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Microbiological assessment reveals that Salmonella, Shigella and Campylobacter infections are widespread in HIV infected and uninfected patients with diarrhea in Mozambique

Hlashwayo, Delfina Fernandes; Noormahomed, Emilia Virgınia; Bahule, Leonilde; Benson, Constance A.; Schooley, Robert T.; Sigaúque, Betuel; Barrett, Kim E.; Bila, Custódio Gabriel (University of Oxford, 2023-05)

Diarrhea is an important cause of hospitalizations in Mozambique. However, little attention has been paid to the impact HIV infection on the prevalence or clinical manifestations of enteric bacterial infections. This ...
Survey of clinical and anatomic pathology laboratory infrastructure in Mozambique

Ismail, Mamudo R.; Noormahomed, Emília; Lawicki, Shaun; Eichbaum, Quentin (Oxford University Press, 2021)

Objectives: Pathology services are limited in most areas of sub-Saharan Africa. This study’s aim was to survey anatomic and clinical pathology services and laboratory infrastructure in Mozambique.Methods: A survey was ...
Surgical patients travel longer distances than non-surgical patients toreceive care at a rural hospital in Mozambique

Faierman, Michelle L.; Anderson, Jamie E.; Assane, Americo; Bendix, Peter; Vaz, Fernando; Rose, John A.; Funzamo, Carlos; Bickler, Stephen W.; Noormahomed, Emilia (Oxford University Press, 2014-06)

Background:Surgical care is increasingly recognised as an important component of global health delivery.However, there are still major gaps in knowledge related to access to surgical care in low-income countries. Inthis ...
Neurocysticercosis in child bearing women: an overlooked condition in Mozambique and a potentially missed diagnosis in women presenting with Eclampsia

Saldanha, Virginia; Saldanha, Galileu; Reys, Roberto Pelegrino; Benson, Constance Ann; Noormahomed, Emília (HHS Public Access, 2018-11)

Several studies suggest that neurocysticercosis might be one of the main reasons for onset of seizures in adolescents and young adults in Mozambique, however, no studies have evaluated the burden and impact of the disease ...
Occurrence of feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukaemia virus in Maputo city and province, Mozambique: a pilot study

Tchamo, Cesaltina C. L. M.; Rugeriis, Mónica de; Noormahomed, Emília (SAGE, 2019)

Objectives Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) are immunosuppressive viruses in cats that increase their susceptibility to zoonotic pathogens. This study aimed to determine the occurrence ...
Molecular detection of pathogens in ticks infesting cattle in Nampula province, Mozambique

Matsimbe, Ana Marcília; Magaia, Vlademiro; Sanches, Gustavo Seron; Neves, Luís; Noormahomed, Emília; Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, Ana (Springer, 2017-08)

Ticks are ectoparasites that can act as vectors of a large number of pathogens in wild and domestic animals, pets, and occasionally humans. The global threat of emerging or re-emerging tick-borne diseases supports the need ...
Prevalence of intestinal parasites among HIV infected and HIV uninfected patients treated at the 1°de Maio Health Centre in Maputo, Mozambique

Cerveja, Borges Zacarias; Tucuzo, Rafael Manuel; Madureira, Ana Carina; Nhacupe, Noémia; Langa, Irene Alda; Buene, Titos; Banze, Lucas; Funzamo, Carlos; Noormahomed, Emília (HHS Public Access, 2017)

Introduction—Increased evidence suggests intestinal parasite infections, one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, increase the acquisition and progression of AIDS.Objective—The aim of this ...
From easing lockdowns to scaling up community-based coronavirus disease 2019 screening, testing, and contact tracing in Africa-shared approaches, innovations, and challenges to minimize morbidity and mortality

Nachega, Jean B.; Grimwood, Ashraf; Mahomed, Hassan; Fatti, Geoffrey; Preise, Wolfgang; Kallay, Oscar; Mbala, Placide K.; Muyembe, Jean-Jacques T.; Rwagasore, Edson; Nsanzimana, Sabin; Ngamije, Daniel; Condo, Jeanine; Sidat, Mohsin; Noormahomed, Emilia; Reid, Michael; Lukeni, Beatrice; Suleman, Fatima; Mteta, Alfred; Zumla, Alimuddin (Oxford University Press, 2020-05)

The arrival of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the African continent resulted in a range of lockdown measures that cur-tailed the spread of the infection but caused economic hardship. African countries now face ...
A cross-sectional serological study of cysticercosis,schistosomiasis, toxocariasis and echinococcosis in HIV-1 infected people in Beira, Mozambique

Noormahomed, Emilia; Nhacupe, Noemia; Mascaro ́-Lazcano, Carmen; Mauaie, Manuel Natane; Buene, Titos; Funzamo, Carlos Abel; Benson, Constance Ann (PLOS, 2014)

Background:Helminthic infections are highly endemic in Mozambique, due to limited access to healthcare and resourcesfor disease prevention. Data on the subclinical prevalence of these diseases are scarce due to the fact ...
Human toxoplasmosis in Mozambique: gaps in knowledge and research opportunities

Manuel, Leonardo; Santos‐Gomes, Gabriela; Noormahomed, Emilia (BMC, 2020)

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic zoonotic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii that afflicts humans worldwide and wild and domestic warm-blooded animals. In immunocompetent individuals, the acute phase of infection presents ...
Ethnobotanical study of plants used by the traditional healers to treatmalaria in Mogovolas district, northern Mozambique

