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Population homogeneity for the antibody response to COVID-19 BNT162b2/Comirnaty...
Faro-Viana, João; Bergman, Marie-Louise; Gonçalves, Lígia A.; Duarte, Nadia; Coutinho, Teresa P.; Borges, Patricia C.; Diwo, Christian; Castro, RuteABSTRACT: While mRNA vaccines are administrated worldwide in an effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the heterogeneity of the humoral immune response they induce at the population scale remains unclear. Here, in a prospective, longitudinal, cohort-study, including 1245 hospital care workers and 146 nursing home residents scheduled for BNT162b2 vaccination, together covering adult ages from 19 to 99 years, w...
Defining phytoplankton class boundaries in Portuguese transitional waters: an e...
Brito, Ana C.; Brotas, Vanda; Caetano, Miguel; Coutinho, Teresa P.; Bordalo, Adriano A.; Icely, John; Neto, João M.; Serôdio, João; Moita, TeresaThe Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires the assessment of ecological quality of water bodies based on physico-chemical and biological elements. This paper is focused on the use of phytoplankton as a biological indicator of ecological quality in Portuguese transitional waters (TWs). Phytoplankton is considered to be a sensitive indicator to environmental changes, especially nutrient enrichment, and is there...