List of works - Baltazar Nunes

A large outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease in an industrial town in Portugal

article

A public health approach to health and retirement: What do we know about their relationship?

article

Air conditioning and intrahospital mortality during the 2003 heatwave in Portugal: evidence of a protective effect

scientific article published on 4 October 2010

Assessment of mother-to-child HIV-1 and HIV-2 transmission: an AIDS reference laboratory collaborative study.

scientific article published on 7 January 2009

Clinical relevance and diversity of two homologous genes encoding glycosyltransferases in Helicobacter pylori

scientific article

Critical assessment of three high performance liquid chromatography analytical methods for food carotenoid quantification.

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

Cross-protection to new drifted influenza A(H3) viruses and prevalence of protective antibodies to seasonal influenza, during 2014 in Portugal

scientific article

Dermatomycosis in lower limbs of diabetic patients followed by podiatry consultation

scientific article published on 10 November 2012

Different transmission patterns in the early stages of the influenza A(H1N1)v pandemic: a comparative analysis of 12 European countries.

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

Differential self-report error by socioeconomic status in hypertension and hypercholesterolemia: INSEF 2015 study

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Dignity therapy and its effect on the survival of terminally ill Portuguese patients

scientific article published on 24 December 2014

Do self-reported data accurately measure health inequalities in risk factors for cardiovascular disease?

scientific article published on 25 March 2019

Early modification of sickle cell disease clinical course by UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 gene promoter polymorphism

scientific article published on 5 April 2008

Effect of dignity therapy on end-of-life psychological distress in terminally ill Portuguese patients: A randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 7 February 2017

Efficacy of dignity therapy for depression and anxiety in terminally ill patients: early results of a randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Efficacy of dignity therapy on depression and anxiety in Portuguese terminally ill patients: a phase II randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 15 April 2014

Elder abuse in Portugal: findings from the first national prevalence study

scientific article published on 9 December 2014

Elder abuse victimization patterns: latent class analysis using perpetrators and abusive behaviours

scientific article published on 23 April 2019

Estimates of 2012/13 influenza vaccine effectiveness using the case test-negative control design with different influenza negative control groups.

scientific article published on 21 June 2014

Estimates of pandemic influenza vaccine effectiveness in Europe, 2009-2010: results of Influenza Monitoring Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe (I-MOVE) multicentre case-control study

scientific article

Evaluation of the clinical significance of homB, a novel candidate marker of Helicobacter pylori strains associated with peptic ulcer disease

scientific article published on November 2008

Evolutionary dynamics of ompA, the gene encoding the Chlamydia trachomatis key antigen

scientific article published on 25 September 2009

Excess mortality associated with influenza epidemics in Portugal, 1980 to 2004.

scientific article

Excess pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations associated with influenza epidemics in Portugal from season 1998/1999 to 2014/2015.

scientific article published in January 2018

Exploring the effect of previous inactivated influenza vaccination on seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness against medically-attended influenza: results of the European I-MOVE multicentre test-negative case-control study, 2011/12-2016/17.

scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Final report on the mortality from flu pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Portugal (April 2009–August 2010)

article

Genetic variation at the CYP2C19 gene associated with metabolic syndrome susceptibility in a South Portuguese population: results from the pilot study of the European Health Examination Survey in Portugal

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Genetic variation in CD36, HBA, NOS3 and VCAM1 is associated with chronic haemolysis level in sickle cell anaemia: a longitudinal study

scientific article published on 28 November 2013

Genotypes and antimicrobial-resistant phenotypes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Portugal (2004-2009).

scientific article published on November 2010

Geographical patterns of the incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer in mainland Portugal municipalities (2007-2011).

scientific article published on 29 May 2019

HFE gene mutations are extremely rare in Western sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 15 April 2005

Heterogeneous Selective Pressure Acting on Influenza B Victoria- and Yamagata-Like Hemagglutinins

article by Baltazar Nunes et al published October 2008 in Journal of Molecular Evolution

Hospital admissions of adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Portugal between 2000 and 2009.

scientific article published on 9 August 2012

Hospitalization Risk Due to Respiratory Illness Associated with Genetic Variation at IFITM3 in Patients with Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Infection: A Case-Control Study

scientific article

I-MOVE multi-centre case control study 2010-11: overall and stratified estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness in Europe

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

I-MOVE multicentre case-control study 2010/11 to 2014/15: Is there within-season waning of influenza type/subtype vaccine effectiveness with increasing time since vaccination?

scientific article

Identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria by partial gene sequencing and public databases

scientific article published on 14 May 2014

Improving influenza surveillance in Portuguese preschool children by parents' report

scientific article published on 6 March 2014

Influenza surveillance in Europe: establishing epidemic thresholds by the moving epidemic method

scientific article published on 16 August 2012

Invasive culture-confirmed Neisseria meningitidis in Portugal: evaluation of serogroups in relation to different variables and antimicrobial susceptibility (2000-2001).

