Results: 4

Global influenza surveillance systems to detect the spread of influenza-negative influenza-like illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: Time series outlier analyses from 2015-2020

PloS med; 19 (7), 2022
Surveillance systems are important in detecting changes in disease patterns and can act as early warning systems for emerging disease outbreaks. We hypothesized that analysis of data from existing global influenza surveillance networks early in the COVID-19 pandemic could identify outliers in influenza-n...

Challenges for malaria surveillance during the COVID-19 emergency response in Nampula, Mozambique, January - May 2020

Pan Afr. med. j; 38 (254), 2021
Since the announcement of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in January 30th 2020, 68 countries reported to the World Health Organization that they were experiencing disruptions in malaria diagnosis and treatment. This situation had the potential to lead to delays in diagnosis and treatment, whi...

High prevalence of HIV, HBsAg and anti-HCV positivity among people who injected drugs: results of the first bio-behavioral survey using respondent-driven sampling in two urban areas in Mozambique

BMC infect. dis; 19 (1), 2019
Few countries in sub-Saharan Africa know the magnitude of their HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID). This was the first study in Mozambique to measure prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV, and to assess demographic characteristics and risk behaviors in this key population. Methods: We used resp...

Invasive pneumococcal disease in children<5 years of age in rural Mozambique

Trop. med. int. health; 11 (9), 2006
Objectivos Estimar a incidência e as características epidemiológicas do pneumococo invasivodoença (DPI) em crianças de <5 anos de idade residentes em uma área rural do sul de Moçambique.Métodos Como parte do manejo clínico de crianças internadas em Manhiçum Hospital Distrital,A vigilância pr...