Publications by authors named "Rutilene Barbosa Souza"
Article Synopsis
- The rising spread of arboviruses and increasing infection rates emphasize the urgent need for improved methods to rapidly and accurately detect these pathogens.
- This study focuses on combining nanopore sequencing with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to create a multiplex RT-PCR protocol.
- The new protocol allows the simultaneous detection of multiple viruses, including Chikungunya, dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and West Nile, enhancing our ability to differentiate between arbovirus strains effectively.
Hepatitis Delta is a disease caused by exposure to hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis D (HDV) viruses, usually with a more severe clinical outcome when compared to an HBV monoinfection. To date, the real prevalence of HDV infection is underestimated and detection methods are poorly available, especially in more endemic regions. Therefore, a one-step RT-qPCR method for quantification of HDV-RNA was developed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Omicron Lineages BA.1 and BA.2 ( SARS-CoV-2) Have Repeatedly Entered Brazil through a Single Dispersal Hub.
Alessandra P Lamarca Ueric José Borges de Souza Filipe Romero Rebello Moreira Luiz G P de Almeida Mariane Talon de Menezes Adrieli Barboza de Souza Alessandro Clayton de Souza Ferreira Leandro Magalhães de Souza Luiz Fellype Alves de Souza Rutilene Barbosa Souza Fabrício Souza Campos
Viruses
March 2023
Brazil currently ranks second in absolute deaths by COVID-19, even though most of its population has completed the vaccination protocol. With the introduction of Omicron in late 2021, the number of COVID-19 cases soared once again in the country. We investigated in this work how lineages BA.
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