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RESUMEN Desde finales del siglo XX los debates sobre la inclusión social y educativa han crecido al calor de la puesta en acto de políticas y prácticas tejidas entre procesos excluyentes. En este trabajo y en diálogo con la Red Charting Inclusive Education Geographies, presentamos elementos para una cartografía de la inclusión en escuelas públicas de gestión estatal de la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, Argentina. La perspectiva cartográfica asumida desde una mirada interseccional permite una aproximación a las dinámicas de inclusión que no se presentan como homogéneas sino, más bien, multilineales y yuxtapuestas. A modo de hipótesis sostenemos que las dinámicas de inclusión involucran fuerzas centrífugas asociadas con la sedimentación de la exclusión y centrípetas que pujan por el acceso al saber y la escuela. Nos referimos a fuerzas que permiten comprender los efectos rebote que atraviesa la inclusión e involucran grandes líneas molares del poder y sus micro detalles.

ABSTRACT Since the end of the 20th century, debates on social and educational inclusion have grown in the heat of the implementation of policies and practices interwoven with processes of exclusion. In this work, and in dialogue with the Charting Inclusive Education Geographies Network, we present elements for a cartography of inclusion in public schools in the Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The cartographic perspective, adopted from an intersectional point of view, allows an approach to the dynamics of inclusion that are not presented as homogeneous, but rather multilinear and juxtaposed. We hypothesize that the dynamics of inclusion involve centrifugal forces associated with the sedimentation of exclusion and centripetal forces that push for access to knowledge and schooling. We are referring to forces that allow us to understand the rebound effect that inclusion undergoes, involving large molar lines of power and its micro details.

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INTRODUCTION: For Brazilian adults, pneumococcal vaccines have been usually taken only by those who are at higher risk for development of pneumococcal diseases. Since populations from lower socioeconomic status are at high risk of acquiring pneumococcal infections, we investigated the carriage prevalence, colonization risk factors, capsular and surface protein types, and antimicrobial resistance among pneumococcal isolates recovered from adults living in a Brazilian urban slum. METHODS: Between September-December 2016, we conducted a cross-sectional study among individuals aged ≥ 18 years who attended a public primary clinic in Niterói/RJ, Brazil. Pneumococci were isolated by culture on sheep blood agar plates with and without gentamicin. Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined for all isolates. We used PCR to determine capsular types, PspA families (Fam) and pilus islets (PI). RESULTS: Of 385 adults, 32 (8.3 %) were pneumococcal carriers. Three carriers had two different pneumococci, totaling 35 isolates. After multivariate analysis, smoking, previous hospitalization, alcohol consumption and co-habitation with children aged < 6 years increased the odds of pneumococcal carriage, but antibiotic use in the previous 2 weeks was found to be a protective factor. Fourteen different serogroups/serotypes were detected and the prevalent ones were 9 N/L, 10A, 15B/C and 35F/47F (n = 3; 8.6 % each). Non-typeable (NT) isolates made up 31.4 %. All isolates were susceptible to chloramphenicol, levofloxacin and vancomycin. We found eight (22.9 %) penicillin non-susceptible pneumococci (PNSP) with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 0.38-1.5 µg/mL. The two (5.7 %) erythromycin-resistant isolates had MIC > 256 µg/mL, cMLSB phenotype and the erm(B) gene. Twelve (34.3 %) and 17 (48.6 %) isolates had PspA Fam1 and Fam2, respectively. Three (8.6 %) isolates had genes for pilitwo PI-1 and one PI-2. CONCLUSION: We detected a low frequency of pneumococcal carriage among the adult population, but a high diversity of serotypes. Frequencies of PNSP and NT isolates resistant to antimicrobial agents are concerning.

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We conducted enhanced acute febrile illness surveillance in an urban slum community in Salvador, Brazil. We found that rickettsial infection accounted for 3.5% of urgent care visits for acute fever. Our results suggest that rickettsiae might be an underrecognized, treatable cause of acute febrile illness in impoverished urban populations in Brazil.

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The Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, is one of the most important pest species globally and the main reservoir of leptospires causing human leptospirosis in the urban slums of tropical regions. Rodent control is a frequent strategy in those settings to prevent the disease but rapid growth from residual populations and immigration limit the long-term effectiveness of interventions. To characterize the breeding ecology of R. norvegicus and provide needed information for the level of genetic mixing, which can help identify inter-connected eradication units, we estimated the occurrence of multiple paternity, distances between mothers and sires, and inbreeding in rats from urban slum habitat in Salvador, Brazil. We genotyped 9 pregnant females, their 66 offspring, and 371 males at 16 microsatellite loci. Multiple paternity was observed in 22% (2/9) of the study litters. Of the 12 sires that contributed to the 9 litters, we identified 5 (42%) of those sires among our genotyped males. Related males were captured in close proximity to pregnant females (the mean inter-parent trapping distance per litter was 70 m, ±58 m SD). Levels of relatedness between mother-sire pairs were higher than expected and significantly higher than relatedness between all females and non-sire males. Our findings indicate multiple paternity is common, inbreeding is apparent, and that mother-sire dyads occur in close proximity within the study area. This information is relevant to improve the spatial definition of the eradication units that may enhance the effectiveness of rodent management programs aimed at preventing human leptospirosis. High levels of inbreeding may also be a sign that eradication efforts are successful.

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INTRODUÇÃO E OBJETIVO: A leptospirose é uma zoonose, causada pela bactéria Leptospira, de ampla distribuição e elevado impacto à saúde humana. As epidemias de leptospirose no Brasil acontecem a cada ano em áreas urbanas durante o período de chuvas sazonais. Porém não existem estudos que avaliem se as formas assintomáticas e/ou subclínicas seguem este padrão estacional relacionado a precipitação. O objetivo deste trabalho é determinar a incidência de infecção assintomática e de leptospirose grave durante diferentes períodos de precipitação em Salvador. METODOLOGIA: Realizamos cinco inquéritos sorológicos estacionais em uma coorte com 3176 habitantes na comunidade de Pau da Lima, Salvador – Bahia, para identificar infecções assintomáticas por Leptospira spp (2013-2015)...

INTRODUCTION AND AIM: Introduction and aim: Leptospirosis is a zoonosis caused by Leptospira bacteria, and has a wide distribution with a high impact to human health. Outbreaks of leptospirosis in Brazil occur each year in urban areas during the rainy season. However, there are no studies to assess whether the asymptomatic and/or subclinical follow this seasonal pattern related to precipitation. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of asymptomatic infection and severe leptospirosis. during different periods of rainfall in Salvador. METHODOLOGY: We conducted five seasonal serosurveys in a cohort of 3176 inhabitants in the community of Pau da Lima, Salvador-Bahia to identify asymptomatic infections by Leptospira (2013-2015)...

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