LIM/38 - Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Imunobiologia

O Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Imunobiologia é ligado ao Departamento de Medicina Preventiva da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP).

Linhas de pesquisa: epidemiologia das neoplasias; epidemiologia da AIDS e outras doenças transmissíveis; imunopatogenia de leishmanioses; métodos diagnósticos e alternativas terapêuticas das doenças negligenciadas; coinfecção HIV/leishmania.

Site oficial: http://limhc.fm.usp.br/portal/lim38-laboratorio-de-epidemiologia-e-imunobiologia/

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Recent Submissions

  1. You knew you had to be there, it had to be done: Experiences of health professionals who faced the COVID-19 pandemic in one public hospital in Spain

    FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, v.11, article ID 1089565, 12p, 2023

    IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the lack of a government contingency plan for an effective response to an unexpected health crisis. This study uses a phenomenological approach to explore the experience of healthcare professionals during the first three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic...

  2. Sexual health and sexually transmitted infections prevention among people who have sex between vulvas: a Brazilian analysis

    SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, v.51, n.1, suppl.S, p.S205-S206, 2024

  3. Ultra-processed food consumption, cancer risk and cancer mortality: a prospective study of the UK Biobank

    ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM, v.79, suppl.1, p.929-930, 2023

  4. Description and performance evaluation of two new web-based tools developed to assess and monitor diet quality: Nova-HF and Nova-UPF screeners

    ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM, v.79, suppl.1, p.456-456, 2023

  5. Association of two Nova-scores of diet quality with weight gain in the Nutrinet-Brasil cohort

    ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM, v.79, suppl.1, p.382-382, 2023

  6. Beyond HIV prevention: Assessment of the benefits of pre-exposure prophylaxis for sexual quality of life

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS, v.35, n.1, p.48-57, 2024

    Background: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) may favor sexual satisfaction by reducing the fear of HIV and promoting less restrictive sexual practices. These benefits may be even higher among PrEP users with mental health issues. Methods: We invited adult PrEP users to answer a questionnaire inclu...

  7. Dimensions of harassment at school: dialogs about gender with young high school students in Sao Paulo/Brazil

    INTERFACE-COMUNICACAO SAUDE EDUCACAO, v.27, article ID e.220647, 15p, 2023

    In this article, we discuss uses of ""harassment"" as a category employed by young students from public high schools to make sense of violence and gender discrimination experiences that occur in and out of school. The analysis is based on fieldwork records produced within the scope of a multicent...

  8. Promotion of ultra-processed foods in Brazil: combined use of claims and promotional features on packaging

    REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA, v.57, article ID 44, 15p, 2023

    OBJECTIVE: To assess the availability of different promotional strategies applied for UPF sales in Brazilian food retailers. METHODS: Information available on food packaging was gathered from all packaged products sold in the five largest food retail chains in Brazil in 2017. UPF were identified ...

  9. Civil society and community social support initiatives for vulnerable groups in primary care center catchment areas: the role of the FHS during the pandemic

    CIENCIA & SAUDE COLETIVA, v.28, n.12, p.3519-3531, 2023

    The pandemic highlighted new and old health risks that require health actions and social support. This study analyzed the knowledge of health professionals working in primary health care centers (PHCCs) regarding civil society and health service separately or along with health promotion and socia...

  10. Safeguarding HIV prevention and care services amidst military conflict: experiences from Ukraine

    BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH, v.8, n.12, article ID e014299, 8p, 2023

    Ukraine stands out among European countries concerning HIV epidemiological data. Since February 2022, the military conflict with Russian forces has posed unprecedented challenges to HIV prevention and care. AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a global non-profit organisation with operations in Ukra...