Results: 12

Tracking SARS-CoV-2 introductions in Mozambique using pandemic-scale phylogenies: a retrospective observational study

Lancet Glob. Health; 11 (6), 2023
From the start of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, global sequencing efforts have generated an unprecedented amount of genomic data. Nonetheless, unequal sampling between high-income and low-income countries hinders the implementation of genomic surveillance systems at the global and local level. Filling the kno...

Enterovirus detection in stool samples from Mozambican children with acute gastroenteritis

Acta trop.; 238 (106755), 2022
Enteroviruses (EV) are predominantly enteric viruses, present in all parts of the world causing disease in humans with a broad spectrum of clinical presentations. The purpose of this study was to identify non-polio enteroviruses (NPEV) in stool samples collected from children with acute gastroenteritis (...

Whole genome characterization and evolutionary analysis of g1p[8] rotavirus a strains during the pre- and post-vaccine periods in mozambique (2012–2017)

PloS pathog; 9 (), 2020
Mozambique introduced the rotarix® vaccine (gsk biologicals, rixensart, belgium) into the na-tional immunization program in september 2015. Although g1p[8] was one of the most prevalent genotypes between 2012 and 2017 in mozambique, no complete genomes had been sequenced to date. here we report whole ge...

Bat coronavirus phylogeography in the Western indian ocean

Scientific RepoRtS; 10 (6873), 2020
Bats provide key ecosystem services such as crop pest regulation, pollination, seed dispersal, and soil fertilization. Bats are also major hosts for biological agents responsible for zoonoses, such as coronaviruses (CoVs). The islands of the Western Indian Ocean are identified as a major biodiversity hot...

Rotavirus a strains obtained from children with acute gastroenteritis in mozambique, 2012-2013: g and p genotypes and phylogenetic analysis of vp7 and partial vp4 genes

Arch. virol; 163 (1), 2018
In Mozambique rotavirus (RV) was shown to be the greatest cause of acute diarrhoea in infants from 0 to 11 months, and in 2015, national rotavirus vaccination was introduced. As with other developing countries, there is very limited active strain characterisation. Rotavirus positive clinical specimens, c...

Bat Astrovirus in Mozambique

Virol. j; 14 (104), 2018
Astroviruses (AstVs) are responsible for infection of a large diversity of mammalian and avian species, including bats, aquatic birds, livestock and humans. We investigated AstVs circulation in bats in Mozambique and Mayotte, a small island in the Comoros Archipelago located between east Africa and Madag...

Genetic analysis and natural polymorphisms in HIV-1 gp41 isolates from Maputo City, Mozambique

AIDS res. hum. retrovir; 30 (6), 2014
Enfuvirtide was the first fusion inhibitor approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2003 for HIV-1 infection in treatment-experienced patient. It is the first approved antiviral agent to attack the HIV life cycle in its early stages. For HIV fusion to occur, the HR1 and HR2 domains in the gp...

Evolution of primary HIV drug resistance in a subtype C dominated epidemic in Mozambique

PLos ONE; 7 (9), 2012
Objective: InMozambique, highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) was introduced in 2004 followed by decentralizationandexpansion, resulting inamorethan20-fold increase incoverageby2009. ImplementationofHIV drugresistancethresholdsurveys (HIVDR-TS) iscrucial inorder tomonitor theemergenceof transmi...

MLVA based classification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineages for a robust phylogeographic snapshot of its worldwide molecular diversity

PLos ONE; 7 (9), 2012
Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) is useful to establish transmission routes and sources of infections for various microorganisms including Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC). The recently released SITVITWEB database contains 12-loci Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive ...

Four year immunogenicity of the RTS, S/AS02 (A) malaria vaccine in Mozambican children during a phase IIb trial

Vaccine; 29 (35), 2011
Previous studies with the malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS02A in young children in a malaria endemic area of Mozambique have shown it to have a promising safety profile and to reduce the risk of Plasmodium falciparum infection and disease. In this study, we assessed the antibody responses to the P. falciparum an...