Articles
Kahn R, Peak CM, Fernandez-Gracia J, Hill A, Jambai A, Ganda L, Castro MC, Buckee C. Incubation periods impact the spatial predictability of outbreaks: analysis of cholera and Ebola outbreaks in Sierra Leone. medRxiv 19003525; doi: ttps://doi.org/10.1101/19003525. In Press PNAS.
MacCormack-Gelles B, Lima Neto AS, Sousa GS, Nascimento OJ, Castro MC. Usefulness of Aedes aegypti infestation surveys to predict future outbreaks of dengue. In Press Acta Tropica.
Barbeito-Andres J, Pezzuto P, Higa LM, Dias AA, Vasconcelos JM, Santos TMP, Ferreira JCCG, Ferreira RO, Dutra FF, Barbosa RV, Amorim CKN, De Souza MPC, Chimelli L, Aguiar RS, Gonzales PN, Lara F, Castro MC, Molnar Z, Lopes RT, Bozza MT Vianez JLSG, Barbeito CG, Cuervo P, Bellio M, Tanuri A, Garcez PP. Congenital Zika Syndrome is associated with Maternal Protein Malnutrition. Science Advances. 10 Jan 2020: Vol. 6, no. 2, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw6284.
Klabunde R, Lazar Neto F, Louzada A, Moura RF, Morelli F, Danaei G, Castro MC. Prevalence and Predictors of Overweight and Obesity in Brazilian Immigrants in Massachusetts. BMC Public Health. In Press.
Castro MC, Baeza A, Codeço CT, Cucunuba ZM, Dal’Asta AP, De Leo, GA, Dobson AP, Carrasco-Escobar G, Lana RM, Lowe R, Monteiro AMV, Pascual M, Santos-Vega M. Development, environmental degradation and disease spread in the Brazilian Amazon. PLoS Biology. 17(11): e3000526. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000526. PMID: 31730640.
Quattrochi J, Salomon JA, Hill K, Castro MC. Measuring and correcting bias in indirect estimates of under-5 mortality in populations affected by HIV/AIDS: a simulation study. BMC Public Health 19, 1516 (2019) doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7780-3. PMID: 31718615.
Barbeito-Andres J, Pezzuto P, Higa LM, Dias AA, Vasconcelos JM, Santos TMP, Ferreira JCCG, Ferreira RO, Dutra FF, Barbosa RV, Amorim CKN, De Souza MPC, Chimelli L, Aguiar RS, Gonzales PN, Lara F, Castro MC, Molnar Z, Lopes RT, Bozza MT Vianez JLSG, Barbeito CG, Cuervo P, Bellio M, Tanuri A, Garcez PP. Congenital Zika Syndrome is associated with Maternal Protein Malnutrition. Science Advances. 2019. In Press.
North CN; MacNaughton P; Lai PS; Vallarino J; Okello S; Kakuhikire B; Tsai AC; Castro MC; Siedner MJ; Allen JG; Christiani DC. Personal carbon monoxide exposure, respiratory symptoms, and the potentially modifying roles of sex and HIV infection in rural Uganda: a cohort study. Environmental Health. 2019. Aug 20;18(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s12940-019-0517-z. PMID: 31429759.
Castro MC, Massuda A, Almeida G, Menezes-Filho NA, Andrade MV, Micaela de Souza KV, Rocha R, Macinko J, Hone T, Tasca R, Giovanella L, Malik AM, Werneck H, Fachini LA, Atun R. Brazilian Unified Health System: the first 30 years and prospects for the future. Lancet. 2019. Jul 27;394(10195):345-356. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31243-7. Epub 2019 Jul 11. PMID: 31303318.
Dal Bom JP, Lourenço BH, Mazzucchetti L, Malta MB, Ladeia-Andrade S, Castro MC, Cardoso MA. Early determinants of linear growth and weight attained in the first year of life in a malaria endemic region. PloS One. Aug 6;14(8):e0220513. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220513. eCollection 2019. PMID: 1386682.
Lima Neto AS, Sousa GS, Nascimento OJ, Castro MC. Chikungunya-attributable deaths: a neglected outcome of a neglected disease. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2019. 13(9): e0007575. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007575. PMID: 31513593.
