Ricardo Polatto
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View article: Rapid response of a public health reference laboratory to the COVID-19 pandemic
Rapid response of a public health reference laboratory to the COVID-19 pandemic Open
Introduction. Brazil was one of the most affected countries by the COVID-19 pandemic. Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL) is the reference laboratory for COVID-19 in São Paulo, the most populous state in Brazil. In April 2020, a secondary diagnost…
View article: Prevalence and characterization of pertactin deficient Bordetella pertussis strains in Brazil, a whole-cell vaccine country
Prevalence and characterization of pertactin deficient Bordetella pertussis strains in Brazil, a whole-cell vaccine country Open
Many countries have reported antigenic divergence among circulating Bordetella pertussis strains, mainly in those countries which introduced the acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine. This phenomenon can be seen, for example, with the recent ri…