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  1. Freitas LP, Codeço CT, Bastos LS, Villela DAM, Cruz OG, Pacheco AG, Coelho FC, Lana RM, Carvalho LMF, Niquini RP, Almeida WAF, Silva DA, Carvalho FC, Gomes MFC. “Evaluation of the design of the influenza-like illness sentinel surveillance system in Brazil”. Reports in Public Health [Cadernos de Saúde Pública], 40(6):e00028823 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-311XEN028823
  2. Moreira RC, Bastos LS, Carvalho LM, Freitas LP, Pacheco AG. “Persistent high mortality rates for Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension after excluding deaths associated with COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020–2022”. PLOS Global Public Health 4(5): e0002576 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002576
  3. Freitas LP, Douwes-Schultz D, Schmidt A, Monsalve BA, Salazar-Flórez JE, García-Balaguera C, Restrepo BN, Jaramillo-Ramirez GI, Carabali M, Zinszer K. “Zika emergence, persistence, and transmission rate in Colombia: a nationwide application of a space-time Markov switching model”. Scientific Reports, 14, 10003 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59976-7
  4. Santos CVB, Valiati NCM, Noronha TG, Porto VBG, Pacheco AG, Freitas LP, Coelho FC, Gomes MFC, Bastos LS, Cruz OG, Lana RM, Luz PM, Carvalho LMF, Werneck GL, Struchiner CJ, Villela DAM. “The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against severe cases and deaths in Brazil from 2021 to 2022: a registry-based study”. The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, 20:100465 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2023.100465
  5. Freitas LP, Lowe R, Koepp AE, Valongueiro SA, Dondero M, Marteleto LJ. “Identifying hidden Zika hotspots in Pernambuco, Brazil: A spatial analysis”. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 117(3):189–196 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trac099
  6. Freitas LP, Carabali M, Yuan M, Jaramillo-Ramirez GI, García-Balanguera C, Restrepo BN, Zinszer K. “Spatio-temporal clusters and patterns of spread of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Colombia”. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(8):e0010334 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010334
  7. Schmidt A, Freitas LP, Cruz OG, Carvalho MS. “A Poisson-multinomial spatial model for simultaneous outbreaks with application to arboviral diseases”. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 31(8):1590-1602 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1177/09622802221102628
  8. Romeo-Aznar V, Freitas LP, Cruz OG, King AA, Pascual M. “Fine-scale heterogeneity in population density predicts wave dynamics in dengue epidemics”. Nature Communications, 13:996 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28231-w
  9. Lana RM, Freitas LP, Codeço CT, Pacheco AG, Carvalho LMF, Villela DAM, Coelho FT, Cruz OG, Niquini RP, Porto VBG, Gava C, Gomes MFC, Bastos LS. “Identification of priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination in Brazil”. Reports in Public Health [Cadernos de Saúde Pública], 37(10):e00049821 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-311X00049821
  10. Freitas LP, Schmidt AM, Cossich W, Cruz OG, Carvalho MS. “Spatio-temporal modelling of the first Chikungunya epidemic in an intra-urban setting: The role of socioeconomic status, environment and temperature”. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(6):e0009537 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009537
  11. Carvalho MS, Freitas LP, Cruz OG, Brasil P, Bastos LS. “Association of past dengue fever epidemics with the risk of Zika microcephaly at the population level in Brazil”. Scientific Reports, 10:1752 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58407-7
  12. Freitas LP, Cruz OG, Lowe R, Carvalho MS. “Space-time dynamics of a triple epidemic: dengue, chikungunya and Zika clusters in the city of Rio de Janeiro”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286:20191867 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1867
  13. Malacarne J, Kolte IV, Freitas LP, Orellana JD, Souza MLP, Souza-Santos R, Basta PC. “Factors associated with TB in an indigenous population in Brazil: the effect of a cash transfer program”. Journal of the São Paulo Institute of Tropical Medicine, 60:e63 (2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946201860063
  14. Barros ENC, Cintra O, Rossetto E, Freitas LP, Colindres RE. “Patterns of influenza B circulation in Brazil and its relevance to seasonal vaccine composition”. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 20(1):81-90 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2015.09.009