Mosquera PS, Lourenço BH, Gimeno SGA, Malta MB, Castro MC, Cardoso MA. Factors affecting exclusive breastfeeding in the first month of life in Amazonian children. PLoS One. 2019. Jul 11;14(7):e0219801. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219801. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31295320.
Neves PAR; Lourenço BH; Pincelli A; Malta MB; Souza RM; Ferreira MU; Castro MC; Cardoso MA. High prevalence of gestational night blindness and maternal anemia in a population-based survey of Brazilian Amazonian postpartum women. PLoS One. 2019 Jul 3;14(7):e0219203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219203. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31269067.
Kearns P, Paton M, O’Neill M, Waters C, Colville S, McDonald J, Young I, Pugh D, O’Riordan J, Wller B, MacDougall N, Clemens T, Dibben C, Wilson J, Castro MC, Ascherio A, Chandran S, Connick P. Regional variation in the incidence rate and sex ratio of multiple sclerosis in Scotland 2010 to 2017: findings from the Scottish Multiple Sclerosis Register. Journal of Neurology. 2019. First Online: 11 June 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09413-x. PMID: 31187189.
Maheu-Giroux M, Castro MC. Attribution of reductions in malaria prevalence in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Lancet Planetary Health. 2019; 3(6):e246. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(19)30071-3. PMID: 31228998.
Damasceno AAA, Malta MB, Neves PAR, Lourenço BH, Bessa ARS, Rocha DS, Castro MC, Cardoso MA, MINA-Brazil Study Group. Níveis Pressóricos e Fatores Associados em Gestantes do Estudo MINA-Brasil. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. 2019 (March). https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7975-7791.
Oliveira CV, Castro MC, Fujimori E. Desigualdades em saúde: o desenvolvimento infantil nos diferentes grupos sociais. Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP. 2019. In Press.
Carrasco-Escobar G, Castro MC, Barboza JL, Ruiz-Cabrejos J, Llanos-Cuentas A, Vinetz JM, Gamboa D. Use of open mobile mapping tool to assess human mobility traceability in rural offline populations with contrasting malaria dynamics. PeerJ. 7:e6298 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6298. PMID: 30697487.
Campos CAS, Malta MB, Neves PAR, Lourenço BH, Castro MC, Cardoso MA, MINA-Brazil Study Group. Ganho de peso gestacional, estado nutricional e pressão arterial de gestantes. Revista de Saúde Pública. 2019. 53:57. https://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2019053000880.
Neves PAR, Castro MC, Oliveira CVR, Malta MB, Lourenço BH, Cardoso MA, MINA-Brazil Study Group. Effect of Vitamin A status during pregnancy on maternal anemia and newborn birth weight: results from a cohort study in the Western Brazilian Amazon. European Journal of Nutrition. Dec 17. doi: 10.1007/s00394-018-1880-1. PMID: 30560301.
MacCormack-Gelles B, Lima Neto AS, Sousa GS, Nascimento OJ, Machado MMT, Wilson ME, Castro MC. Epidemiological characteristics and determinants of dengue transmission during epidemic and non-epidemic years in Fortaleza, Brazil: 2011-2015. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2018 Dec 3;12(12):e0006990. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006990. eCollection 2018 Dec. PMID: 30507968.
Kiszewski A, Castro MC, McGough S. Spatially Explicit Coupled Map Lattice Simulation of Malaria Transmission in the Brazilian Amazon. Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications – Volume 1: SIMULTECH, pages 112-119. doi: 10.5220/0006862701120119.
Neves PAR, Campos CAS, Malta MB, Lourenço BH, Castro MC, Cardoso MA, MINA-Brazil Study Group. Predictors of vitamin A status among pregnant women in Western Brazilian Amazon. British Journal of Nutrition. 2018. 2018. Nov 15:1-10. doi: 10.1017/S0007114518003112. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30430953.
Cash RA, Castro MC. Advising a woman with suspected Zika virus infection. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. 2018 Apr-Jun;3(2):163-164. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2018.033. PMID: 29724698.
Andrade MV, Coelho AQ, Xavier Neto M, Carvalho L, Atun R, Castro MC. Transition to universal primary health care coverage in Brazil: analysis of uptake and expansion patterns of Brazil’s Family Health Strategy (1998-2012). PLoS ONE. 2018; 13(8): e0201723. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201723. eCollection 2018. PMID: 30096201.
