ACOMPANHAMENTO PRÉ-NATAL E SEU IMPACTO NA PREVENÇÃO DA TRANSMISSÃO VERTICAL DA HEPATITE B

The present study aims to describe the impact of prenatal care on the prevention of vertical transmission of hepatitis B. It is an integrative literature review conducted in August 2023, using the PICO strategy to formulate the guiding question, through consultation with the Virtual Health Library (BVS) and the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) database via BVS and PubMed. The descriptors obtained through DeCS and MeSH, along with their English and Spanish alternatives, were combined using the "OR" and "AND" Boolean operators. A total of 3,010 articles were identified, and after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, as well as removing duplicates and conducting full-text reading, 8 articles were selected for the study. The results highlight that the integrated approach of prenatal care plays a significant role in preventing vertical transmission of hepatitis B, with early identification of virus-carrying pregnant women and the implementation of appropriate therapeutic interventions effectively reducing the risk of transmission to newborns. Neonatal immunoprophylaxis and prenatal counseling also hold relevance, contributing to protection against infection. Therefore, investing in quality prenatal services is essential to promote a more robust maternal and child health, free from the impacts of hepatitis B.O atual estudo tem como objetivo descrever o impacto do acompanhamento pré-natal na prevenção da transmissão vertical da hepatite B. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura, realizada durante o mês de agosto de 2023, onde se utilizou a estratégia PICO para elaboração da pergunta norteadora, por consulta a Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) e a base de dados Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) via BVS e PubMed, utilizando os descritores obtidos através do DeCS e MesH: e suas alternativas em inglês e espanhol, combinados através dos operadores booleanos “OR” e “AND”. Encontrou-se um total de 3.010 artigos e, após a aplicação dos critérios de inclusão e exclusão, bem como remoção de duplicatas e leitura na íntegra, foram selecionados 8 artigos para compor o estudo. Os resultados evidenciam que a abordagem integrada do pré-natal exerce um papel de destaque na prevenção da transmissão vertical da hepatite B, destacando-se a identificação precoce de gestantes portadoras do vírus e a implementação de intervenções terapêuticas apropriadas, reduzindo eficazmente o risco de transmissão para os recém-nascidos. A imunoprofilaxia neonatal e o aconselhamento pré-natal também apresentam relevância, contribuindo para a proteção contra a infecção. Assim, investir em serviços pré-natais de qualidade se configura como uma medida essencial para promover uma saúde materno-infantil mais robusta e isenta dos impactos da hepatite B

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data