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Trends and Determinants of Full Immunisation among Children Aged 12–23 Months
Cassocera, Marta; Augusto, Orvalho; Chissaque, Assucênio; Guimarães, Esperança Lourenço; Shulock, Katherine; de Deus, Nilsa; Martins, Maria R. O.Funding Information: This research received funds from Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT), NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal (ref. UID/04413/2020. The funders had no role in study design, data, collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.; The 1974 Expanded Program on Immuni...
The neglected epidemic
Peralta-Santos, André; Gimbel, Sarah; Sorensen, Reed; Covele, Alfredo; Kawakatsu, Yoshito; Wagenaar, Bradley H.; Augusto, Orvalho
Molecular epidemiology of rotavirus a strains pre-and post-vaccine (Rotarix®) i...
João, Eva D.; Munlela, Benilde; Chissaque, Assucênio; Chilaúle, Jorfélia; Langa, Jerónimo; Augusto, Orvalho; Boene, Simone S.; Anapakala, EldaGroup A rotavirus (RVA) remains the most important etiological agent associated with severe acute diarrhea in children. Rotarix® monovalent vaccine was introduced into Mozambique’s Expanded Program on Immunization in September 2015. In the present study, we report the diversity and prevalence of rotavirus genotypes, pre-(2012–2015) and post-vaccine (2016–2019) introduction in Mozambique, among diarrheic childre...
Trends in cancer incidence in Maputo, Mozambique, 1991-2008
Lorenzoni, Cesaltina; Vilajeliu, Alba; Carrilho, Carla; Ismail, Mamudo R.; Castillo, Paola; Augusto, Orvalho; García-Basteiro, Alberto L.; Sidat, MohsinPMID: 26110774 WOS:000356933800051; Background: Very limited information is available regarding the incidence of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. We analyzed changes in cancer patterns from 1991 to 2008 in Maputo (Mozambique). Methods: We calculated the rates of incidence of different cancer sites by sex in the 5-year age-group of the population of Maputo city as well as age-standardized rates (ASRs) and average a...