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HIV and Tuberculosis Co-Infection Among Migrants in Portugal: A Brief Study on Their Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Genomic Characteristics

  • Autores: Ana Maria Tavares, Marta Pingarilho, Judite Batista, Miguel Viveiros, Sónia Dias, Cristina Toscano, Perpetua Gomes, Ana Abecasis
  • Ano de Publicação: 2021
  • Journal: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 37(1), pp 34–37
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1089/aid.2020.0119

SHORT COMMUNICATION ABSTRACT HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are among the global deadliest diseases. Migrant populations are particularly vulnerable to these infections. Yet, literature is still scarce on the epidemiology of HIV–TB co-infection among migrants. In this study, we characterized native and migrant HIV patients followed in Portuguese hospitals, who were diagnosed with TB, regarding their […]
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Artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in travellers coming from Angola and Mozambique

  • Autores: André Silva-Pinto, João Domingos, Margarida Cardoso, Ana Reis, Ernest Diez Benavente, João Paulo Caldas, Cláudia Conceição, Cristina Toscano, Teresa Baptista-Fernandes, Taane G. Clark, Kamal Mansinho, Susana Campino, Fatima Nogueira
  • Ano de Publicação: 2021
  • Journal: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221005634?via%3Dihub

Artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in travellers coming from Angola and Mozambique   Highlights Artemether-lumefantrine (AL) treatment failure of imported malaria in Portugal AL treatment failure in the presence of wild-type pfk13 and pfmdr1 Is the standard 3-day course of AL sufficient to ensure parasite clearance? AL increasing treatment failures urges closer […]
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