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Human toxoplasmosis in Mozambique: gaps in knowledge and research opportunities

Manuel, Leonardo; Gomes, Gabriela Santos; Noormahomed, Emilia V.
Parasit. vectors; 13 (571), 2020
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic zoonotic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii that afflicts humans worldwide and wild and domestic warm-blooded animals. In immunocompetent individuals, the acute phase of infection presents transient low or mild symptoms that remain unnoticed. In immunocompromised patients, T...
Antibodies, Protozoan/blood, Biomedical Research/trends, Immunocompromised Host, Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic/epidemiology, Toxoplasma/genetics, Immunoglobulin G/blood, Zoonoses/epidemiology, Risk Factors, Mozambique/epidemiology, Toxoplasma/pathogenicity, Toxoplasmosis/complications, Toxoplasmosis/epidemiology, Toxoplasmosis, Congenital/epidemiology
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Assessment of parents'/guardians' initial comprehension and 1-day recall of elements of informed consent within a mozambican study of pediatric bacteremia

Ossemane, Ezequiel B; Moon, Troy D; Sacarlal, Jahit; Sevene, Esperança; Kenga, Darlene; Gong, Wu; Heitman, elizabeth.
J. empir. res. hum. ethics; 13 (3), 2018
Participants' understanding of key elements of a research protocol is essential to their ethical enrollment in the study. Ongoing participation should be based on continued comprehension and consent, which presumes a high degree of recall. Many obstacles can prevent full understanding of information abou...
Biomedical Research/ethics, Consent Forms, Mental Recall, Mozambique, Bacteremia
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Doenças endémicas e epidémicas em Lourenço Marques no início do Século XX: processos de controlo versus desenvolvimento urbano

Roque, ana cristina.
No início do século XX, Lourenço Marques surgia como auspiciosa metrópole na África Austral, sendo a ligação ao Transval apontada como principal responsável pelo seu desenvolvimento. Ali se misturavam gentes de todas as origens e ofícios tornando urgente a implementação de estruturas urbanas...
Endemic Diseases/history, Medical Assistance, Public Works, Urbanization, Vaccination, Health Policy, Urban Renewal, Medicine, Traditional/methods, Biomedical Research, Health Services, Environmental Health, Mozambique
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