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Comment on “Assessment of the Implementation of the International Health Regula...
Von Schreeb, Sebastian; Ricoca Peixoto, Vasco; Firme, Ana; Ferreira, Mariana; Lourenço Silva, Renato; Vasconcelos, PaulaN/a.; N/a.
Ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A associated with sexual transmission among men w...
Rosendal, Ebba; von Schreeb, Sebastian; Gomes, Alexandre; Lino, Sara; Grau-Pujol, Berta; Magalhães, Sara; Ricoca Peixoto, Vasco; Roque, CarlaAn outbreak of hepatitis A is ongoing in Portugal, with 71 confirmed cases from 7 October 2023 to 24 April 2024. Most cases are male, aged 18-44 years, with many identifying as men who have sex with men (MSM) and reported as suspected sexual transmission. Phylogenetic analysis identified the subgenotype IA, VRD 521-2016 strain, last observed in an MSM-associated multi-country outbreak in 2016 to 2018. We wish t...
Viral genetic clustering and transmission dynamics of the 2022 mpox outbreak in...
Borges, Vítor; Duque, Mariana Perez; Martins, João Vieira; Vasconcelos, Paula; Ferreira, Rita; Sobral, Daniel; Pelerito, Ana; de Carvalho, Isabel LopesPathogen genome sequencing during epidemics enhances our ability to identify and understand suspected clusters and investigate their relationships. Here, we combine genomic and epidemiological data of the 2022 mpox outbreak to better understand early viral spread, diversification and transmission dynamics. By sequencing 52% of the confirmed cases in Portugal, we identified the mpox virus sublineages with the hi...
Viral genetic clustering and transmission dynamics of the 2022 mpox outbreak in...
Borges, Vítor; Duque, Mariana Perez; Martins, João Vieira; Vasconcelos, Paula; Ferreira, Rita; Sobral, Daniel; Pelerito, Ana; de Carvalho, Isabel LopesPathogen genome sequencing during epidemics enhances our ability to identify and understand suspected clusters and investigate their relationships. Here, we combine genomic and epidemiological data of the 2022 mpox outbreak to better understand early viral spread, diversification and transmission dynamics. By sequencing 52% of the confirmed cases in Portugal, we identified the mpox virus sublineages with the hi...
Plano Nacional de Prevenção e Controlo de Doenças Transmitidas por Vetores
Silva, Andreia Jorge; George, Francisco; Falcão, Isabel Marinho; Vasconcelos, Paula; Silva, Pedro Ribeiro da; Ferreira, Sofia; Pereira, NatáliaAs doenças transmitidas por vetores representam uma ameaça global de carácter emergente ou re-emergente em várias regiões do mundo. Existem diversos vetores, tais como flebótomos, ixodídeos, entre outros, que serão abordados em eixo próprio, visto que a presente Estratégia assenta na prevenção e controlo das doenças transmitidas por mosquitos. Nestes termos, a Estratégia para o Plano de Prevenção e Controlo de ...
Ebola impact on african health systems entails a quest for more international a...
Lapão, Luís Velez; Silva, Andreia; Pereira, Natália; Vasconcelos, Paula; Conceição, CláudiaIntroduction: Ebola epidemics have shown to have significant impacts on many aspects of healthcare systems. African countries have been facing many difficulties while addressing Ebola epidemics, moreover due to both lack of resources and fragmented involvement of national and international entities. The participation of multiple organizations has created serious problems of coordination of aid and the operation...
A large community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Por...
Shivaji, Tara; Pinto, Cátia Sousa; San-Bento, Ana; Serra, Luis A Oliveira; Valente, João; Machado, J; Marques, Teresa; Carvalho, L; Nogueira, PauloAn outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease with 334 confirmed cases was identified on 7 November 2014 in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal and declared controlled by 21 November. Epidemiological, environmental and microbiological analysis identified industrial wet cooling systems to be the probable source of infection. Preliminary results from sequence-based typing of clinical specimens and environmental isolates confirm...
Surveillance in the time of austerity; Portuguese HIV/AIDS Surveillance achieve...
Shivaji, Tara; Cortes Martins, Helena; Diniz, Antonio; Nogueira, Paulo J; Vasconcelos, Paula; Silva, AndreiaBackground In 2013, following reminders about statutory notification of HIV/AIDS, Portuguese clinicians notified all cases, irrespective of previous notification. At the same time, hospitals introduced electronic records that automatically generated additional paper notification reports. No supplemental resources were available to process the 10-fold increase in notifications. The ensuing backlog caused delays ...
Fatal case of imported human rabies in Amadora, Portugal, August 2011
Santos, A; Calé, Etelvina; Dacheux, L; Bourhy, H; Gouveia, J; Vasconcelos, PaulaWe report on a case of imported human rabies in Portugal, in July 2011 in a woman who presented initially complaining of back pain, without relating exposure to animal bites. She had travelled from Portugal to Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, in April where she had been bitten by a dog on 1 May. She was diagnosed with rabies on 26 July and died two weeks later in spite of being treated following the Milwaukee protocol.