PEDIATRICIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST; PROFESSOR OF BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE MEDICINE SCHOOL OF CAMPOS DOS GOYTACAZES, BRAZIL; PhD AND MASTER DEGREE IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY (UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE-UFF); MEMBER OF THE PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE COMMITTEE OF THE BRAZILIAN PEDIATRIC SOCIETY (SBP); PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION SPECIALIST; NEONATOLOGIST AND MEDICAL COORDINATOR OF SAO JOAO BATISTA HOSPITAL, MUNICIPALITY OF MACAE, STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL