Resultados: 3

Species Composition, Seasonal Abundance, and Biting Behavior of Malaria Vectors in Rural Conhane Village, Southern Mozambique

Malaria vector surveillance provides important data to inform the effective planning of vector control interventions at a local level. The aim of this study was to determine the species diversity and abundance, biting activity, and Plasmodium infectivity of Anopheles mosquitoes from a rural village in so...

Avaliação epidemiológica dos casos de mordedura animal e factores associados a raiva em Moçambique, 2017-2021
Epidemiological evaluation of animal bite cases, rabies and associated factors in Mozambique, 2017-2021

A mordedura por animal incluindo o cão é a principal forma de transmissão da raiva humana na África subsaariana, inclusive, Moçambique. Nos últimos anos tem-se registado um aumento de ocorrência de mordedura animal. Este estudo objetiva avaliar epidemiologia de mordedura animal e factores associad...

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...