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Adverse reactions to foods and food allergy: development and reproducibility of a questionnaire for clinical diagnosis.

Journal of allergy

Lyra NR, Motta ME, Rocha LA, Solé D, Peixoto DM, Rizzo JA, Taborda-Barata L, Sarinho ES.
PMID: 24198840
J Allergy (Cairo). 2013;2013:920679. doi: 10.1155/2013/920679. Epub 2013 Oct 01.

Objective. To develop a questionnaire as a screening tool for adverse reactions to foods in children and to assess the technical reproducibility by test-retest. Methods. Reproducibility of the questionnaire was performed by the literature review, preparing the preliminary questionnaire,...

Socio-epidemiological Aspects of Respiratory Allergic Diseases in Southern Africa.

The World Allergy Organization journal

Taborda-Barata L, Potter PC.
PMID: 23268464
World Allergy Organ J. 2012 Jan;5(1):1-8. doi: 10.1097/WOX.0b013e318242d6b4. Epub 2012 Jan 13.

The prevalence of respiratory allergic diseases has been increasing in Southern Africa both in urban and in rural environments. Various factors may contribute toward this situation, namely, exposure to aeroallergens, such as grass pollens and house dust mites. However,...

Five-year follow-up of participants diagnosed with chronic airflow obstruction in a South African Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) survey.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Allwood BW, Gillespie R, Bateman M, Olckers H, Taborda-Barata L, Calligaro GL, Van Zyl-Smit R, Cooper CB, Beyers N, Bateman ED.
PMID: 29429447
S Afr Med J. 2018 Feb 01;108(2):138-143. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v108i2.12688.

BACKGROUND: A community-based prevalence survey performed in two suburbs in Cape Town, South Africa (SA), in 2005, using the international Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) method, confirmed a prevalence of chronic airflow obstruction (CAO) in 23.1% of adults...

Changes in Glycolytic Pathway in SARS-COV 2 Infection and Their Importance in Understanding the Severity of COVID-19.

Frontiers in chemistry

Santos AF, Póvoa P, Paixão P, Mendonça A, Taborda-Barata L.
PMID: 34568275
Front Chem. 2021 Sep 10;9:685196. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.685196. eCollection 2021.

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that may lead to a severe acute respiratory syndrome. Such syndrome is thought to be related, at least in part, to a dysregulation of the immune system which involves...

Biological Effects of Thermal Water-Associated Hydrogen Sulfide on Human Airways and Associated Immune Cells: Implications for Respiratory Diseases.

Frontiers in public health

Viegas J, Esteves AF, Cardoso EM, Arosa FA, Vitale M, Taborda-Barata L.
PMID: 31231626
Front Public Health. 2019 Jun 05;7:128. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00128. eCollection 2019.

Natural mineral (thermal) waters have been used for centuries as treatment for various diseases. However, the scientific background of such therapeutic action is mostly empiric and based on knowledge acquired over time. Among the various types of natural mineral...

Digital Health Europe (DHE) Twinning on severe asthma-kick-off meeting report.

Journal of thoracic disease

Bousquet J, Bedbrook A, Czarlewski W, De Carlo G, Fonseca JA, González Ballester MA, Illario M, Koskinen S, Laatikainen T, Onorato GL, Palkonen S, Patella V, Pham-Thi N, Puggioni F, Ventura MT, Joos G, Kuna P, Louis R, Makris M, Zalud P, Zuberbier T, Bachert C, Brussino L, Carreiro-Martins P, Carrion Y Ribas C, Chalubinski M, Costa EM, de Vries G, Gemicioglu B, Gennimata D, Micheli Y, Niedoszytko M, Regateiro FS, Romantowski J, Taborda-Barata L, Toppila-Salmi S, Tsiligianni I, Viart F, Laune D.
PMID: 34164213
J Thorac Dis. 2021 May;13(5):3215-3225. doi: 10.21037/jtd-21-792.

No abstract available.

Human CD8+ T Cells in Asthma: Possible Pathways and Roles for NK-Like Subtypes.

Frontiers in immunology

Lourenço O, Fonseca AM, Taborda-Barata L.
PMID: 28066445
Front Immunol. 2016 Dec 23;7:638. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00638. eCollection 2016.

Asthma affects approximately 300 million people worldwide and is the most common chronic lung disease, which usually is associated with bronchial inflammation. Most research has focused upon the role of CD4+ T cells, and relatively few studies have addressed...

Prevalence and clinical features of adverse food reactions in Portuguese children.

Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Jorge A, Soares E, Sarinho E, Lorente F, Gama J, Taborda-Barata L.
PMID: 28878810
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2017 Sep 06;13:40. doi: 10.1186/s13223-017-0212-y. eCollection 2017.

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of adverse food reactions (AFR) has been increasing in the western world. Clinical manifestations are diversified and it may not be possible to clinically discriminate between IgE and non-IgE mediated AFR. In Portugal, the prevalence of...

Prevalence and clinical features of adverse food reactions in Portuguese adults.

Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Lozoya-Ibáñez C, Morgado-Nunes S, Rodrigues A, Lobo C, Taborda-Barata L.
PMID: 27499765
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2016 Aug 05;12:36. doi: 10.1186/s13223-016-0139-8. eCollection 2016.

BACKGROUND: Only one previous study, via telephone call, on the prevalence of self-reported food allergies has been performed in Portugal, in a small sample of adults. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of self-reported and...

Inhaled Drug Therapy-Associated Adverse Reactions in Obstructive Respiratory Diseases: A Review of a Decade of Reporting to the Portuguese Pharmacovigilance System.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Fonseca W, Monteiro C, Taborda-Barata L.
PMID: 34886135
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 25;18(23). doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312411.

Inhaled medication used for treatment of chronic obstructive lung diseases (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-COPD, and Asthma-COPD overlap) may be associated with adverse drug reactions (ADRs). The aim of this study was to characterise spontaneous reports (SRs) of suspected...

Molecular Sensitization Profile to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus Dust Mite in Portugal.

Journal of investigational allergology & clinical immunology

Limão R, Spínola Santos A, Araújo L, Cosme J, Inácio F, Tomaz E, Ferrão A, Santos N, Sokolova A, Môrete A, Falcão H, Cunha L, Ferreira A, Bras A, Ribeiro F, Lozoya C, Leiria Pinto P, Prates S, Plácido J, Coimbra A, Taborda-Barata L, Pereira Santos MC, Pereira Barbosa M, Pineda F.
PMID: 32732183
J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 2020 Jul 30; doi: 10.18176/jiaci.0533. Epub 2020 Jul 30.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze component resolved diagnosis to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Der p) in patients with respiratory allergy and its relationship with clinical severity in different geographical areas.METHODS: 217 patients (mean age 25.85±12.7 years; 51.16% females) were included, selected from 13...

Metabolic Phenotypes in Asthmatic Adults: Relationship with Inflammatory and Clinical Phenotypes and Prognostic Implications.

Metabolites

Santos A, Pité H, Chaves-Loureiro C, Rocha SM, Taborda-Barata L.
PMID: 34436475
Metabolites. 2021 Aug 11;11(8). doi: 10.3390/metabo11080534.

Bronchial asthma is a chronic disease that affects individuals of all ages. It has a high prevalence and is associated with high morbidity and considerable levels of mortality. However, asthma is not a single disease, and multiple subtypes or...

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