Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Epidemiology
Research interest
Research interests include Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Biology, Tuberculosis, Drug resistance, Genetics, and Medicine.
Dissemination of arr-2 and arr-3 is associated with class 1 integrons in Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from Portugal
Towards clinical breakpoints for non-tuberculous mycobacteria – Determination of epidemiological cut off values for the Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus using broth microdilution
Ancient and recent differences in the intrinsic susceptibility of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> complex to pretomanid
Genetic diversity of candidate loci linked to Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to bedaquiline, delamanid and pretomanid
Designing new antitubercular isoniazid derivatives with improved reactivity and membrane trafficking abilities
Electrochemical Detection of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Associated with Rifampicin Resistance in <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Using Solid-Phase Primer Elongation with Ferrocene-Linked Redox-Labeled Nucleotides
Whole-genome sequencing as a tool for studying the microevolution of drug-resistant serial Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates
Epidemic and pandemic viral infections: impact on tuberculosis and the lung
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates – the EUCAST broth microdilution reference method for MIC determination
Multicentre testing of the EUCAST broth microdilution reference method for MIC determination on Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Using genomics to understand the origin and dispersion of multidrug and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in Portugal
Emergence of multidrug-resistant <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> of the Beijing lineage in Portugal and Guinea-Bissau: a snapshot of moving clones by whole-genome sequencing
Integrating informatics tools and portable sequencing technology for rapid detection of resistance to anti-tuberculous drugs
Genetic Diversity of norA, Coding for a Main Efflux Pump of Staphylococcus aureus
Genome-wide analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis polymorphisms reveals lineage-specific associations with drug resistance
Genome-wide analysis of multi- and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Global expansion of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> lineage 4 shaped by colonial migration and local adaptation
Identifying mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections from whole genome sequence data
Methylation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is lineage specific with associated mutations present globally
Clonal expansion across the seas as seen through CPLP-TB database: A joint effort in cataloguing Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity in Portuguese-speaking countries
Author Correction: Genome-wide analysis of multi- and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Role of Alanine Racemase Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis <scp>d</scp> -Cycloserine Resistance
Recombination in pe/ppe genes contributes to genetic variation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages
The variability and reproducibility of whole genome sequencing technology for detecting resistance to anti-tuberculous drugs
Rapid determination of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance from whole-genome sequences
Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Latin American Mediterranean Lineage, Wrongly Identified as Mycobacterium pinnipedii (Spoligotype International Type 863 [SIT863]), Causing Active Tuberculosis in South Brazil
A robust SNP barcode for typing Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains
PolyTB: A genomic variation map for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Revisiting susceptibility testing in MDR-TB by a standardized quantitative phenotypic assessment in a European multicentre study
Unraveling Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic diversity and evolution in Lisbon, Portugal, a highly drug resistant setting