Clinical practice generates a wealth of data daily, collected for the purpose of providing healthcare. However, this data holds the potential to contribute to the generation of knowledge. The aim of this study was to describe the process of submitting requests for access to clinical records for research and the heterogeneity in the evaluation of a national research project by the boards of directors and ethics ...
Funding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge the Directorate-General of Health (DGS) for providing access to data of visceral leishmaniasis cases available on the National Database of Compulsory Notifiable Diseases and the National System of Epidemiological Surveillance (SINAVE). The authors would also like to acknowledge the Directors of the all the clinical and laboratory Departments involved in...
Funding Information: R.R. was supported by the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science (via Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia, I.P.\u2014FCT) through a PhD grant (UI/BD/151067/2021). The authors would also like to acknowledge FCT for funding through contracts with GHTM (UID/Multi/04413/2020), CEAUL (UIDB/00006/2020 and UIDP/00006/2020), and LA-REAL (LA/P/0117/2020). The work of C.M. was...
Funding Information: The authors would also like to acknowledge FCT for funding through contracts with GHTM ( UID/Multi/04413/2020 ) and LA-REAL ( LA/P/0117/2020 ). Funding Information: RR was supported by the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science (via Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. - FCT) through a PhD grant (UI/BD/151067/2021).The authors would also like to acknowledge FCT for funding thr...
Funding Information: The authors acknowledge the support from the project team at Tambai: Cristina Keni; Domingos Jambo; Jo\u00E3o S\u00E1dia; Jorge Fundice; S\u00E9rgio Henriques, No\u00E9 Manuel and Zacarias Fernando, local community leaders, National Public Health Directorate \u2013 National Program of Malaria Control, Sofala Provincial Directorate of Health\u2014National Program of Malaria Control-Sofala, N...
Funding Information: This work was supported by the \u201Cla Caixa\u201D and the Calouste Gulbenkian foundations in the framework of the Support for Health Research Projects in PALOP Call for Proposals. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official positions of the funding agencies. AFLB and AC are fellows of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinscha...
Funding Information: L. G. was partially supported by the Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal, through projects UIDB/Multi/04413/2020 and UIDP/Multi/04413/2020 (GHTM), UIDB/00006/2020 and UIDP/00006/2020 (CEAUL) and I. C. was partially supported by the Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal, through projects UIDB/Multi/04413/2020 and UIDP/Multi/04413/2020 (GHTM). Publisher Copyright: © 2024...
Funding Information: This research was funded by the \u201Cla Caixa\u201D and the Calouste Gulbenkian foundations in the framework of the Support for Health Research Projects in PALOP Call for Proposals (grant number 260403). AFLB is a fellow from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; grant number JO369/5-1 and JO369/5-2). LG was supported by Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia\u2014Portugal\u...
Funding Information: This paper has been sponsored by Elanco Animal Health in the framework of the CVBD®World Forum Symposium. The authors would like to acknowledge all the blood donors who agreed to participate in this study for contributing with their answers to the questionnaire and their blood samples. The authors would also like to acknowledge all the professionals of the following institutions that contri...
Funding Information: RR was supported by the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science (via Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.—FCT) through a PhD grant (UI/BD/151067/2021). The authors would also like to acknowledge FCT for funding through contract with GHTM (UID/Multi/04413/2020), CEAUL (UIDB/00006/2020 and UIDP/00006/2020) and LA-REAL (LA/P/0117/2020). Funding Information: This paper has been spo...