Alexandra B Souza

Datos Biográficos

ID10226222
NOMBREAlexandra B Souza
NOMBRESAlexandra B
APELLIDOSouza
FIRMASOUZA A B
AFILIACIONESFundação de Medicina Tropical
ORCID0000-0002-0849-8398
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS3
TOTAL DE CITAS1
TOTAL COMO AUTOR3
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2017
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
ÍNDICE H1

  • Contextualizing and optimizing novel strategies to improve the latent TB continuum of care

    Open AccessIsadora Salles, Paula Travassos et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Tuberculosis (TB) causes 1 in 3 deaths among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Diagnosing and treating latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is critical to reducing TB incidence and mortality. Blood-based screening tests (e.g., QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT+)) and shorter-course TB preventive therapy (TPT) regimens such as 3HP (3 months weekly isoniazid-rifapentine) hold significant promise to improve TB outcomes. We qualitatively explored barriers …

  • Determinants of losses in the latent tuberculosis infection cascade of care in Brazil

    Open AccessAlexandra B Souza, María B Arriaga et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    Introduction Factors associated with losses in the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) cascade of care in contacts of patients with tuberculosis (TB) were investigated in a multicentre prospective cohort from highly endemic regions in Brazil. Methods Close contacts of 1187 patients with culture-confirmed pulmonary TB were prospectively studied between 2015 and 2019, with follow-up of 6–24 months. Data on TB screening by clinical investigation, r…

  • Fatores associados à coinfecção tuberculose e HIV

    Open AccessEvela Da Silva Magno, Valéria Saraceni et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2017Citada por: 1Referencias: 12

    A tuberculose (TB) em pessoas vivendo com HIV (PVHIV) é a maior causa infecciosa de morte relacionada à AIDS. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estimar a prevalência da coinfecção TB/HIV, avaliar a notificação dos dois agravos de maneira temporal, por meio de relacionamento de bases de dados, e buscar fatores associados às notificações de AIDS e TB. A prevalência de coinfecção TB/HIV foi de 7,7%. O grupo de PVHIV com posterior diagnóstico de TB foi o…