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Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho
Researcher at Universidade de Pernambuco
Publications - 85
Citations - 2279
Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho is an academic researcher from Universidade de Pernambuco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Microcephaly & Zika virus. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 76 publications receiving 1879 citations. Previous affiliations of Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho include Federal University of Pernambuco & University of London.
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Association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Brazil, January to May, 2016: preliminary report of a case-control study
Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo,Laura C. Rodrigues,Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes,Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes,Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho,Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos,Ana Paula Lopes de Melo,Sandra Valongueiro,Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque,Wayner Vieira de Souza,Cynthia Braga,Sinval Pinto Brandão Filho,Marli Tenório Cordeiro,Enrique Vazquez,Danielle Di Cavalcanti Souza Cruz,Cláudio Maierovitch Pessanha Henriques,Luciana Caroline Albuquerque Bezerra,Priscila M. S. Castanha,Rafael Dhalia,Ernesto Torres Azevedo Marques-Júnior,Celina Maria Turchi Martelli,Celina Maria Turchi Martelli +21 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported the preliminary results of a case-control study investigating the association between microcephaly and Zika virus infection during pregnancy in eight public hospitals in Recife, Brazil.
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Initial Description of the Presumed Congenital Zika Syndrome.
Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho,Celina Maria Turchi Martelli,Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes,Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo,Maria Angela Wanderley Rocha,Regina Coeli Ferreira Ramos,Rafael Dhalia,Rafael F. O. França,Ernesto Torres de Azevedo Marques Júnior,Laura C. Rodrigues +9 more
TL;DR: Preliminary data suggest that severe congenital abnormalities are linked to Zika virus infection, and affected nations need to prepare to provide complex and costly multidisciplinary care that children diagnosed with this new congenital syndrome will require.
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Association between microcephaly, Zika virus infection, and other risk factors in Brazil: final report of a case-control study
Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo,Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes,Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes,Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho,Wayner Vieira de Souza,Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos,Ana Paula Lopes de Melo,Sandra Valongueiro,Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque,Cynthia Braga,Sinval Pinto Brandão Filho,Marli Tenório Cordeiro,Enrique Vazquez,Danielle Di Cavalcanti Souza Cruz,Cláudio Maierovitch Pessanha Henriques,Luciana Caroline Albuquerque Bezerra,Priscila M. S. Castanha,Rafael Dhalia,Ernesto Torres Azevedo Marques-Júnior,Ernesto Torres Azevedo Marques-Júnior,Celina Maria Turchi Martelli,Laura C. Rodrigues,Carmen Dhalia,Marcela Silva dos Santos,Fanny Cortes,Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira,Giovanini E. Coelho,Juan José Cortez-Escalante,Carlos A. Melo,Pilar Ramon-Pardo,Sylvain Aldighieri,Jairo Mendez-Rico,Marcos A. Espinal,Leuridan Torres,Adriano Nassri Hazin,Ana van der Linden,Monica Coentro,George Santiago Dimech,Romildo Siqueira de Assunção,Patrícia Ismael de Carvalho,Valdete Felix de Oliveira +40 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided of the absence of an effect of other potential factors, such as exposure to pyriproxyfen or vaccines (tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis, measles and rubella) during pregnancy, confirming the findings of an ecological study of pyri proxyfen in Pernambuco and previous studies on the safety of Tdap vaccine administration during pregnancy.
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Computed Tomographic Findings in Microcephaly Associated with Zika Virus.
Adriano Nassri Hazin,Andrea Poretti,Danielle Di Cavalcanti Souza Cruz,Marli Tenorio,Ana van der Linden,Lindomar Pena,Carlos Alexandre Antunes de Brito,Laura H. V. G. Gil,Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho,Ernesto T. A. Marques,Celina Maria Turchi Martelli,João Guilherme Bezerra Alves,Thierry A.G.M. Huisman +12 more
TL;DR: The characteristics of infants who were exposed to the Zika virus in utero and were born with abnormalities of the central nervous system, as seen on computed tomography are described.
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Microcephaly epidemic related to the Zika virus and living conditions in Recife, Northeast Brazil
Wayner Vieira de Souza,Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque,Enrique Vazquez,Luciana Caroline Albuquerque Bezerra,Antonio da Cruz Gouveia Mendes,Tereza Maciel Lyra,Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo,André Luiz Sá de Oliveira,Maria Cynthia Braga,Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes,Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes,Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho,Amanda Priscila de Santana Cabral Silva,Laura C. Rodrigues,Celina Maria Turchi Martelli,Celina Maria Turchi Martelli +15 more
TL;DR: This study showed that those residing in areas with precarious living conditions had a higher prevalence of microcephaly compared with populations with better living conditions.