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Paula M. Luz

Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Verified email at ini.fiocruz.br
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Adherence to antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean: systematic review and meta‐analysis

J de Mattos Costa, TS Torres, LE Coelho… - African Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Optimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy is closely related with suppression
of the HIV viral load in plasma, slowing disease progression and decreasing HIV …

[HTML][HTML] The HIV epidemic in Latin America: accomplishments and challenges on treatment and prevention

PM Luz, VG Veloso, B Grinsztejn - Current Opinion in HIV and …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
The HIV epidemic in Latin America: accomplishments and chall... : Current Opinion in HIV and
AIDS The HIV epidemic in Latin America: accomplishments and challenges on treatment and …

The medicine, angioplasty, or surgery study (MASS-II): a randomized, controlled clinical trial of three therapeutic strategies for multivessel coronary artery disease: one …

W Hueb, PR Soares, BJ Gersh, LAM César… - Journal of the American …, 2004 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to evaluate the relative efficacies of three possible therapeutic
strategies for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), stable angina, and …

Delayed presentation of HIV among older individuals: a growing problem

AC Justice, MB Goetz, CN Stewart, BC Hogan… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Late presentation for care is a major impediment to the prevention and effective treatment of
HIV infection. Older individuals are at increased risk of late presentation, represent a …

[HTML][HTML] High ratio of triglycerides to HDL-cholesterol predicts extensive coronary disease

PL Luz, D Favarato, JR Faria-Neto Junior, P Lemos… - Clinics, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
An abnormal ratio of triglycerides to HDL-cholesterol (TG/HDL-c) indicates an atherogenic
lipid profile and a risk for the development of coronary disease. OBJECTIVE: To investigate …

Pregnancy in patients with heart disease: experience with 1,000 cases

WS Avila, EG Rossi, JAF Ramires… - … Indexed and Peer …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Previously, the high maternal mortality in cardiac patients who became
pregnant prompted the assertion: Women with an abnormal heart should not become …

[HTML][HTML] Oral squamous cell carcinoma: clinicopathological features from 346 cases from a single oral pathology service during an 8-year period

FR Pires, AB Ramos, JBC Oliveira… - Journal of Applied Oral …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
Epidemiological data from oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is mostly derived from
North American, European and East Asian populations. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study …

Culture and characterization of mesenchymal stem cells from human gingival tissue

TI Mitrano, MS Grob, F Carrion… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Tissue engineering using mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is a recent
therapeutic modality that has several advantages. MSCs have high proliferation potential …

Time series analysis of dengue incidence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PM Luz, BVM Mendes, CT Codeço, CJ Struchiner… - 2008 - arca.fiocruz.br
Abstract We use the Box-Jenkins approach to fit an autoregressive integrated moving
average (ARIMA) model to dengue incidence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1997 to 2004 …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19: a meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy of commercial assays registered in Brazil

R Castro, PM Luz, MD Wakimoto, VG Veloso… - Brazilian journal of …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
The accuracy of commercially available tests for COVID-19 in Brazil remains unclear. We
aimed to perform a meta-analysis to describe the accuracy of available tests to detect COVID …