Insights on the Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure associated with migrants from Portuguese-speaking countries over a three-year period in Greater Lisbon, Portugal: Implications at the public health level.

Authors: Pereira C, Gomes P, Taveira R, Silva C, Maltez F, Macedo R, Costa C, Couvin D, Rastogi N, Viveiros M, Perdigão J, Portugal I
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Infection Genetics and Evolution
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30928606

Tuberculosis among foreign-born patients is a key indicator of country-level epidemiological profiles and, of an increasing concern in Europe given the more intensified migratory waves of refugees. Since Portugal presents a lower immigrant-associated TB incidence rate when compared to other European countries, we sought to characterize the epidemiology and transmission dynamics among the foreign-born population […]
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Second WIN International Conference on “integrated approaches and innovative tools for combating insecticide resistance in vectors of arboviruses”, October 2018, Singapore

Authors: Corbel V, Durot C, Achee NL, Chandre F, Coulibaly MB, David JP, Devine GJ, Dusfour I, Fonseca DM, Griego J, Juntarajumnong W, Lenhart A, Kasai S, Martins AJ, Moyes C, Ng LC, Pinto J, Pompon JF, Müller P, Raghavendra K, Roiz D, Vatandoost H, Vontas J, Weetman D
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Parasites & Vectors
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31269996

The past 40 years have seen a dramatic emergence of epidemic arboviral diseases transmitted primarily by mosquitoes. The frequency and magnitude of the epidemics, especially those transmitted by urban Aedes species, have progressively increased over time, accelerating in the past 10 years. To reduce the burden and threat of vector-borne diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) has […]
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Rare and undersampled dimorphic basidiomycetes

Authors: Kachalkin AV, Turchetti B, Inácio J, Carvalho C, Mašínová T, Pontes A, Röhl O, Glushakova AM, Akulov A, Baldrian P, Begerow D, Buzzini P, Sampaio JP, Yurkov AM, Yurkov A
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Mycological Progress
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11557-019-01491-5

The diversity of yeasts has grown rapidly as the discovery of new species has benefited from intensified sampling and largely improved identification techniques. An environmental study typically reports the isolation of yeast species, some of which are new to science. Rare species represented by a few isolates often do not result in a taxonomic description. […]
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Are opportunities being missed? Burden of HIV, STI and TB, and unawareness of HIV among african migrants

Authors: Dias S, Gama A, Tavares AM, Reigado V, Simões D, Carreiras E, Mora C, Pinto Ferreira A
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31366010

Sub-Saharan African migrants (SSAMs) have been disproportionately affected by infectious disease burden. We aimed to identify correlates of HIV, past sexually transmitted infection (STI) and past Tuberculosis infection (TB), as well as examine HIV seropositivity unawareness and testing history among SSAMs. A venue-based sample of 790 SSAMs completed a cross-sectional biobehavioral survey on sexual practices, […]
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In silico and in vitro evaluation of tetrahydropyridine compounds as efflux inhibitors in Mycobacterium abscessus

Authors: Ramis IB, Vianna JS, Silva Junior L, von Groll A, Ramos DF, Zanatta N, Viveiros M, Silva PEAD
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Tuberculosis
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472979219300654

Herein, we evaluated tetrahydropyridine (THP) compounds (NUNM) as antimicrobials and inhibitors of the efflux mechanism in M. abscessus. subsp. abscessus. The modulation factor (MF) of efflux inhibitors was calculated from the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of amikacin (AMI), ciprofloxacin (CIP) and clarithromycin (CLA) in the absence and presence of subinhibitory concentrations of the NUNM compounds and canonical […]
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Insights on the Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure associated with migrants from Portuguese-speaking countries over a three-year period in Greater Lisbon, Portugal: Implications at the public health level.

Second WIN International Conference on “integrated approaches and innovative tools for combating insecticide resistance in vectors of arboviruses”, October 2018, Singapore

Rare and undersampled dimorphic basidiomycetes

Are opportunities being missed? Burden of HIV, STI and TB, and unawareness of HIV among african migrants

In silico and in vitro evaluation of tetrahydropyridine compounds as efflux inhibitors in Mycobacterium abscessus

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