Pincelli A, Neves PAR, Lourenço BH, Corder RM, Malta MB, Sampaio-Silva J, Souza RM, Cardoso MA, Castro MC, Ferreira MU. The Hidden Burden of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pregnancy in the Amazon: An Observational Study in northwestern Brazil. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2018: Available online: 07 May 2018. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.18-0135. PMID: 29741155.
Castro MC, Qiuyi CH, Carvalho LR, Victora CG, França GVA. Implications of Zika virus and congenital Zika syndrome for the number of live births in Brazil. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018 Jun 12;115(24):6177-6182. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1718476115. Epub 2018 May 29. PMID: 29844186.
Massuda A, Hone T, Leles F, Castro MC, Atun R. The Brazilian health system at a crossroad: progress, crisis and resilience. BMJ Global Health. 2018; 3:e000829. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000829. PMID: 29997906.
Andrade MV, Coelho AQ, Neto MX, Carvalho LR, Atun R, Castro MC. Brazil’s Family Health Strategy: factors associated with programme uptake and coverage expansion over 15 years (1998–2012). Health Policy and Planning. 2018 Apr 1; 33(3):368-380. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx189. PMID: 29346551.
Lazar-Neto F, Louzada ACS, Moura RF, Calixto FM, Castro MC. Depression and its correlates among Brazilian immigrants in Massachusetts, USA. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2017 Jul 31. doi: 10.1007/s10903-017-0632-2. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28762078.
Thomson DR, Stevens FR, Ruktanonchai NW, Tatem AJ, Castro MC. GridSample: An R Package to Generate Household Survey Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) from Gridded Population Data. International Journal of Health Geographics. 2017; 16:25. DOI: 10.1186/s12942-017-0098-4. PMID: 28724433.
Carrasco-Escobar G, Gamboa D, Castro MC, Bangdiwala S, Rodriguez H, Contreras-Mancilla J, Alava F, Speybroeck N, Lescano A, Vinetz J, Rosas-Aguirre A, Llanos-Cuentas A. Micro-epidemiology and spatial heterogeneity of P. vivax parasitaemia in riverine communities of the Peruvian Amazon: A multilevel analysis. Scientific Reports. 2017;7(1):8082. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07818-0.
Barcellos AP, Moura RF, Castro MC. Human rights, inequality and public interest litigation: a case study on sanitation from Brazil. Panorama of Brazilian Law. 2016; 4(5-6):149-171. Published on line in June 2017. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17768/pbl.a4.n5-6.p149.
Harling G, Lima Neto AS, Sousa GS, Machado MMT, Castro MC. Determinants of Tuberculosis transmission and of treatment abandonment in Fortaleza, Brazil. BMC Public Health. 2017 May 25;17(1):508. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4435-0. PMID: 28545423.
Castro MC, Wilson ME, Bloom DE. Disease and Economic Burdens of Dengue. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2017 Feb 6. pii: S1473-3099(16)30545-X. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30545-X. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28185869.
Victora CG, Castro MC, França GV, Schuler-Faccini L, Barros FC. Zika rash and increased risk of congenital brain abnormalities – Authors’ reply. Lancet. 2017 Jan 14;389(10065):152. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30015-6. No abstract available. PMID: 28102136.
Fontoura PS, Finco BF, Lima NF, Carvalho Jr. JF, Vinetz JM, Castro MC, Ferreira MU. Reactive Case Detection for Plasmodium vivax Malaria Elimination in Rural Amazonia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2016;10(12):e0005221. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005221. PMID: 27941968.
Kanamori S, Castro MC, Sow S, Matsuno R, Cissokho A, Jimba M. Impact of the Japanese 5S management method on patients’ and caretakers’ satisfaction: a quasi-experimental study in Senegal. Global Health Action. 2016; 9: 32852. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.32852. PMID: 28157031.
Castro MC, Krieger GR, Balge MZ, Tanner M, Utzinger J, Whittaker M, Singer BH. Examples of coupled human and environmental systems from the extractive industry and hydropower sector interfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016; Dec 20;113(51):14528-14535. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605678113. PMID: 27791077.
