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Proceedings of the CIDESD International Congress 2025
Marinho, Daniel Almeida; Viana, João; Mota, PaulaThe papers published in these proceedings were submitted to the Scientific Committee of the CIDESD International Congress 2025, held from June 5 to 7, at Covilhã, Portugal. Authors are exclusively responsible for the content of the manuscript published. The editors and the Scientific Committee of the CIDESD International Congress 2025 assume no responsibility for the opinions and statements expressed by the aut...
Is respiratory viral coinfection associated with greater clinical severity?
Sousa, Patrícia; Kochetkova, Nadezda; Correia de Oliveira, Susana; Mota, Paula; Dias, ÂngelaIntroduction: Lower respiratory infections are a major cause of hospital admission in pediatric care. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most commonly identified agent, either isolated or with other agents. Coinfection rates vary between 10-44%, with conflicting data regarding the role of coinfection in clinical severity. Aims: This study aimed to assess whether viral respiratory coinfection is associated...
Clostridium difficile Severity and Outcome at a North of Portugal Healthcare Fa...
Barbosa-Martins, João; Mendonça, Joana; Carvalho, Carolina; Sarmento, Helena; Mota, Paula; Coutinho, Camila; Cotter, JorgeIntroduction: Clostridium difficile infection has been increasingly reported, with a significant healthcare burden and important morbimortality. This study aimed to characterize and describe the severity and outcomes of this event at a Portuguese hospital.Material and Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis, by clinical record review, of all confirmed cases diagnosed in a hospital in the North of Portuga...
Epidemiology and genetic variability of respiratory syncytial virus in Portugal...
Sáez-López, Emma; Cristóvão, Paula; Costa, Inês; Pechirra, Pedro; Conde, Patrícia; Guiomar, Raquel; Peres, Maria João; Viseu, Regina; Lopes, PauloRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality since it is a predominant viral agent causing respiratory tract infections in infants, young children and the elderly. Considering the availability of the RSV vaccines in the coming years, molecular understanding in RSV is necessary.
Perturbação do Espetro do Autismo na Internet: análise do canal do YouTube e da...
Oliveira, Ana; Mota, PaulaInternet has changed the way people access any kind of information in daily life and the way we produce and share content. In this respect, social networks emerge as a part of a large number of people’s daily life. Hence, institutions take advantage of these platforms’ potential to disseminate their areas of interest. In this paper we focus on the analysis of YouTube channels and Facebook pages of two instituti...
Epidemiology and genetic variability of respiratory syncytial virus in Portugal...
Sáez-López, Emma; Cristóvão, Paula; Costa, Inês; Pechirra, Pedro; Conde, Patrícia; Guiomar, Raquel; Peres, Maria João; Viseu, Regina; Lopes, PauloIntroduction: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality since it is a predominant viral agent causing respiratory tract infections in infants, young children and the elderly. Considering the availability of the RSV vaccines in the coming years, molecular understanding in RSV is necessary. Objective: The objective of the present study was to describe RSV epidemiolog...
Perturbação do Espetro do Autismo na Internet: análise do canal do YouTube e da...
Oliveira, Ana; Mota, PaulaA Internet modificou a forma como acedemos a qualquer tipo de informação no nosso quotidiano, assim como produzimos e partilhamos conteúdos. Neste sentido, as redes sociais surgem como fazendo parte da vida diária de um grande número de pessoas. Assim, as instituições aproveitam o potencial destas plataformas como meio de divulgação das suas áreas de interesse. Neste estudo focamo-nos na análise de canais do Yo...
Severe RSV infections in children and elderly during 2017/2018 winter season
Guiomar, Raquel; Pechirra, Pedro; Costa, Inês; Cristóvão, Paula; Conde, Patrícia; Nunes, Baltazar; Rodrigues, Ana Paula; Côrte-Real, RitaBackground: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most frequent and important respiratory viral agent that causes respiratory infection complications in younger children and elderly. RSV has an autumn / winter seasonality detected in cocirculation with influenza and other respiratory viruses. Material and Methods: During 2017/2018 season, 14 hospitals from Portugal mainland and Atlantic Island tested ...
Influenza virus type/subtype and different infection profiles by age group duri...
Guiomar, Raquel; Pechirra, Pedro; Cristóvão, Paula; Costa, Inês; Conde, Patrícia; Côrte-Real, Rita; Branquinho, Paula; Garcia, David; Conde, SílviaBackground: Influenza has a major impact in hospitalization during each influenza season. We analysed the influenza type/subtype distribution by age group and medical care wards (ambulatory, hospital, intensive care unit). Material and Methods: During 2017/2018 season, 14 hospitals from Portugal mainland and Atlantic Island (Azores and Madeira) reported to the National Influenza Centre 13747 cases of respirator...
Tuberculose Multirresistente em Adolescente sem Fatores de Risco
Alves, Marta; Soares, Susana; Mota, Paula; Costa, António; Antunes, Ana; Duarte, RaquelA emergência da multirresistência é uma ameaça aos progressos realizados no controlo da tuberculose. Descreve-se o caso de uma adolescente de 15 anos com tuberculose multirresistente diagnosticada por teste molecular e posteriormente confirmada por testes fenotípicos. Sem história de exposição conhecida. Iniciou terapêutica com pirazinamida, amicacina, moxifloxacina, etionamida e cicloserina, com conversão dos ...