4 documents found, page 1 of 1
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...
Screening of copy number variants in the 22q11.2 region of congenital heart dis...
Pires, Renato; Pires, Luís M.; Vaz, Sara O.; Maciel, Paula; Anjos, Rui; Moniz, Raquel; Branco, Claudia C.; Cabral, Rita; Carreira, Isabel M.Background The rearrangements in the 22q11.2 chromosomal region, responsible for the 22q11.2 deletion and microduplication syndromes, are frequently associated with congenital heart disease (CHD). The present work aimed to identify the genetic basis of CHD in 87 patients from the São Miguel Island, Azores, through the detection of copy number variants (CNVs) in the 22q11.2 region. These structural variants were...
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 ...