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Invasive bacterial disease trends and characterization of group B streptococcal isolates among young infants in southern Mozambique, 2001-2015

PLoS One; 13 (1), 2018
Maternal group B streptococcal (GBS) vaccines under development hold promise to prevent GBS disease in young infants. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest estimated disease burden, although data on incidence and circulating strains are limited. We described invasive bacterial disease (IBD) trends among inf...

Guião para actividades colaborativas TB/HIV

A relação entre a tuberculose (TB) e o Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana HIV/SIDA, resultou durante muito tempo em aumentos sinérgicos da sua prevalência, morbilidade e mortalidade. A ocorrência de ambas infecções, de forma combinada é um problema de saúde pública em Moçambique. A situação ...

Incidence of Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma in Three Regions of Mozambique

Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 95 (6), 2016
Data on the burden and incidence of endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) across Mozambique are scarce. We retrospectively retrieved information on eBL cases from reports of the three main hospitals of Mozambique: Maputo Central Hospital (MCH), Beira Central Hospital (BCH), and Nampula Central Hospital (NCH) be...

A prospective cohort study to assess the micro-epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum clinical malaria in Ilha Josina Machel (Manhiça, Mozambique)

Malaria Journal; 15 (444), 2016
After the decrease in clinical malaria incidence observed in Mozambique until 2009, a steady resurgence of cases per year has been reported nationally, reaching alarming levels in 2014. However, little is known about the clinical profile of the cases presented, or the possible epidemiological factors con...

Incidence of Tuberculosis Among Young Children in Rural Mozambique

Pediatr. infect. dis. j; 34 (7), 2015
Tuberculosis (TB) contributes significantly to child morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to estimate the minimum community-based incidence rate of TB among children <3 years of age in Southern Mozambique. Methods: Between October 2011 and October 2012, in the Manhiça District Health and Demographi...

Incidence of HIV and the prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis among youths in Maputo, Mozambique: a cohort study

PLos ONE; 10 (3), 2015
Background: Prevalence of HIV in Mozambique among individuals aged 15-49 years is 11.5%. The HIV prevalence is higher in women than in men across the country, peaking at ages 25-29 years and 35-39 years, respectively. In this study, we aimed at determining the prevalence and incidence of HIV, prevalence ...

High tuberculosis burden among people living with HIV in southern Mozambique

Eur. respir. j; 45 (2), 2015
Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health concern, and a leading cause of disease and death worldwide. Mozambique is one of the few high TB burden countries where TB figures have not improved in recent years, with an estimated TB incidence in 2013 of 552 cases per 100 000 population [1]. With ...

Incidência e Caracterização da Nefropatia Diabética em Pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus do Tipo 2 Seguidos na Associação Moçambicana dos Diabéticos (AMODIA), Cidade de Maputo Fevereiro- Março 2015

A Nefropatia Diabética (ND) é a principal causa de insuficiência renal crónica, e uma das complicações microvascular crónica da Diabetes Mellitus (DM), cerca de 20-30% dos doentes com Diabetes Mellitus do Tipo 1 (DM1) e Diabetes Mellitus do tipo 2 (DM2) desenvolvem nefropatia. A microalbuminúria...

Perfil clínico e epidemiológico dos doentes com cancro da mama seguidos no Serviço de Oncologia do Hospital Central de Maputo, 2007-2011

o cancro da mama é um problema de saúde pública nos países de baixa renda onde as taxas de incidência vêm aumentando anualmente. Em Moçambique, apesar de ser o terceiro mais comum na mulher, as informações clínicas e epidemiológicas são escassas Objectivo: descrever as características clíni...