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Phylogeography and invasion history of Aedes aegypti, the Dengue and Zika mosquito vector in Cape Verde islands (West Africa)

  • Authors: Salgueiro P, Serrano C, Gomes B, Alves J, Sousa CA, Abecasis A, Pinto J
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Journal: Evolutionary Applications
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6752157/

Aedes‐borne arboviruses have spread globally with outbreaks of vast impact on human populations and health systems. The West African archipelago of Cape Verde had its first outbreak of Dengue in 2009, at the time the largest recorded in Africa, and was one of the few African countries affected by the Zika virus epidemic. Aedes aegypti was the […]
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Tuberculosis care for migrant patients in Portugal: A mixed methods study with primary healthcare providers

  • Authors: Tavares AM, Garcia AC, Gama A, Abecasis A, Viveiros M, Dias S
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Journal: BMC Health Services Research
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30999913

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major global health problem. The increasing number of cases observed among foreign-born populations contrasts with the decreasing trends observed in later years in some high-income countries. Healthcare providers are key interveners in the control of TB and HIV-TB infections. In this study, we aimed to explore the perspectives of […]
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A computational method for the identification of dengue, zika and chikungunya virus species and genotypes

  • Authors: Fonseca V, Libin PJK, Theys K, Faria NR, Nunes MRT, Restovic MI, Freire M, Giovanetti M, Cuypers L, Nowé A, Abecasis A, Deforche K, Santiago GA, Siqueira IC, San EJ, Machado KCB, Azevedo V, Filippis AMB, Cunha RVD, Pybus OG, Vandamme AM, Alcantara LCJ, De Oliveira T
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Journal: Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31067235

In recent years, an increasing number of outbreaks of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika viruses have been reported in Asia and the Americas. Monitoring virus genotype diversity is crucial to understand the emergence and spread of outbreaks, both aspects that are vital to develop effective prevention and treatment strategies. Hence, we developed an efficient method to […]
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Accidental father-to-son HIV-1 transmission during the seroconversion period

  • Authors: Abecasis A, Bártolo I, Campos T, Ezeonwumelu IJ, Leitner T, Martin F, Romero-Severson EO, Taveira N
  • Publication Year: 2018
  • Journal: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30073842

A 4-year-old child born to an HIV-1 seronegative mother was diagnosed with HIV-1, the main risk factor being transmission from the child’s father who was seroconverting at the time of the child’s birth. In the context of a forensic investigation, we aimed to identify the source of infection of the child and date of the […]
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Multiple Class i and Class II Haemophilus ducreyi Strains Cause Cutaneous Ulcers in Children on an Endemic Island

  • Authors: Abecasis A, Amick KM, Fortney KR, Gangaiah D, González-Beiras C, Grant JC, Humphreys TL, Mitjà O, Spinola SM
  • Publication Year: 2018
  • Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29897409

BACKGROUND: Together with Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue, Haemophilus ducreyi is a major cause of exudative cutaneous ulcers (CUs) in children. For H. ducreyi, both class I and class II strains, asymptomatic colonization, and environmental reservoirs have been found in endemic regions, but the epidemiology of this infection is unknown. METHODS: Based on published whole-genome sequences […]
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