Alcohol and public health in Africa: can we prevent alcohol-related harm from increasing?

Authors: Babor T, Dias S, Esser MB, Ferreira-Borges C, Parry CDH
Publication Year: 2015
Journal: Addiction
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/add.12916

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the total amount of alcohol consumed in the African region is expected to increase due to the growth of new alcohol consumers, especially young people and women. With the changing alcohol environment, increases in the alcohol-attributable burden of disease are inevitable. To our knowledge, there has not been […]
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Giardia duodenalis and Soil-transmitted Helminths infections in Children in Sao Tome and Principe: Do we think Giardia when addressing Parasite Control?

Authors: Afonso G, Baptista-Fernandes T, de Freitas PT, Ferreira FS, Garrido E, Lima A, Neves E, Oliveira D, Rodrigues R, Zaky A
Publication Year: 2015
Journal: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
Link: https://academic.oup.com/tropej/article/61/2/106/1728381%20

Giardia duodenalis prevalence is commonly as high as soil-transmitted helminths (STH), nevertheless is not considered for large-scale chemotherapy through mass drug administration (MDA) due to its short incubation period and frequent reinfections, its control being associated to improving access to water and sanitation. A study enrolling 444 children attending preschools was conducted in May 2011 […]
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First molecular identification of mosquito vectors of Dirofilaria immitis in continental Portugal

Authors: Belo SMD, Calado MMP, de Almeida AP, de Pinho Mixao V, Ferreira CAC, Goncalves LAP, Novo MTLM
Publication Year: 2015
Journal: Parasites & Vectors
Link: https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-015-0760-2

Background: Canine dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria immitis is known to be endemic in continental Portugal. However, information about the transmitting mosquito species is still scarce, with only Culex theileri identified to date, albeit with L1-2, through dissection. This study was carried out to investigate the potential vectors of Dirofilaria spp. in continental Portugal. Methods: Mosquitoes […]
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Unravelling the Evolution of the Allatostatin-Type A, KISS and Galanin Peptide-Receptor Gene Families in Bilaterians: Insights from Anopheles Mosquitoes

Authors: Cardoso JCR, Felix RC, Fonseca VG, Martins RS, Pires IRP, Power DM, Trindade M
Publication Year: 2015
Journal: PLoS One
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26135459

Allatostatin type A receptors (AST-ARs) are a group of G-protein coupled receptors activated by members of the FGL-amide (AST-A) peptide family that inhibit food intake and development in arthropods. Despite their physiological importance the evolution of the AST-A system is poorly described and relatively few receptors have been isolated and functionally characterised in insects.
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Synthesis and antimalarial evaluation of prodrugs of novel fosmidomycin analogues

Authors: Barros MT, Faisca Phillips AM, Murtinheira F, Nogueira F
Publication Year: 2015
Journal: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25881827

The continuous development of drug resistance by Plasmodium falciparum, the agent responsible for the most severe forms of malaria, creates the need for the development of novel drugs to fight this disease.
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Alcohol and public health in Africa: can we prevent alcohol-related harm from increasing?

Giardia duodenalis and Soil-transmitted Helminths infections in Children in Sao Tome and Principe: Do we think Giardia when addressing Parasite Control?

First molecular identification of mosquito vectors of Dirofilaria immitis in continental Portugal

Unravelling the Evolution of the Allatostatin-Type A, KISS and Galanin Peptide-Receptor Gene Families in Bilaterians: Insights from Anopheles Mosquitoes

Synthesis and antimalarial evaluation of prodrugs of novel fosmidomycin analogues

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