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Influenza seroprotection correlates with predominant circulating viruses during...
Guiomar, Raquel; Cristóvão, Paula; Conde, Patrícia; Costa, Inês; Pechirra, Pedro; Rodrigues, Ana Paula; Pereira da Silva, Susana; Nunes, BaltazarBACKGROUND: Population immune profile for influenza is highly affected by circulating influenza viruses, thus changing the risk of infection for influenza. This study aims to assess influenza immunity in the Portuguese population by age groups, during 2014 and 2015 and establish a relationship between seroprotection and circulating influenza viruses in 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons. METHODS: Two cross-sectional s...
Influenza severe cases in hospitals, between 2014 and 2016 in Portugal
Guiomar, Raquel; Pechirra, Pedro; Cristóvão, Paula; Costa, Inês; Conde, Patrícia; Corte-Real, Rita; Branquinho, Paula; Silvestre, Maria JoséBackground: Since 2009, the Portuguese Laboratory Network (PLNID) for Influenza Diagnosis has integrated 15 Laboratories in mainland and Atlantic Islands of Azores and Madeira. This PLNID added an important contribute to the National Influenza Surveillance Program regarding severe and hospitalized influenza cases. The present study aims to describe influenza viruses detected in influenza like illness (ILI) case...
Rede Portuguesa de Laboratórios para o Diagnóstico da Gripe: inverno 2013/2014
Guiomar, Raquel; Pechirra, Pedro; Conde, Patrícia; Cristóvão, Paula; Maia, Ana Carina; Silvestre, Maria José; Almeida Santos, MadalenaA Rede Portuguesa de Laboratórios para o Diagnóstico da Gripe (RPLDG) integra, atualmente, 15 laboratórios maioritariamente hospitalares e é coordenada pelo Laboratório Nacional de Referência para o Vírus da Gripe (LNRVG) do Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas do Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, I.P. A RPLDG realiza o diagnóstico laboratorial do vírus da gripe assim como de outros vírus respira...
Severe acute respiratory infections in the 2012/2013 season studied by the Port...
Guiomar, Raquel; Pechirra, Pedro; Conde, Patrícia; Cristóvão, Paula; Silvestre, Maria José; Almeida Santos, Madalena; Sobrinho Simões, JoanaDuring the 2009/10 influenza pandemic, a network of 14 laboratories located in the main reference hospitals from Portugal mainland, Madeira and Azores was established for the diagnosis of the new influenza A(H1N1)2009 pandemic strain. Since then, the network performs laboratory diagnosis of influenza as well as other respiratory pathogens, thus contributing to the laboratory diagnosis of respiratory disease in ...
Characterisation of respiratory disease during the 2010/2011 influenza winter s...
Pechirra, Pedro; Gonçalves, Paulo; Conde, Patrícia; Guiomar, Raquel; Duque, Vítor; Vaz, João; Ribeiro, Graça; Cabral, Rita; Mota Vieira, Luísa