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Survey of Zoonotic Diarrheagenic Protist and Hepatitis E Virus in Wild Boar (Su...
Santos-Silva, S; Moraes, DFDD; Lopez-Lopez, P; Palmeira, JD; Torres, RT; Nascimento, MS; Dashti, A; Carmena, D; Rivero-Juarez, A; Mesquita, JRSimple Summary Enteropathogenic viruses, such as hepatitis E virus, and diarrhoeagenic protists have been frequently reported in swine and can infect a wide range of mammals, including humans. Data on their fecal shedding and circulation pathways are still lacking or incomplete. Hence, the aim of the present study was to characterize the presence of microeukaryotes and HEV in the wild boar of Portugal. Of the 1...
Evidence of Air and Surface Contamination with SARS-CoV-2 in a Major Hospital i...
da Silva, PG; Goncalves, J; Lopes, AIB; Esteves, NA; Bamba, GEE; Nascimento, MS; Branco, PTBS; Soares, RRG; Sousa, SIV; Mesquita, JRAs the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit Portugal, it forced the country to reintroduce lockdown measures due to hospitals reaching their full capacities. Under these circumstances, environmental contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in different areas of one of Portugal's major Hospitals was assessed between 21 January and 11 February 2021. Air samples (n = 44) were collected from eleven different areas of the Hos...
First report of chronic hepatitis E in renal transplant recipients in Portugal
Breda, F; Cochicho, J; Mesquita, JR; Bento, A; Oliveira, RP; Louro, E; Nascimento, MS; Leitão, J; Gomes, HV; Carvalho, AHepatitis E virus (HEV) infection can be responsible for chronic hepatitis in immunocompromised patients, and can rapidly evolve into fibrosis and/or hepatic cirrhosis. We present two cases of chronic hepatitis E, emphasizing the need to be aware of this entity as a growing etiology of hepatitis in transplant and immunocompromised patients.