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Severe Acute Hepatitis E in a Woman with an Autoimmune Background
Nascimento, Maria S.J.; Almeida-Santos, Madalena; Fernandes, Maria; Maltez, Fernando; Lino, Sara; Curran, Martin D.; Mesquita, João R.Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 infections are normally asymptomatic in immunocompetent individuals. Symptomatic cases of acute icteric hepatitis E are seldom observed among women, younger men and children but are particularly seen in middle-aged/elderly men. We report a case of severe acute hepatitis E caused by genotype 3 in an immunocompetent 40-year-old woman that required prolonged hospitalization. Her medica...
Bulk-Tank Milk Longitudinal Serosurvey Reveals Decreasing Schmallenberg Virus C...
Esteves, Fernando; Cruz, Rita; Nóbrega, Carmen; Santos, Carla; Ferreira, Ana S.; Petrovic, Tamas; Cardoso, Luís; Vala, Helena; Nascimento, Maria S.J.Introduction: In 2011, Schmallenberg virus (SBV) was first detected in dairy cattle herds in The Netherlands and Germany having since then spread across Europe. Today studies are starting to show a decrease in new SBV infections, a circumstance that raises alerts for possible re-emergence if ideal conditions for vector development occur. To assess the potential decrease in SBV circulation, we performed a 2-year...
Multiple enteropathogenic viruses in a gastroenteritis outbreak in a military e...
Lopes-João, António; Costa, Inês; Mesquita, João R.; Oleastro, Mónica; Penha-Gonçalves, Carlos; Nascimento, Maria S.J.Background Gastroenteritis is one of the most common infectious diseases in the military populations and can diminish operational effectiveness and impede force readiness. Objectives The present study investigates the cause and the source of an acute gastroenteritis outbreak that occurred during a military exercise of the Portuguese Army, in February 2013. Study Design A retrospective investigation was performe...