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HIV screening of tuberculosis patients in Portugal: what are we missing?
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
October 2018
EPIUnit, Instituto De Saúde Pública Da Universidade Do Porto, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Chest Disease Centre, Vila Nova de Gaia, Pulmonology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho EPE, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Predictive Medicine and Public Health University of Porto Medical School, Porto, Portugal.
Background: Knowledge of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status is essential to effectively manage both tuberculosis (TB) and HIV infection. This is why the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends routine HIV testing in all TB patients.
Objective: To determine the number of TB patients with unknown HIV status in Portugal and to identify the factors associated with unknown HIV status.
Very low prevalence of iron deficiency among young French children: A national cross-sectional hospital-based survey.
Matern Child Nutr
January 2018
INSERM UMR1153, Centre de Recherche en Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité (CRESS), équipe Épidémiologie Périnatale, Obstétricale et Pédiatrique (ÉPOPé), Labex GR-Ex, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
Although iron deficiency (ID) is considered the most frequent micronutrient deficiency in industrialized countries and is associated with impaired neurodevelopment when occurring in early years, accurate recent estimations of its prevalence are lacking. Our objective was to estimate ID prevalence and associated sociodemographic markers in young children in France. The Saturn-Inf national cross-sectional hospital-based survey recruited 3,831 French children <6 years old between 2008 and 2009 to assess lead poisoning prevalence and to establish a biobank.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHIV screening in tuberculosis patients in the northern region of Portugal.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
December 2015
EPIUnit Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Portugal; Chest Disease Center Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal; Pulmonology, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho EPE, Portugal; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Predictive Medicine and Public Health University of Porto Medical School, Porto, Portugal;