Jorge Beirão Seixas

O foco principal das atividades de investigação tem sido a Tripanossomíase Humana Africana (HAT) e a Doença de Chagas, em colaboração com a OMS, Swiss TPH e DNDi. As áreas de interesse adicionais incluem a Medicina de Viagens, a Parasitologia Médica, a Micologia e Bioética.

1. Garzón M, Pereira-da-Silva L, Seixas J, Papoila AL, Alves M, (2018) Subclinical Enteric Parasitic Infections and Growth Faltering in Infants in São Tomé, Africa: A Birth Cohort StudyInt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 15(4), 688; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15040688
2. Garzón M, Pereira-da-Silva L, Seixas J, Papoila AL, Alves M, Ferreira F, Reis A. (2017) Association of enteric parasitic infections with intestinal inflammation and permeability in asymptomatic infants of São Tomé Island. Pathog Glob Health. Mar 10:1-12. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2017.1299831
3. Parreira R, Conceição C, Centeno-Lima S, Marques N, Saraiva da Cunha J, Abreu C, Sá L, Sarmento A, Atouguia J, Moneti V, Azevedo T, Nina J, Mansinho K, Antunes A, Teodósio R, Nazareth T, Seixas J. (2014) Angola’s 2013 dengue outbreack, clinical, laboratory and molecular analysis of cases from four Portuguese institutions. Infect Dev Ctries. 12;8(9):1210-5.
4. Cortez J, Providência R, Ramos E, Valente C, Seixas J, Meruje M, et al. (2012) Emerging and under-recognized Chagas cardiomyopathy in nonendemic countries. World J Cardiol. 4:234-9.
5. Lutje V, Seixas J, Kennedy A. (2010) Chemotherapy for second-stage Human African trypanosomiasis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD006201. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006201.pub2.