Altered mental status (AMS) is a priority presenting sign that must be assessed in HIV-infected, febrile children, yet diagnosis is difficult in areas with limited diagnostic capacity. Malaria and bacterial meningitis have been reported as the most common causes of AMS in febrile children presenting to t...
Thompson, ricardo;
Nelson, robert;
Casavant, isabelle;
Pals, sherri;
Bonzela, juvencio;
Jaramillo, alicia;
Cardoso, judite;
Ujamaa, dawud;
Tamele, stelio;
Chivurre, victor;
Malimane, inacio;
Pathmanathan, ishani;
Heitzinger, kristen;
Wei, stanley;
Couto, Aleny;
Vergara, alfredo.
Introduction: WHO recommends implementing a mix of community and facility testing strategies to diagnose 95% of persons living with HIV (PLHIV). In Mozambique, a country with an estimated 506,000 undiagnosed PLHIV, use of home-based HIV testing services (HBHTS) to help achieve the 95% target has not been...
Traditional healers are commonly utilised throughout sub-Saharan Africa instead of - and in concert with - biomedical facilities. Traditional healers are trusted providers and prominent community members and could be important partners in improving engagement with HIV services in endemic contexts. Our st...
A análise da literatura médica internacional faz notar a ausência de documentos contendo uma abordagem transversal, relativa à infeção pelo Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana (VIH) no quadro nacional Moçambicano, facto que motivou a elaboração deste documento.
No ano 2010 a prevalência da infe...
Soro, laura fuente;
Luis, sheila fernández;
Varela, elisa lópez;
Augusto, orvalho;
Nhampossa, tacilta;
Nhacolo, ariel;
Bernardo, edson;
Burgueño, blanca;
Ngeno, bernadette;
Couto, aleny;
Guambe, helga;
Tibana, kwalila;
Urso, marilena;
Naniche, denise.
Background: Eliminating mother-to-child HIV-transmission (EMTCT) implies a case rate target of new pediatric HIV-infections< 50/100,000 live-births and a transmission rate < 5%. We assessed these indicators at community-level in Mozambique, where MTCT is the second highest globally..
Methods: A cross-sec...
Alonso, Selena;
Vudal, Marta;
Olalla, Gemma Ruiz;
Gonzelez, Raquel;
Manaca, M Nelia;
Jairoce, Chenjerai;
Balcells, Reyes;
Vala, Anifa;
Ruperez, María;
Soro, Laura Fuente;
Cova, Marta;
Angov, Evelina;
Nhacolo, Arsenio;
Sevene, Esperança;
Aponte, John J;
Macete, Eusebio;
Dobano, Carlota;
Moncunil, Gemma.
Transplacental transfer of antibodies is essential for conferring protection in newborns against infectious diseases. We assessed the impact of different factors, including gestational age and maternal infections such as HIV and malaria, on the efficiency of cord blood levels and placental transfer of Ig...
Antibodies/immunology,
Antigens/immunology,
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active,
Fetal Blood/immunology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/immunology,
HIV Infections/virology,
Immunity, Maternally-Acquired,
Immunoglobulin G/immunology,
Maternal-Fetal Exchange/immunology,
Placenta/metabolism,
Pregnancy,
Carrier Proteins,
Sex Factors,
Vaccines/immunology
Teasdale, Chloe A;
Brittain, Kirsty;
Zerbe, Allison;
Mellins, Claude Ann;
Falcao, Joana;
Couto, Aleny;
De Gusmao, Eduarda Pimentel;
Vitale, Mirriah;
Kapogiannis, Bill;
Simione, Teresa Beatriz;
Myer, Landon;
Mantell, Joanne;
Desmond, Christopher;
Abrams, Elaine J.
Background: Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) 15-19 years of age are a growing proportion of all people living with HIV globally and the population includes adolescents with vertically acquired HIV (AVH) and behaviorally acquired HIV (ABH).
Methods: We conducted a survey to measure sociodemographic ch...
Anti-Retroviral Agents/therapeutic use,
Condoms,
Educational Status,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/physiopathology,
HIV Infections/transmission,
HIV-1/pathogenicity,
Medical History Taking/statistics & numerical data,
Medication Adherence/statistics & numerical data,
Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Examinamos os fatores associados ao rastreamento do vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) e desenvolvemos um mapa de superfície de prevalência de rastreamento de HIV usando técnicas de interpolação espacial para identificar as áreas geográficas com as maiores e menores taxas de rastreamento de ...
Chongo, Patrina;
Sitoe, Nádia;
Viegas, Sofia;
Pinto, Isabel;
Macave, Admiro;
Sitoe, Fernando;
Vubil, Adolfo;
Mabunda, Nédio;
Meggi, Bindiya;
Gudo, Eduardo, S;
Jani, Ilesh, V.
Medical care in Mozambique is mostly provided through the national health service of the Ministry of Health. All primary healthcare and HIV-related services are provided free of charge. There are over 1500 public sector health facilities in Mozambique and most of these are primary healthcare centres. Alt...
Serologic Tests/methods,
HIV/isolation & purification,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
d0113200,
d0000732960,
d0062680,
Laboratories/supply & distribution,
d0159950,
d0093130,
Point-of-Care Testing/standards
Introduction: With improved access to anti-retroviral therapy (ART) the focus of HIV treatment is changing to reducing chronic co-morbidities and their effects, but guidelines for HIV care in many African countries do not include screening for cardiac disease. Our study aimed to determine the pattern of ...
