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Home / Archives for Grácio MA

A case of imported neurocysticercosis in Portugal

  • Authors: Badura R, Beato S, Boura M, Grácio MA, Marques T, Neno M, Neves JC, Sutre AF, Valadas E
  • Publication Year: 2015
  • Journal: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
  • Link: https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/25596581/1240

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common cause of acquired epilepsy in resource-poor countries. We report the case of a 24-year-old woman born and residing in Guinea-Bissau, who was transferred to Portugal two months after the onset of a possible meningitis (fever, headache, seizures, and coma) that did not respond to antibiotic treatment. The diagnosis of […]
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Onchocerciasis caused by Onchocerca lupi: an emerging zoonotic infection. Systematic review

  • Authors: Grácio AJ, Grácio MA, Komnenou AT, Richter J
  • Publication Year: 2015
  • Journal: Parasitology Research
  • Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-015-4535-7

Globalization has increased circulation of people, their food, livestock and pets in the world, and changes in the environment, climate and human behaviour have led to the rapid expansion of emerging infections throughout the world. One of the reasons of a new pathogen affecting humans is the passage from an animal to a human being. […]
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Molecular characterization of the first record of Lymnaea natalensis Krauss 1848 (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Lymnaeidae) on Madeira Island.

  • Authors: Afonso A, Belo S, Brehm A, Calado M, Ferreira CC, Ferreira PM, Grácio MA, Maurício I, Parreira R
  • Journal: Tropical Medicine & International Health
  • Link: https://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=31&SID=Y2ytOr2frNCuRlReLtM&page=1&doc=1

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Fascioliasis on Madeira Island: Snails’ intermediate hosts.

  • Authors: Afonso A, Belo S, Brehm A, Calado M, Ferreira CC, Ferreira PM, Grácio MA, Maurício I, Parreira R
  • Journal: Tropical Medicine & International Health
  • Link: https://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=30&SID=Y2ytOr2frNCuRlReLtM&page=1&doc=1

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Apparent dominance of the G1-G3 genetic cluster of Echinococcus granulosus strains in the central inland region of Portugal.

  • Authors: Beato S, Calado M, Grácio MA, Parreira R
  • Journal: Parasitology International
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Apparent+dominance+of+the+G1-G3+cluster+of+Echinococcus+granulosus+strains+in+the+central+inland+region+of+Portugal

Infection by the larval stage of the cestode Echinococcus granulosus causes a disease known as cystic echinococcosis or hydatidosis, which is one of the most widespread zoonotic infections of veterinary and medical importance.
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