Noémia Nhancupe

Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Toxoplasma gondii Infection in People Living with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Study from Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique

Leonardo Manuel, Isac Rodrigues Comia, Regina Daniel Miambo, Irina Mendes de Sousa et autres

Background: This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in people living with HIV (PWH) in Maputo, Mozambique, exploring the interactions between HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and toxoplasmosis, including HIV-related factors such as the World Health Organization (WHO) HIV/AIDS clinical stage, …

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Cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis in people from Mocuba district, Zambézia province: A Mozambican community-based study

Janny Mucavele, Noémia Nhancupe, Guilherme Susstrunk Monteiro, Regina Daniel Miambo et autres

INTRODUCTION: Taenia solium cysticercosis represents a significant public health concern, especially in low-income countries such as Mozambique, where especially the sub form neurocysticercosis can be associated with acute symptomatic seizures, epilepsy and other neurological and psychiatric disorders. Therefore, this study aimed to …

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A Cross Sectional Study on the Bidirectional Interactions Between Leptospirosis and HIV Infection Among Patients from Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique

Isac Rodrigues Comia, Leonardo Manuel, Regina Daniel Miambo, Awa Carimo et autres

Introduction: This study aims to determine the baseline seroprevalence of leptospirosis, a zoonotic and neglected disease, in people living with HIV (PWH) in Maputo, Mozambique, and to evaluate the relationship between selected HIV-related factors that might influence risk of coinfection with leptospirosis, …

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The burden of T. solium cysticercosis and selected neuropsychiatric disorders in Mocuba district, Zambézia province, Mozambique

Irene Langa, Fernando Padama, Noémia Nhancupe, Alberto Pondja et autres

BACKGROUND: Taenia solium (neuro-)cysticercosis, a neglected tropical disease, can be associated with epileptic seizures and other neuropsychiatric (= neurological and psychiatric) disorders. This study aimed to evaluate the association of T. solium cysticercosis with selected neuropsychiatric disorders and/or symptoms (chronic headache, epileptic …

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Data from: The burden of T. solium cysticercosis and selected neuropsychiatric disorders in Mocuba district, Zambézia province, Mozambique

Irene Langa, Fernando Padama, Noémia Nhancupe, Alberto Pondja et autres

This dataset is from a study that aimed to evaluate the association of the disease with selected neuropsychiatric disorders and/or symptoms (chronic headache, epileptic seizures/epilepsy and psychosis) in Mocuba district, Mozambique.

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Data from: The burden of T. solium cysticercosis and selected neuropsychiatric disorders in Mocuba district, Zambézia province, Mozambique

Irene Langa, Fernando Padama, Noémia Nhancupe, Alberto Pondja et autres

This dataset is from a study that aimed to evaluate the association of the disease with selected neuropsychiatric disorders and/or symptoms (chronic headache, epileptic seizures/epilepsy and psychosis) in Mocuba district, Mozambique.

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Neurocysticercosis in Epileptic Children: An Overlooked Condition in Mozambique, Challenges in Diagnosis, Management and Research Priorities.

Emília Virgínia Noormahomed, Noémia Nhancupe, Jeronimo C. Mufume, Robert Turner Schooley et autres

Previous studies suggest that neurocysticercosis (NCC), the most common cause of acute symptomatic seizures (ASS), epilepsy and other neuropsychiatric disorders, typically presents with a solitary lesion and focal seizures in children from places where cysticercosis is endemic. We report a series of …

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Assessment of Parasitic Contamination of Lettuce and Cabbages Sold in Selected Markets in Maputo City, Mozambique.

Irina Mendes de Sousa, Lurdes Zucula, Noémia Nhancupe, Lucas Banze et autres

Background: In Mozambique, vegetables are the main source of nutrients and they are consumed raw or cooked. Their consumption, especially in their raw form, might be a source of contamination, which may take place during production and/or transportation as well as in …

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Further evaluation of recombinant Tsol-p27 by enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot for the serodiagnosis of cysticercosis in pigs from Mozambique

Noémia Nhancupe, Emília Virgínia Noormahomed, Sónia Afonso, Staffan G. Svärd et autres

BACKGROUND: Porcine cysticercosis has a negative impact on human health and the meat industry, as it makes infected meat unaproprieted for consuption and it is the main etiology of epileptic seizures in developing countries. There are multiple serological assays that use crude …

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Immunoreactive proteins in Taenia solium/cysticercus cellulosae

Noémia Nhancupe

Cysticercosis caused by Taenia solium is a common zoonotic parasitic disease in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and parts of Oceania, and it is responsible for many cases of epileptic seizures. Imaging techniques used to diagnose neurocysticercosis (NCC) are expensive and therefore rarely …

Performance of Tsol-p27 antigen for the serological diagnosis of cysticercosis in Mozambique

Noémia Nhancupe, Emília Virgínia Noormahomed, Sònia Afonso, K.I. Falk et autres

The diagnosis of neurocysticercosis (NCC) requires expensive neuroimaging techniques that are seldom affordable for people in endemic countries. Accordingly, there is a need for new low-cost diagnostic methods that offer high sensitivity and specificity. In this study, we evaluated Western blot analysis …

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Further characterization of Tsol-p27 as a diagnostic antigen in sub-Saharan Africa

Noémia Nhancupe, Fernando Salazar-Anton, Emília Virgínia Noormahomed, Sònia Afonso et autres

Commercial antigens used to diagnose human neurocysticercosis are obtained from either a soluble parasite extract or a parasite-derived glycoprotein fraction. The aim of the present study was to identify antigenic proteins as potential diagnostic candidates in Mozambique. Soluble proteins from Taenia solium …

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