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Is being physically active enough or do people with Parkinson’s disease need st...
Domingos, Josefa; Familia, Carlos; Fernandes, Júlio Belo; Dean, John; Godinho, CatarinaSocial isolation imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted people’s lifestyles and daily activities. In this work we compared pre- and post-pandemic clinical outcomes in people with Parkinson’s disease, to assess differences according to the type of behaviour and exercise habits adopted by participants. After two months of COVID-19 lockdown, we assessed: changes in exercise behaviour; motor and non-m...
Oral health among athletes at the Egas Moniz Sports Dentistry Practice
Fernandes, Carolina; Allen, Inês; Pinto, Leonor Sá; Júdice, André; Vicente, Filipa; Familia, Carlos; Mendes, José João; Godinho, CatarinaThe sports dentistry consultation at the Clínica Universitária Egas Moniz is guaranteed by a multidisciplinary team of health professionals that provide a customized service to high performance athletes. Over the last year, 99 athletes were evaluated in terms of their oral health through extraoral, intraoral and radiographic exams. In this population a high prevalence of dry mouth, erosive wear, gingivitis, per...
Dental caries incidence in a sample of endurance sports athletes
Carvalho, M.; Júdice, André; Manso, Cristina; Rozan, Cecilia; Vicente, Filipa; Familia, Carlos; Salema-Oom, Madalena; Mendes, José João
Evolution of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 envelope in the first year...
Rocha, Cheila; Calado, Rita; Borrego, Pedro; Marcelino, José Maria; Bártolo, Inês; Rosado, Lino; Cavaco-Silva, Patricia; Gomes, PerpetuaBackground Differently from HIV-1, HIV-2 disease progression usually takes decades without antiretroviral therapy and the majority of HIV-2 infected individuals survive as elite controllers with normal CD4+ T cell counts and low or undetectable plasma viral load. Neutralizing antibodies (Nabs) are thought to play a central role in HIV-2 evolution and pathogenesis. However, the dynamic of the Nab response and re...
Evolutionary and structural features of the C2, V3 and C3 envelope regions unde...
Barroso, Helena; Borrego, Pedro; Bártolo, Inês; Marcelino, José Maria; Familia, Carlos; Quintas, Alexandre; Taveira, NunoBackground Unlike in HIV-1 infection, the majority of HIV-2 patients produce broadly reactive neutralizing antibodies, control viral replication and survive as elite controllers. The identification of the molecular, structural and evolutionary footprints underlying these very distinct immunological and clinical outcomes may lead to the development of new strategies for the prevention and treatment of HIV infect...