Naraharisetti R, Castro MC. Factors associated with persons with disability employment in India: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2016 Oct 7; 16:1063. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3713-6. PMID: 27717343.
Castro MC, Maheu-Giroux M, Chiyaka C, Singer BH. Malaria Incidence Rates from Time Series of 2-wave Panel Surveys. PLoS Computational Biology. 2016. 12(8): e1005065. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005065. PMID: 27509368.
Castro MC. Zika virus and the 2016 Olympic Games – Evidence-based projections derived from dengue do not support cancellation. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2016; 14(4): 384-388. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.06.007. PMID: 27363326.
França GVA, Schuler-Faccini L, Oliveira WK, Henriques CMP, Carmo EH, Pedi VD, Nunes ML, Castro MC, Serruya S, Silveira MF, Barros FC, Victora CG. Congenital Zika virus syndrome in Brazil: a case series of the first 1,501 livebirths with complete investigation. The Lancet. 2016; Published Online: 29 June 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30902-3. PMID: 27372398.
Hadisoemarto PF, Reich MR, Castro MC. Introduction of pentavalent vaccine in Indonesia: a policy analysis. Health Policy and Planning. 2016; First published online April 23. doi:10.1093/heapol/czw038. PMID: 27107293.
Arku RE, Bennett JE, Castro MC, Agyeman-Duah K, Mintah SE, Ware JH, Nyarko P, Spengler JD, Agyei-Mensah S, Ezzati M. Geographical inequalities and social and environmental determinants of under-five mortality in Ghana in 2000 and 2010: Bayesian spatial analysis of census data. PLOS Medicine. 2016; 13(6):e1002038. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002038. PMID: 27327774.
Maheu-Giroux M, Filippi V, Maulet N, Samadoulougou S, Castro MC, Meda N, Pouliot M, Kirakoya-Samadoulougou F. Risk factors for vaginal fistula symptoms in Sub-Saharan Africa: a pooled analysis of national household survey data. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2016; 16:82 doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0871-6. PMCID: PMC4839076.
Castro MC. Zika Virus and Health Systems in Brazil: From Unknown to a Menace. Health Systems & Reform. 2016; 2(2):119-122. DOI: 10.1080/23288604.2016.1179085.
Ferreira MU, Castro MC. Challenges for malaria elimination in Brazil. Malaria Journal. 2016; 15:284. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1335-1. PMCID: PMC4875681.
Kearns AD, Castro MC, Lourenco BH, Augusto RA, Cardoso MA. Factors Associated with Age at Breastfeeding Cessation in Amazonian Infants: Applying a Proximal-Distal Framework. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2016; 20:1539–1548. DOI 10.1007/s10995-016-1953-9. PMID: 27084366.
Duncan DT, Rienti Jr. M, Kulldorff M, Aldstadt J, Castro MC, Frounfelker RL, Williams JH, Sorensen G, Johnson RM, Hemenway D, Williams DR. Local Spatial Clustering in Youths Use of Tobacco, Alcohol and Marijuana in Boston. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. In Press.
Ferreira MU, Castro MC. No longer a deadly encounter? Pathogens and Global Health 2016, Jan 9:1-2. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26750992.
Gutnik LA, Castro MC. Does Spatial Access to Mammography Have an Effect on Early Stage of Breast Cancer Diagnosis? A county-level Analysis for New York State. Breast Journal 2016, Jan;22(1):127-30. doi: 10.1111/tbj.12530. Epub 2015 Nov 9. PMID: 26549798.
Kuhn W, Duckham M, Castro MC. Spatial 2015. Journal of Spatial Information Science 2015, 11:111-113. doi:5311/JOSIS.2015.11.274.
Quattrochi J, Jasseh M, Mackenzie G, Castro MC. Spatial analysis of under-5 mortality and potential risk factors in the Basse Health and Demographic Surveillance System, The Gambia. Tropical Medicine & International Health 2015 Feb 27. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12490. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 25728631.
Maheu-Giroux M, Filippi V, Samadoulougou S, Castro MC, Maulet N, Meda N, Kirakoya-Samadoulougou F. Prevalence of symptoms of vaginal fistula in 19 sub-Saharan Africa countries: a meta-analysis of national household survey data. The Lancet Global Health 2015, 3(5):e271-e278. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70348-1. PMID: 25889469.
Kanamori S, Sow S, Castro MC, Matsuno R, Tsuru A, Jimba M. Implementation of 5S management method for lean healthcare at a health center in Senegal: a qualitative study of staff perception. Global Health Action 2015, 8: 27256. http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.27256. PMID: 25854781.
Hagenlocher M, Castro MC. Mapping malaria risk and vulnerability in the United Republic of Tanzania: a spatial explicit model. Population Health Metrics. 2015; Feb 3;13(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s12963-015-0036-2. PMCID: PMC4324856.
Maheu-Giroux M, Castro MC. Cost-effectiveness of larviciding for urban malaria control in Tanzania. Malaria Journal 2014, 13:477. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-13-477.
Maheu-Giroux M, Castro MC. Factors affecting providers’ delivery of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy: a five-country analysis of national service provision assessment surveys. Malaria Journal 2014, 13:440. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-13-440.
Werneck GL, Costa CHN, Carvalho FAA, Cruz MSP, Maguire JH, Castro MC. Effectiveness of insecticide spraying and culling of dogs on the incidence of Leishmania chagasi in humans: a cluster randomized trial in Teresina, Brazil. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2014, 8(10): e3172. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003172.
Barbosa S, Gozze AB, Lima NF, Batista CL, Bastos MS, Nicolete VC, Fontoura PS, Gonçalves RM, Viana SAS, Menezes MJ, Scopel KKG, Cavasini CE, Malafronte RS, Silva-Nunes M, Vinetz JM, Castro MC, Ferreira MU. Epidemiology of Disappearing Plasmodium vivax Malaria: A Case Study in Rural Amazonia. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2014, 8(8): e3109. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003109.
Arku RE, Dionisio KL, Hughes AF, Valerino J, Spengler JD, Castro MC, Agyei-Mensah S, Ezzati M. Personal particulate matter exposures and locations of students in four neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 2014, doi: 10.1038/jes.2014.56. [Epub ahead of print].
Samadoulougou S, Maheu-Giroux M, Kirakoya-Samadoulougou F, De Keukeleire M, Castro MC, Robert A. Multilevel and geo-statistical modelling of malaria risk in children of Burkina Faso. Parasites & Vectors 2014, 7:350. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-350.
Lawson AB, Carroll R, Castro MC. Joint spatial Bayesian modeling for studies combining longitudinal and cross-sectional data. Statistical Methods in Medical Research 2014, first published on April 7, 2014 as doi:10.1177/0962280214527383. PMCID: PMC Journal In Process.
Raifman S, Cunha AJ, Castro MC. Factors associated with high rates of caesarean section in Brazil between 1991 and 2006. Acta Paediatrica 2014, Article first published online: 25 MAR 2014. DOI: 10.1111/apa.12620.
Duncan DT, Kawachi I, Kum S, Aldstadt J, Piras G, Matthews SA, Arbia G, Castro MC, White K, Williams DR. A Spatially Explicit Approach to the Study of Socio-Demographic Inequality in the Spatial Distribution of Trees across Boston Neighborhoods. Spatial Demography 2014 2(1):1-29.
Harling G, Castro MC. A spatial analysis of social and economic determinants of tuberculosis in Brazil. Health & Place 2014; 25:56–67. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.10.008.
Maheu-Giroux M, Castro MC. Do malaria vector control measures impact disease-related behaviour and knowledge? Evidence from a large-scale larviciding intervention in Tanzania. Malaria Journal 2013, 12:422. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-12-422.
Hadisoemarto PF, Castro MC. Public Acceptance and Willingness-to-Pay for a Future Dengue Vaccine: A Community-Based Survey in Bandung, Indonesia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013; 7(9): e2427. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002427.
Maheu-Giroux M, Castro MC. Impact of Community-Based Larviciding on the Prevalence of Malaria Infection in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(8): e71638.
Bandyopadhyay AS, Blossom J, Wenger J, Castro MC. Population Migration through Railroads and Spatial Diffusion of Polio in India: A Cross-Sectional Proximity Analysis Using Geographic Information System. The Internet Journal of Epidemiology; 2013; 11(2).
Frick M, Castro MC. Tobacco Retail Clustering around Schools in New York City: Examining “Place” and “Space”. Health and Place 2013; 19:15-24.
