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mRNA vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19-related hospitalisations and deaths in older adults: a cohort study based on data linkage of national health registries in Portugal, February to August 2021 by Nunes, Baltazar, Rodrigues, Ana Paula, Kislaya, Irina, Cruz, Camila, Peralta-Santos, André, Lima, João, Pinto Leite, Pedro, Sequeira, Duarte, Matias Dias, Carlos, Machado, Ausenda

“…Through deterministic data linkage of health registries, mRNA vaccine effectiveness (VE) against COVID-19-related hospitalisations and deaths was measured in…”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Coronavirus Vaccine in Preventing Breakthrough Infections among Vaccinated Persons Infected with Delta and Alpha Variants by Kislaya, Irina, Rodrigues, Eduardo Freire, Borges, Vítor, Gomes, João P, Sousa, Carlos, Almeida, José P, Peralta-Santos, André, Nunes, Baltazar

“…We developed a case-case study to compare mRNA vaccine effectiveness against Delta versus Alpha coronavirus variants. We used data on 2,097 case-patients with…”
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Who wants to cross borders in the EU for healthcare? An analysis of the Eurobarometer data in 2007 and 2014 by Peralta-Santos, André, Perelman, Julian

“…The European Union (EU) Directive on Patients' Rights in Cross-border Healthcare clarified the entitlements to medical care in other EU Member states. However,…”
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Spatiotemporal evolution of COVID-19 in Portugal's Mainland with self-organizing maps by Duarte, Igor, Ribeiro, Manuel C, Pereira, Maria João, Leite, Pedro Pinto, Peralta-Santos, André, Azevedo, Leonardo

“…Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) are an unsupervised learning clustering and dimensionality reduction algorithm capable of mapping an initial complex…”
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Macronutrient composition and gestational weight gain: a systematic review by Tielemans, Myrte J, Garcia, Audry H, Peralta Santos, André, Bramer, Wichor M, Luksa, Nellija, Luvizotto, Mateus J, Moreira, Eduardo, Topi, Geriolda, de Jonge, Ester A L, Visser, Thirsa L, Voortman, Trudy, Felix, Janine F, Steegers, Eric A P, Kiefte-de Jong, Jessica C, Franco, Oscar H

“…Abnormal gestational weight gain is associated with unfavorable pregnancy outcomes. Several risk factors have been identified, but the effect of macronutrient…”
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Treatment outcomes of TB‐infected individuals attending public sector primary care clinics in rural Liberia from 2015 to 2017: a retrospective cohort study by Wickett, Eugene, Peralta‐Santos, André, Beste, Jason, Micikas, Mary, Toe, Foriest, Rogers, Julia, Jabateh, Lassana, Wagenaar, Bradley H.

“…Objectives In June 2015, Partners in Health (PIH) and the Liberian Ministry of Health began a community health worker (CHW) programme containing food support,…”
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Task Force for a rapid response to an outbreak of severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children in Portugal in 2022 by Grau-Pujol, Berta, Vieira Martins, João, Goncalves, Isabel, Rodrigues, Fernanda, de Sousa, Rita, Oliveira, Dina, Bettencourt, Joana, Mendes, Diana, Mateus de Cunha, Inês, Pocinho, Sara, Firme, Ana, dos Santos, Benvinda Estela, Peralta Santos, André, Albuquerque, Maria João, Pinto-Leite, Pedro, Tato Marinho, Rui, Vasconcelos, Paula

“…On 5 April 2022, the United Kingdom reported an increase of cases of severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children, several needing hospitalisation…”
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Comparative complete scheme and booster effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccines in preventing SARS‐CoV‐2 infections with SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron (BA.1) and Delta (B.1.617.2) variants: A case–case study based on electronic health records by Kislaya, Irina, Peralta‐Santos, André, Borges, Vítor, Vieira, Luís, Sousa, Carlos, Ferreira, Bibiana, Pelerito, Ana, Gomes, João Paulo, Leite, Pedro Pinto, Nunes, Baltazar, Machado, Ausenda, Rodrigues, Ana Paula, Peixoto, Vasco Ricoca, Casaca, Pedro, Fernandes, Eugenia, Rodrigues, Eduardo, Ferreira, Rita, Isidro, Joana, Pinto, Miguel, Duarte, Sílvia, Santos, Daniela, Meneses, Luís, Almeida, José Pedro, Matias, Ana, Freire, Samanta, Grilo, Teresa

“…Background Information on vaccine effectiveness in a context of novel variants of concern (VOC) emergence is of key importance to inform public health…”
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Spatial Analysis of Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Portugal by Pinto de Carvalho, Constança, Ribeiro, Manuel, Godinho Simões, Diogo, Pita Ferreira, Patrícia, Azevedo, Leonardo, Gonçalves-Sá, Joana, Mesquita, Sara, Gonçalves, Licínio, Pinto Leite, Pedro, Peralta-Santos, André

“…Vaccine hesitancy tends to exhibit geographical patterns and is often associated with social deprivation and migrant status. We aimed to estimate COVID-19…”
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Body Mass Index assessment of health care professionals in a primary care setting in Portugal: a cross sectional study by Campos-Matos, Inês, Peralta-Santos, André, Gomes, Bernardo, Borges, Gustavo, Aguiar, Pedro

“…Obesity is an important public health problem because it is a risk factor for numerous diseases and is associated with a higher death risk. Evidence concerning…”
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Tracking SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 dissemination: insights from nationwide spike gene target failure (SGTF) and spike gene late detection (SGTL) data, Portugal, week 49 2020 to week 3 2021 by Borges, Vítor, Sousa, Carlos, Menezes, Luís, Gonçalves, António Maia, Picão, Miguel, Almeida, José Pedro, Vieita, Margarida, Santos, Rafael, Silva, Ana Rita, Costa, Mariana, Carneiro, Luís, Casaca, Pedro, Pinto-Leite, Pedro, Peralta-Santos, André, Isidro, Joana, Duarte, Sílvia, Vieira, Luís, Guiomar, Raquel, Silva, Susana, Nunes, Baltazar, Gomes, João P

