The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1413-8670

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is the official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (SBI). It aims to publish relevant articles in the broadest sense on all aspects of microbiology, infectious diseases and immune response to infectious agents.
The BJID is a bimonthly publication and one of the most influential journals in its field in Brazil and Latin America with a high impact factor. Since its inception it has garnered a growing share of the publishing market.

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Impact factor

The Impact Factor measures the average number of citations received in a particular year by papers published in the journal during the two preceding years.

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Impact factor 2025

2.0

Citescore

CiteScore measures average citations received per document published.

Citescore 2025

3.2

SJR

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SJR 2025

0.549

SNIP

SNIP measures contextual citation impact by wighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field.

SNIP 2025

0.627

Time to first decision

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Time to first decision

42 days

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Original Article

Serum cytokines and tissue doppler imaging as markers of prognosis of chronic myocarditis due to chagas disease

Ivan Santana Batista Soaresa, Edmundo Câmaraa, Manoel Barral-Nettoa,b, Carlos Rico Quinteroa, Benelson Guimarães Carvalhoc, Fábio Bulhõesa, Alex Cleber Improta-Cariad,

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aleximprotacaria@usp.br

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, Roque Aras-Júniora

a Faculty of Medicine, Graduate Program in Medicine and Health (PPGMS), Salvador, BA, Brazil

b Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Salvador, BA, Brazil

c Climecar, Cardiology Clinic, Itaberaba, BA, Brazil

d Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Exercise, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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