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Phylogenomic characterization and signs of microevolution in the 2022 multi-cou...

The largest monkeypox virus (MPXV) outbreak described so far in non-endemic countries was identified in May 2022 (refs. 1-6). In this study, shotgun metagenomics allowed the rapid reconstruction and phylogenomic characterization of the first MPXV outbreak genome sequences, showing that this MPXV belongs to clade 3 and that the outbreak most likely has a single origin. Although 2022 MPXV (lineage B.1) clustered ...

Towards a Global Perspective of Environmental Health: Defining the Research Grou...

Environmental health is at the intersection between health and the environment. However, it still has a recent (and narrow) history as a scientific area, mainly addressing human biomonitoring and toxicological issues. Only recently additional environmental ‘layers’, other than the traditional chemical, biological and physical environmental determinants, have been considered. This broader perspective of environme...

Ebolavirus outbreak in West Africa: Portuguese laboratory response overview

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa was the largest and most complex outbreak since the virus was discovered in 1976. First cases were notified in March of 2014 and currently cases are still being reported in the affected countries. To respond to the epidemic of Ebola virus, Portugal created an coordination committee where the National Institute of Health, through the Emergency Response and Biopreparedness Unit (...

REVIVE (Rede Nacional de Vigilância de Vetores), 2008-2014

Apresentar os resultados do programa REVIVE (Rede de Vigilância de Vetores), relativos aos anos 2008-2014.

Burkholderia pseudomallei: primeiro caso de melioidose em Portugal

Objetivo: Este estudo apresenta o primeiro caso de melioidose em Portugal, revelando o importante papel da metodologia de Sequenciação Total do Genoma para a correta identificação e caracterização da estirpe isolada.

Tularémia: uma zoonose emergente?

Descrever a frequência de F. tularensis em Portugal, em amostras humanas, artrópodes vetores e potenciais reservatórios como os lagomorfos silvestres entre 1 de janeiro de 2011 e 15 de junho de 2015.

Brucelose humana: análise retrospetiva de casos clínicos suspeitos de infeção e...

Carbúnculo: uma doença rara em Portugal?

Detecting Biothreat Agents: the Portuguese National Reference Laboratory Response

At present, the threat of a biological terrorist event with a dangerous pathogen and its insidious impact are among the most, yet least understood, threats to civil society today. The use of manufactured weapon, such as bomb, will produce consequences limited in time hence the most of the damage occurs immediately. By contrast, the use of a biological weapon is an extended process whose scope and timing cannot ...