Publications by authors named "Sheila N Parmezan"
Article Synopsis
- - The study assessed parainfluenza virus (PIV) infections in patients with both mild and severe cases using real-time PCR on 1,067 samples from various groups, including renal transplant outpatients and children with heart issues.
- - PIV was detected in 6.9% of the samples, with VPI-3 being the most common type found in 60.8% of those cases.
- - Older adults and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients were found to be at higher risk for PIV infections, highlighting the need for further research on the virus's impact on vulnerable populations.
This study assessed the presence of influenza virus among young children and the coverage of vaccination from 2010 to 2012 in São Paulo, Brazil. Our results demonstrated a lower rate of influenza detection and a predominance of influenza B. A decrease of coverage vaccination through the surveillance periods was observed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Influenza A H1N1 2009 is associated with a high morbidity rate among children around the world, including Brazil. This survey was conducted on samples of symptomatic children (< 12 years) to investigate the influenza virus as the etiological agent of respiratory infections in a day care school in a health facility during the first and second pandemic wave of H1N1 (2009-2010) in São Paulo, Brazil.
Methods: Influenza infections were determined by real-time PCR in 34% (47/137) of children with a median age of 5 years (8 months - 12 years), from June to October 2009 and in 16% (14/85) of those with median age of 6 years (1-12 years), from March to November 2010.