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Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in older adults and patients with chron...
Alfaro, Tiago; Froes, Filipe; Vicente, Cláudia; Costa, Rui; Gavina, Cristina; Baptista, Rui; Maio, António; da Cunha, Saraiva; Neves, João SérgioBackground: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of lower respiratory tract infection, hospitalisation and death in adults. Methods: Based on evidence regarding the impact of RSV on adult populations at risk for severe infection and the efficacy and safety of RSV vaccines, the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology, the Portuguese Association of General and Family Medicine, the Portuguese Society ...
Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in older adults and patients with chron...
Alfaro, Tiago; Froes, Filipe; Vicente, Cláudia; Costa, Rui; Gavina, Cristina; Baptista, Rui; Maio, António; da Cunha, Saraiva; Neves, João SérgioBackground: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of lower respiratory tract infection, hospitalisation and death in adults. Methods: Based on evidence regarding the impact of RSV on adult populations at risk for severe infection and the efficacy and safety of RSV vaccines, the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology, the Portuguese Association of General and Family Medicine, the Portuguese Society ...
The Response of the Infectious Diseases Service of the Centro Hospitalar e Univ...
da Cunha, SaraivaA summary description of all actions and interventions that were necessary to prepare the response of the Infectious Diseases Service of the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the containment phase, was carried out. The physical structure of the Service was completely readjusted, and the teams had to change their procedures profoundly. Currently, in the mitigation phase, t...
Transfusion-transmitted protozoal infections: what is the risk in non-endemic c...
Pereira, Branca Isabel; Nazareth, Cláudia; Malcata, Lurdes; Alves, Helena; Fernández, José Rafael; Sargento, Celene; da Cunha, SaraivaProtozoal infections that are efficiently transmitted by blood transfusion include Malaria, Chagas Disease, African Trypanosomiasis, Leshmaniasis, Toxoplasmosis and Babesiosis. With exception of Toxoplasmosis and Leishmaniasis, these diseases are endemic in mainly tropical low income countries and, in non-endemic countries like Portugal, the reported cases are imported from these endemic areas by travelers or i...