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
Augusto, Ângelo do Rosário;
Nnaemeka, Nnaemeka C;
Kohatsu, Luciana;
Sousa, Leonardo de;
Maueia, Cremildo;
Hara, Cristina;
Mula, Flora;
Cuamba, Gércio;
Chelene, Imelda;
Langa, Zainabo;
Lohman, Nathaniel;
Faife, Flávio;
Giles, Denise;
Sabonete, Acácio José;
Gudo, Eduardo Samo;
Jani, Ilesh;
Parekh, Bharat S.
Effective implementation of the national Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) programs require monitoring the HIV epidemic trends to identify programmatic successes, challenges, and needed improvements. HIV prevalence estimates, defined as the percentage of a population affected by HIV, are calculated by t...
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 ...
Recent studies suggest that a large proportion of new HIV-1 infections in mature epidemics occurs within discordant couples, making discordancy a major contributor to the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa. This paper aims at assessing changes over a five-year period (2009-2015) on the (risk) factors associate...
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
Background: HIV prevalence in Mozambique (12.6%) is one of the highest in the world, yet ~40% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) do not know their HIV status. Strategies to increase HIV testing uptake and diagnosis among PLHIV are urgently needed. Home-based HIV testing services (HBHTS) have been evaluate...
