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Rita Castro

Assistant Professor

Grupo GHTM: GHTM former members

ResearchTop 5 Publications

Main scientific domain in laboratory diagnosis of STI. Molecular epidemiology and laboratory diagnosis of syphilis. Development of molecular biology techniques for STI diagnosis. Antibiotic susceptibility and resistance mechanisms in N. gonorrhoeae. Development of molecular biology techniques for Chlamydia trachomatis identification and genotyping,

  1. Castro R, Lopes A, da Luz Martins Pereira F. (2014). Evaluation of an Immunochromatographic Point-of-Care Test for the Simultaneous Detection of Nontreponemal and Treponemal Antibodies in Patients with Syphilis. Sex Transm Dis. 41(8):467-9.
  2. Martins M, Castro R, Vieira ML (2014). Métodos de Diagnóstico Serológico. pp 170-181. In “Microbiologia Médica 1”. Barroso H, Meliço-Silvestre A, Taveira N. Edições Lidel, Lisboa.
  3. Castro R, Núncio Sofia, Viera ML (2014). Treponema, Borrelia e Leptospira. pp 444-466. In “Microbiologia Médica 1”. Barroso H, Meliço-Silvestre A, Taveira N. Edições Lidel, Lisboa.
  4. Castro R, Baptista T, Vale A, Nunes H, Prieto E, Carlos Araújo, Mansinho K, Pereira F (2010). Lymphogranuloma venereum serovar L2b in Portugal” Int J STD AIDS. 21(4):265-266.
  5. Castro R, Prieto E, Águas MJ, Manata MJ, Botas J, Pereira F. (2009). Molecular subtyping of Treponema pallidum sp pallidum in Lisbon. J Clin Microbiol.47(8):2510-2.

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GHTM is a R&D Center that brings together researchers from IHMT with a track record in Tropical Medicine and International/Global Health. It aims at strengthening Portugal's role as a leading partner in the development and implementation of a global health research agenda. Our evidence-based interventions contribute to the promotion of equity in health and to improve the health of populations.

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