Tobacco consumption and nicotine dependence in Bengo Province, Angola: A community-based survey. by João M Pedro, Miguel Brito, Henrique Barros

“…A community-based survey with 2,472 respondents (age range: 15-64 years) was conducted in 2013-2014 in the country's Bengo Province. The collection methodology for assessing each type of tobacco consumption and its daily quantification followed the World Health Organization STEPwise approach to chronic disease risk factor surveillance. …”
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Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in Bengo Province, Angola: Results from a population-based study by Mauer Gonçalves, João Pedro, Carina Silva, Pedro Magalhães, Miguel Brito

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CardioBengo study protocol: a population based cardiovascular longitudinal study in Bengo Province, Angola by João M. Pedro, Edite Rosário, Miguel Brito, Henrique Barros

“…Methods CardioBengo is designed as a research structure that comprises a cross-sectional component, providing baseline information and the assembling of a cohort to follow-up the dynamics of cardiovascular diseases risk factors in the catchment area of the Dande Health and Demographic Surveillance System of the Health Research Centre of Angola, in Bengo Province, Angola. The World Health Organization STEPwise approach to surveillance questionnaires and procedures will be used to collect information on a representative sex-age stratified sample, aged between 15 and 64 years old. …”
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Characterization of rotavirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Bengo province, Northwestern Angola, prior to vaccine introduction. by Carolina Gasparinho, João Piedade, Maria Clara Mirante, Cristina Mendes, Carlos Mayer, Susana Vaz Nery, Miguel Brito, Claudia Istrate

“…The aim of this study was to determine the RVA detection rate and circulating genotypes in children less than five years of age with acute gastroenteritis attended at the Bengo General Hospital in Caxito, Bengo province, Angola, before vaccine introduction.Between September 2012 and December 2013, 342 fecal specimens were collected from children enrolled. …”
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Clinical, serological and DNA testing in Bengo Province, Angola further reveals low filarial endemicity and opportunities for disease elimination by Rossely Paulo, Miguel Brito, Pedro Van-Dunem, António Martins, Robert J. Novak, Benjamin Jacob, David M. Molyneux, Thomas R. Unnasch, J. Russell Stothard, Louise Kelly-Hope

“…The prevalence of Loa loa, Onchocerca volvulus and Wuchereria bancrofti infections in an under-surveyed area of Bengo Province, Angola, was determined by surveying 22 communities with a combination of clinical, serological and DNA diagnostics. …”
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Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis preventive chemotherapy: Adverse events in children from 2 to 15 years in Bengo province, Angola. by Manuel Lemos, Joao M Pedro, Cláudia Fançony, Sofia Moura, Miguel Brito, Susana Vaz Nery, Carlos Pinto Sousa, Henrique Barros

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Rapid integrated clinical survey to determine prevalence and co-distribution patterns of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis in a Loa loa co-endemic area: The Angolan experienc... by Miguel Brito, Rossely Paulo, Pedro Van-Dunem, António Martins, Thomas R. Unnasch, Robert J. Novak, Benjamin Jacob, Michelle C. Stanton, David H. Molyneux, Louise A. Kelly-Hope

“…Angola has a high risk loiasis zone identified in Bengo Province where alternative interventions may need to be implemented; however, the presence and geographical overlap of the three filarial infections/diseases are not well defined. …”
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Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola by Octávio Mateus, Louis L. Jacobs, Anne S. Schulp, Michael J. Polcyn, Tatiana S. Tavares, André Buta Neto, Maria Luísa Morais, Miguel T. Antunes

“…A forelimb of a new sauropod dinosaur (Angolatitan adamastor n. gen. et sp.) from the Late Turonian of Iembe (Bengo Province) represents the first dinosaur discovery in Angola, and is one of the few occurrences of sauropod dinosaurs in sub-Saharan Africa collected with good chronological controls. …”
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Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in a rural community of Angola by Evaristo-Neto Antonio D, Foss-Freitas Maria, Foss Milton C

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A random sample of 421 subjects aged 30 to 69 years (30% men and 70% women) was selected from three villages of Bengo province. This cross-sectional home survey was conducted using a sampling design of stage conglomerates. …”
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Electrocardiographic findings in pregnant women in Angola by Mauer A. A. Gonçalves, João Mário Pedro, Carina Silva, Pedro Magalhães, Miguel Brito

“…Objectives The aim of this study was to describe electrocardiographic findings in women with normal pregnancies in Bengo Province, Angola. Methods This is a community‐based study with a cross‐sectional design conducted between September 2013 and March 2014 in Bengo. …”
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Main causes of death in Dande, Angola: results from Verbal Autopsies of deaths occurring during 2009–2012 by Edite Vila Nova Rosário, Diogo Costa, Luís Timóteo, Ana Ambrósio Rodrigues, Jorge Varanda, Susana Vaz Nery, Miguel Brito

“…Abstract Background The Dande Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) located in Bengo Province, Angola, covers nearly 65,500 residents living in approximately 19,800 households. …”
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Wasting, Stunting, and Anemia in Angolan Children after Deworming with Albendazole or a Test-and-Treat Approach for Intestinal Parasites: Binary Longitudinal Models with Temporal S... by Carolina Gasparinho, Maria Helena Gonçalves, Assucênio Chissaque, Giovani L. Silva, Filomeno Fortes, Luzia Gonçalves

“…We analyzed binary data from a longitudinal four-arm randomized parallel trial conducted in Bengo Province, northern Angola, over the course of two years, with seven follow-up assessments to explore the effects of four interventions (deworming and a test-and-treat approach for intestinal parasites, at both the individual and household levels) on wasting and stunting, and to understand their indirect benefits for anemia, malaria, diarrhea, and vomiting. …”
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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 Yea... by Carolina Gasparinho, Aguinaldo Kanjungo, Félix Zage, Isabel Clemente, Ana Santos-Reis, Miguel Brito, José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, Filomeno Fortes, Luzia Gonçalves

“…A longitudinal four-arm randomized parallel trial was conducted to investigate if deworming with a single annual dose of albendazole (annual-ALB) or a four-monthly test-and-treat (4TT) intestinal parasites approach at individual or household levels improve nutritional outcomes of pre-school children in Bengo province. Children with intestinal parasites (n = 121) were randomly assigned (1:1:1:1) to arm A1: annual-ALB*individual level; A2: annual-ALB*household level; A3: 4TT*individual; and A4: 4TT*household level. …”
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HIV-1 genetic diversity and transmitted drug resistance mutations among patients from the North, Central and South regions of Angola. by Joana Morais Afonso, Gonzalo Bello, Monick L Guimarães, Marta Sojka, Mariza G Morgado

“…METHODS: One hundred and one individuals from the Central (n = 44), North (n = 35), and South (n = 22) regions of Angola were diagnosed as HIV-1 positive and had their blood collected between 2008 and 2010, at one of the National Referral Centers for HIV diagnosis, the Kifangondo Medical Center, located in the border between the Luanda and Bengo provinces. Angolan samples were genotyped based on phylogenetic and bootscanning analyses of the pol (PR/RT) gene and their drug resistance profile was analyzed. …”
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