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Intervenção PRAdA: Efeitos no Peso Induzidos por Proposta de Alteração de Comportamento Alimentar em Hipertensos Medicados Nativos Portugueses e Imigrantes de Origem Africana

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2014
Introdução: Perdas de peso melhoram o controlo da tensão arterial em indivíduos hipertensos. As intervenções comportamentais para a perda de peso parecem ser menos eficazes nos imigrantes de origem africana (IOA).
Catarina Peixoto, Gisela Carrilho, Violeta Alarcão, Filipa Guerra, Rui Simões, Milene Fernandes, Paulo Nicola, Sofia Guiomar, Paulo Nogueira, Evangelista Rocha   +9 more
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Epidemiology, species composition and genetic diversity of tetra- and octonucleated Entamoeba spp. in different Brazilian biomes

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Entamoeba species harbored by humans have different degrees of pathogenicity. The present study explores the intra- and interspecific diversity, phylogenetic relationships, prevalence and distribution of tetra- and octonucleated cyst-producing
Deiviane Aparecida Calegar, Kerla Joeline Lima Monteiro, Polyanna Araújo Alves Bacelar, Brenda Bulsara Costa Evangelista, Mayron Morais Almeida, Jéssica Pereira dos Santos, Márcio Neves Boia, Beatriz Coronato-Nunes, Lauren Hubert Jaeger, Filipe Anibal Carvalho-Costa   +9 more
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Urbanization and Vector Species Shape Avian Malaria Prevalence in Mosquitoes

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Avian malaria prevalence was assessed in two mosquito species across urban and peri‐urban habitats. No infections were detected in either species in urban areas, while a 2.53% prevalence was found in the native Culex pipiens from peri‐urban sites, highlighting the influence of urbanization on parasite transmission dynamics.
Paula Parra, Jesús Veiga, Marta Garrigós, Guillermo Panisse, Mario Garrido, Josué Martínez‐de la Puente   +5 more
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Epidemiologia [PDF]

, 2022
Este manual é elaborado no âmbito da Unidade Curricular de Epidemiologia e Bioestatística do curso de Mestrado em Enfermagem Comunitária área de Saúde Comunitária e Saúde Pública.
Frade, João Manuel Graça
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Influence of SARS-CoV-2 variants on COVID-19 epidemiological and clinical profiles: a comparative analysis of two waves of cases

Virology Journal
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has been the most significant health challenge of the last century. Multiple and successive waves of COVID-19 cases, driven particularly by the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants, have kept the world in a constant state
Pérola Rodrigues dos Santos, Uener Ribeiro dos Santos, Íris Terezinha Santos de Santana Silva, Hllytchaikra Ferraz Fehlberg, Fabrício Barbosa Ferreira, George Rego Albuquerque, Ana Paula Melo Mariano, Murillo Ferreira da Silva, Leonardo Santos Lemos, Karoline Almeida Piton, Mylene de Melo Silva, Renato Fontana, Eric Roberto Guimarães Rocha Aguiar, Lauro Juliano Marin, Sandra Rocha Gadelha   +14 more
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Cumulative effect of multiple health and social factors on adolescent mental well‐being: a cross‐sectional study in Catalonia

Child and Adolescent Mental Health, EarlyView.
Background While numerous studies have explored factors contributing to poor mental health, few have examined the combined influence of multiple health and social factors and their cumulative effect. This study specifically aimed to analyze the cumulative effect of multiple health and social factors associated with poor mental well‐being in school‐aged
Marina Robles‐Muñoz, Marina Bosque‐Prous, Cinta Folch, Helena González‐Casals, Gemma Drou‐Roget, Cristina Torrado‐Cortés, Carles Muntaner, Albert Espelt   +7 more
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Wing morphometric variability in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from different urban built environments

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Aedes aegypti is the main vector of the dengue, Zika and several other arboviruses. It is highly adapted to urbanized environments and can be found worldwide.
Ramon Wilk-da-Silva, Morgana Michele Cavalcanti de Souza Leal Diniz, Mauro Toledo Marrelli, André Barretto Bruno Wilke   +3 more
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Monitoring wildlife health for diseases with visible signs by integrating camera traps with marked individuals

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Monitoring wildlife health is essential for conservation and management, wildlife and livestock welfare, and public health in a One Health framework. Yet, wildlife health monitoring often requires long‐term fieldwork and intensive sampling, which can be costly or logistically challenging, especially for remote, rare, or elusive populations. To
Jonathan Tichon, Roi Lapid, Roni King, Elyasaf Freiman, Orr Spiegel, Erez Baruchi, Aviam Atar, Shirli Bar‐David, David Saltz   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validade, Reprodutibilidade e Confiabilidade do Índice de Capacidade para o Trabalho: Uma Revisão Sistemática

Revista de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecção, 2017
Justificativa e objetivo: descrever os estudos de validade, reprodutibilidade e confiabilidade do Índice de Capacidade para o Trabalho (ICT). Método: trata-se de uma revisão sistemática, a busca de dados foi realizada nas bases eletrônicas BVS e PUBMED ...
Técia Maria Santos Carneiro e Cordeiro, Danyella Santana Souza, Tânia Maria de Araújo   +2 more
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