Resultados: 271

Seroprevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections and evaluation of the pre-donation screening performance at the provincial hospital of tete, mozambique

BMC infect. dis; 11 (141), 2011
The World Health Organization recommends universal and quality-controlled screening of blood donations for the major transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs): human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis. The study objectives were to determine the s...

Inquérito Integrado Biológico e Comportamental entre Homens que Fazem Sexo com Homens, Moçambique, 2011 Relatório Fina
Integrated Biological and Behavioural Survey among Men who have sex with men, Mozambique, 2011 Fina Report

Temos imensa satisfação em apresentar o relatório final do Inquérito Integrado Biológico e Comportamental (Integrated Biological and Behavioral Survey – IBBS) entre Homens que fazem Sexo com Homens (HSH) em Moçambique (IBBSHSH 2011). Trata-se do primeiro inquérito representativo desta natureza c...

High prevalence of symptomatic acute HIV infection in an outpatient ward in southern Mozambique: identification and follow-up

AIDS (Lond.); 24 (4), 2010
To determine the prevalence of acute HIV infection (AHI) within the HIV-seronegative adult population presenting with reported fever in a district hospital in southern Mozambique and evaluate clinical, immunological and virological parameters of AHI. Design: This is a prospective observational study. ...

Análise da prevalência de HIV em mulheres grávidas de moçambique (2001‐2007)
Analysis of HIV prevalence in pregnant women in mozambique (2001-2007)Analysis of HIV prevalence in pregnant women in Mozambique (2001-2007)

A Vigilância Epidemiológica do HIV‐SIDA, permite conhecer diferentes aspectos relacionados à distribuição e à disseminação da infecção pelo HIV. Dados obtidos por estes estudos são de fundamental importância para definir programas de prevenção e controle desta doença. Neste trabalho são...

HIV virology and pathogenetic mechanisms of infection: a brief overview

Ann Ist Super Sanita; 1 (46), 2010
HIV virology and pathogenetic mechanisms of infection are continuously being investigated. A detailed understanding of HIV structure and how it establishes infection and causes AIDS are crucial not only to identify and develop new effective drugs and vaccines, but also to define strategies for the labora...

Risk of extended viral resistance in human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected Mozambican children after first-line treatment failure

Pediatr. infect. dis. j; 28 (12), 2009
Background: Resistant virus may be selected by sub-optimal control of HIV-1 replication during antiretroviral treatment. The incidence and profile of resistance in children receiving World Health Organization-recommended treatment remains to be evaluated on a large scale. Goals: Assessment of the frequen...

Clinico-pathological discrepancies in the diagnosis of causes of maternal death in sub-Saharan Africa: retrospective analysis

PloS med; 6 (2), 2009
Background: Maternal mortality is a major public-health problem in developing countries. Extreme differences in maternal mortality rates between developed and developing countries indicate that most of these deaths are preventable. Most information on the causes of maternal death in these areas is based ...

Falciparum malaria and HIV-1 in hospitalized adults in Maputo, Mozambique: does HIV-infection obscure the malaria diagnosis?

Malar. j. (Online); 7 (252), 2008
Background: The potential impact of HIV-1 on falciparum malaria has been difficult to determine because of diagnostic problems and insufficient epidemiological data. Methods: In a prospective, cross-sectional study, clinical and laboratory data was registered consecutively for all adults admitted to a me...

Genotipagem utilizando a sequencia de inserção IS6110 e "spoligotyping" de mycobacterium tuberculosis isolados de pacientes infectados pelo hiv, em moçambique, africa

A tuberculose é a principal causa de morte no mundo entre as doenças infecciosas, produzindo 2 milhões de óbitos ao ano. Estima-se que um terço da população mundial esteja infectada pelo Mycobacterium tuberculosis, ou seja, 1,7 bilhões de pessoas. Em países africanos, o problema da tuberculose e...

Genotipagem, utilizando a sequencia de inserção IS6110, de cepas de Mycobacterium tuberculosis isoladas de pacientes portadores da infecção pelo HIV em Moçambique, Africa

A técnica do estudo do polimorfismo de fragmentos de restrição, com a pesquisa da seqüência de inserção IS6110 (IS6110-RFLP), é o método de genotipagem mais empregado mundialmente para a caracterização de isolados de M. tuberculosis. Ela pode ser empregada para o estudo de surtos, epidemias ou...