“…We show that the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage is highly disseminated in Portugal, with the odds of B.1.1.7 proportion increasing at an estimated 89% (95%…”
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A Stochastic Model of an Early Warning System for Detecting Anomalous Incidence Values of COVID-19 by Duarte, Ana Filipa, Soares, Amílcar, Pereira, Maria João, Peralta-Santos, André, Leite, Pedro Pinto, Azevedo, Leonardo

“…The ability to identify and predict outbreaks during epidemic and pandemic events is critical to the development and implementation of effective mitigation…”
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Understanding spatiotemporal patterns of COVID-19 incidence in Portugal: A functional data analysis from August 2020 to March 2022 by Ribeiro, Manuel, Azevedo, Leonardo, Santos, André Peralta, Pinto Leite, Pedro, Pereira, Maria João

“…During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, governments and public health authorities collected massive amounts of data on daily confirmed positive cases and incidence…”
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Measuring the impact of COVID-19 vaccination and immunity waning: A modelling study for Portugal by Caetano, Constantino, Morgado, Maria Luísa, Patrício, Paula, Leite, Andreia, Machado, Ausenda, Torres, André, Pereira, João Freitas, Namorado, Sónia, Sottomayor, Ana, Peralta-Santos, André, Nunes, Baltazar

“…Vaccination strategies to control COVID-19 have been ongoing worldwide since the end of 2020. Understanding their possible effect is key to prevent future…”
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Comparative Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing Infections and Disease Progression from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 and BA.2, Portugal by Kislaya, Irina, Casaca, Pedro, Borges, Vítor, Sousa, Carlos, Ferreira, Bibiana I, Fonte, Ana, Fernandes, Eugénia, Dias, Carlos Matias, Duarte, Sílvia, Almeida, José Pedro, Grenho, Inês, Coelho, Luís, Ferreira, Rita, Ferreira, Patrícia Pita, Borges, Cláudia Medeiros, Isidro, Joana, Pinto, Miguel, Menezes, Luís, Sobral, Daniel, Nunes, Alexandra, Santos, Daniela, Gonçalves, António Maia, Vieira, Luís, Gomes, João Paulo, Leite, Pedro Pinto, Nunes, Baltazar, Machado, Ausenda, Peralta-Santos, André

“…We estimated comparative primary and booster vaccine effectiveness (VE) of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 and BA.2 lineages against infection and disease progression…”
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A standardised protocol for relative SARS-CoV-2 variant severity assessment, applied to Omicron BA.1 and Delta in six European countries, October 2021 to February 2022 by Nyberg, Tommy, Bager, Peter, Svalgaard, Ingrid Bech, Bejko, Dritan, Bundle, Nick, Evans, Josie, Krause, Tyra Grove, McMenamin, Jim, Mossong, Joël, Mutch, Heather, Omokanye, Ajibola, Peralta-Santos, André, Pinto-Leite, Pedro, Starrfelt, Jostein, Thelwall, Simon, Veneti, Lamprini, Whittaker, Robert, Wood, John, Pebody, Richard, Presanis, Anne M

“…Several SARS-CoV-2 variants that evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic have appeared to differ in severity, based on analyses of single-country datasets. With…”
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Initial assessment of the COVID-19 vaccination's impact on case numbers, hospitalisations and deaths in people aged 80 years and older, 15 EU/EEA countries, December 2020 to May 2021 by Nicolay, Nathalie, Innocenti, Francesco, Beauté, Julien, Učakar, Veronika, Grgič Vitek, Marta, Poukka, Eero, Hannila-Handelberg, Tuula, Gauci, Charmaine, Melillo, Tanya, Georgakopoulou, Theano, Jarkovsky, Jiri, Slezak, Pavel, Delgado-Sanz, Concepción, Olmedo-Lucerón, Carmen, Suija, Heleene, Liausediene, Rasa, O'Lorcain, Piaras, Murphy, Niamh, Peralta-Santos, André, Casaca, Pedro, Gregoriou, Ioanna, Bundle, Nick, Spiteri, Gianfranco, Ravasi, Giovanni

“…Prioritisation of elderly people in COVID-19 vaccination campaigns aimed at reducing severe outcomes in this group. Using EU/EEA surveillance and vaccination…”
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Segurança Rodoviária Não é um Acidente: Desafios Para a Saúde by Gomes, Bernardo, Peralta-Santos, André, Moitinho de Almeida, Maria

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Meningioma and breast cancer: survival of patients with synchronous and metachronous meningioma and breast cancer by Lavrador, José Pedro, Pinto, Marta Valente, Lemos, Luís Mascarenhas, Ribeiro, Catarina, Santos, André Peralta

“…The prognosis of the association between Breast Cancer (BC) and Meningioma (M) is unknown. To evaluate the survival impact of tumor exposure sequence in…”
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The neglected epidemic-Risk factors associated with road traffic injuries in Mozambique: Results of the 2016 INCOMAS study by Peralta-Santos, André, Gimbel, Sarah, Sorensen, Reed, Covele, Alfredo, Kawakatsu, Yoshito, Wagenaar, Bradley H, Augusto, Orvalho, Ásbjörnsdóttir, Kristjana Hrönn, Gloyd, Stephen S, Cuembelo, Fatima, Sherr, Kenneth

“…In 2019, 93% of road traffic injury related mortality occurred in low- and middle-income countries, an estimated burden of 1.3 million deaths. This problem is…”
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