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Uncovering the burden of Influenza in children in Portugal, 2008–2018
Caldas Afonso, Alberto; Gouveia, Catarina; Januário, Gustavo; Carmo, Mafalda; Lopes, Hugo; Bricout, Hélène; Gomes, Catarina; Froes, FilipeFunding Information: The BARI study was funded by Sanofi. Publisher Copyright: © 2024, The Author(s).; Background: Despite their higher risk of developing severe disease, little is known about the burden of influenza in Portugal in children aged < 5 years old. This study aims to cover this gap by estimating the clinical and economic burden of severe influenza in children, in Portugal, during ten consecutive inf...
Strategies to reduce the burden of respiratory syncytial virus infections in ch...
Ferreira-Magalhães, Manuel; Bandeira, Teresa; Costa, Eduardo; Guerra, Paula; Lopes, Hugo; Martins, Maria Rosário; Mexia, Ricardo; Tomé, Teresa
Excess hospitalizations and mortality associated with seasonal influenza in Por...
Froes, Filipe; Carmo, Mafalda; Lopes, Hugo; Bizouard, Geoffray; Gomes, Catarina; Martins, Margarida; Bricout, Hélène; de Courville, CarolineFunding Information: The BARI study was funded by Sanofi. Funding Information: CG, MM, HB, and CDC are Sanofi employees. MC, HL, and GB are IQVIA employees. FF, JCDS, CR, JFR, and CRC have received fees from Sanofi. JCDS reports Advisory Board from Boehringer Ingelheim; personal fees and Advisory Board from GSK; grants, personal fees, and Advisory Board from AstraZeneca; personal fees and Advisory Board from Bi...
Vitamin D-related polymorphisms and vitamin D levels as risk biomarkers of COVI...
Freitas, Ana Teresa; Calhau, Conceição; Antunes, Gonçalo; Araújo, Beatriz; Bandeira, Matilde; Barreira, Sofia; Bazenga, Filipa; Braz, SandraFunding Information: We thank all the study participants, who donated blood and authorized the genetic analysis and the collection of the clinical and phenotypic personal data. This project was supported by the “Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia”, program “Research 4 Covid-19 Apoio especial a projetos de implementação rápida para soluções inovadoras de resposta à pandemia de COVID-19”. It was also partially ...
Identifying the main predictors of length of care in social care in Portugal
Lopes, Hugo; Guerreiro, Gracinda; Esquível, Manuel; Mateus, CéuIn this paper, we aim to identify the main predictors at admission and estimate patients' length of care (LOC), within the framework of the Portuguese National Network for Long-Term Integrated Care, considering two care settings: (1) home and community-based services (HCBS) and (2) nursing home (NH) units comprising Short, Medium, or Long Stay Care. This study relied on a database of 20,984 Portuguese individua...