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A Case Report of Multibacillary Leprosy Presenting with Multiple Outbreaks of E...
Bouceiro-Mendes, R.; Ortins-Pina, A.; Marques, T.; Viveiros, M.; Machado, D.; Lito, L.; Ferreira, J.; Soares-de-Almeida, L.; Freitas, J. P.; Filipe, P.Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease with a long incubation period caused by Mycobacterium leprae that mainly affects the skin, mucous membranes and the peripheral nervous system. It carries the risk of per-manent sequels with a significant impact on the patient’s quality of life. It has a considerable clinically diver-sity and possible atypical presentations. We present a case of a 31-year-old, skin phot...
Perspectives of health care providers in Portugal on the provision of care to m...
Tavares, A.; Garcia, A.; Abecasis, A.; Viveiros, M.; Dias, S.Introduction: Migrants’ access to and use of health care often plays an important role in their vulnerability to infectious diseases, namely tuberculosis and HIV. Despite the increasing efforts of health systems, some difficulties in prevention and treatment remain. Studies of the provision of care to migrants with TB or HIV-TB are still scarce. This study aims to analyse the providers’ perspectives on the prov...