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O Biólogo Especialista em Saúde
Sousa, A.; Marques, B.; Júlio, C.; Guia Pereira, A.; Correia, H.; Ávila, M.; Rendeiro, P.; Monteiro, M.; Lopo, S.; Pinheiro, J.; Cunha, N.A presença do Biólogo com atividade na saúde teve nas últimas décadas notável incremento, em hospitais, institutos e centros de saúde, universidades, laboratórios privados e indústria, em particular nas áreas de investigação, análises clínicas, genética humana, embriologia/reprodução humana, entre outras. Persistem, todavia, alguns constrangimentos para estes profissionais de saúde, no acesso à profissão e na c...
Detection of Dientamoeba fragilis in Portuguese children with acute gastroenter...
Júlio, C.; Furtado, Cristina; Rocha, R.; Escobar, C.; Brito, M.J.; Oleastro, MónicaDientamoeba fragilis is an inhabitant of human gastrointestinal tract with a worldwide distribution. The first description considered this protozoan a rare and harmless commensal, since then it has struggled to gain recognition as a pathogen. Commercial multiplex real-time PCR was used to detect D. fragilis in fecal samples from hospitalized children (⩽18 years) with acute gastrointestinal disease, admitted to ...
Routine screening of harmful microorganisms in beach sands: implications to pub...
Sabino, Raquel; Rodrigues, R.; Costa, I.; Carneiro, Cristiana; Cunha, M.; Duarte, A.; Faria, N.; Ferreira, F. C.; Gargaté, M. J.; Júlio, C.Beaches worldwide provide recreational opportunities to hundreds of millions of people and serve as important components of coastal economies. Beach water is often monitored for microbiological quality to detect the presence of indicators of human sewage contamination so as to prevent public health outbreaks associated with water contact. However, growing evidence suggests that beach sand can harbor microbes ha...
Isolation and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from pig...
Vilares, A.; Gargaté, M.J.; Ferreira, I.; Martins, S.; Júlio, C.; Waap, H.; Angelo, H.; Gomes, João PauloCats and pigeons are important factors in the epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii as felidsare the only definitive hosts that can excrete environmentally resistant oocysts, andpigeons share the same places of cats and humans constituting a good model and indicatorof the ground field contamination. We aimed to study the virulence and genotypes ofT. gondii isolated from pigeons and stray cats in Lisbon, Portugal. F...
Towards a risk assessment for Giardia sp. and Cryptosporidium sp. in Portuguese...
Júlio, C.; Ferreira, I.; Martins, S.; Sá, C.; Ângelo, H.; Guerreiro, J.; Tenreiro, R.Abstract background: Waterborne outbreaks of diarrhoeal illness reported worldwide are mostly associated with Cryptosporidium sp. and Giardia sp. Lake and river waters contaminated with (oo)cysts are major routes of human exposure making essential the development of preventive strategies for water safety. Since monitoring of water contamination with (oo)cysts is not routinely performed in Portugal, this study a...