Validation of an instrument for assessing leprosy care in children and adolescents.

Objectives: to validate the content of an instrument for assessing leprosy care in individuals under 15 years old in the context of Primary Health Care.

Methods: methodological study of content validation, based on the evaluation of essential and derived attributes in primary care, in the professional version. For data analysis, the Content Validation Index (CVI ≥ 0.

Platynosomum fastosum in domestic cats in Cuiabá, Midwest region of Brazil.

Platynosomum fastosum, which is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, is the main parasite in the biliary system of domestic cats. Cats can be asymptomatic or show severe signs of cholangitis. Although the infection is reported throughout Brazil, only post-mortem studies are available from the Midwest region of the country.

Bayesian modeling of COVID-19 cases with a correction to account for under-reported cases.

The novel of COVID-19 disease started in late 2019 making the worldwide governments came across a high number of critical and death cases, beyond constant fear of the collapse in their health systems. Since the beginning of the pandemic, researchers and authorities are mainly concerned with carrying out quantitative studies (modeling and predictions) overcoming the scarcity of tests that lead us to under-reporting cases. To address these issues, we introduce a Bayesian approach to the SIR model with correction for under-reporting in the analysis of COVID-19 cases in Brazil.

Neurodevelopmental effects of perinatal fenarimol exposure on rats.

Knowledge about the potential toxic effects of fenarimol, a widely used fungicide, is still limited. Fenarimol is an aromatase inhibitor and therefore can affect estrogen/androgen levels in vivo in rodents. In view of these facts, the aim of the present work was to study the effects of fenarimol maternal exposure during different critical phases in the development of central nervous system in rat pups, on early physical and neurobehavioral endpoints essential to their development.