As danças tradicionais na Educação Artística evidenciam-se pela aprendizagem eminentemente experiencial que assenta num diálogo criativo e étnico-artístico específico do património tradicional. Ao existir nos curricula, integram a diversidade das culturas tradicionais existentes nos diferentes contextos educativos, revelando-se um espaço plural e intercultural de partilha e de aprendizagem de novas criações etn...
In 2024, unprecedented outbreaks of dengue and Oropouche were reported in the Americas. We describe a documented co-infection with dengue and Oropouche viruses in a 35-year-old traveller from Cuba detected in Portugal. RT-PCR and next-generation sequencing confirmed both viruses. Our findings highlight the need for multiplex arboviral diagnostics in travellers from regions with concurrent outbreaks.
Phlebotomine sand flies play a crucial role in both human and veterinary medicine, acting as vectors for Leishmania parasites and most known phleboviruses. In Portugal, the REVIVE program, a comprehensive national surveillance network under the Ministry of Health, has included sand fly surveys since 2016. REVIVE aims to identify existing sand fly species in the country, determine which pathogens are circulating...
Background: Aedes albopictus, commonly known as the Asian tiger mosquito, has become one of the most invasive mosquito species. Over the last 5 decades, it has been introduced and established in various tropical and temperate regions worldwide. First reported in Europe in 1979 in Albania and later in Italy in 1990, the species is now established in 13 European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) countries a...
Phlebotomine sand flies play a crucial role in both human and veterinary medicine, acting as vectors for Leishmania parasites and most known phleboviruses. In Portugal, the REVIVE program, a comprehensive national surveillance network under the Ministry of Health, has included sand fly surveys since 2016. REVIVE aims to identify existing sand fly species in the country, determine which pathogens are circulating...
O programa REVIVE (Rede de Vigilância de Vetores) resulta de colaboração entre a Direção-Geral da Saúde, as Administrações Regionais de Saúde do Algarve, Alentejo, Centro, Lisboa e Vale do Tejo e Norte, a Direção Regional da Saúde da Madeira, a Direção Regional da Saúde dos Açores e o Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge. No âmbito do REVIVE é realizada a vigilância entomológica, a nível nacional, d...
As doenças transmitidas por vectores (DTV) representam uma ameaça global significativa. Segundo a Organização Mundial de Saúde, as DTV representam 17% de todas as doenças infeciosas, causando mais de 700 000 mortes por ano em todo o Mundo. Enquanto que nos trópicos e subtrópicos os mosquitos encontram-se entre os vectores responsáveis por patologias com milhares de casos de infeção por ano, como por exemplo a m...
As carraças são um dos vetores mais importantes de agentes patogénicos para o Homem, com impacto crescente em saúde pública em todo o mundo. Os agentes infeciosos transmitidos por carraças incluem vírus, como o vírus da encefalite transmitida por carraças e da febre hemorrágica Crimeia-Congo, bactérias, tais como os agentes etiológicos da borreliose de Lyme, febre escaro nodular, outras rickettsioses e anaplasm...
A growing body of research shows that early attachment relationships are foundational for children’s later developmental and psychosocial outcomes.However, findings are mixed regarding whether preterm birth predicts later attachment, but insecurity is generally more prevalent among infants at higher medical and/or social/familial risk. This longitudinal study aimed to identify specific relational, familial/demo...
In the Old World, phlebotomine sand flies from the genus Phlebotomus are implicated in the transmission of Leishmania spp. parasites (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) and viruses belonging to the genus Phlebovirus (Bunyavirales: Phenuiviridae). Two of the five sand fly species known to occur in Portugal, Phlebotomus perniciosus and Ph. ariasi, the former being the most ubiquitous, are recognized vectors of Lei...