Resultados: 4

Seroepidemiology of leptospirosis among febrile patients in a rapidly growing suburban slum and a flood-vulnerable rural district in Mozambique, 2012-2014: Implications for the management of fever

Int. j. infect. dis; 64 (), 2017
Leptospirosis is one of the most widespread zoonoses in the world and is caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. In Mozambique, the disease is largely ignored and its epidemiology is unknown. The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of leptospirosis in febrile patients. Metho...

Serological Evidence of Chikungunya Virus among Acute Febrile Patients in Southern Mozambique

Plos negl. trop. dis; 9 (10), 2015
Background In the last two decades, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has rapidly expanded to several geographical areas, causing frequent outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, South America, and Europe. Therefore, the disease remains heavily neglected in Mozambique, and no recent study has been cond...

Classes sociaIs, território e saúde: Uma proposta para analisar e intervir sobre a situação de saúde a partir da sua determinação social
Social classes, territory and health: A proposal to analyze and intervene on the situation of health from its social determination

Faz mais de meio século que estudos de epidemiologistas sociais e sanitaristas latino-americanos e de outras partes do mundo expõem, com argumentos teóricos e demonstrações empíricas, o papel das conidições sociais e económicas na determinação do processo saúde – doença nas populações. E...