scientific article published in September 2004

Is it useful to ask "Está deprimido?" ("Are you depressed?") to terminally-ill Portuguese patients? Results from outpatient research

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

Lack of detectable allergenicity of transgenic maize and soya samples

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Molecular characterization of the HA gene of influenza type B viruses

scientific article published in December 2005

Nowcasting influenza epidemics using non-homogeneous hidden Markov models

scientific article published on 5 November 2012

Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Epidemiology and Portuguese patients profile.

scientific article published on 18 February 2017

Older adults' emotional reactions to elder abuse: Individual and victimisation determinants

Partner notification for chlamydia trachomatis urogenital infections: eight years of patient referral experience in the major Portuguese sexually transmitted infections clinic, 2000-07.

scientific article published on October 2011

Patterns of adherence to and compliance with the Portuguese smoke-free law in the leisure-hospitality sector

scientific article

Pharmacogenetic profile of a South Portuguese population: results from the pilot study of the European Health Examination Survey in Portugal

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Pooling European all-cause mortality: methodology and findings for the seasons 2008/2009 to 2010/2011.

scientific article

Potential impact of viral load and genetic makeup of HIV type 1 on mother-to-child transmission: characterization of env-C2V3C3 and nef sequences

scientific article

Prevalence and factors associated with demoralization syndrome in patients with advanced disease: Results from a cross-sectional Portuguese study

scientific article published on 6 January 2016

Prevalence and factors associated with desire for death in patients with advanced disease: results from a Portuguese cross-sectional study

scientific article

Prevalence and risk factors for Giardia duodenalis infection among children: a case study in Portugal

scientific article

Sickle cell disease severity scoring: a yet unsolved problem

Single-compound and cumulative risk assessment of mycotoxins present in breakfast cereals consumed by children from Lisbon region, Portugal

scientific article published on 3 November 2015

Spatial epidemiology of cancer: a review of data sources, methods and risk factors

scientific article

The 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic in Portugal: A Regional Analysis of Mortality Impact

article

The effect of extreme cold temperatures on the risk of death in the two major Portuguese cities

scientific article published on 18 June 2016

The first Portuguese National Health Examination Survey (2015): design, planning and implementation

article

The relevance of spatial aggregation level and of applied methods in the analysis of geographical distribution of cancer mortality in mainland Portugal (2009-2013).

scientific article

The role of HFE mutations on iron metabolism in beta-thalassemia carriers

scientific article published on 05 November 2004

Time and life perception in the terminally ill: its utility in screening for depression

scientific article published on 28 September 2013

Time series methods for obtaining excess mortality attributable to influenza epidemics.

scientific article published on 8 March 2010

Trends in diabetes incidence from 1992 to 2015 and projections for 2024: A Portuguese General Practitioner's Network study.

scientific article published on 27 June 2016

Trends in influenza vaccination coverage in Portugal from 1998 to 2010: effect of major pandemic threats

scientific article

Urinary cotinine levels and environmental tobacco smoke in mothers and children of Romania, Portugal and Poland within the European human biomonitoring pilot study.

scientific article published on April 2015

Validation of host-specific Bacteriodales 16S rRNA genes as markers to determine the origin of faecal pollution in Atlantic Rim countries of the European Union.

scientific article published on 7 March 2007

mRNA vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19-related hospitalisations and deaths in older adults: a cohort study based on data linkage of national health registries in Portugal, February to August 2021

List of works by Baltazar Nunes

A large outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease in an industrial town in Portugal

A public health approach to health and retirement: What do we know about their relationship?

Air conditioning and intrahospital mortality during the 2003 heatwave in Portugal: evidence of a protective effect

Assessment of mother-to-child HIV-1 and HIV-2 transmission: an AIDS reference laboratory collaborative study.

Clinical relevance and diversity of two homologous genes encoding glycosyltransferases in Helicobacter pylori

Critical assessment of three high performance liquid chromatography analytical methods for food carotenoid quantification.

Cross-protection to new drifted influenza A(H3) viruses and prevalence of protective antibodies to seasonal influenza, during 2014 in Portugal

Dermatomycosis in lower limbs of diabetic patients followed by podiatry consultation

Different transmission patterns in the early stages of the influenza A(H1N1)v pandemic: a comparative analysis of 12 European countries.

Differential self-report error by socioeconomic status in hypertension and hypercholesterolemia: INSEF 2015 study

Dignity therapy and its effect on the survival of terminally ill Portuguese patients

Do self-reported data accurately measure health inequalities in risk factors for cardiovascular disease?

Early modification of sickle cell disease clinical course by UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 gene promoter polymorphism

Effect of dignity therapy on end-of-life psychological distress in terminally ill Portuguese patients: A randomized controlled trial

Efficacy of dignity therapy for depression and anxiety in terminally ill patients: early results of a randomized controlled trial

Efficacy of dignity therapy on depression and anxiety in Portuguese terminally ill patients: a phase II randomized controlled trial

Elder abuse in Portugal: findings from the first national prevalence study

Elder abuse victimization patterns: latent class analysis using perpetrators and abusive behaviours

Estimates of 2012/13 influenza vaccine effectiveness using the case test-negative control design with different influenza negative control groups.

