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Danças Tradicionais na Educação Artística: Uma Visão Contemporânea
Moura, Margarida; Alves, Maria JoãoAs 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...
Description and comparison of national surveillance systems and response measur...
Fotakis, Emmanouil Alexandros; Grau-Pujol, Berta; Kelly, David; Leite, Pedro Pinto; Martins, João Vieira; Alves, Maria João; Di Luca, MarcoBackground: Regions of southern Europe are increasingly colonised by Aedes albopictus, with incidence of autochthonous dengue cases rising in recent years.AimWe describe and compare Aedes-borne disease (dengue, chikungunya and Zika) incidence from 2017 to 2023, and the surveillance systems and response measures operating in France, Italy and Portugal in 2023, to improve surveillance, prevention, preparedness an...
The spread of Aedes albopictus in Portugal: an update of its geographic and sea...
Costa Osório, Hugo; Soares, Patricia; Freitas, R.; Fernandes, R.; Zé-Zé, Líbia; Amaro, Fátima; Alves, Maria JoãoOver the last two decades, the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus has spread across Europe. Portugal was the last country in southern Europe to report this species, which was first detected in 2017 under the National Vector Surveillance Network—REVIVE. Despite all the measures taken, its distribution has increased rapidly and in 2023, it was introduced in Lisbon, a major urban centre. As Ae. albopictus is a com...
Dengue and Oropouche virus co-infection in a traveller from Cuba to Portugal
Zé-Zé, Líbia; Laranjinha, Joana; Borges, Vítor; Graça, Ana Luísa; Sobral, Daniel; Santos, João Dourado; Carvalho, Ana Cláudia; Faria, Nuno R.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.
REVIVE - Leishmania infantum detected in Sergentomyia minuta in the Algarve reg...
Vilares, Anabela; Amaro, Fátima; Reis, Tânia; Martins, Susana; Alves, Maria João; Gargaté, Maria João; REVIVE TeamLeishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani represents a major public health concern in Mediterranean countries, with phlebotomine sand flies serving as the primary vectors for the transmission of Leishmania parasites [1]. In Portugal, REVIVE is a national surveillance network operating under the Ministry of Health since 2008, initially targeting mosquitoes, with its scope expanded to include ticks in 2011 and ...
Toscana Virus in Wild-Caught Sand Flies in Portugal, Findings from the National...
Amaro, Fátima; Amaro F.; Zé-Zé, Líbia; Osório, Hugo; Soares, Patricia; Silva, Manuel; Freitas, Inês Campos; Alves, Maria JoãoPhlebotomine 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...
The spread of the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Po...
Zé-Zé, Líbia; Campos Freitas, Inês; Silva, Manuel; Soares, Patricia; Alves, Maria João; Osório, HugoBackground: 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...
Toscana Virus in Wild-Caught Sand Flies in Portugal, Findings from the National...
Amaro, Fátima; Zé-Zé, Líbia; Osório, Hugo Costa; Soares, Patrícia; Silva, Manuel; Freitas, Inês Campos; Alves, Maria JoãoPhlebotomine 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...
Rede de Vigilância de Vetores - Flebótomos: a importância da vigilância de um v...
Amaro, Fátima; Osório, Hugo; Silva, Manuel; Freitas, Inês Campos; Soares, Patrícia; Vilares, Anabela; Martins, Susana; Reis, Tânia; Gargaté, Maria JoãoO 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...
Doenças transmitidas por vectores em Portugal [editorial]
Alves, Maria JoãoAs 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...