Mpox is a zoonotic disease caused by the Monkeypox virus (MPXV), and since May 2022, tens of thousands of cases have been reported in non-endemic countries. We aimed to evaluate the suitability of different sample types for mpox diagnostic and assess the temporal dynamics of viral load. We evaluated 1914 samples from 953 laboratory-confirmed cases. The positivity rate was higher for lesion (91.3%) and rectal sw...
Introdução e objetivos A abordagem da criança gravemente doente em ambiente de simulação permite sistematizar competências em Medicina de Emergência Pediátrica, colmatando a relativa raridade destas situações1,2. Em 2021 foi criado o Centro de Simulação Avançada em Pediatria – SimPED do Hospital Dona Estefânia (HDE) que implementou um plano formativo destinado aos profissionais hospitalares, com o objetivo de a...
The World Youth Day (WYD) is an event that mobilizes millions of people from all over the world. It is an event promoted by the Catholic Church mainly focused on young people and aims to bring together representatives from all Catholic countries. In 2023, WYD was held in Portugal, hosted in Lisbon between August 1st and 6th. Other satellite events prior to WYD were promoted throughout the country. Portimão Muni...
Pathogen genome sequencing during epidemics enhances our ability to identify and understand suspected clusters and investigate their relationships. Here, we combine genomic and epidemiological data of the 2022 mpox outbreak to better understand early viral spread, diversification and transmission dynamics. By sequencing 52% of the confirmed cases in Portugal, we identified the mpox virus sublineages with the hi...
Pathogen genome sequencing during epidemics enhances our ability to identify and understand suspected clusters and investigate their relationships. Here, we combine genomic and epidemiological data of the 2022 mpox outbreak to better understand early viral spread, diversification and transmission dynamics. By sequencing 52% of the confirmed cases in Portugal, we identified the mpox virus sublineages with the hi...
A parotidite epidémica (“papeira”) é uma doença contagiosa causada por um vírus de RNA, pertencente à família Paramixovírus, género Rubulavirus. O vírus da parotidite epidémica tem apenas um serotipo, mas 12 genótipos diferentes (A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, N). Em Portugal, a vacina contra a papeira foi introduzida no Plano Nacional de Vacinação (PNV) em 1987 combinada com a vacina do sarampo e rubéola (VA...
Introdução: Clamydophila psittaci (Cps) é habitualmente transmitida de aves infetadas para humanos. Em humanos, a infeção por Cps varia de clinicamente inaparente a pneumonia grave (psitacose). A inalação de aerossóis de fezes, poeira fecal ou secreções nasais de animais infetados com Cps é a principal via de transmissão. A infeção por Clamydophila pneumoniae (Cpn) pode ter várias apresentações clínicas, como f...