Claudio Silveira

High prevalence of unusual genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pork meat samples from Erechim, Southern Brazil (2007)

Belfort-Neto,Rubens, Nussenblatt,Veronique, Rizzo,Luiz, Muccioli,Cristina, Silveira,Claudio, Nussenblatt,Robert, ...

Toxoplasmosis is the most common cause of infectious uveitis in Brazil, with a higher frequency in the South of the country. We have collected samples from porcine tongue and diaphragm obtained in...

Field Test of a Rapid Assessment Technique against a Probabilistic Community Survey: Operational Implications for Neonatal Tetanus Elimination (1994)

FIDLER, ARMIN, HARTOG, ROBERT, LEZANA, MIGUEL ANGEL, SALVATIERRA, BENITO, SILVEIRA, CLAUDIO, TAPIA, ROBERTO

Neonatal tetanus (NNT) is a leading cause of neonatal mortality in developing countries and is frequently called ‘the silent epidemic’. It is endemic in over 90 countries throughout the world....