The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1413-8670

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is the official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (SBI). It aims to publish relevant articles in the broadest sense on all aspects of microbiology, infectious diseases and immune response to infectious agents.
The BJID is a bimonthly publication and one of the most influential journals in its field in Brazil and Latin America with a high impact factor. Since its inception it has garnered a growing share of the publishing market.

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Impact factor

The Impact Factor measures the average number of citations received in a particular year by papers published in the journal during the two preceding years.

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Impact factor 2021
3.257
Citescore

CiteScore measures average citations received per document published.

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Citescore 2021
3.5
SJR

SRJ is a prestige metric based on the idea that not all citations are the same. SJR uses a similar algorithm as the Google page rank; it provides a quantitative and qualitative measure of the journal's impact.

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SJR 2021
0.613
SNIP

SNIP measures contextual citation impact by wighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field.

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SNIP 2021
0.828
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Issue
Vol. 27. Issue 2.
(March - April 2023)
Original articles
High prevalence of hepatitis A and E viruses in environmental and clinical samples from West Argentina
Ivana Lo Castro, Carlos Espul, Vanessa Salete de Paula, Nancy R. Altabert, Jorge E. Gonzalez, Barbara Vieira Lago, Livia Melo Villar
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023;27:102738
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Mortality rates by gender and sexual orientation reveal a disproportionally high mortality among cisgender men of unknown sexual orientation and men who have sex with women in a cohort of people living with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lara E. Coelho, Thiago S. Torres, Emilia M. Jalil, Sandra W. Cardoso, Ronaldo I. Moreira, Guilherme A. Calvet, Antônio G. Pacheco, Valdiléa G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Paula M. Luz
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023;27:102740
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Chronic medical conditions associated with invasive pneumococcal diseases in inpatients in teaching hospitals in São Paulo city: Estimating antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype-coverage of pneumococcal vaccines
Renato A. Kfouri, Maria-Cristina C. Brandileone, Marco Aurélio P. Sáfadi, Rosana Richtmann, Alfredo E. Gilio, Flavia Rossi, Thais Guimarães, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, José C. Moraes
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023;27:102746
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Safety of levofloxacin as an antibiotic prophylaxis in the induction phase of children newly diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: an interim analysis of a randomized, open-label trial in Brazil
Mauro Cesar Dufrayer, Ciliana Rechenmacher, Clarice Franco Meneses, Yasmine Massaro Carneiro Monteiro, Fabianne Altruda de Moraes Costa Carlesse, Fabrizio Motta, Liane Esteves Daudt, Mariana Bohns Michalowski
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023;27:102745
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Review articles
Epoxy-α-lapachone (2,2-Dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-spiro[2H-naphtho[2,3-b]pyran-10,2′-oxirane]-5(10H)-one): a promising molecule to control infections caused by protozoan parasites
Juliana Figueiredo Peixoto, Adriane da Silva Oliveira, Luiz Filipe Gonçalves - Oliveira, Franklin Souza - Silva, Carlos Roberto Alves
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023;27:102743
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Case reports
Systemic infection caused by the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300-LV lineage in a Brazilian child previously colonized
Carolina de Oliveira Whitaker, Raiane Cardoso Chamon, Tamara Lopes Rocha de Oliveira, Simone Aranha Nouér, Kátia Regina Netto dos Santos
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023;27:102737
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Pediatric case of septic arthritis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A
Preslava M. Hristova, Hristina Y. Hitkova, Nikolay K. Balgaranov, Raina Т. Gergova, Alexandra S. Alexandrova
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023;27:102742
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The first case of acute HIV and monkeypox coinfection in Latin America
Mayara Secco Torres Silva, Desiree Gomes dos Santos, Carolina Coutinho, Maria Pia Diniz Ribeiro, Sandra Wagner Cardoso, Valdilea Gonçalves Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023;27:102736
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Brief communications
Clinical images
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis presenting as an exuberant forehead lesion
Ingrid Reuwsaat Paul, Bruna Molozzi, Gustavo Moreira Amorim
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023;27:102744
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