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Detección y cuantificación de SARS-CoV-2 en plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales de diferentes ciudades de Chile: hacia la implementación de una vigilancia centinela permanente

Rev. chil. infectol; 39 (6), 2022
INTRODUCCIÓN: La cuantificación de SARS-CoV-2 en aguas residuales es una herramienta que permite determinar la tendencia de la circulación viral en un área geográfica determinada. OBJETIVO: Cuantificar el virus SARS-CoV-2 en 15 plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales en diferentes ciudades de Chi...

SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid shedding is variable for every person

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Considering the persistent positivity on RT-qPCR tests, the results of SARS-CoV-2 were monitored to evaluate the viral RNA shedding period. METHODS: Between March and June 2020, the sequential results of 29 healthcare workers' were monitored using RT-qPCR. RESULTS: More than 50%...

Coronavirus persistence in human respiratory tract and cell culture: An overview

Braz. j. infect. dis; 25 (5), 2021
ABSTRACT Emerging human coronaviruses, including the recently identified SARS-CoV-2, are relevant respiratory pathogens due to their potential to cause epidemics with high case fatality rates, although endemic coronaviruses are also important for immunocompromised patients. Long-term coronavirus infectio...

El testeo inicial de los pacientes con infección por COVID-19 tiene una alta tasa de resultados falsamente negativos
Initial testing of patients with COVID-19 infection has a high rate of false negative results

Immunity, virus evolution, and effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 54 (5), 2021
Phylogenetic and pathogenesis studies of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronaviruses (SARS-CoVs) strains have highlighted some specific mutations that could confer the RNA genome fitness advantages and immunological resistance for their rapid spread in the human population. The analyses o...

Variabilidad genética y epigenética, y la pandemia de Covid-19

Salud pública Méx; 62 (5), 2020

Differential replicative fitness of the four dengue virus serotypes circulating in Colombia in human liver Huh7 cells

Braz. j. infect. dis; 24 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Dengue has been a significant public health problem in Colombia since the simultaneous circulation of the four dengue virus serotypes. The replicative fitness of dengue is a biological feature important for virus evolution and contributes to elucidating the behavior of virus populations and vira...

Zika virus RNA excretion in sweat with concomitant detection in other body fluid specimens

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 115 (), 2020
We evaluated sweat, blood and urine specimens obtained from an ongoing cohort study in Brazil. Samples were collected at pre-established intervals after the initial rash presentation and tested for Zika virus (ZIKV) RNA presence by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR). From...

Genomic detection of a virus lineage replacement event of dengue virus serotype 2 in Brazil, 2019

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 115 (), 2020
BACKGROUND Despite efforts to mitigate the impact of dengue virus (DENV) epidemics, the virus remains a public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. Most DENV cases in the Americas between January and July 2019 were reported in Brazil. São Paulo State in the southeast of ...

In silico analysis of mismatches in RT-qPCR assays of 177 SARS-CoV-2 sequences from Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) can detect the severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a highly specific manner. However, a decrease in the specificity of PCR assays for their targets may lead to false negative result...