Tick-borne rickettsioses in Brazil: what lessons can be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
作者信息
Faccini João Luiz Horacio, Luz Hermes Ribeiro, McIntosh Douglas, Labruna Marcelo Bahia
机构信息
Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil.
出版信息
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2020;29(3):e012220. doi: 10.1590/s1984-29612020056. Epub 2020 Jul 10.
In this commentary, the authors highlight the importance of basic research in the field of public health regarding the recent pandemic Covid-19, using tick-borne rickettsioses as an example. In addition, they alert politicians, government officials and managers of research funding agencies to increase the allocated financial resources to enhance basic research on public health in Brazil.
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