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Maria São José Nascimento
Researcher at University of Porto
Publications - 133
Citations - 4026
Maria São José Nascimento is an academic researcher from University of Porto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Norovirus & Hepatitis E virus. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 120 publications receiving 3561 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria São José Nascimento include Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa & Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação.
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Xanthone Derivatives: New Insights in Biological Activities
TL;DR: In this review, an array of biological/pharmacological effects is presented for both natural and synthetic xanthone derivatives, with an emphasis on some significant studies on structure-activity relationships.
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Virus hazards from food, water and other contaminated environments.
David Rodríguez-Lázaro,Nigel Cook,Franco Maria Ruggeri,Jane Sellwood,Abid Nasser,Maria São José Nascimento,Martin D'Agostino,Ricardo Santos,Juan-Carlos Saiz,Artur Rzeżutka,Albert Bosch,Rosina Girones,Annalaura Carducci,Michelle Muscillo,Katarina Kovač,Marta Diez-Valcarce,Apostolos Vantarakis,Carl-Henrik von Bonsdorff,Ana Maria de Roda Husman,Marta Hernández,Wim H. M. van der Poel,Wim H. M. van der Poel +21 more
TL;DR: M Molecular epidemiology and surveillance of environmental samples are necessary to elucidate the public health hazards associated with exposure to environmental viruses and the human pathogenic viruses that are most relevant in this context are nonenveloped.
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Surveillance of adenoviruses and noroviruses in European recreational waters
A. Peter Wyn-Jones,Annalaura Carducci,Nigel Cook,Martin D'Agostino,Maurizio Divizia,Jens Fleischer,Christophe Gantzer,Andrew Gawler,Rosina Girones,Christiane Höller,Ana Maria de Roda Husman,David Kay,Iwona Kozyra,Juan M. López-Pila,Michele Muscillo,Maria São José Nascimento,George Papageorgiou,Saskia A. Rutjes,Jane Sellwood,Regine Szewzyk,Mark D. Wyer +20 more
TL;DR: The simultaneous detection of infectious adenovirus and of adenOVirus and NoV by (RT)PCR suggests that the presence of infectious viruses in recreational waters may constitute a public health risk upon exposure.
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Xanthones as inhibitors of growth of human cancer cell lines and their effects on the proliferation of human lymphocytes in vitro.
TL;DR: Differences on their potency towards the effect on the growth of the human cancer cell lines as well as on the proliferation of human T-lymphocytes can be ascribed to the nature and positions of the substituents on the xanthonic nucleus.
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Hepatitis E and blood donation safety in selected European countries: a shift to screening?
Dragoslav Domanovic,Richard S. Tedder,Johannes Blümel,Hans L. Zaaijer,Pierre Gallian,Christoph Niederhauser,Silvia Sauleda Oliveras,Joan O'Riordan,Fiona Boland,Lene Holm Harritshøj,Maria São José Nascimento,Anna Rita Ciccaglione,Constatina Politis,Cornelia Adlhoch,Benoit Flan,Wahiba Oualikene-Gonin,Guy Rautmann,Paul Strengers,Patricia E. Hewitt +18 more
TL;DR: The epidemiology of HEV infections among blood donors and also any strategies to prevent transfusion-transmitted HEV, in 11 European countries are outlined, in response to the threat posed by HEV and related public and political concerns.