dr. A. (Adriana) Tami
Assistant Professor in Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Research
Research interests
Adriana Tami heads the Epidemiology of Tropical and Infectious Diseases group (EPITROP) which is embedded within the research group Genomics for Infection Prevention (GIP).
The focus of EPITROP is broad and encompasses clinical and field epidemiology, molecular epidemiology, temporo-spatial analysis of disease spread, qualitative studies and public health of infectious diseases in the tropics and sub-tropics. The aim is to identify ways to better target surveillance and control measures and improve preparedness against epidemics of important arboviruses such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika.
Our group has long-standing experience in running cohort and case-control studies at large scale in different countries such as Venezuela, Suriname and Curacao. Currently, three PhD students are analyzing and publishing data derived from a large cohort and health centre-based case-control study of dengue in Venezuela and a study in Curacao on chikungunya. EPITROP participates in two EU funded Consortia projects: a) the IDAMS study (Clinical evaluation of dengue and identification of risk factors for severe disease: a multicentre study in 8 countries) and b) ZIKAlliance (A Global Alliance for Zika Virus Control and Prevention).
Publications
Zika virus infection in pregnancy: a protocol for the joint analysis of the prospective cohort studies of the ZIKAlliance, ZikaPLAN and ZIKAction consortia
EC Zika Consortia Vertical Transmission Study Group & Mayaud, P., 15-Dec-2020, In : BMJ Open. 10, 12, p. e035307 9 p., e035307.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil
de Souza, W. M., Buss, L. F., Candido, D. D. S., Carrera, J-P., Li, S., Zarebski, A. E., Pereira, R. H. M., Prete, C. A., de Souza-Santos, A. A., Parag, K. V., Belotti, M. C. T. D., Vincenti-Gonzalez, M. F., Messina, J., da Silva Sales, F. C., Andrade, P. D. S., Nascimento, V. H., Ghilardi, F., Abade, L., Gutierrez, B., Kraemer, M. U. G., Braga, C. K. V., Aguiar, R. S., Alexander, N., Mayaud, P., Brady, O. J., Marcilio, I., Gouveia, N., Li, G., Tami, A., de Oliveira, S. B., Porto, V. B. G., Ganem, F., de Almeida, W. A. F., Fantinato, F. F. S. T., Macario, E. M., de Oliveira, W. K., Nogueira, M. L., Pybus, O. G., Wu, C-H., Croda, J., Sabino, E. C. & Faria, N. R., Aug-2020, In : Nature Human Behaviour. 4, 8, p. 856-865 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Understanding risk communication for prevention and control of vector-borne diseases: A mixed-method study in Curaçao
Mulderij-Jansen, V., Elsinga, J., Gerstenbluth, I., Duits, A., Tami, A. & Bailey, A., 13-Apr-2020, In : PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14, 4, p. 1-22 22 p., e0008136.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
DEN-IM: dengue virus genotyping from amplicon and shotgun metagenomic sequencing
Mendes, C. I., Lizarazo, E., Machado, M. P., Silva, D. N., Tami, A., Ramirez, M., Couto, N., Rossen, J. W. A. & Carriço, J. A., Mar-2020, In : Microbial genomics. 6, 3, 11 p., 000328.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
SPATIOTEMPORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MALARIA IN SOUTHERN VENEZUELA A CRITICAL PLASMODIUM HOT-SPOT IN LATIN AMERICA
Grillet, M. E., Moreno, J., Conn, J. E., Hernandez, J. V., Vicenti, M. F., Tami, A., Paniz-Mondolfi, A., Llewellyn, M. & Escalante, A. A., 2019, In : American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 101, p. 491-492 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › Academic
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