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First report of acute autochthonous hepatitis E in Portugal
Duque, V; Ventura, C; Seixas, D; Saraiva da Cunha, JG; Meliço-Silvestre, AHepatitis E infection is usually a self-limiting disease. In industrialized countries, sporadic cases of acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections have been described; their number seems to be increasing in European countries. We report the first human case of autochthonous acute hepatitis E confirmed in Portugal. Patients with acute non-A-C hepatitis should be tested for HEV in Portugal and hepatitis E infectio...
Plasmodium falciparum malaria, bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy and delayed ...
Duque, V; Seixas, D; Ventura, C; Saraiva da Cunha, JG; Meliço-Silvestre, AWe describe the case of a 14-year-old Caucasian male, a resident in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who was observed in Portugal with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria with high-level parasitemia and severe thrombocytopenia. The course was complicated by bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy during acute malaria, followed by the appearance of delayed cerebellar ataxia during the recovery phase. This occu...
Mediterranean spotted fever and encephalitis: a case report and review of the l...
Duque, V; ventura, C; Seixas, D; Barai, A; Mendonça, N; Martins, J; Saraiva da Cunha, JG; Meliço-Silvestre, AMediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is a disease caused by Rickettsia conorii and transmitted by the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus. It is widely distributed through southern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. It is an emerging or a reemerging disease in some regions. Countries of the Mediterranean basin, such as Portugal, have noticed an increased incidence of MSF over the past 10 years. It was believ...
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