Manuel, Leonardo; Bechel, Aurelio; Noormahomed, Emília; Hlashwayo, Delfina Fernandes; Madureira, Maria do Ceu (Cell Press, 2020-12)

Introduction:Malaria is an important parasitic disease that affects mostly the African continent. Traditionalmedicine is very important in Mozambique and traditional healers play a key role in the primary health careservices, ...
Susceptibility antibiotic screening reveals high rates of multidrug resistance of Salmonella, Shigella and Campylobacter in HIV infected and uninfected patients from Mozambique

Hlashwayo, Delfina F.; Noormahomed, Emília V.; Bahule, Leonilde; Benson, Constance A.; Schooley, Robert T.; Sigaúque, Betuel; Barrett, Kim E.; Bila, Custódio G. (BMC, 2023)

Background Antibacterial resistance is a growing concern worldwide, including in Mozambique. Diarrhea is an important cause of mortality in Mozambique, yet few local studies have reported on the resistance of ...
Effectiveness of remote screening for diabetic retinopathy among patients referred to Mozambican Diabetes Association (AMODIA): a retrospective observational study

Rigato, Mauro; Nollino, Laura; Tiago, Armindo; Spedicato, Luigi; Simango, Leopoldo Moises Carlos; Putoto, Giovanni; Avogaro, Angelo; Fadini, Gian Paolo (Springer, 2022)

Aims Diabetes represents a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, where diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major cause of permanent visual loss. We reported the results of a remote screening of DR among urbanized ...
Association study of eight candidate genes with renin status in mild-to-moderate hypertension in patients of African ancestry

Tiago, Armindo D.; Nkeh, Benedicta; Candy, Geoffrey P.; Badenhorst, Danelle; Defterios, Dawn; Brooksbank, Richard; Nejthardt, Martin; Luker, Francis; Milne, John; Woodiwiss, Angela J.; Norton, Gavin R. (University of the Witwatersrand, 2001)

Aim. We evaluated whether anyone variant of genes that encode for substances that could modulate renin-angiotensin-aldosterone (RAA) system activity can account for a substantial proportion of the variability of plasma RAA ...
Induction and decay of functional complement-fixing antibodies by the RTS,S malaria vaccine in children, and a negative impact of malaria exposure

Kurtovic, Liriye; Agius, Paul A.; Feng, Gaoqian; Drew, Damien R.; Ubillos, Itziar; Sacarlal, Jahit; Aponte, John J.; Fowkes, Freya J. I.; Dobaño, Carlota; Beeson, James G. (BMC, 2019)

Background: Leading malaria vaccine, RTS,S, is based on the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) of sporozoites. RTS,S confers partial protection against malaria in children, but efficacy wanes relatively quickly after ...
Prozone in malaria rapid diagnostics tests: how many cases are missed?

Gillet, Philippe; Scheirlinck, Annelies; Stokx, Jocelijn; Weggheleire, Anja de; Chaúque, Hélder S.; Canhanga, Oreana D. J. V.; Tadeu, Benvindo T.; Mosse, Carla D. D.; Tiago, Armindo; Mabunda, Samuel; Bruggema, Cathrien; Bottieau, Emmanuel; Jacobs, Jan (BioMed Central, 2011)

Background: Prozone means false-negative or false-low results in antigen-antibody reactions, due to an excess of either antigen or antibody. The present study prospectively assessed its frequency for malaria rapid diagnostic ...
A country-wide malaria survey in Mozambique. II. Malaria attributable proportion of fever and establishment of malaria case definition in children across different epidemiological settings

Mabunda, Samuel; Aponte, John J.; Tiago, Armindo; Alonso, Pedro (BioMed Central, 2009)

Background: Protection against clinical malaria episodes is acquired slowly after frequent exposure to malaria parasites. This is reflected by a decrease with increasing age in both parasite density and incidence of ...
Impact of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system gene variants on the severity of hypertension in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension

Tiago, Armindo; Badenhorst, Danelle; Nkeh, Benedicta; Candy, Geoffrey P.; Brooksbank, Richard; Sarel, Pinhas; Libhabe, Elena; Samani, Nilesh J.; Woodiwiss, Angela J.; Norton, Gavin R. (Elsevier, 2003)

ackground:The severity of hypertension has prog-nostic significance. Previous studies have assessed therelationship between renin-angiotensin-aldosterone sys-tem (RAAS) genotype and the severity of hypertension ...
A rare anatomic piece of a horse shoe kidney

Dadá, Mahomed Sidique Abdul Cadar; Dadá, Abdul Habib Mahomed; Sacarlal, Jahit (Brazilian Society of Anatomy, 2022)

Introduction: the authors describe an unusual case of HORSE KIDNEY of a piece present in the museum of anatomy of the Faculty of Medicine at the Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique
An aldosterone synthase gene variant is associated with improvementin left ventricular ejection fraction in dilated cardiomyopathy

Tiago, Armindo; Badenhorst, Danelle; Skudicky, Daniel; Woodiwiss, Angela J.; Candy, Geoffrey P.; Brooksbank, Richard; Sliwa, Karen; Sareli, Pinhas; Norton, Gavin R. (Elsevier, 2002)

Objective:To assess whether renin–angiotensin–aldosterone (RAA) system gene polymorphisms shown to be associated withalterations in the activity of the system, may predict cardiac function changes ...

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