O HIV é um retrovírus de evolução rápida caracterizado por uma enorme diversidade genética. Os eventos de recombinação durante a transcrição reversa, a elevada taxa de replicação viral e a incapacidade da transcriptase reversa em corrigir erros de incorporação de nucleotídeos nas cadeias e...
Bila, Dolce Celina Adolfo;
Young, Peter;
Marks, Herriet;
Vubil, Adolfo Salvador;
Mahumed, Mussagy;
Brooks, James I;
Augusto, Angelo;
Jani, Ilesh Vinodrai;
Mabunda, Nédio Jonas;
Tanuri, Amilcar;
Abreu, Celina Monteiro.
Em Moçambique, o tratamento anti-retroviral altamente activo (HAART) foi introduzido em 2004, seguido de descentralização e expansão, resultando num aumento de mais de 20 vezes na cobertura até 2009. A implementação de inquéritos sobre limiares de resistência aos medicamentos contra o VIH (HIVDR...
During the past 2 decades, several countries in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, to which
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is endemic, have reported outbreaks of Rift Valley fever in humans and livestock. The first evidence of RVFV in Mozambique was documented as early as the 1960s (1). Endemicity was sub...
Mozambique,
d0009060,
d0122960,
Cattle Diseases/epidemiology,
Cattle Diseases/immunology,
Cattle Diseases/virology,
Epidemiological Monitoring/veterinary,
Rift Valley Fever/diagnosis,
Rift Valley Fever/immunology,
Rift Valley Fever/epidemiology,
Rift Valley fever virus/immunology,
Seroepidemiologic Studies
A cisticercose humana é uma infecção parasitária causada pela
Cysticercus cellulosae, larva da Taenia solium. O homem adquire a infecção quando
ingere água ou alimentos contaminados por fezes humanas contendo ovos da T.
solium. O controlo da ci...
Background: Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia (APFP) has been reported to be highly prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region heavily burdened by malaria, yet, the impact of APFP on the immunological reference values have not yet been established. This study was aimed at i) determine the pre...
Mozambique through the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program. If routine data from this program were of sufficient quality, their heightened coverage and continuous availability could complement or even replace biannual sentinel serosurveys that currently serve as the primary HIV sur...
HIV Infections/diagnosis,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
Sentinel Surveillance,
HIV Infections/transmission,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/statistics & numerical data,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/diagnosis,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/prevention & control,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/virology
Background: The prevalence and determinants of HIV and late diagnosis of HIV in young women in Beira, Mozambique, were estimated in preparation for HIV prevention trials.
Methods: An HIV prevalence survey was conducted between December 2009 and October 2012 among 1,018 women aged 18-35 with two or more ...
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Mandomando, Inacio;
Acacio, Sozinho;
Nhalungo, Delino;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Macete, Eusebio;
Nhabanga, Arnaldo;
Quintó, Llorenç;
Kotloff, Karen;
Levine, Myron M;
Nasrin, Dilruba;
Farag, Tamer;
Bassat, Quique;
Alonso, Pedro.
In the predominantly rural Manhiça district, in southern Mozambique, diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death among children under 5 years. Caretakers randomly selected from the Demographic Surveillance Database were invited to participate in a community-based survey on use of healthcare services ...
Caregivers/psychology,
Diarrhea, Infantile/epidemiology,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Health Surveys,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Prevalence,
Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Risk Factors,
Rural Population,
Severity of Illness Index,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Toxoplasmose é uma doença parasitária causada por Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii). O T. gondii, em pacientes imunocompetentes, geralmente causa infecções assintomáticas e latentes. Em doentes imunocomprometidos, a reactivação de toxoplasmose latente no Sistema Nervoso Central (SNC), pode causar doe...
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral,
Mozambique,
Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological/standards,
HIV Infections,
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral/prevention & control,
Toxoplasmosis/transmission,
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques,
Encephalitis,
Toxoplasmosis, Congenital
A tuberculose é um problema mundial de saúde pública. Estima-se que a tuberculose activa
ocorre em 5-10% dos indivíduos infectados pela Mycobacterium tuberculoses, enquanto os
restantes conseguem conter ou eliminar o patógeno completamente. A chance de uma evolução favorável é regida por factore...
