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Delgadinho M.; Ginete C.; Santos B.; Mendes J.; Miranda A.; Vasconcelos J.; Brito M. Microbial gut evaluation in an angolan paediatric population with sickle cell disease. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (2022) doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.17402

Dengue virus among HIV-infected pregnant women attending antenatal care in Luanda, Angola: an emerging public health concern https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01356

Delgadinho, M.; Ginete, C.; Santos, B.; Fernandes, C.; Silva, C.; Miranda, A.; Vasconcelos, J.N.d.; Brito, M. How Hydroxyurea Alters the Gut Microbiome: A Longitudinal Study Involving Angolan Children with Sickle Cell Anemia. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 9061. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23169061

Gonçalves MAA; Pedro JM; Silva C; Magalhães P; Brito M. Electrocardiographic findings in pregnant women in Angola. Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology, 00, e12980. https://doi.org/10.1111/anec.12980

Fançony C, Soares Â, Lavinha J, Brito M. Zinc Deficiency Interacts with Intestinal/Urogenital Parasites in the Pathway to Anemia in Preschool Children, Bengo–Angola. Nutrients. 2022; 14(7):1392. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14071392

Paixao J, Galangue M, Gaston C, Carralero R, Lino C, Júlio G, David Z, Francisco M, Sebastião CS, Sacomboio ENM, Morais J, Francisco NM. Early Evidence of Circulating SARS-CoV-2 in Unvaccinated and Vaccinated Measles Patients, September 2019, February 2020. Infect Drug Resist. 2022;15:533-544
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Gonçalves M. ; Pedro J.; Silva C., Magalhães P. Brito M. Prevalence of major and minor electrocardiographic abnormalities and their relationship with cardiovascular risk factors in Angolans. IJC Heart & Vasculature. Volume 39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.100965

Sebastião C. S., Teixeira C., António S., Kinanga M., Neto Z., Paixão J., Mateus A., Zinga D, Vasconcelos JN.and Morais J. (2022) Epidemiological Characteristics and Risk Factors Related to Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Luanda, Angola. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0659

Sacomboio ENM, Sassoke JL, Hungulo OFS, Ekundi-Valentim E, Cassinela EK, et al. (2021) Frequency of ABO/Rh Blood Groups and Social Condition of Hypertensive Patients in Luanda. J Blood Disord Med 4(1): dx.doi.org/10.16966/2471-5026.125

Gonçalves, M., Pedro, J., Silva , C., Magalhães, P., & Brito, M. (2021). Prevalência de fibrilhação auricular na Província do Bengo, Angola: resultados de um estudo de base populacional. RevSALUS - Revista Científica Internacional Da Rede Académica Das Ciências Da Saúde Da Lusofonia, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.51126/revsalus.v3i2.146

Gil JP and Fançony C. Plasmodium falciparum Multidrug Resistance Proteins (pfMRPs). Front. Pharmacol. 2021. 12:759422. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.759422

Sebastião, C.S., Galangue, M., Gaston, C. et al. Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and risk factors among healthy blood donors in Luanda, Angola. BMC Infect Dis 21, 1131 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06814-0

C. Sebastião, Parimbelli P., Mendes M., Sacomboio E., Morais J., Vasconcelos J., Brito M. Prevalence and risk factors of SARS-CoV-2 Infection among parturients and newborns from Luanda, Angola. Pathogens 2021, 10(11), 1494; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10111494.

S. S. Cruz, Gaston C. Paixão JP, Sacomboio, E, Neto Z.,Vasconcelos J.N., Morais J. (2021) Coinfection between SARS-CoV-2 and vector-borne diseases in Luanda, Angola. Journal of Medical Virology Wiley 2021 DOI:10.1002/jmv.27354

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. Lancet. 2021 Sep 11;398(10304):957-980. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01330-1

M Arrais, Lulua, F Quifica, J Rosado-Pinto, J Gama, P Cooper, L Taborda-Barata & M Brito (2021) Lack of consistent association between asthma, allergic diseases and intestinal helminth infection in school-aged children in the province of Bengo, Angola. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 6156. Doi: 10.3390/ijerph18116156

Rosário, E.V.N., Severo, M., Francisco, D. et al. Examining the relation between the subjective and objective social status with health reported needs and health-seeking behaviour in Dande, Angola. BMC Public Health 21, 979 (2021). DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11003-4

Sebastião C, Neto Z, Martinez P, Jandondo D, Antonio J, et al. Sociodemographic characteristics and risk factors related to SARS-CoV-2 infection in Luanda, Angola. 2021. PLOS ONE 16(5): e0252254 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249249

Sebastião C, Galangue M, Gaston C, Van-Dunen R, Jandondo D, Neto Z, Vasconcelos J, Morais J. Serological identification of past and recent SARS-CoV-2 infection through antibody screening in Luanda, Angola. Wiley online Library. Health Science Reports Vol. 4, Issue 2 e280. DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.280. 

