What are the available data on incidence & prevalence prognosis risk factors of severity of sickle cell disease in sub‐Saharan Africa? ABSTRACT Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is highly prevalent in sub‐Saharan Africa. Epidemiological data remain sparse, but regional screening and research initiatives are expanding.
Brigitte Ranque +2 more
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Introdução: De acordo com o relatório da OMS, nos últimos anos, a incidência da hemorragia pós-parto aumentou consideravelmente nos países em via de desenvolvimento, como é o caso de Angola.
Ema Paulo Nunes +4 more
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African-European contacts in the Kongo Kingdom (sixteenth-eighteenth centuries): new archaeological insights from Ngongo Mbata (Lower Congo, DRC) [PDF]
Ngongo Mbata, the main and most affluent center of the Kongo kingdom’s Mbata province in the 17th century, is well known from the historical sources, but virtually unexplored in archaeological publications.
Bostoen, Koen +7 more
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Frequency of ABO/Rh Blood Groups Among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Luanda, Angola
Background Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by alterations in glucose, lipid, and protein metabolism, which can be identified by detecting high blood glucose levels.
Euclides Nenga +5 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Evaluation of the Bioenergetic Potential of Marine Macroalgae in Anaerobic Digestion Systems
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the production of biogas by anaerobic digestion, using three groups of marine macroalgae: Chlorophytes (green), Phaeophytes (brown), Rhodophytes (red), and their mixture (GRB). The objective was to investigate how the composition of each group influences the production of biogas and methane, as well as the use of digestate
Edivania Silva de Pontes +5 more
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Diversidade genética e resistência antirretroviral em mulheres grávidas de Luanda, Angola
Introdução: A vigilância da resistência do HIV-1 aos antirretrovirais é fundamental para assegurar a eficácia da terapia antirretroviral (TARV), sobretudo em populações vulneráveis, como gestantes.
Cruz S. Sebastião +11 more
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Pathway Weathering in Granitoid Rocks from Central Region of Angola: Geochemical and Mineralogical Data [PDF]
The Central Region of Angola is characterized by the abundance of granitoid rocks, whose weathering “in situ” originated the so-called residual soils. The textural, geochemical and mineralogical properties of these soils depend not only on the chemical ...
Bonito, Fernando A. B. +5 more
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Helminth infections, atopy, asthma and allergic diseases: protocol for a systematic review of observational studies worldwide. [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Childhood infections, particularly those caused by helminths are considered to be important environmental exposures influencing the development of allergic diseases.
Arrais, M +6 more
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ABSTRACT Stylized models of fertility transition predict that fertility declines first in urban areas and then in rural areas. Although capital cities are assumed to be at the forefront of a country's fertility transition, they have not been widely studied in sub‐Saharan Africa.
David A. Sánchez‐Páez +1 more
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Dog Blood Type DEA 1 in Two Municipalities of Luanda Province of Angola (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Simple Summary Blood transfusions are lifesaving procedures. In dogs, because of the absence of naturally occurring alloantibodies, the risk of an acute hemolytic transfusion reaction at the first transfusion is negligible, but mismatched transfusions ...
A. C. Silvestre-Ferreira +5 more
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