Quelhas, Diana;
Puyol, Laura;
Quinto, Llorenç;
Nhsmpossa, Tacilta;
Casas, Elisa Serra;
Macete, Eusébio;
Aide, Pedro;
Sanz, Sergi;
Aponte, John J;
Doolan, Denise L;
Menendez, Clara;
Dobano, Carlota.
Cytokines and chemokines are key mediators of anti-malarial immunity. We evaluated whether Intermittent Preventive Treatment in infants with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine (IPTi-SP) had an effect on the acquisition of these cellular immune responses in Mozambican children. Multiple cytokines and chemokines we...
Introduction: Trained human resources are fundamental for well-functioning health systems, and the lack of health workers undermines public sector capacity to meet population health needs. While external brain drain from low and middle-income countries is well described, there is little understanding of ...
Cérebro/lesões,
Médicos/provisão & distribuição,
Migração Interna/estatística & dados numéricos,
Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde,
Recursos Humanos/estatística & dados numéricos,
Saúde Global,
Saúde da População,
Sistemas de Saúde,
Pesquisadores,
Métodos,
Encéfalo/anormalidades,
Incidência,
Faculdades de Medicina/estatística & dados numéricos,
Organizações/economia,
Credenciamento/organização & administração
The collection of incidence data on HIV infection is necessary to evaluate the status and dynamics of the epidemic and the effectiveness of intervention strategies. However, this is usually difficult in low-income countries.
Methods: Five yearly point HIV prevalence estimations (in 1999, 2003, 2004, 200...
Maueia, Cremildo;
Costa, Deise;
Meggi, Bindiya;
Ismael, Nalia;
Walle, Carla;
Curvo, Raphael;
Abreu, Celina;
Bhatt, Nilesh;
Tanuri, Amilcar;
Jani, Ilesh V;
Ferreira, Orlando C.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic is primarily caused by HIV-1. Another virus type, HIV-2, is found mainly in West African countries. We hypothesized that population migration and mobility in Africa may have facilitated the introduction and spreading of HIV-2 in Mozambique. The presence of HIV-2 has important implic...
Estudos Transversais,
Proteína gp41 do Envelope de HIV,
Anticorpos Anti-HIV,
Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática,
Infecções por HIV,
HIV-2,
Immunoblotting,
Incidência,
Moçambique,
Filogeografia,
Vigilância da População,
Carga Viral
O Município de Cuamba, localiza-se a cerca de 300 Km a sul da cidade capital do Niassa. Desde 2007, tem vindo a registar surtos de cólera, com 2 surtos consecutivos em 2009. OBJECTIVOS: Descrever alguns aspectos do saneamento no Município de Cuamba, analisar as estratégias de prevenção e controlo d...
Alimentos,
Conhecimento,
Cólera,
Doença,
Estratégias de Saúde,
Incidência,
Ingestão de Líquidos,
Prevenção de Doenças,
Saneamento Básico,
Terapêutica,
Surtos de Doenças,
Resíduos Sólidos,
Doenças Transmissíveis,
Doenças Endêmicas,
Epidemiologia,
Saneamento
Background:Theobjectiveofthisstudyistoanalyzethespatialandtemporalpatternsofmalariaincidenceastodeterminethemeansbywhichclimaticfactorssuchastemperature,rainfallandhumidityaffectitsdistributioninMaputoprovince,Mozambique.Methods:ThisstudypresentsamodelofmalariathatevolvesinspaceandtimeinMaputoprovince-Mo...
Background: The objective was to study if an association exists between the incidence of malaria and some weather parameters in tropical Maputo province, Mozambique.
Methods: A Bayesian hierarchical model to malaria count data aggregated at district level over a two years period is formulated. This mode...
Much of the global burden of cardiovascular disease is now carried by low and middle income countries. Unfortunately, many of these regions are still grappling with poverty and infection-related cardiovascular diseases, such as endomyocardial fibrosis, tuberculous pericarditis and rheumatic heart disease...
África/epidemiologia,
Doenças Cardiovasculares/mortalidade,
Doenças Transmissíveis Emergentes/mortalidade,
Países em Desenvolvimento/estatística & dados numéricos,
Surtos de Doenças/estatística & dados numéricos,
Medição de Risco,
Fatores de Risco,
Incidência,
Análise de Sobrevida,
Taxa de Sobrevida,
Moçambique
Background: The objective was to study the seasonal effect on the spatial distribution of the incidence of malaria in children under 10 years old living in the Manhiça district, Mozambique.
Methods: The data of the clinical malaria incidence were obtained from a study of two cohorts of children followed...
Roca, anna;
Quinto , llorenc;
Abacassamo, fatima;
Morais, luis;
Valle, xavier;
Espasa, mateu;
Sigauque, betuel;
Sacarla, jahit;
Macete, eusebio;
Nhacolo, ariel;
Mandomando, inacio;
Levine, myron M;
Alonso, pedro L.
Objective: To measure the disease burden and epidemiological characteristics of invasive Haemophilus influenzae in rural Mozambican children. Methods: As part of the clinical management of children admitted to Manhiça District Hospital, blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples were collected between May 20...