Delgadinho M, Ginete C, Santos B, Miranda A,  Brito M. Genotypic Diversity among Angolan Children with Sickle Cell Anemia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 5417. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18105417

Arrais M, Dias W,. Gama JMR and Brito M. Physicians perceptions of their knowledge and health facilities preparedness to diagnose and manage COVID-19 in Angola. International Health 2021; 0: 1–8. DOI:10.1093/inthealth/ihab017

Sebastião C, J Morais & M Brito. Clinical and Public Health Implications of HIV 1 Genetic Diversity and Drug Resistance Mutations in Angola: A Systematic Review. AIDS Rev. 2021;23:48-56. DOI: 10.24875/AIDSRev.20000057.

Sebastião, C, J Morais and M Brito. Factors influencing the HIV drug resistance among pregnant women in Luanda, Angola: Findings from a cross-sectional study. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease , 6, 29. 2021. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed6010029

Fançony, C., Soares, Â., Lavinha, J., Barros, H., Brito M.; Effectiveness of Nutrition and WASH/malaria educational community-based interventions in reducing anemia in children from Angola. Sci Rep 11, 5603 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85006-x

Gasparinho C, A Kanjungo , F Zage, I Clemente, A Santos-Reis, M Brito, J C Sousa-Figueiredo, F Fortes and L Gonçalves. Impact of annual albendazole versus four-monthly test-and-treat approach of intestinal parasites on children growth - A longitudinal four-arm randomized parallel trial during two years of a community follow-up in Bengo, Angola. Pathogens 2021, 10, 309. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10030309

Mauer A, Gonçalves A, Pedro J, Silva C, Magalhães P, Brito M, Normal limits of the electrocardiogram in Angolans. Journal of Electrocardiology (2020) PMID: 33142184 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2020.10.011

Sebastião CS, J Morais & M Brito (2020). Clinical and Public Health Implications of HIV 1 Genetic Diversity and Drug Resistance Mutations in Angola: A Systematic Review. AIDS Rev. 2020;22:1-9. DOI: 10.24875/AIDSRev.20000057

Paulo, M Brito, P Van-Dunem, A Martins, RJ Novak, B Jacob, D Molyneux, TR Unnasch, R Stothard, L Kelly-Hope (2020) Clinical, serological and DNA testing in Bengo Province, Angola further reveals low filarial endemicity and opportunities for disease elimination. Parasite Epidemiology and Control 11 (2020) e00183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2020.e00183

Santos B, Delgadinho M, Ferreira J, Germano I, Miranda A, Arez AP, Faustino P & Brito M (2020) Co-Inheritance of alpha-thalassemia and sickle cell disease in a cohort of Angolan pediatric patients, Molecular Biology Reports 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05628-8

Cruz S, Neto Z, Jandondo D, Mirandela M, Morais J, Brito M. (2020) HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and syphilis among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Luanda, Angola: seroprevalence and risk factors. Journal of Medical Virology (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26148

Fançony C, Soares A, Lavinha J, Barros H, Brito M. (2020) Iron deficiency anaemia among 6-to-36-month children from northern Angola. BMC Pediatrics 20, 298 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02185-8

Arrais M, Maricoto T, Cooper PJ, Gama JMR, Nwaru BI, Brito M, Taborda-Barata L. (2020) Helminth infections, atopy, asthma and allergic diseases: protocol for a systematic review of observational studies worldwide. BMJ Open 2020;10:e038085. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-03808.

Anemia in preschool children from Angola: a review of the evidence. Fançony, C; Lavinha J; Brito, M; Barros, H. Anemia in preschool children from Angola: a review of the evidence.

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Sensitisation to aeroallergens in relation to asthma and other allergic diseases in Angolan children: a cross-sectional study. Arrais M, Lulua O, Quifica F, Rosado-Pinto J, Gama JMR, Brito M, Taborda-Barata L. Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2020 Feb 5. pii: S0301-0546(20)30005-7. doi: 10.1016/j.aller.2019.10.005

Lemos M, Pedro JM, Fançony C, Moura S, Brito M, Nery SV et al. Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis preventive chemotherapy: Adverse events in children from 2 to 15 years in Bengo province, Angola. PLoS ONE 2020;15(3):e0229247. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229247

Gender and socio-demographic distribution of body mass index: The nutrition transition in an adult Angolan community. Pedro J, Brito M, Barros H. Gender and socio-demographic distribution of body mass index: The nutrition transition in an adult Angolan community. Journal of Public Health in Africa 2018; 9:865 doi:10.4081/jphia.2018.865

Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Angolan Adults: A Descriptive Analysis from CardioBengo, a Community-Based Survey. Pedro J, Brito, M, Barros H. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Angolan Adults: A Descriptive Analysis from CardioBengo, a Community-Based Survey.International Journal of Hypertension, 2018. Doi: 10.1155/2018/2532345

Integrated community-based intervention for urinary schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in children from Caxito, Angola.

