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Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:03:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-08-01; Background: The Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging arthropod-borne virus related to the dengue virus (DENV), and shows a similar clinical profile as other arboviral diseases, such as dengue and chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Historically, ZIKV has been associated with sporadic cases of human infection, but is...
In this report, an RT-PCR approach based on the use of degenerate primers allowed the identification of negeviruses in four different species of mosquitoes (Ochlerotatus caspius, Culex pipiens, Cx. theileri and Cx. univittatus) collected in southern Portugal. The genomes of two of these viruses, sequenced to full completion, were shown to encode all the proteins encoded by previously described negeviruses. One ...
Molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 circulating among injecting drug users in the Greater Lisbon Carina Sousa1; Sandra Videira e Castro1; Elizabeth Pádua3; Ricardo Parreira1,2; Aida Esteves1,2; João Piedade1,2 1Grupo de Virologia, UEI de Microbiologia Médica; 2Unidade de Parasitologia e Microbiologia Médicas (UPMM) Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Rua da Junqueira nº100, 1349-00...
Genotypic resistance profiles to antiretroviral drugs in HIV-1 circulating among injecting drug users in the Greater Lisbon Sandra Videira e Castro1; Carina Sousa1; Elizabeth Pádua3; Aida Esteves1,2; Ricardo Parreira1,2; João Piedade1,2 1Grupo de Virologia, UEI de Microbiologia Médica; 2Unidade de Parasitologia e Microbiologia Médicas (UPMM) Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa ...