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Morbidity associated with schistosomiasis in adult population of Chókwè distric...
Serra, João Tiago; Silva, Carina; Sidat, Mohsin; Belo, Silvana; Ferreira, Pedro; Ferracini, Natália; Kaminstein, Daniel; Thompson, RicardoBackground: Mozambique is one of the countries with the highest prevalence of schistosomiasis, although there is little data on the prevalence of the disease and associated morbidity in the adult population. This study aimed to describe and characterize the morbidity associated with schistosomiasis in the adult population of the Chókwè district and to explore the use of anamnestic questionnaires and urine dipst...
Epidemiology of rotavirus A diarrhea in Ch?kw?, Southern Mozambique, from Febru...
Langa, Jeronimo Souzinho; Thompson, Ricardo; Arnaldo, Paulo; Resque, Hugo Reis; Rose, Tatiana; Enosse, Sonia M; Fialho, AlexandreNational Institute of Health. Chokwe Health Research and Training Centre. Maputo, Mozambique / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Oswaldo Cruz Institute. Laboratory of Comparative and Environmental Virology. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.; National Institute of Health. Chokwe Health Research and Training Centre. Maputo, Mozambique.; National Institute of Health. Chokwe Health Research and Training Centre. Maputo, Mozambique...
Preliminary report of HIV and Toxoplasma gondii occurrence in pregnant women fr...
Thompson, Ricardo
Preliminary report of HIV and Toxoplasma gondii occurrence in pregnant women fr...
Sitoe, Sonia Paula Benedito Luis; Rafael, Bernardete; Meireles, Luciana Regina; Andrade Jr., Heitor Franco de; Thompson, RicardoToxoplasmosis, a protozoan disease, causes severe disease in fetuses during pregnancy and deadly encephalitis in HIV patients. There are several studies on its seroprevalence around the world, but studies focusing on African countries are limited in number and mostly anecdotal. We studied two groups of samples from Mozambique by ELISA, using serum samples from 150 pregnant women and six Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF...