO, Mariana Severo; MOREIRA, Filipe Romero Rebello; BARRA, Luiz Alberto Costa; BORGES, Luciana Marques Sansao; MEDEIROS, Lucas Alberto; TOMISHIGE, Marcia Y. S.; MOUTINHO, Tomas; SILVA, Anderson Jose Dias da; RODRIGUES, Camila Cristina Martini; AZEVEDO, Luiz Cesar Fernandes de; VILLAS-BOAS, Lucy Santos; SILVA, Camila Alves Maia da; COLETTI, Thais Moura; MANULI, Erika R.; O'TOOLE, Aine; QUICK, Joshua; LOMAN, Nicholas; RAMBAUT, Andrew; FARIA, Nuno R.; FIGUEIREDO-MELLO, Claudia; SABINO, Ester CerdeiraMonkeypox virus (MPXV), a zoonotic virus endemic to the African continent, has been reported in 33 non-endemic countries since May 2022. We report an almost complete genome of the first confirmed case of MPXV in Brazil. Shotgun metagenomic sequencing was completed in 18 hours, from DNA extraction to consensus sequence generation.
- Clinical features and natural history of the first 2073 suspected COVID-19 cases in the Corona Sao Caetano primary care programme: a prospective cohort study(2021) LEAL, Fabio E.; MENDES-CORREA, Maria C.; BUSS, Lewis Fletcher; COSTA, Silvia F.; BIZARIO, Joao C. S.; SOUZA, Sonia R. P. de; THOMAZ, Osorio; TOZETTO-MENDOZA, Tania Regina; VILLAS-BOAS, Lucy S.; SILVA, Lea Campos de Oliveira-da; GRESPAN, Regina M. Z.; CAPUANI, Ligia; BUCCHERI, Renata; DOMINGUES, Helves; ALEXANDER, Neal; MAYAUD, Philippe; SABINO, Ester CerdeiraBackground Despite most cases not requiring hospital care, there are limited community-based clinical data on COVID-19. Methods The Corona Sao Caetano programme is a primary care initiative providing care to all residents with COVID-19 in Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil. It was designed to capture standardised clinical data on community COVID-19 cases. After triage of potentially severe cases, consecutive patients presenting to a multimedia screening platform between 13 April and 13 May 2020 were tested at home with SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase (RT) PCR; positive patients were followed up for 14 days with phone calls every 2 days. RT-PCR-negative patients were offered additional SARS-CoV-2 serology testing to establish their infection status. We describe the clinical, virological and natural history features of this prospective population-based cohort. Findings Of 2073 suspected COVID-19 cases, 1583 (76.4%) were tested by RT-PCR, of whom 444 (28.0%, 95% CI 25.9 to 30.3) were positive; 604/1136 (53%) RT-PCR-negative patients underwent serology, of whom 52 (8.6%) tested SARS-CoV-2 seropositive. The most common symptoms of confirmed COVID-19 were cough, fatigue, myalgia and headache; whereas self-reported fever (OR 3.0, 95% CI 2.4 to 3.9), anosmia (OR 3.3, 95% CI 2.6 to 4.4) and ageusia (OR 2.9, 95% CI 2.3 to 3.8) were most strongly associated with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis by RT-PCR or serology. RT-PCR cycle thresholds were lower in men, older patients, those with fever and arthralgia and closer to symptom onset. The rates of hospitalisation and death among 444 RT-PCR-positive cases were 6.7% and 0.7%, respectively, with older age and obesity more frequent in the hospitalised group. Conclusion COVID-19 presents in a similar way to other mild community-acquired respiratory diseases, but the presence of fever, anosmia and ageusia can assist the specific diagnosis. Most patients recovered without requiring hospitalisation with a low fatality rate compared with other hospital-based studies.