Thomson DR, Hadley MB, Greenough PG, Castro MC. Modelling strategic interventions in a population with a total fertility rate of 8.3: a cross-sectional study of Idjwi Island, DRC. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:959. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-959.
Tatem AJ, Adamo S, Bharti N, Burgert CR, Castro MC, Dorelien A, Fink G, Linard C, Mendelsohn J, Montana L, Montgomery MR, Nelson A, Noor AM, Pindolia D, Yetman G, Balk D. Mapping populations at risk: improving spatial demographic data for infectious disease modeling and metric derivation. Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:8 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-10-8.
Duncan DT, Aldstadt J, Whalen J, White K, Castro MC, Williams DR. Space, race, and poverty: Spatial inequalities in walkable neighborhood amenities? Demographic Research 2012; 26: Article 17: 409-447.
Castro MC, Fisher MG. Is malaria illness among young children a cause or a consequence of low socioeconomic status? Evidence from the United Republic of Tanzania. Malaria Journal 2012; 11:161 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-11-161.
Duncan DT, Castro MC, Gortmaker SL, Aldstadt J, Melly SJ, Bennett GG. “Racial differences in the built environment-body mass index relationship? A geospatial analysis of adolescents in urban neighborhoods.” International Journal of Health Geographics 2012; 11:11 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-11-11.
Bompangue D, Vesenbeckh SM, Giraudoux P, Castro MC, Muyembe JJ, Ilunga BK, Murray M. Cholera ante portas – The re-emergence of cholera in Kinshasa after a ten-year hiatus. PLoS Currents: Disasters March 5, 2012.
Lutz W, Butz WP, Castro MC, DasGupta P, Demeny PG, Ehrlich I, Giorguli S, Habte D, Haug W, Hayes A, Herrmann M, Jiang L, King D, Kotte D, Lees M, Makinwa-Adebusoye PK, McGranahan G, Mishra V, Montgomery MR, Riahi K, Scherbov S, Peng X, Yoeh B. Demography’s Role in Sustainable Development. Science 24 February 2012; 335(6071):918
Manne J, Nakagawa J, Yamagata Y, Goehler A, Brownstein JS, Castro MC. Triatomine Infestation in Guatemala: Spatial Assessment after Two Rounds of Vector Control. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2012; 86(3): 446-454.
Castro MC, Singer,BH. Agricultural settlement and soil quality in the Brazilian Amazon. Population and Environment. 2011: doi 10.1007/s11111-011-0162-0.
Sherbinin A, Castro MC, Gemenne F, Cernea M, Adamo S, Fearnside PM, Krieger G, Lahmani S, Oliver-Smith A, Pankhurst A, Scudder T, Singer BH, Tan Y, Wannier G, Ehrhart C, Hugo G, Pandey B, Shi G. Preparing for Resettlement Associated with Climate Change. Science 28 October 2011; 334(6055): 456-457. doi: 10.1126/science.1208821.
Shroff Z, Castro MC. The potential impact of intermarriage on the population decline of the Parsis of Mumbai, India. Demographic Research. 2011; 25(17): 545-564.
Wilson ME, Fregni F, Veras MASM, Dyett J, Shei A, Ribeiro GS, David J, Castro MC, Segurado AC, Ko AI, Reis MG. Collaborative Teaching and Learning: A Model for Building Capacity and Partnerships to Address NTDs. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2011; 5(3): e939. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000939.
Duncan DT, Castro MC, Blossom JC, Bennett GC, Gortmaker SL. Evaluation of the positional difference between two common geocoding methods. Geospatial Health. 2011; 5(2): 265-273.
Rose-Wood A, Doumbia S, Traore B, Castro MC. Trends in malaria morbidity among health care-seeking children under age five in Mopti and Sévaré, Mali between 1998 and 2006. Malaria Journal. 2010; 9:319.
Castro MC, Kanamori S, Kannady K, Mkude S, Killeen GF, Fillinger U. The Importance of Drains for the Larval Development of Lymphatic Filariasis and Malaria Vectors in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2010; 4(5): e693.
Penrose K, Castro MC, Werema J, Ryan ET. Informal Urban Settlements and Cholera Risk in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2010; 4(3): e631. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000631.
