IATS | National Institute of Science and Technology for Health Technology Assessment

RESEARCH: Infectious Diseases

» Cost studies of chronic hepatitis B virus for the Health System

Coordinator: Marcos Ferraz e Paola Zucchi

» Screening for congenital toxoplasmosis

Coordinator: Ricardo Kuchenbecker
Researchers: Marília Dalva Turchi, Helena P Santos, Otávio Bittencourt

» Screening for MRSA and multidrug-resistant bacteria in hospitals

Coordinator: Ricardo Kuchenbecker e Ana Lúcia Andrade
Researchers: Afonso Barth, Helena Santos

» Screening for MRSA in ICUs and pediatric care

Coordinator: Ana Lucia Andrade
Researchers: Afonso Barth, Helena Santos

» Use and Economic Evaluation of the galactomannan test in patients hospitalized in a protected environment unit at the Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Rs

Coordinator: Leila Beltrami Moreira
Researchers: Juliane Fernandes Monks, Paula Stoll, Maria Angélica Pires Ferreira, Valério Aquino, Guilherme Becker Sander, Lúcia Silla, Amanda Magalhães

» Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of treating hepatitis C in patients with or without HIV infection: analysis according to HCV genotype, stage of hepatic fibrosis, hepatic fibrosis assessment of pre-treatment, use of non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis stage and HIV infection

Coordinator: Fernando Wolff
Researchers: Nêmora T. Barcellos, Ajacio B. Melo Brandão, Maria Letícia Ikeda, Paulo R Alencastro, Sandra C. Fuchs, Flávio D Fuchs