Federico Costa
Biographic Data
| ID | 3669255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Federico Costa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Federico |
| FAMILY NAME | Costa |
| SIGNATURE | COSTA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Federal da Bahia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6951-2336 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Employment status, occupational profile, and common mental disorders among workers in urban informal settlements in Brazil
Urban informal settlements (referred to as favelas in Brazil), reflect longstanding socioeconomic and racial inequalities and are home to a workforce frequently exposed to precarious employment conditions. This study describes the socio-occupational characteristic and estimates the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMDs) among workers residing in five urban informal communities in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. A cross-sectional epidemiological st…
Co-production of informal settlement health
Introduction: More than 15% of Brazil's urban population lives in slums characterized by limited access to essential urban services, heightened vulnerability to infectious pathogens and environmental hazards, and deprivation of citizenship rights. These conditions exacerbate social inequality, perpetuate cycles of poverty, and fuel violence, underscoring the urgent need for sustainable interventions. Methods: Following a social justice framework,…
Collaborative mapping
Environmental risks disproportionately affect socially vulnerable populations, yet most studies on urban leptospirosis have not captured residents’ perceptions of these risks. We conducted a cross-sectional study between August 2018 and March 2019 across four communities in Salvador, Brazil (Marechal Rondon, Alto do Cabrito, Nova Constituinte, and Rio Sena) using a collaborative mapping approach to explore residents’ perceptions of environmental …
Gender differences in Leptospira exposure risk, perceptions of disease severity, and high-risk behaviours in Salvador, Brazil
Vulnerability to climate hazards and infectious diseases is not gender-neutral, meaning that men, women, and other gender identities experience different risks. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic climate-sensitive infectious disease caused by the bacteria Leptospira and is transmitted to humans through contact with infected animals or contaminated environments, particularly soil and floodwater. Globally, studies report a higher risk of leptospiral infec…
Factors associated with the lethality of human leptospirosis in Brazil
Human infection by Leptospira results from direct exposure or indirect contact with soil or water contaminated by the urine of carrier mammals. Despite the current knowledge about the modes of infection, there are still gaps in understanding the factors that contribute to the disease lethality. Aiming to identify factors associated with death from leptospirosis in Brazil, a retrospective exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted using data …
Disentangling the influence of reservoir abundance and pathogen shedding on zoonotic spillover of the Leptospira agent in urban informal settlements
Rats are major reservoirs for pathogenic Leptospira , the bacteria causing leptospirosis, particularly in urban informal settlements. However, the impact of variation in rat abundance and pathogen shedding rates on spillover transmission to humans remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate how spatial variation in reservoir abundance and pathogen pressure affect Leptospira spillover transmission to humans in a Brazilian urban informal settl…
Cartographic Resources for Equitable University–Community Interaction in Slum Areas
Cartographic resources play a crucial role in facilitating communication across various sectors, including research projects focused on low-income communities. Despite this, some researchers still adhere to colonialist and exploitative approaches. This study aims to promote equitable university–community interaction though cartographic resources, aid academic and vulnerable community users in choosing a better platform for their work, and provide…
Predictors of Neurodevelopment in Microcephaly Associated with Congenital Zika Syndrome
EI predicted neurodevelopmental delay in all Bayley domains in children with microcephaly associated with CZS
Prevalence of human leptospirosis in the Americas
Objective. To describe the prevalence of leptospirosis in the Americas. Methods. A systematic review and meta-analysis, in the period 1930 to 2017, performed on a search of six platforms: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Lilacs, Embase, and Cochrane. Results. The search found 77 publications of which 53 (68%) were from the period 2000–2017. Of the 77, 62 studies were included in the analysis, from North America (11, 17%), Central America (9, 14%),…
Why is leptospirosis hard to avoid for the impoverished? Deconstructing leptospirosis transmission risk and the drivers of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in a disadvantaged community in Salvador,…
Several studies have identified socioeconomic and environmental risk factors for infectious disease, but the relationship between these and knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP), and more importantly their web of effects on individual infection risk, have not previously been evaluated. We conducted a cross-sectional KAP survey in an urban disadvantaged community in Salvador, Brazil, leveraging on simultaneously collected fine-scale environmen…
The Spatial Dimension of Covid-19
The COVID-19 health emergency is impacting all of our lives, but the living conditions and urban morphologies found in poor communities make inhabitants more vulnerable to the COVID-19 outbreak as compared to the formal city, where inhabitants have the resources to follow WHO guidelines. In general, municipal spatial datasets are not well equipped to support spatial responses to health emergencies, particularly in poor communities. In such critic…
A systematic literature review of leptospirosis outbreaks worldwide, 1970–2012
Objective. This review describes the geographic and temporal distribution of, detection methods for, and other epidemiological features of published leptospirosis outbreaks, with the aim of informing efforts to standardize outbreak-reporting practices. Methods. We conducted a systematic review of leptospirosis outbreaks reported in the scientific literature and ProMED during 1970–2012. Predefined criteria were used to identify and classify outbre…
