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Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus and syphilis among indi- viduals attending anonymous testing for HIV in Luanda, Angola

  • Autores: Castro R, Guimarães NH, Lopes A, Pereira F
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • Journal: South African Medical Journal
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23472697

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis remain major infections around the world. In Angola there are about 166 000 individuals living with HIV, representing a prevalence of 1.98% in adults between 15 and 49 years of age. In a 2003 study in Luanda, 4.5% of pregnant women had antibodies to HIV and 8.1% to HBV, and 5.4% were infected with Treponema pallidum.
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Assessing therapeutic management of vaginal and urethral symptoms in an anonymous HIV testing centre in Luanda, Angola

  • Autores: Castro R, Exposto F, Guimarães H, Tavira L
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • 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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Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus and syphilis among individuals attending anonymous testing for HIV in Luanda, Angola

  • Autores: Castro R, Guimarães Nebenzahl H, Lopes A, Pereira F
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • Journal: South African Medical Journal
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23472697

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis remain major infections around the world. In Angola there are about 166 000 individuals living with HIV, representing a prevalence of 1.98% in adults between 15 and 49 years of age. In a 2003 study in Luanda, 4.5% of pregnant women had antibodies to HIV and 8.1% to HBV, and 5.4% were infected with Treponema pallidum.
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Lymphogranuloma venereum serovar L2b in Portugal

  • Autores: Araújo C, Baptista T, Castro R, da Luz Martins Pereira F, Mansinho K, Nunes H, Prieto E, Vale A
  • Ano de Publicação: 2010
  • Journal: International journal of STD & AIDS
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20378898

Chlamydia trachomatis, serovar L2, is the causative agent of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), which during recent years has been responsible for various outbreaks reported among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Western Europe, America, Canada and Australia.
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Epidemiological surveillance of colonising group B Streptococcus epidemiology in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley regions, Portugal (2005 to 2012): emergence of a new epidemic type IV/clonal complex 17 clone

  • Autores: Borrego MJ, Castro R, Damiao V, Farinha C, Florindo C, Martins-Pereira F, Nogueira F, Rodrigues F, Santos-Sanches I, Silvestre I
  • Ano de Publicação: 2014
  • Journal: Eurosurveillance
  • Link: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20825

This study presents the serotype distribution and the antibiotic resistance profile of 953 colonising group B Streptococcus (GBS) recovered from women of child bearing age (15 to 49 years) between 2005 and 2012 in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, Portugal. Overall, serotypes Ia, II, III, and V were the most common, accounting 752 of the 953 isolates (about 80%).
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Evaluation of an Immunochromatographic Point-of-Care Test for the Simultaneous Detection of Nontreponemal and Treponemal Antibodies in Patients With Syphilis

  • Autores: Castro R, Lopes A, Martins Pereira FdL
  • Ano de Publicação: 2014
  • Journal: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25013972

We described the evaluation of the Syphilis Screening & Confirm Assay for the simultaneous detection of nontreponemal and treponemal antibodies. A total of 248 samples were evaluated. The sensitivity of the tests was 98.8%, 99.5% and 98.9%, while specificity was 94.7%, 88.9% and 93.2%, respectively, as compared with the rapid plasma reagin, Treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay, and fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption tests.
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