Castro MC, Tsuruta A, Kanamori S, Kannady K, Mkude S. Community-based environmental management for malaria control: evidence from a small-scale intervention in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 2009; 8:57.
Dongus S, Nyika D, Kannady K, Mtasiwa D, Mshinda H, Gosoniu L, Drescher AW, Fillinger U, Tanner M, Killeen GF, Castro MC. Urban agriculture and Anopheles habitats in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Geospatial Health. 2009; 3(2), pp. 189-210.
Geissbühler Y, Kannady K, Chaki P, Emidi B, Govella NJ, Mayagaya V, Kiama M, Mtasiwa D, Mshinda H, Lindsay SW, Tanner M, Fillinger U, Castro MC, Killeen GF. Microbial larvicide application by a large-scale, community-based program reduces malaria infection prevalence in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS One, 2009; 4(3): e5107.
Fillinger U, Kannady K, William G, Vanek MJ, Dongus S, Nyika D, Geissbuhler Y, Chaki P, Govella N, Mathenge EM, Singer BH, Mshinda H, Lindsay SW, Tanner M, Mtasiwa D, Castro MC, Killeen GF. A tool box for operational mosquito larval control: preliminary results and early lessons from the Urban Malaria Control Programme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 2008; 7:20.
Castro MC. Spatial Demography: an opportunity to improve policy making at diverse decision levels. Population Research and Policy Review. 2007; 26: 477-509.
Dongus S, Nyika D, Kannady K, Mtasiwa D, Mshinda H, Fillinger U, Drescher AW, Tanner M, Castro MC, Killeen GF. Participatory mapping of target areas to enable operational larval source management to suppress malaria vector mosquitoes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. International Journal of Health Geographics. 2007; 6:37.
Singer BH, Castro MC. Bridges to Sustainable Tropical Health. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2007; 104(41): 16038-16043.
Castro MC, Singer BH. Meio ambiente e saúde: metolodogia para análise espacial da ocorrência de malária em projetos de assentamento. Revista Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais. 2007; 24(2): 247-262.
Geissbuhler Y, Chaki P, Emidi B, Govella N, Shirima R, Mayagaya V, Mtasiwa D, Mshinda H, Fillinger U, Lindsay SW, Kannady K, Castro MC, Tanner M, Killeen GF. Interdependence of domestic malaria prevention measures and mosquito human interactions in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 2007; 6:126.
Castro MC, Sawyer DO, Singer BH. Spatial patterns of malaria in the Amazon: implications for surveillance and targeted interventions. Health and Place. 2007; 13:368-380. (DOI 10.1016/j.healthplace.2006.03.006).
Castro MC, Singer BH. A new approach to account for multiple and dependent tests in local statistics of spatial association: controlling the false discovery rate. Geographical Analysis. 2006; 38(2): 180-208.
Killeen GF, Tanner M, Mukabana WR, Kalongolela MS, Kannady K, Lindsay SW, Fillinger U, Castro MC. Habitat targeting for controlling aquatic stages of malaria vectors in Africa. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2006; 74(4): 517-518.
Mukabana WR, Kannady K, Kiama, GM, Ijumba JN, Mathenge EM, Kiche I, Nkwengulila G, Mboera L, Mtasiwa D, Yamagata Y, Schayk I, Knols BGJ, Lindsay SW, Castro MC, Mshinda H, Tanner M, Fillinger U, Killeen GF. Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa. Malaria Journal. 2006; 5:9.
Castro MC, Monte-Mór RL, Sawyer DO, Singer, BH. Malaria risk on the Amazon Frontier. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2006; 103(7): 2452-2457.
Singer B, Castro MC. Enhancement and suppression of malaria in the Amazon. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 2006; 74(1): 12.
Erlanger TE, Keiser J, Castro MC, Bos R, Singer BH, Tanner M, and Utzinger J. Effect of water resource development and management on lymphatic filariasis, and estimates of populations at risk. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2005; 73(3): 523-533.
Castro MC, Singer BH. Was malaria present in the Amazon before the conquest? Getting to a definitive answer. Journal of Archaeological Science. 2005; 32: 337-340.
