Publications by authors named "Raul M Sassi"
Background: Despite a National Policy on Pain and Palliative Care (working since 2002) and the Family Health Strategy (primary care), Brazil does not have a strategy to integrate palliative care in primary care. The Atlas of Palliative Care in Latino America (ALCP-2013) did not find any team working with this mode: a primary care teach working.
Aim: Propose a model of palliative care in the Public Health Service of Brazil offered through the Primary Care to community.
Purpose: To evaluate the coverage of Pap smear cytology at Basic Family Health Units (BFHU) and to describe the characteristics of non-performance of this test in the last three years.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Rio Grande (RS), Brazil, in areas covered by the Family Health Teams Family (FHT). The interviews were conducted by students participating in the Health-PET, at women's home.
Effect of a booster dose of serogroup B meningococcal vaccine on antibody response to Neisseria meningitidis in mice vaccinated with different immunization schedules.
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
April 2005
Article Synopsis
- The study examined how different vaccination schedules with a Cuban outer membrane protein-based vaccine affect the immune memory and antibody response in mice.
- Results showed that a booster shot given 7 months after initial vaccination increased antibody levels and highlighted a dose-dependent response, with more doses leading to a stronger primary response but less boost effect on bactericidal antibodies.
- It was noted that a minimum of three doses were needed to enhance the IgG avidity, and a higher number of shots expanded the specificity of the antibody response, particularly towards the PorA protein.