Background: MicroMundo@IUCS_CESPU (MMIC) is a service-learning pedagogical approach allowing university/school students to expand their knowledge on soil biodiversity, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and experimental sciences [1]. School students experience a real research project by processing soil samples and looking for potential antibiotic-producing microorganisms [2,3]. Objective: To evaluate past MMIC edit...
Background: Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of severe and hard-to-treat human infections, particularly when resistant to cefoxitin due to the presence of the mecA gene [1]. However, diagnostic challenges arise from the misidentification of S. aureus and related species when relying on classical identification methods (mannitol fermentation; coagulase production), as well as from the detection of strain...
Introduction: In the EU/EEA, men who have sex with men (MSM) is a priority group for the prevention and control of HIV-1 infection. In Portugal, the 2023 HIV incidence rate was 8.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, with 876 new infections, 41.7% in MSM. We aim to characterize HIV-1 transmission clusters (TC) and transmitted drug resistance (TDR) and its sociodemographic, behavioral, clinical, and viral genomic determina...
A problemática do vírus da imunodeficiência humana (VIH) e síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida (SIDA) está geralmente confinada a uma perspetiva biomédica. São poucos os casos de investigação sobre a participação das entidades com peso na intervenção comunitária, como as associações de cariz comunitário que apoiam pessoas que vivem com VIH e SIDA. O estudo apresentado foca-se no projeto português VIHVER, que...
In the EU/EEA, men who have sex with men (MSM) is a priority group for the prevention and control of HIV-1 infection. In Portugal, the 2023 HIV incidence rate was 8.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, with 876 new infections, 41.7% in MSM. We aim to characterize HIV-1 transmission clusters (TC) and transmitted drug resistance (TDR) and its sociodemographic, behavioral, clinical, and viral genomic determinants in MSM new...
Database solution for an HIV-2 cohort study Publication "Real-world experience of TAF/FTC/BIC in people with HIV-2" presented at European AIDS Clinical Society Conference, Oct 2023, Warsaw HIV-2 salvage therapy with Lenacapavir (injectable, capsid inhibitor, EMA approved 2022)
Introduction: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to occur at high levels. According to the WHO, each year there are an estimated 374 million new infections with syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis. STIs are associated with an increased risk of acquiring HIV infection. Migrants are reportedly highly affected by STIs. Objectives: This study aims to characterize factors associated with ...
Introduction: HIV late presentation (LP) remains excessive in Europe. We aimed to analyze the factors associated with late presentation in the MSM population newly diagnosed with HIV in Portugal between 2014 and 2019. Methods: We included 391 newly HIV-1 diagnosed Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), from the BESTHOPE project, in 17 countrywide Portuguese hospitals. The data included clinical and socio-behavioral q...
This article aims to investigate correlations between physical and mental wellbeing, teaching efficacy and school connectedness and to explore the relationship between those dimensions and sociodemographic variables such as age, teaching experience, academic qualifications, education sector, and geographical regions. For this purpose, an online questionnaire was applied to 450 preschool teachers. To assess phys...