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O Estado de Saúde da Ilha de Moçambique: Uma análise comparativa dos indicadores de saúde da população
The State of Health on the Island of Mozambique: A comparative analysis of the population's health indicators

De acordo com o PNUD (2010), num universo de 169 países, Moçambique ocupa o 165º lugar relativamente aos índices de desenvolvimento humano. Entre 2004/2005 desenvolveu-se uma investigação, com uma amostra de 500 indivíduos, cujo objectivo passou por analisar alguns indicadores de saúde da popula...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis causing tuberculous lymphadenitis in Maputo, Mozambique

BMC microbiol; 10 (195), 2010
Background: The zoonosis bovine tuberculosis (TB) is known to be responsible for a considerable proportion of extrapulmonary TB. In Mozambique, bovine TB is a recognised problem in cattle, but little has been done to evaluate how Mycobacterium bovis has contributed to human TB. We here explore the public...

Molecular diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Mozambique

BMC microbiol; 10 (195), 2010
Background: Mozambique is one of the countries with the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) in Sub-Saharan Africa, and information on the predominant genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulating in the country are important to better understand the epidemic. This study determined the predominant s...

Hepatitis E virus is highly prevalent in the Danish pig population

Vet. microbiol; 146 (1-2), 2010
The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of Hepatitis E virus (HEV) in the Danish pig population. Faecal samples from 97 pigs, 1–5 months of age were analysed for HEV RNA by a new PriProET real time RT-PCR assay. In addition, serum samples from 71 sow herds were screened for the presen...

Estando de polimorfismos dos genes pklr e vdr na população de moçambique

As doenças infecciosas constituem um dos principais problemas de saúde no continente Africano especialmente na África sub-Sahariana, da qual Moçambique faz parte. A participação de factores genéticos na susceptibilidade dos humanos as doenças infecciosas é um facto. A identificação de marcador...

Persistence of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in infected pregnant Mozambican women after delivery

Infect. immun; 97 (1), 2010
Pregnant women are susceptible to Plasmodium falciparum parasites that sequester in the placenta. The massive accumulation of infected erythrocytes in the placenta has been suggested to trigger the deleterious effects of malaria in pregnant women and their offspring. The risk of malaria is also high duri...

Assessing entomological and parasitaemia prevalence to monitor a malaria control programme in zambézia, mozambique

Malaria vector control interventions in Africa are currently being scaled up in order to attain universal access and appropriate coverage. The aim is to reduce or interrupt disease transmission, and to reach long term goals of malaria elimination and eradicatio...

Cost effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in southern mozambique

PLos ONE; 5 (10), 2010
Malaria in pregnancy is a public health problem for endemic countries. Economic evaluations of malaria preventive strategies in pregnancy are needed to guide health policies. Methods and Findings: This analysis was carried out in the context of a trial of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in preg...

Assessing entomological and parasitaemia prevalence tomonitor a malaria control programme in zambézia, mozambique

Malaria vector control interventions in Africa are currently being scaled up in order to attain universal access and appropriate coverage. The aim is to reduce or interrupt disease transmission, and to reach long term goals of malaria elimination and eradication. Currently, in Mozambique the main methods...