Keiser J, Castro MC, Maltese MF, Bos R, Tanner M, Singer BH, Utzinger J. Effect of irrigation and large dams on the burden of malaria on global and regional scale. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2005; 72(4): 392-406.
Castro MC, Yamagata Y, Mtasiwa D, Tanner M, Utzinger J, Keiser J, Singer BH. Integrated Urban Malaria Control: a Case Study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2004; 71(Suppl 2): 103-117.
Keiser J, Utzinger J, Castro MC, Smith T, Tanner M, Singer BH. Urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa and implications for malaria control. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2004; 71(Suppl 2): 118-127.
Guelich JM, Singer BH, Castro MC, Rosenberg LE. A gender gap in the next generation of physician-scientists: medical student interest and participation in research. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 2002; 50(6):412-418.
Ávila JBC, Castro MC, Mayrink ALV. Indicadores de Acidentes do Trabalho: Ranking das Atividades Econômicas – Média do Triênio 1997/1999. Revista de Previdência Social. 2002; XXVI(262):770-778.
Castro MC. Changes in mortality and life expectancy: some methodological issues. Mathematical Population Studies. 2001; 9:181-208.
Singer BH, Castro MC. Agricultural colonization and malaria on the Amazon frontier. In: Weinstein M, Hermalin AI, Stoto MA (eds.) Population Health and Aging: strengthening the dialogue between epidemiology and demography. Annuals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2001; vol. 954:184-222.
Book Chapters
Castro MC. Malaria transmission and prospects for malaria eradication: the role of the environment. In: Wirth D, Alonso P (eds.) Malaria: Biology in the Era of Eradication. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 2017: Chapter 1, 1-12.
Singer BH, Castro MC. Interpretability Constraints and trade-offs in using Mixed Membership Models. In: Airoldi E, Blei D, Erosheva E, Fienberg S (eds.) Handbook on Mixed Membership Models and their Applications. Chapman and Hall, 2014:159-172.
Castro MC, Singer BH. Human settlement, environmental change, and malaria transmission in the Brazilian Amazon. In: Kelley Crews and Brian King (eds) Ecologies and Politics of Health. Palgrave Macmillan and Routledge, 2013:118-135.
Castro MC. 2012. Dinâmica populacional, saúde e desenvolvimento sustentável. In: George Martine (ed.) População e Sustentabilidade na era das mudanças ambientais globais. Contribuição para uma agenda Brasileira. Belo Horizonte, MG: Associação Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais, 2012: 83-92.
Castro MC, Singer BH. Malaria in the Brazilian Amazon. In: Janine Selendy (ed.) Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions and Preventive Measures. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011:401-419.
Singer BH, Castro MC. Reassessing multiple-intervention malaria control programs of the past: lessons for the design of contemporary interventions. In: Janine Selendy (ed.) Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions and Preventive Measures. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011:151-165.
Castro MC, Singer BH. Migration, Urbanization and Malaria: a comparative analysis of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Machadinho, Rondônia, Brazil. In: Tienda M, Findley SE, Tollman S, Preston-Whyte E, eds. African Migration and Urbanization in Comparative Perspective. Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2006:280-307.
Reports
Castro MC. Environmental Management of Anopheles Breeding Sites in Dar Es Salaam Phase III: Evaluation of EM Activities – Final Report. Dar es Salaam: JICA/IMCP/UMCP/HSPH. October 2008.
Castro MC. Environmental management of Anopheles breeding sites in Dar es Salaam. Phase 1: Inventory of drains in selected areas of Dar es Salaam. Final report. Dar es Salaam: JICA/IMCP/UMCP/HSPH. May 2007.
Castro MC, Rigotti JIR. Transition probabilities in the Brazilian social security system. Report prepared for the Brazilian Social Security Ministry. September, 2002.
Castro MC, Ávila JBC, Mayrink ALV. Ranking of economic activities by frequency, severity, and cost of occupational injuries. Brazilian Social Security Ministry. April, 2002.
Castro MC, Ávila JBC, Mayrink ALV. Criteria for evaluation, control, and prevention of work injury activities: a proposal. Brazilian Social Security Ministry. April, 2002.
Rigotti JIR, Castro MC, Simões CCS. Population projections by sex, age and urban/rural areas: Brazil – 2000/2050. Brazilian Social Security Ministry.
