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Home / Archives for Luzia Gonçalves

Rotavirus A infection in pre- and post-vaccine period: Risk factors, genotypes distribution by vaccination status and age of children in Nampula Province, Northern Mozambique (2015-2019)

  • Authors: Assucênio Chissaque, Adilson Fernando Loforte Bauhofer, Idalécia Cossa-Moiane, Ezequias Sitoe, Benilde Munlela, Eva Dora João, Jerónimo S. Langa, Jorfélia José Chilaúle, Simone Salvador Boene, Marta Cassocera, Esperança Lourenço Guimarães, Timothy A. Kellogg, Luzia Gonçalves, Nilsa de Deus
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: PLoS One, 16(8), art e0255720
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255720

ABSTRACT Mozambique introduced the monovalent rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix®, GSK Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium) in September 2015. Previous analysis, showed that Nampula province continues reporting a high frequency of Rotavirus A (RVA) infection and the emergence of G9P[6], G9P[4] and G3P[4] genotypes. This analysis aimed to determine the RVA frequency; risk factors; genotype distribution by vaccination status […]
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Mixed methods study protocol to explore acculturation, lifestyles and health of immigrants from the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries in two Iberian contexts: how to face uncertainties amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Authors: Daniela Alves, Isabel Craveiro, Nekane Basabe, Luzia Gonçalves
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: BMJ Open 2021, 11(7), art e048818
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048818

ABSTRACT ‘Introduction:’ Studies which focus on the process of acculturation in the lifestyles, nutritional status and health of immigrants from the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) in the Iberian Peninsula are still scarce. This study aims to explore the influence of the acculturation process and dietary acculturation on the lifestyle and nutritional and health status […]
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Impact of annual albendazole versus four-monthly test-and-treat approach of intestinal parasites on children growth — a longitudinal four-arm randomized parallel trial during two years of a community follow-up in Bengo, Angola

  • Authors: Carolina Gasparinho, Aguinaldo Kanjungo, Félix Zage, Isabel Clemente, Ana Santos-Reis, Miguel Brito, José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, Filomeno Fortes, Luzia Gonçalves
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: Pathogens, 10(3), art 309
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10030309

ABSTRACT Malnutrition and intestinal parasites continue to have serious impacts on growth and cognitive development of children in Angola. A longitudinal four-arm randomized parallel trial was conducted to investigate if deworming with a single annual dose of albendazole (annual-ALB) or a four-monthly test-and-treat (4TT) intestinal parasites approach at individual or household levels improve nutritional outcomes […]
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Health Problems During and After Travel: A Prospective Observational Study in a Travel Clinic in Portugal

  • Authors: Cláudia Conceição, Márcia Medeiros, Nélia Pereira, Luzia Gonçalves, Abilio Antunes, Ellen Blondé, Rosa Teodósio, Carlos Araújo, Filomena Pereira
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: Acta Médica Portuguesa, 34(13), pp 842-850
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.20344/AMP.14098

ABSTRACT ‘Introduction:’ In order to improve the health of travellers during travel it is important to better understand the health problems faced by travellers in different destinations. The main objective of this study was to characterise the perceived health problems of travellers during and up to six months after travel on a pre-travel clinic in […]
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COVID-19: Nothing is normal in this pandemic

  • Authors: Luzia Gonçalves, Maria Antónia Amaral Turkman, Carlos Geraldes, Tiago A Marques, Lisete Sousa
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 11(2), pp 146 - 149
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.2991/jegh.k.210108.001

ABSTRACT This manuscript brings attention to inaccurate epidemiological concepts that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. In social media and scientific journals, some wrong references were given to a “normal epidemic curve” and also to a “log-normal curve/distribution”. For many years, textbooks and courses of reputable institutions and scientific journals have disseminated misleading concepts. For example, […]
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