Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disorder characterized by high levels of blood glucose. Biochemically, it is classi-fied into type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. The factors associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus include obesity, seden-tary lifestyle and alcoholism. We investigated the effect of alco...
Background: There is scare information about HIV co-infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Mozambique. This information is critical to ensure the treatment necessary to decrease the progression of liver disease and the transmission o...
Hepatitis B/epidemiology,
HIV,
Substance-Related Disorders,
Viral Load,
Ambulatory Care,
Hepatitis C,
Infections,
Prevalence,
Risk Factors,
Drug Users,
Coinfection/epidemiology,
Coinfection/psychology,
Coinfection/virology,
Drug Users/psychology,
Drug Users/statistics & numerical data,
Epidemics,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/psychology,
HIV Infections/virology,
Hepacivirus,
Hepatitis B/psychology,
Hepatitis B/virology,
Hepatitis B virus,
Hepatitis C/epidemiology
Bauhofer, adilson fernando loforte;
Cossa-Moiane, idalécia;
Marques, selma;
Guimarães, esperanca l;
Munlela, benilde;
Anapakala, elda;
Chilaúle, jorfélia j;
Cassocera, marta;
Langa, jerónimo s;
Chissaque, assucênio;
Sambo, júlia;
Manhique-Coutinho, lena;
Bero, diocreciano matias;
Kellogg, timothy a;
Deus, nilsa de.
Intestinal parasites such as Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica can cause severe diarrhea, especially among children in developing countries. This study aims to determine the frequency of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica in children with diarrhe...
Cryptosporidiosis/epidemiology,
Cryptosporidium/isolation & purification,
DNA, Protozoan/analysis,
Diarrhea/epidemiology,
Diarrhea/parasitology,
Entamoeba histolytica/isolation & purification,
Entamoebiasis/epidemiology,
Feces/parasitology,
Giardia lamblia/isolation & purification,
Giardiasis/epidemiology,
Logistic Models,
Multivariate Analysis,
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction,
Risk Factors,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Baltazar, cynthia semá;
DeLima, yara voss;
Ricardo, helena;
Botão, carlos;
Langa, denise chitsondzo;
Costa, paulino da;
Malamule, diosdélio;
Augusto , angelo;
Viegas, sofia;
Obisie-Nmehielle, nkechi;
Tomm-Bonde, laura;
Mulekya, francis bwambale.
As part of ongoing efforts to generate evidence needed on HIV and tuberculosis (TB) to inform policies and programs aimed to improve the health outcomes of migrants and communities affected by migration and mining, a preliminary investigation was conducted through a biological and behavioral (BBS) approa...
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/epidemiology,
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/psychology,
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/drug therapy,
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/virology,
Awareness,
Knowledge,
Latent Tuberculosis/epidemiology,
Latent Tuberculosis/microbiology,
Latent Tuberculosis/psychology,
Latent Tuberculosis/transmission,
Mass Screening,
Miners/psychology,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Prevalence,
Risk Factors,
Rural Population,
Sexual Behavior,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Transients and Migrants/psychology,
Mozambique
Background: Determination of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exposure status in infants and young children is required to guarantee timely diagnosis and access to appropriate care. HIV prevalence among Mozambican women aged 15-49 years is 15%, and vertical transmission rate is still high. The stud...
Breast Feeding,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/statistics & numerical data,
Malaria/epidemiology,
Malaria/prevention & control,
Risk Factors,
Vaccination Coverage/statistics & numerical data,
Mothers/statistics & numerical data,
Socioeconomic Factors,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Prevalence
Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is frequently associated with chronic respiratory impairment despite microbiological cure. There are only a few clinical research studies that describe the course, type and severity aswell as associated risk factors for lung impairment (LI) in TB patients.
Methods...
Background: In-hospital logistic management barriers (LMB) are considered to be important risk factors for delays in TB diagnosis and treatment initiation (TB-dt), which perpetuates TB transmission and the development of TB morbidity and mortality. We assessed the contribution of hospital auxiliary worke...
Therapeutics,
Laboratory Personnel,
Patients,
Mortality,
Morbidity,
Sputum,
Risk Factors,
HIV,
Logistic Models,
Diagnosis,
51607,
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary,
Treatment Adherence and Compliance
In-hospital logistic management barriers (LMB) are considered to be important risk factors for delays
in TB diagnosis and treatment initiation (TB-dt), which perpetuates TB transmission and the development of TB
morbidity and mortality. We assessed the contribution of hospital auxiliary workers (HAWs) an...
51607,
Sputum,
Risk Factors,
HIV,
Hospitalization,
Laboratories,
Tropical Medicine,
Mortality,
Morbidity,
Methods,
World Health Organization,
Patients,
Laboratory Personnel,
Health,
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Background: In many countries, there is evidence that intimate partner violence is prevalent among young women. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the factors associated with intimate partner violence in young women (aged 15-24 years) attending secondary schools in Maputo, Mozambique.
Metho...
queMoçambique possui uma epidemia do HIV com uma prevalência nacional de 13.2% entre os adultos na faixa etária de 15-49 anos 1 e, estima-se que o país possui a oitava mais alta taxa de prevalência de HIV no mundo 2. Os comportamentos heterossexuais de risco, incluindo parceiros múltiplos e concorr...
Sex Workers,
HIV/growth & development,
HIV Testing/statistics & numerical data,
HIV Testing/trends,
Heterosexuality/statistics & numerical data,
Risk Factors,
Condoms, Female/statistics & numerical data,
Epidemiological Monitoring,
Pharmaceutical Preparations/administration & dosage,
Anti-HIV Agents/adverse effects,
Mozambique
