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Building a Lusophone Network of Biobanks and Biological Collections: opportunit...
Arez, Ana Paula; Couto, Isabel; Belo, SilvanaBiobanks and Biological Collections serve as central infrastructures for fundamental to scientific research and innovation, supporting various scientific fields, such as the preservation of biodiversity, food sciences or biotechnology, and particularly biomedical research. They provide essential resources for innovation and translation in global health, particularly for the development of new biomarkers, therap...
Strongyloides stercoralis in Low-Income Immigrants from Portuguese Speaking Afr...
Carinton, Diamarize; Teodósio, Rosa; Belo, Silvana; L. Maurício, IsabelN/a.; N/a.
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, RicardoBackground: Mozambique is one of the countries with the highest prevalence of schistosomiasis, although there is little data on the prevalence of the disease and associated morbidity in the adult population. This study aimed to describe and characterize the morbidity associated with schistosomiasis in the adult population of the Chókwè district and to explore the use of anamnestic questionnaires and urine dipst...
VETORES E HOSPEDEIROS INTERMEDIÁRIOS INVERTEBRADOS
Silveira, Henrique; Belo, SilvanaThe diseases t ransmit ted by arthropods and other invertebrate hosts represent an enormous burden to human and animal health, if we consider that 3.3 billion people are at risk of acquiring malaria, and that , in 2010, malaria deaths were est imated at 655000 (WHO, 2012), that schistosomiasis and geohelminthiasis affect two billion humans, causing morbidity to 300 million (WHO, 2006), and that 350 million peop...
Genetic analysis of Schistosoma mansoni sensitive and resistant strains to praz...
Mendes, Tiago; Calado, Manuela; Clemente, Isabel; Belo, Silvana; Afonso, AnaPraziquantel (PZQ) is the drug of choice in the treatment of schistosomiasis due to its high cure rates and no significant side effects. Currently, more and more cases of resistance or increased tolerance to PZQ have been reported, consequently, there were recommendations for continuous monitoring of drug resistance. In our laboratory, we selected a parasitic line of Schistosoma mansoni, through constant drug p...
PRINCIPAIS HELMINTOSES NEGLIGENCIADAS – ONTEM, HOJE E AMANHÃ NO IHMT
Afonso, Ana; Calado, Maria; Maurício, Isabel; Belo, Silvana.
Parasitoses Intestinais e Estado Nutricional em Crianças dos 0 aos 14 anos de i...
Barros, Marcelina; Epesse, Sandra; Dunen, Joaquim Van; Costa, Maria do Céu; Belo, SilvanaEste trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a ocorrência de parasitoses intestinais numa população infantil dos 0 aos 14 anos de idade, internadas no Hospital Pediátrico David Bernardino em Luanda e a sua associação ao estado nutricional. O estudo envolveu 64 crianças internadas nas enfermarias de “subnutrição ou malnutrição” (EM) e “geral” (EG). Os métodos utilizados para a pesquisa dos parasitas intestinais nas ...
Schistosomiasis and Acute Appendicitis
Figueiredo, Jacinta; Santos, Ângela; Clemente, Horácio; Lourenço, Augusto; Costa, Sandra; Grácio, Maria Amélia; Belo, SilvanaAcute appendicitis associated to Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni infection has been found in patients submitted to urgent appendectomy at the Hospital Américo Boavida in Luanda. Due to the high prevalence and morbidity caused by schistosomiasis (or bilharziasis) in the country, we suspect that the involvement of Schistosoma infection on appendicular pathology could be very frequent, in particular for tho...
Identificação de um novo haplótipo de fasciola hepatica
Roque, Cláudio André Martins; Beato, Sílvia; Maurício, Isabel; Belo, SilvanaF. hepatica é o agente etiológico da Fasciolose humana/animal, e tem a capacidade de parasitar diversas espécies animais, principalmente herbívoros e omnívoros (ovinos, bovinos, caprinos, etc.) onde pode ser encontrado no fígado e canais biliares, tendo também a capacidade, de acidentalmente infetar o Homem. Este parasita apresenta uma distribuição cosmopolita sendo mais frequente em regiões pantanosas sujeitas...