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Home / Archives for The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Influencing factors of hand hygiene in critical sections of a Brazilian hospital

  • Authors: Thaissa Blanco Bezerra, Marilia Duarte Valim, Juliano Bortolini, Adriano Menis Ferreira, Willian Albuquerque de Almeida, Marcelo Alessandro Rigotti, Denise de Andrade, Inês Fronteira, Alvaro Francisco Lopes Sousa
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 15(06), pp 840-846
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.13658

ABSTRACT ‘Introduction:’ The aim of this study was to monitor adherence to hand hygiene by health professionals working in critical sections and to assess the factors that influenced adherence, such as physical structure of the units, use of procedure gloves, employment bond of the worker, and perception of patient safety climate. ‘Methodology:’ Observational and correlational […]
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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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Assessing therapeutic management of vaginal and urethral symptoms in an anonymous HIV testing centre in Luanda, Angola

  • Authors: Castro R, Exposto F, Guimarães H, Tavira L
  • Journal: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24129624

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infections and to assess the therapeutic management of vaginal/urethral discharge and dysuria in patients with human immunodeficiency virus in Luanda, Angola, taking into account World Health Organization recommendations for sexually transmitted infection syndromic management.
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Angola’s 2013 dengue outbreak: clinical, laboratory and molecular analyses of cases from four Portuguese institutions

  • Authors: Abreu C, Antunes A, Atouguia J, Azevedo T, Centeno-Lima S, Conceição C, Mansinho K, Marques N, Moneti V, Nazareth T, Nina J, Parreira R, Sa L, Saraiva da Cunha J, Sarmento A, Seixas J, Teodósio R
  • Publication Year: 2014
  • Journal: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25212088

Dengue virus (DENV) is the arbovirus with the widest impact on human health. In Africa in general, and in Angola in particular, the epidemiology and public health impact of DENV is far from clear. However, rapid population growth, unplanned urbanization, increased international travel, and the presence of virus major vector (Aedes aegypti) in the country suggest that DENV transmission may occur.
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Clinical and virological response to antiretroviral drugs among HIV patients on first-line treatment in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

  • Authors: Kasubi M, Ledwaba J, Morris L, Mosha F, Ndugulile F, Ng’ang’a Z, Nsubuga P, Swai A, Vandamme AM, Vercauteren J
  • Publication Year: 2014
  • Journal: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25022294

In Tanzania, the follow-up on antiretroviral therapy (ART) response is based on clinical outcomes. We investigated virological response and ARV resistance mutations in relation to clinical response in ARV-treated patients.
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