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Precise CD4 T-cell counting using red diode laser excitation: for richer, for poorer

Cytometry, Part A; 50 (2), 2002
Background: Measuring CD4 T-cell counts at low cost is relevant in dealing with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic throughout the developing world. The recently introduced novel concepts in gating strategies and sample stabilization facilitate affordable immunophenotyping by flow cytometry. ...

CD45-assisted PanLeucogating for accurate, cost-effective dual-platform CD4+ T-cell enumeration

Cytometry, Part A; 50 (2), 2002
Background: North American and European guidelines for dual-platform (DP) flow cytometry recommendabsolute CD4 T-cell counts to be calculated from two parameters: the absolute lymphocyte counts obtainedon a hematology analyzer and the percentages of CD4 cells among lymphocytes (CD4%/lympho) obtainedby fl...

Malaria infection does not appear to modify the risk of bronchiolitis early in life

Pediatr. infect. dis. j; 21 (3), 2002
Background: The observation of an increased prevalence of allergic disorders coinciding with a decreasing frequency of infectious diseases in early childhood has led to the speculation that infections may prevent allergic sensitization. Information on the role of parasites in this context is limited. Bro...

Syndromic management of sexually transmitted diseases at primary care level, Mozambique

Sex. transm. dis; 78 (1), 2002
To assess STD management in primary healthcare facilities where STD clinics and syndromic management guidelines had been introduced. Methods: In 26 health facilities in selected sites, we observed management of all STD patients presenting in the adult general or STD clinic. We assessed the referral syst...

Malaria in pregnancy in rural Mozambique: the role of parity, submicroscopic and multiple Plasmodium falciparum infections

Trop. med. int. health; 7 (1), 2002
Falciparum malaria affects pregnant women, especially primigravidae, but before malaria control programmes targeted to them can be designed, a description of the frequency and parity pattern of the infection is needed. There is little information on the frequency and effect of submicroscopic malaria infe...

Malaria in pregnancy in rural Mozambique: the role of parity, submicroscopic and multiple Plasmodium falciparum infections

Trop. med. int. health; 7 (1), 2002
Background: Falciparum malaria affects pregnant women, especially primigravidae, but before malaria control programmes targeted to them can be designed, a description of the frequency and parity pattern of the infection is needed. There is little information on the frequency and effect of submicroscopic ...

Normas de avaliação e tratamento do(a) paciente cirúrgico(a) diabético(a)

A diabetes mellitus ou diabetes sacarina - doença descrita pela primeira vez por Aretaeus de Capadócia em 200 A.C.- é um termo que designa um grupo de anomalias do metabolismo cuja manifestação clínica comum é a hiperglicémia. A diabetes resulta de a) deficiência de insulina e/ou de b) resistên...

Bio-efficacy of new long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets against Anopheles funestus and Anopheles gambiae from central and northern Mozambique

Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) are one of the main methods used for controlling malaria transmission in Mozambique. The proliferation of several types of LLINs and the re-emergence of insecticide resistance in the local vector populations poses challenges to the local malaria control prog...

Material deaths in Mozambique an audit approach with special reference to adolescence, abortion and violence

the main purpose of the present thesis was to elucidate the causes and circunstances that surround maternal deaths occuring in hospital de Maputo (HCM). The specific aims were 1: to identify the major causes of direct and indirect maternal deaths, and by utilizing the audit approach, to address the avoid...