Publications

[prevalence of varicella-zoster virus antibodies in young adults from different brazilian climatic regions].	to evaluate the prevalence of varicella-zoster virus infection in young adults from different brazilian urban regions, 975 serum samples from blood donors aged 20 to 29 years, from tropical climate cities (salvador and fortaleza) and from temperate climate cities (s o paulo, curitiba and porto alegre) were tested by an in-house elisa for detection of anti-varicella-zoster virus igg antibodies. the overall prevalence was 94.2%. the lowest rate was observed in fortaleza (88.7%) and the highest in ...	2003	12908030
chronic virus infections supress atopy but not asthma in a set of children from a large latin american city: a cross-section study.	abstract: background: the prevalence of allergic diseases has increased over recent decades in affluent countries, but remains low in rural populations and some non-affluent countries. an explanation for these trends is that increased exposure to infections may provide protection against the development of allergy. in this work we investigated the association between exposure to viral infections in children living in urban brazil and the prevalence of atopy and asthma. methods: school age childr ...	2011	21569568