A road map for leptospirosis research and health policies based on country needs in Latin America
This report summarizes the presentations, discussions and the recommendations coming from the Oswaldo Cruz Institute/FIOCRUZ International Workshop for Leptospirosis Research Based on Country Needs and the 5th Global Leptospirosis Environmental Action Network meeting, which was held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10-12 November 2015. The event focused on health policy and worked to develop a road map as a consensus document to help guide …
Rat infestation associated with environmental deficiencies in an urban slum community with high risk of leptospirosis transmission
We analyzed environmental factors that provide food, water and harborage to rodents and the risk of household rodent infestation in a slum community with a high risk of leptospirosis transmission. Detailed environmental surveys were performed in 221 households. Multivariate regression models evaluated the association between rodent infestation and socioeconomic status and environmental attributes obtained from Geographical Information System surv…
Scoping review
BACKGROUND: The strategic importance of monitoring social determinants of health (SDH) and health equity and inequity has been a central focus in global discussions around the 2011 Rio Political Declaration on SDH and the Millennium Development Goals. This study is part of the World Health Organization (WHO) equity-oriented analysis of linkages between health and other sectors (EQuAL) project, which aims to define a framework for monitoring SDH a…
The impact of Brazil’s Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer program on children’s health care utilization and health outcomes
BACKGROUND: Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs provide poor families with cash conditional on investments in health and education. Brazil's Bolsa Família program began in 2003 and is currently the largest CCT program in the world. This community-based study examines the impact of Bolsa Família on child health in a slum community in a large urban center. METHODS: In 2010, detailed household surveys were conducted with randomly selected Bolsa…
Surveillance for leptospirosis in the Americas, 1996-2005
OBJECTIVE: To characterize current leptospirosis reporting practices in the Americas. METHODS: Information was collected from the official websites of national ministries of health from the Americas region and two international organizations; personal communications; and three international morbidity databases. For all sources other than the morbidity databases, the review was limited to official reports citing clinically suspected and laboratory…
Diversity of containers and buildings infested with Aedes aegypti in Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
Aedes aegypti is the main domestic vector of the dengue virus. Control measures to prevent dengue transmission focus on the treatment and elimination of this vector's oviposition sites. There is limited biological information on Ae. aegypti in Argentina. The aim of this study was to characterize Ae. aegypti oviposition sites in the city of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina. We surveyed an area covering nine neighborhoods in 2005. We identified 191 premise…
Temporal and Spatial Host Abundance and Prevalence of Andes Hantavirus in Southern Argentina
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Temporal and Spatial Host Abundance and Prevalence of Andes Hantavirus in Southern Argentina
Surveillance for leptospirosis in the Americas, 1996-2005
OBJECTIVE: To characterize current leptospirosis reporting practices in the Americas. METHODS: Information was collected from the official websites of national ministries of health from the Americas region and two international organizations; personal communications; and three international morbidity databases. For all sources other than the morbidity databases, the review was limited to official reports citing clinically suspected and laboratory…
Diversity of containers and buildings infested with Aedes aegypti in Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
Aedes aegypti is the main domestic vector of the dengue virus. Control measures to prevent dengue transmission focus on the treatment and elimination of this vector's oviposition sites. There is limited biological information on Ae. aegypti in Argentina. The aim of this study was to characterize Ae. aegypti oviposition sites in the city of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina. We surveyed an area covering nine neighborhoods in 2005. We identified 191 premise…
The impact of Brazil’s Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer program on children’s health care utilization and health outcomes
BACKGROUND: Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs provide poor families with cash conditional on investments in health and education. Brazil's Bolsa Família program began in 2003 and is currently the largest CCT program in the world. This community-based study examines the impact of Bolsa Família on child health in a slum community in a large urban center. METHODS: In 2010, detailed household surveys were conducted with randomly selected Bolsa…
Scoping review
BACKGROUND: The strategic importance of monitoring social determinants of health (SDH) and health equity and inequity has been a central focus in global discussions around the 2011 Rio Political Declaration on SDH and the Millennium Development Goals. This study is part of the World Health Organization (WHO) equity-oriented analysis of linkages between health and other sectors (EQuAL) project, which aims to define a framework for monitoring SDH a…
A road map for leptospirosis research and health policies based on country needs in Latin America
This report summarizes the presentations, discussions and the recommendations coming from the Oswaldo Cruz Institute/FIOCRUZ International Workshop for Leptospirosis Research Based on Country Needs and the 5th Global Leptospirosis Environmental Action Network meeting, which was held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10-12 November 2015. The event focused on health policy and worked to develop a road map as a consensus document to help guide …
Rat infestation associated with environmental deficiencies in an urban slum community with high risk of leptospirosis transmission
We analyzed environmental factors that provide food, water and harborage to rodents and the risk of household rodent infestation in a slum community with a high risk of leptospirosis transmission. Detailed environmental surveys were performed in 221 households. Multivariate regression models evaluated the association between rodent infestation and socioeconomic status and environmental attributes obtained from Geographical Information System surv…
