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Claudia Istrate
GHTM Group: Clinical Tropical Medicine
ResearchTop 5 Publications
- Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses, noroviruses and furthermore other viruses causing acute gastroenteritis in Portugal and Portuguese speaking African countries (CPLP).
- Antropozoonotic potential of the viruses mentioned above.
- Host genetic factors associated with norovirus and rotavirus infection and disease.
- The pathophysiological mechanisms behind diarrhea and vomiting in rotavirus and norovirus infection and disease.
- The intestinal microbiome profile and possible gut microbiota-RV/NoV interactions.
- 2017 Carolina Gasparinho, João Piedade, Maria Clara Mirante, Cristina Mendes, Susana Vez Nery, Miguel Brito, Claudia Istrate: Characterization of rotavirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Bengo province, Northwestern Angola, prior to vaccine introduction.” PLoS One 12(4) e0176046. IF=4.14
- 2016 Aida Esteves, Johan Nordgren, Joana Pereira, Filomeno Fortes, Rafael Dimbu, Nilton Saraiva, Cristina Mendes, Claudia Istrate: “Molecular epidemiology of rotavirus in four provinces of Angola before vaccine introduction”. Journal of Medical Virology 88(9): 1511-1520. IF=1.998.
- 2016 Carolina Gasparinho, Clara Mirante, Sonia Centeno-Lima, Claudia Istrate, A.C. Mayer, Luís Tavira, Susana Vaz-Nery, Miguel Brito: “Etiology of Diarrhea in Children Younger Than 5 Years Attending the Bengo General Hospital in Angola. Pediatr Infect Dis J 35(2):e28-34. IF=2.72.
- 2015 Claudia Istrate, Sumit Sharma, Johan Nordgren, Sandra Videira e Castro, Ângela Lopes, João Piedade, Ahmed Zaky, António Lima, Edgar Neves, José Veiga, Aida Esteves, ” High detection rate of G8P[6] rotavirus in children with acute gastroenteritis in São Tomé and Príncipe” Archives of Virology vol. 160 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2244-7 IF=2.282 Times cites= 0, Q3.
- 2014 Claudia Istrate, Marie Hagbom, Elena Vikstrom, Karl-Eric Magnusson, Lennart Svensson, ”Rotavirus infection increases intestinal motility but not permeability at the onset of diarrhoea. (*MH and CI contributed equally to this paper). Journal of Virology vol. 88, no. 6, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02927-13 IF=4.648, Times cites= 0, Q1.
