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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Special content about coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

- Efficacy of COVID-19 outbreak management in a skilled nursing facility based on serial testing for early detection and control
- One year after the arrival of COVID-19 in Latin America: what have we learned in Brazil and other countries?
- Serum ferritin at admission in hospitalized COVID-19 patients as a predictor of mortality
- Hydroxychloroquine with azithromycin in patients hospitalized for mild and moderate COVID-19
- Validation of the GeneXpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 PCR assay using saliva as biological specimen
- Organizing pneumonia: A late phase complication of COVID-19 responding dramatically to corticosteroids
- The COVID-19 second wave: A perspective to be explored
- COVID-19 among nursing home residents: results of an urgent pre-hospital intervention by a multidisciplinary task force
- High acceptability of PrEP teleconsultation and HIV self-testing among PrEP users during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- Setting up hospital care provision to patients with COVID-19: lessons learnt at a 2400-bed academic tertiary center in São Paulo, Brazil
- SARS-CoV-2 viremia may predict rapid deterioration of COVID-19 patients
- COVID-19 in children: a case report of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) in São Paulo, Brazil
- COVID-19 in health care workers in a university hospital during the quarantine in São Paulo city
- Clinical usefulness of tomographic standards for COVID-19 pneumonia diagnosis: Experience from a Brazilian reference center
- Co-infection of SARS-CoV-2 and dengue virus: a clinical challenge
- SARS-CoV-2 leading to acute pancreatitis: an unusual presentation
- Concerns about COVID-19 and arboviral (chikungunya, dengue, zika) concurrent outbreaks
- Saliva is a reliable, non-invasive specimen for SARS-CoV-2 detection
- Increase in COVID-19 inpatient survival following detection of Thromboembolic and Cytokine storm risk from the point of admission to hospital by a near real time Traffic-light System (TraCe-Tic)
- Impact of lockdown on bed occupancy rate in a referral hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in northeast Brazil
- Immune response in SARS-CoV-2 infection: the role of interferons type I and type III
- Triage tool for suspected COVID-19 patients in the emergency room: AIFELL score
- COVID-19 pneumonia in an HIV-positive woman on antiretroviral therapy and undetectable viral load in Porto Alegre, Brazil
- A predictive score for COVID-19 diagnosis using clinical, laboratory and chest image data
- Different management between emergent infectious diseases and emergent non-infectious diseases during COVID-19 pandemic in a head and neck unit
- Mild and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 are potential threat for faecal–oral transmission
- Calcineurin inhibitors revisited: A new paradigm for COVID-19?
- Ivermectin: potential candidate for the treatment of Covid 19
- Telemedicine as a tool for PrEP delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic in a large HIV prevention service in Rio de Janeiro-Brazil
- Analysis of clinical and demographic heterogeneity of patients dying from COVID-19 in Brazil versus China and Italy
- Will environmental changes in temperature affect the course of COVID-19?
- Deep impact of COVID-19 in the healthcare of Latin America: the case of Brazil
- The 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic in Italy: immunologic and cultural hurdles on the road to a cure
- An infant with a mild SARS-CoV-2 infection detected only by anal swabs: a case report
- COVID-19: a meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy of commercial assays registered in Brazil
- Novel coronavirus pneumonia