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First record of the genus Shannoniana and Trichoprosopon aff. castroi (Diptera:...
Montalvo-Sabino, Eddyson; Ix-Balam, Manuel; Navarro-Mamani, Dennis A.; Parreira, Ricardo; Gouveia De Almeida, António PauloFunding Information: This work was funded by CONCYTEC through the PROCIENCIA program under the “Basic Research Projects 2023-01” competition, according to Contract No. PE501082012-2023-PROCIENCIA. APG Almeida and R Parreira received funding from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia via contracts GHTM-UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL–LA/P/0117/2020. Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Oxford Univer...
Tracking the Pathways of West Nile Virus
Maroco, Diogo; Parreira, Ricardo; Santos, Fábio Abade dos; Lopes, Ângela; Simões, Fernanda; Orge, Leonor; Seabra, Sofia G.; Fagulha, TeresaFunding Information: This work was funded in part by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (GHTM-UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL–LA/P/0117/2020). Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.; Birds are natural hosts for numerous zoonotic viral pathogens, including West Nile virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes. During migration, birds can act as vectors for the geographic spread of viruses. WNV is endemic in Po...
Wastewater Metavirome Diversity
Santos, André F. B.; Nunes, Mónica; Filipa-Silva, Andreia; Pimentel, Victor; Pingarilho, Marta; Abrantes, Patrícia; Miranda, Mafalda N. S.Funding Information: We acknowledge support provided by Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia, Portugal through projects AgriWWAter (PTDC/CTA AMB/29586/2017), VirusFreeWater (706, Internalproject IBETXplore 2017) and Internal exploratory Project WasteWaterVir (GHTM-UID/04413/2020), through funds to GHTM\u2014UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL\u2014LA/P/0117/2020, and through contrato-programa 1567 (https:...
The socioeconomic epidemiology of inherited retinal diseases in Portugal
Marta, Ana; Marques, João Pedro; Santos, Cristina; Coutinho-Santos, Luísa; Vaz-Pereira, Sara; Costa, José; Arede, Pedro; Félix, Raquel; Geada, SaraBackground: Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a group of rare degenerative disorders of the retina that can lead to blindness from birth to late middle age. Knowing the target population and its resources is essential to better plan support measures. The aim of this study was to evaluate the socioeconomic characteristics of regions in Portugal where IRD patients reside to inform the planning of vision aid a...
Vector Competence of Aedes aegypti from São Tomé and Príncipe for West Nile Vir...
Marmé, Rafael; Tomaz, Filipe; Sousa, Carla A.; Pinto, João; Lanzaro, Gregory C.; Parreira, Ricardo; Seixas, GonçaloFunding Information: This research was funded by Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia (FCT) for funds to GHTM-UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL\u2013LA/P/0117/2020. Field sampling was supported by the University of California Malaria Initiative through an Open Philanthropy grant (A20-3521). Publisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.; The global distribution of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, particularly in ...
High-Sensitivity RT-LAMP for Molecular Detection of O’nyong-nyong (Alphavirus o...
Faísca-Silva, David; Seixas, Gonçalo; Nunes, Mónica; Parreira, RicardoThis research was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) for funds to GHTM-UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL–LA/P/0117/2020.; Mosquitoes serve as vectors for many arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) that are responsible for millions of human infections and thousands of deaths each year. Among these arboviruses, O’nyong-nyong virus (ONNV) is an African alphavirus mainly transmitted by Anopheles mosquito...
Genetic Diversity and Antiretroviral Resistance in HIV-1-Infected Patients Newl...
Leal, Silvânia da Veiga; Pimentel, Victor; Gonçalves, Paloma; Monteiro de Pina Araújo, Isabel Inês; Parreira, Ricardo; Taveira, Nuno; Pingarilho, MartaFunding Information: We thank all clinical and technical support and support received from the Cape Verdean professionals who made this study possible. We deeply thank all the doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians, and healthcare professionals who played a crucial role in collecting and providing the data for this study: Maria Ros\u00E1rio, Elsa Almeida, Idelmira Horta, Kr\u00EDsia Delgado, Suzete Costa, Rise...
Viral pathogen surveillance in wastewater using metagenomic approaches
Seabra, Sofia; Santos, A. F.; Nunes, M.; Manjate, Filomena; Silva, A.; Crespo, T.; Pimentel, Victor; Libin, P.; Abecasis, Ana Barroso; Parreira, RicardoFunding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT): GHTM - UID/04413/2020; LA-REAL - LA/P/0117/2020; https://doi.org/10.54499/CEECINST/00102/2018/CP1567/CT0040 to SGS. Research council of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (OZR-VUB): OZR3863BOF to PL.
Performance evaluation of nine reference centers and comparison of DNA extracti...
Prudhomme, Jorian; Delabarre, Aymeric; Alten, Bulent; Berberoglu, Umut; Berriatua, Eduardo; Bongiorno, Gioia; Cristovão, José ManuelPublisher Copyright: © 2024, Author. All rights reserved.; Background Leishmaniasis, caused by Leishmania protozoan parasites transmitted by Phlebotomine sand flies, is a significant public health concern in the Mediterranean basin. Effective monitoring of Leishmania-infected sand flies requires standardized tools for comparing their distribution and infection prevalence. Consistent quantitative real-time PCR (...
Update on tick-borne rickettsioses in mainland Portugal
Moerbeck, Leonardo; Parreira, Ricardo; Seixas, Gonçalo; Velez, Rita; Domingos, Ana; Antunes, SandraFunding Information: The authors acknowledge the financial support from Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia (FCT) through the PhD scholarship 2022.14376.BD awarded to Leonardo Moerbeck. Additionally, we deeply appreciate Dr. Ana Sofia Santos for her invaluable support, manuscript review and expertise in tick surveillance during the field campaigns. We also extend our gratitude to the administr...