Lemos M, Fançony C, Moura S, Mirante C, Sousa P, Barros H, Nery S, Brito M. Integrated community-based intervention for urinary schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in children from Caxito, Angola. Int Health 2019: DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihz055. 

Genetic diversity and drug resistance of HIV-1 among infected pregnant women newly diagnosed in Luanda, Angola. Cruz SS, Neto Z, Jesus CS, Mirandela M, Jandondo D, Couto-Fernandez JC, Tanuri A, Morais J, Brito M. Genetic diversity and drug resistance of HIV-1 among infected pregnant women newly diagnosed in Luanda, Angola. PLOS ONE 14(11): e0225251

Determinants of maternal health care and birth outcome in the Dande Health and Demographic Surveillance System area, Angola. Rosário EVN, Gomes MC, Brito M, Costa D. Determinants of maternal health care and birth outcome in the Dande Health and Demographic Surveillance System area, Angola. PLoS ONE 14(8) Doi: e0221280

Unusual β-Globin Haplotype Distribution in Newborns from Bengo, Angola.

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Gasparinho C, Ferreira F, Mayer AC, Mirante MC, Nery SV, Reis AS, Calisto DP, Brito M. Molecular characterization of Giardia lamblia in children less than 5 years of age with diarrhoea attending the Bengo General Hospital, Angola. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 111. Doi: 10.1093/trstmh/try004

Pedro JM, Brito M, Barros H. Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolaemia among adults in Dande municipality, Angola. Cardiovasc J Afr 2017. Doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2017-047

Pedro JM, Brito M, Barros H. Tobacco consumption and nicotine dependence in Bengo Province, Angola: A community-based survey. PLoS One;12(11):e0188586. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188586

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 Molyneuxc D, Kelly-Hopec L. Rapid integrated clinical survey to determine prevalence and codistribution patterns of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis in a Loa loa co-endemic area: The Angolan experience. Parasite Epidemiology and Control; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2017.05.001

Allan F, Sousa-Figueiredo JC, Emery AM, Paulo R, Mirante C, Sebastião A, Brito M, Rollinson D. Mapping freshwater snails in north-western Angola: distribution, identity and molecular diversity of medically important taxa. Parasit Vectors. 2017;10(1):460. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2395-y. 

Cortez J, Rosário E, Pires JE, Taborda Lopes J, Francisco M, Vlieghe E, Brito M. Antimicrobial storage and antibiotic knowledge in the community: a cross-sectional pilot study in north-western Angola. Int J Infect Dis. 2017; 60:83-87. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.05.011.

Kelly-Hope L, Paulo R, Thomas B, Brito M, Unnasch TR, Molyneux D. Loa loa vectors Chrysops spp.:perspectives on research, distribution, bionomics, and implications for elimination of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis. Parasites & Vectors 2017; 10:172. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2103-y

Rosário EVN, Costa D, Francisco D, Brito M. HDSS Profile: The Dande Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Dande HDSS, Angola). Int J Epidemiol. 2017. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyx072.

Gasparinho C., Piedade J.,Mirante, MC,Mendes C., Mayer C., Nery S., Brito M., Istrate C.: Characterization of rotavirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Bengo province,Northwestern Angola, prior to vaccine introduction. PLoS ONE 12(4): e0176046. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0176046

Mirante C, Clemente I, Zambu G, Alexandre C, Ganga T, Mayer C, Brito M. Comparing concentration methods: parasitrap® versus Kato-Katz for studying the prevalence of Helminths in Bengo province, Angola. Afri Health Sci 2016;16(3): 698-703. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v16i3.9 

Rosario E, Costa D, Timóteo L, Ambrósio AA, Varanda J, Nery SV and Brito M. Main causes of death in Dande, Angola: results from Verbal Autopsies of deaths occurring during 2009–2012. BMC Public Health 2016. 16:719

Pedro JM, Rosario E, Brito M, Barros H. CardioBengo Study Protocol: a population based cardiovascular longitudinal study in Bengo Province, Angola. BMC Public Health 2016; 16:206.

Fançony C, Brito M, Gil JP. Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in Angola. Malaria Journal 2016; 15:74.

Gasparinho C, Mirante MC, Centeno-Lima S, Istrate C, Mayer AC, Tavira L, Nery SS, Brito M. Etiology of Diarrhea in Children Younger Than 5 Years Attending the Bengo General Hospital in Angola. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016; 35(2):e28-34.

Brito M, Tchonhi CL, Santos B, Veiga L. Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency in Children from 0 to 14 Years Hospitalized at the Pediatric Hospital David Bernardino, Luanda, Angola. J Pharmacogenomics Pharmacoproteomics 2014;5:125.

Fançony C, Sebastião YV, Pires JE, Gamboa D, Nery SV. “Performance of microscopy and RDTs in the context of a malaria prevalence survey in Angola: a comparison using PCR as the gold standard.” Malar J. 2013 Aug 13;12(1):284.

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