The Spatial Dimension of Covid-19
The COVID-19 health emergency is impacting all of our lives, but the living conditions and urban morphologies found in poor communities make inhabitants more vulnerable to the COVID-19 outbreak as compared to the formal city, where inhabitants have the resources to follow WHO guidelines. In general, municipal spatial datasets are not well equipped to support spatial responses to health emergencies, particularly in poor communities. In such critic…
A systematic literature review of leptospirosis outbreaks worldwide, 1970–2012
Objective. This review describes the geographic and temporal distribution of, detection methods for, and other epidemiological features of published leptospirosis outbreaks, with the aim of informing efforts to standardize outbreak-reporting practices. Methods. We conducted a systematic review of leptospirosis outbreaks reported in the scientific literature and ProMED during 1970–2012. Predefined criteria were used to identify and classify outbre…
Why is leptospirosis hard to avoid for the impoverished? Deconstructing leptospirosis transmission risk and the drivers of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in a disadvantaged community in Salvador,…
Several studies have identified socioeconomic and environmental risk factors for infectious disease, but the relationship between these and knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP), and more importantly their web of effects on individual infection risk, have not previously been evaluated. We conducted a cross-sectional KAP survey in an urban disadvantaged community in Salvador, Brazil, leveraging on simultaneously collected fine-scale environmen…
Predictors of Neurodevelopment in Microcephaly Associated with Congenital Zika Syndrome
EI predicted neurodevelopmental delay in all Bayley domains in children with microcephaly associated with CZS
Prevalence of human leptospirosis in the Americas
Objective. To describe the prevalence of leptospirosis in the Americas. Methods. A systematic review and meta-analysis, in the period 1930 to 2017, performed on a search of six platforms: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Lilacs, Embase, and Cochrane. Results. The search found 77 publications of which 53 (68%) were from the period 2000–2017. Of the 77, 62 studies were included in the analysis, from North America (11, 17%), Central America (9, 14%),…
Disentangling the influence of reservoir abundance and pathogen shedding on zoonotic spillover of the Leptospira agent in urban informal settlements
Rats are major reservoirs for pathogenic Leptospira , the bacteria causing leptospirosis, particularly in urban informal settlements. However, the impact of variation in rat abundance and pathogen shedding rates on spillover transmission to humans remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate how spatial variation in reservoir abundance and pathogen pressure affect Leptospira spillover transmission to humans in a Brazilian urban informal settl…
Cartographic Resources for Equitable University–Community Interaction in Slum Areas
Cartographic resources play a crucial role in facilitating communication across various sectors, including research projects focused on low-income communities. Despite this, some researchers still adhere to colonialist and exploitative approaches. This study aims to promote equitable university–community interaction though cartographic resources, aid academic and vulnerable community users in choosing a better platform for their work, and provide…
Gender differences in Leptospira exposure risk, perceptions of disease severity, and high-risk behaviours in Salvador, Brazil
Vulnerability to climate hazards and infectious diseases is not gender-neutral, meaning that men, women, and other gender identities experience different risks. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic climate-sensitive infectious disease caused by the bacteria Leptospira and is transmitted to humans through contact with infected animals or contaminated environments, particularly soil and floodwater. Globally, studies report a higher risk of leptospiral infec…
Factors associated with the lethality of human leptospirosis in Brazil
Human infection by Leptospira results from direct exposure or indirect contact with soil or water contaminated by the urine of carrier mammals. Despite the current knowledge about the modes of infection, there are still gaps in understanding the factors that contribute to the disease lethality. Aiming to identify factors associated with death from leptospirosis in Brazil, a retrospective exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted using data …
Employment status, occupational profile, and common mental disorders among workers in urban informal settlements in Brazil
Urban informal settlements (referred to as favelas in Brazil), reflect longstanding socioeconomic and racial inequalities and are home to a workforce frequently exposed to precarious employment conditions. This study describes the socio-occupational characteristic and estimates the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMDs) among workers residing in five urban informal communities in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. A cross-sectional epidemiological st…
Co-production of informal settlement health
Introduction: More than 15% of Brazil's urban population lives in slums characterized by limited access to essential urban services, heightened vulnerability to infectious pathogens and environmental hazards, and deprivation of citizenship rights. These conditions exacerbate social inequality, perpetuate cycles of poverty, and fuel violence, underscoring the urgent need for sustainable interventions. Methods: Following a social justice framework,…
Collaborative mapping
Environmental risks disproportionately affect socially vulnerable populations, yet most studies on urban leptospirosis have not captured residents’ perceptions of these risks. We conducted a cross-sectional study between August 2018 and March 2019 across four communities in Salvador, Brazil (Marechal Rondon, Alto do Cabrito, Nova Constituinte, and Rio Sena) using a collaborative mapping approach to explore residents’ perceptions of environmental …
Medicine (12 works) · Geography (10 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Leptospirosis (8 works) · Leptospirosis research and findings (8 works) · Veterinary medicine (6 works) · Viral Infections and Vectors (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Demography (4 works)