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Marilia Sá Carvalho
Researcher at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Publications - 264
Citations - 8527
Marilia Sá Carvalho is an academic researcher from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Public health. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 239 publications receiving 7287 citations. Previous affiliations of Marilia Sá Carvalho include Lancaster University & Federal Fluminense University.
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Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): objectives and design.
Estela M. L. Aquino,Sandhi Maria Barreto,Isabela M. Benseñor,Marilia Sá Carvalho,Dóra Chor,Bruce Bartholow Duncan,Paulo A. Lotufo,José Geraldo Mill,Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina,Eduardo Luiz Andrade Mota,Valéria Maria de Azeredo Passos,Maria Inês Schmidt,Moyses Szklo +12 more
TL;DR: The authors delineate the study's objectives, principal methodological features, and timeline, and confirm that long-term biologic sample storage will allow investigation of biomarkers that may predict cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
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Cohort Profile: Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)
Maria Inês Schmidt,Bruce Bartholow Duncan,José Geraldo Mill,Paulo A. Lotufo,Dóra Chor,Sandhi Maria Barreto,Estela M. L. Aquino,Valéria Maria de Azeredo Passos,Sheila Maria Alvim Matos,Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina,Marilia Sá Carvalho,Isabela M. Benseñor +11 more
TL;DR: The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) aims to contribute relevant information regarding the development and progression of clinical and subclinical chronic diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, in one such setting.
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Impact of environment and social gradient on Leptospira infection in urban slums.
Renato Barbosa Reis,Guilherme S. Ribeiro,Ridalva Dias Martins Felzemburgh,Francisco S. Santana,Sharif Mohr,Astrid X. T. O. Melendez,Adriano Queiroz,Andréia C. Santos,Romy R. Ravines,Wagner de Souza Tassinari,Wagner de Souza Tassinari,Marilia Sá Carvalho,Mitermayer G. Reis,Albert I. Ko,Albert I. Ko +14 more
TL;DR: Deficiencies in the sanitation infrastructure where slum inhabitants reside were found to be environmental sources of Leptospira transmission, indicating that effective prevention of leptospirosis may need to address the social factors that produce unequal health outcomes among slum residents, in addition to improving sanitation.
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The effect of chronic diseases on functional status of the elderly living in the city of São Paulo, Brazil
Luciana Correia Alves,Beatriz Consuelo Quinet Leimann,Maria Estrella López Vasconcelos,Marilia Sá Carvalho,Ana Glória Godoi Vasconcelos,Thaís C. O. Fonseca,Maria Lúcia Lebrão,Ruy Laurenti +7 more
TL;DR: The main focus of this study was the effect of chronic disease on the functional status (activities of daily living - ADL, instrumental activities of dailyLiving - IADL) among the elderly, controlling for age, gender, living arrangements, education, and comorbidity.
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Zika Virus Outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Clinical Characterization, Epidemiological and Virological Aspects
Patrícia Brasil,Guilherme Amaral Calvet,André M. Siqueira,Mayumi Duarte Wakimoto,Patrícia Carvalho de Sequeira,Aline Araújo Nobre,Marcel de Souza Borges Quintana,Marco Cesar Lima de Mendonça,Otília Lupi,Rogério Souza,Carolina Romero,Heruza Einsfeld Zogbi,Clarisse da Silveira Bressan,Simone Sampaio Alves,Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira,Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira,Marilia Sá Carvalho,Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis,Thomas Jaenisch +18 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that ZIKV was circulating in Rio de Janeiro as early as January 2015, and pruritus, the second most common clinical sign presented by the confirmed cases, should be added to the PAHO case definition, while fever could be given less emphasis.