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Physella acuta Confirmed as Intermediate Host of Posthodiplostomum sp. from Lak...
Bispo, Maria Teresa; Maurício, Isabel Larguinho; Ferreira, Pedro Manuel; Belo, Silvana; Calado, ManuelaFunding Information: This study was financially supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through funds to GHTM (UID/04413/2020), LA-REAL (LA/P/0117/2020) and Project PTDC-2022.01349 (Doi: 10.54499/2022.01349.PTDC). Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.; Physella acuta is an invasive freshwater snail with a global distribution and a recognized role as an intermediate host for...
Atypical Schistosomiasis and Strongyloidiasis Enterocolitis Mimicking Inflammat...
Saraiva, Bárbara Martins; Nunes, Beatriz Sousa; Garcia, Ana Margarida; Santos, Filipa; Ferreira, Pedro Manuel; Belo, Silvana; Gouveia, Catarina
Zoonotic Threats
Bispo, Maria Teresa; Calado, Manuela; Maurício, Isabel Larguinho; Ferreira, Pedro Manuel; Belo, SilvanaFunding Information: This study was financially supported by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology for funds to GHTM\u2014UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL\u2014LA/P/0117/2020 and Project PTDC-2022.01349. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.; Cercarial dermatitis (CD), or “Swimmer’s itch” as it is also known, is a waterborne illness caused by a blood fluke from the family Schistosomatidae. It occurs ...
Construindo uma Rede Lusófona de Biobancos e Coleções Biológicas
Arez, Ana Paula; Couto, Isabel; Belo, SilvanaFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, financiamento GHTM – UID/04413/2020 e LA-REAL – LA/P/0117/2020.; Os Biobancos e as Coleções Biológicas são infraestruturas fundamentais para a investigação científica e inovação, apoiando vários domínios científicos, como a preservação da biodiversidade, as ciências da alimentação ou a biotecnologia e muito particularmente a investigação biomédica. São uma fonte de recursos...
Morbidity associated with schistosomiasis in adult population of Chókwè distric...
Serra, João Tiago; Silva , Carina; Sidat, Mohsin; Belo, Silvana; Ferreira, Pedro; Ferracini, Natália; Kaminstein, Daniel; Thompson, RicardoPublisher Copyright: © 2024 Serra et al. Funding: This work was funded by the "Joint WHO-AFRO/TDR/EDCTP Small Grants Scheme for implementation research on infectious diseases of poverty 2017”, whose responsible investigator was RT. Additionally, it received financial support from “Associação para Desenvolvimento da Medicina Tropical”, whose responsible investigator was JTS and from Fundação para a Ciência e a T...
Epidemiology and risk factors for Schistosoma spp. infection in adult populatio...
Serra, João Tiago; Silva, Carina; Sidat, Mohsin; Belo, Silvana; Ferreira, Pedro; Ferracini, Natália; Kaminstein, Daniel; Conceição, CSchistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that remains an important public health problem. Mozambique is one of the countries with the highest prevalence of the disease. Adults with chronic schistosomiasis can act as a reservoir for continued infection transmission. Data about schistosomiasis in this population in Mozambique is limited. In order to determine schistosomiases prevalence and risk factors in ...
Point-of-care ultrasonography for S. haematobium associated urinary tract morbi...
Serra, João Tiago Fernandes; Kaminstein, Daniel; Silva , Carina; Sidat, Mohsin; Belo, Silvana; Conceição, CláudiaSchistosomiasis is a parasitic and disabling waterborne neglected tropical disease caused by a trematode belonging to genus Schistosoma. The burden of urinary schistosomiasis morbidity is relatively high in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ultrasound has proved to be useful in the identification of not only bladder lesions, but also of the upper urinary tract. The point-of-care ultrasound helps to objectively assess organ l...
Biobanking for tropical health
Arez, Ana Paula; Souto, Aline; da Silva, Manuela; do Nascimento, Carlos Roberto Sobrinho; Couto, Isabel; Belo, Silvana; Lima, NelsonThe author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. AA, IC, and SB acknowledge the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT) for funds to GHTM – UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL – LA/P/0117/2020. NL acknowledges the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the scope of the strategic funding of UIDB/04469/2020 unit, and ...
Strongyloides stercoralis in Low-Income Immigrants from Portuguese Speaking Afr...
Carinton, Diamarize; Teodósio, Rosa; Belo, Silvana; Maurício, Isabel L.This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors, but the authors acknowledge “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia” for funds to GHTM - UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL – LA/P/0117/2020.
Vernonia britteniana Root Phytochemical Studies, In Vitro Cercaricidal Activity...
Valente, Maria dos Anjos; Ferreira, Pedro; Lima, Katelene; Moreira da Silva, Isabel B.; Nobre, Paula; Neto, Isabel; Pires, Mavilde; Braz, Berta SãoFunding Information: This research was funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) through national funds FCT/MCTES to iMed.ULisboa (UIDP/04138/2020). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.; Vernonia britteniana Hiern. (Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant used in traditional Angolan medicine against schistosomiasis. Our study aimed to investigate the phytochemical composition and the c...