Resultados: 71

Epidemiology, clinical features and risk factors for human rabies and animal bites during an outbreak of rabies in Maputo and Matola cities, Mozambique, 2014: Implications for public health interventions for rabies control

Plos negl. trop. dis; 11 (7), 2017
Background: In Mozambique, the majority of rabies outbreaks are unreported and data on the epidemiological features of human rabies and animal bites are scarce. An outbreak of human rabies in adjacent Maputo and Matola cities in 2014 prompted us to investigate the epidemiology, clinical features and risk...

Infeções pelo Vírus de Imunodeficiência Humana (HIV), por Treponema pallidum e Vaginais em Mulheres Grávidas Utentes do Centro de Saúde de Maxixe, Moçambique

As infeções sexualmente transmissíveis, incluindo as vaginais estão entre os problemas de saúde pública mais comuns em todo o mundo. A infertilidade feminina e masculina, a transmissão de mãe para o filho, determinando perdas gestacionais ou doença congénita e o aumento do risco para a infe�...

Prevalence of HIV and Associated Risk Factors Among Long Distance Truck Drivers in Inchope, Mozambique, 2012

AIDS behav; 20 (4), 2016
This is the first integrated biological and behavioral surveillance survey among long-distance truck drivers (LDTD) in Mozambique. Using modified time-location sampling in 2012 at a key transportation junction (Inchope), we enrolled 327 male LDTD. HIV prevalence was 15.4 % (95 % confidence interval : 11....

Men who have sex with men in Mozambique: identifying a hidden population at high-risk for HIV

AIDS behav; 19 (2), 2015
The population of men who have sex with men (MSM) has been largely ignored in HIV-related policies and programming in Mozambique and there is little information about the contribution of MSM to the HIV epidemic. An integrated biological and behavioral study among MSM using respondent-driven sampling was ...

Incidência e Caracterização da Nefropatia Diabética em Pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus do Tipo 2 Seguidos na Associação Moçambicana dos Diabéticos (AMODIA), Cidade de Maputo Fevereiro- Março 2015

A Nefropatia Diabética (ND) é a principal causa de insuficiência renal crónica, e uma das complicações microvascular crónica da Diabetes Mellitus (DM), cerca de 20-30% dos doentes com Diabetes Mellitus do Tipo 1 (DM1) e Diabetes Mellitus do tipo 2 (DM2) desenvolvem nefropatia. A microalbuminúria...

Incidência e Caracterização da Nefropatia Diabética em Pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus do Tipo 2 Seguidos na Associação Moçambicana dos Diabéticos (AMODIA), Cidade de Maputo Fevereiro- Março 2015

A Nefropatia Diabética (ND) é a principal causa de insuficiência renal crónica, e uma das complicações microvascular crónica da Diabetes Mellitus (DM), cerca de 20-30% dos doentes com Diabetes Mellitus do Tipo 1 (DM1) e Diabetes Mellitus do tipo 2 (DM2) desenvolvem nefropatia. A microalbuminúria...

Four-year retention and risk factors for attrition amongmembers of community ART groups in Tete, Mozambique

objectiveCommunity ART groups (CAG), peer support groups involved in community ARTdistribution and mutual psychosocial support, were piloted to respond to staggering antiretroviraltreatment (ART) attrition in Mozambique. To understand the impact of CAG on long-term retention,we estimated mortality and lo...

Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis and risk factor assessment in cattle in rural livestock areas of Govuro District in the Southeast of Mozambique

PLos ONE; 9 (3), 2014
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, is an infectious disease of cattle that also affects other domestic animals, free-ranging and farmed wildlife, and also humans. In Mozambique, scattered surveys have reported a wide variation of bTB prevalence rates in cattle from different region...

High HIV incidence in the postpartum period sustains vertical transmission in settings with generalized epidemics: a cohort study in Southern Mozambique

J. int. aids soc; 17 (1), 2014
Introduction: Acute infection with HIV in the postpartum period results in a high risk of vertical transmission through breastfeeding. A study was done to determine the HIV incidence rate and associated risk factors among postpartum women in Southern Mozambique, where HIV prevalence among pregnant women ...

Increased Severity and Mortality in Adults Co-Infected with Malaria and HIV in Maputo, Mozambique: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study

PLos ONE; 9 (2), 2014
Background: Co-infection with falciparum malaria and HIV-1 increases the severity and mortality of both infections in unstable malaria-transmission areas. In contrast, in stable transmission areas, HIV co-infection increases the severity of both infections but has not been found to influence malaria mort...