Publications by authors named "Keila Neves"

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  • * Early research suggested that rAAVs are mostly safe and induce low immune responses, but later studies revealed issues with toxicity linked to immune reactions, posing a challenge for clinical use.
  • * Ongoing research aims to better understand the factors leading to rAAV toxicity and immunogenicity, which is vital for developing safer and more effective gene therapies against HBV.
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  • Adenoviral vaccines have gained prominence in combating pandemics like Ebola and COVID-19, leading to renewed interest in their use against other significant viruses, including hepatitis B virus (HBV).
  • Current treatments for hepatitis B are not curative, posing serious health risks such as liver disease and mortality for those infected.
  • The strengths of adenoviral vectors—specifically their ability to provoke strong immune responses and effectively target the liver—make them promising candidates for developing vaccines and therapies against HBV.
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Objectives: to analyze nurses' recommendations on the psycho-affective dimensions of patients hospitalized in nephrology.

Methods: a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, carried out by applying a sociodemographic and training questionnaire, reading a clinical case and conducting a semi-structured interview. Fourteen nurses from a reference hospital in nephrology in the Southeast participated.

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Objective: To discuss how care-permanence comprehensiveness is for patients undergoing treatment in nephrology.

Method: A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study anchored in Sociopoetics, conducted in the first semester of 2018, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with nurses from nephrology services. The data were produced after applying the creative technique with drawings and collages and taking recorded statements about the signifieds and signfiers of care-permanence.

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