Adauto Castelo graduated in Medicine at UNIFESP, MSc at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, PhD at UNIFESP, visiting scholar at Pennsylvania University. He is the former president of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Disease, Head of the Outpatient Service of Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy. Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine. Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.