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Fatores de risco para lesões cervicais e câncer cervical em Mulheres com diagnóstico citológico de células escamosas Atípicas, maputo-moçambique, 2013 - 2015
Risk factors for cervical lesions and cervical cancer in women with cytological diagnosis of atypical squamous cells, maputo-mozambique, 2013 - 2015

Introdução: O diagnóstico e o rastreamento das lesões cervicais são de suma importância. O método padrão de rastreamento do câncer do colo do útero e de suas lesões precursoras é o exame citológico pelo método de Papanicolaou. Objetivos: Estimar a prevalência das lesões cervicais de baixo...

Effect of Community ART Groups on retention-in-care among patients on ART in Tete Province, Mozambique: a cohort study

BMJ Open; 7 (8), 2017
Objectives Estimate the effect of participation in Community ART Groups (CAG) versus individual care on retention-in-care (RIC) on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting High levels of attrition (death or loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) combined) on ART indicate that delivery...

Antibiotics resistance in El Tor Vibrio cholerae 01 isolated during cholera outbreaks in Mozambique from 2012 to 2015

PLOS ONE 12 (8); 12 (8), 2017
Rationale: Mozambique has recorded cyclically epidemic outbreaks of cholera. Antibiotic therapy is recommended in specific situations for management and control of cholera outbreaks. However, an increase in resistance rates to antibiotics by Vibrio cholerae has been reported in several epidemic outbreaks...

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...

Frequência, características serológicas e moleculares de hepatite B oculta em dadores de sangue do banco de sangue no hospital Central de Maputo
Frequency, serological and molecular characteristics of occult hepatitis B in blood donors from the blood bank at Maputo Central Hospital

A hepatite B oculta é caracterizada pela presença do ácido desoxiribonucleíco (ADN) do VHB no soro, plasma ou tecido hepático em indivíduos com serologia negativa para o antígeno de superfície (HBsAg). Os mecanismos que conduzem à infecção oculta pelo VHB não são claros, embora as mutações...

Frequência, caracterização serológica e molecular de hepatite b oculta em doadores de sangue do banco de sangue no hospital central de maputo
Frequency, serological and molecular characterization of occult hepatitis b in blood donors at the maputo central hospital blood bank

A hepatite B oculta é caracterizada pela presença do ácido desoxiribonucleíco (ADN) do VHB no soro, plasma ou tecido hepático em indivíduos com serologia negativa para o antígeno de superfície (HBsAg). Os mecanismos que conduzem à infecção oculta pelo VHB não são claros, embora as mutações...

Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria at sentinel sites in Mozambique, 2015

Acta trop.; 171 (1), 2017
he resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to anti-malarial drugs continues to challenge malaria control. We assessed the therapeutic efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine (AL), the first-line treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria, in children under five years of age in Mozambique. We con...

Validity of a minimally invasive autopsy for cause of death determination in stillborn babies and neonates in Mozambique: An observational study

PloS med; 16 (6), 2017
Over 5 million stillbirths and neonatal deaths occur annually. Limited and imprecise information on the cause of these deaths hampers progress in achieving global health targets. Complete diagnostic autopsies (CDAs)-the gold standard for cause of death determination-are difficult to perform in most high-...

Validity of a minimally invasive autopsy tool for cause of death determination in pediatric deaths in Mozambique: An observational study

PloS med; 14 (6), 2017
Background: In recent decades, the world has witnessed unprecedented progress in child survival. However, our knowledge of what is killing nearly 6 million children annually in low- and middle-income countries remains poor, partly because of the inadequacy and reduced precision of the methods currently u...

Effects of HIV infection on maternal and neonatal health in southern Mozambique: A prospective cohort study after a decade of antiretroviral drugs roll out

PLos ONE; 12 (6), 2017
The HIV epidemic is concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa. However, limited information exists on its impact on women and infant's health since the introduction of antiretroviral drugs in this region, where health resources are often scarce. Methods: The effect of HIV infection on maternal health, birth ou...