Estimates of pandemic influenza vaccine effectiveness in Europe, 2009-2010: results of Influenza Monitoring Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe (I-MOVE) multicentre case-control study

Evaluation of the clinical significance of homB, a novel candidate marker of Helicobacter pylori strains associated with peptic ulcer disease

Evolutionary dynamics of ompA, the gene encoding the Chlamydia trachomatis key antigen

Excess mortality associated with influenza epidemics in Portugal, 1980 to 2004.

Excess pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations associated with influenza epidemics in Portugal from season 1998/1999 to 2014/2015.

Exploring the effect of previous inactivated influenza vaccination on seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness against medically-attended influenza: results of the European I-MOVE multicentre test-negative case-control study, 2011/12-2016/17.

Final report on the mortality from flu pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Portugal (April 2009–August 2010)

Genetic variation at the CYP2C19 gene associated with metabolic syndrome susceptibility in a South Portuguese population: results from the pilot study of the European Health Examination Survey in Portugal

Genetic variation in CD36, HBA, NOS3 and VCAM1 is associated with chronic haemolysis level in sickle cell anaemia: a longitudinal study

Genotypes and antimicrobial-resistant phenotypes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Portugal (2004-2009).

Geographical patterns of the incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer in mainland Portugal municipalities (2007-2011).

HFE gene mutations are extremely rare in Western sub-Saharan Africa

Heterogeneous Selective Pressure Acting on Influenza B Victoria- and Yamagata-Like Hemagglutinins

Hospital admissions of adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Portugal between 2000 and 2009.

Hospitalization Risk Due to Respiratory Illness Associated with Genetic Variation at IFITM3 in Patients with Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Infection: A Case-Control Study

I-MOVE multi-centre case control study 2010-11: overall and stratified estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness in Europe

I-MOVE multicentre case-control study 2010/11 to 2014/15: Is there within-season waning of influenza type/subtype vaccine effectiveness with increasing time since vaccination?

Identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria by partial gene sequencing and public databases

Improving influenza surveillance in Portuguese preschool children by parents' report

Influenza surveillance in Europe: establishing epidemic thresholds by the moving epidemic method

Invasive culture-confirmed Neisseria meningitidis in Portugal: evaluation of serogroups in relation to different variables and antimicrobial susceptibility (2000-2001).

Is it useful to ask "Está deprimido?" ("Are you depressed?") to terminally-ill Portuguese patients? Results from outpatient research

Lack of detectable allergenicity of transgenic maize and soya samples

Molecular characterization of the HA gene of influenza type B viruses

Nowcasting influenza epidemics using non-homogeneous hidden Markov models

Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Epidemiology and Portuguese patients profile.

Older adults' emotional reactions to elder abuse: Individual and victimisation determinants

Partner notification for chlamydia trachomatis urogenital infections: eight years of patient referral experience in the major Portuguese sexually transmitted infections clinic, 2000-07.

Patterns of adherence to and compliance with the Portuguese smoke-free law in the leisure-hospitality sector

Pharmacogenetic profile of a South Portuguese population: results from the pilot study of the European Health Examination Survey in Portugal

Pooling European all-cause mortality: methodology and findings for the seasons 2008/2009 to 2010/2011.

Potential impact of viral load and genetic makeup of HIV type 1 on mother-to-child transmission: characterization of env-C2V3C3 and nef sequences

Prevalence and factors associated with demoralization syndrome in patients with advanced disease: Results from a cross-sectional Portuguese study

Prevalence and factors associated with desire for death in patients with advanced disease: results from a Portuguese cross-sectional study

Prevalence and risk factors for Giardia duodenalis infection among children: a case study in Portugal

Sickle cell disease severity scoring: a yet unsolved problem

Single-compound and cumulative risk assessment of mycotoxins present in breakfast cereals consumed by children from Lisbon region, Portugal

Spatial epidemiology of cancer: a review of data sources, methods and risk factors

The 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic in Portugal: A Regional Analysis of Mortality Impact

The effect of extreme cold temperatures on the risk of death in the two major Portuguese cities

The first Portuguese National Health Examination Survey (2015): design, planning and implementation

The relevance of spatial aggregation level and of applied methods in the analysis of geographical distribution of cancer mortality in mainland Portugal (2009-2013).

The role of HFE mutations on iron metabolism in beta-thalassemia carriers

Time and life perception in the terminally ill: its utility in screening for depression

Time series methods for obtaining excess mortality attributable to influenza epidemics.

Trends in diabetes incidence from 1992 to 2015 and projections for 2024: A Portuguese General Practitioner's Network study.

Trends in influenza vaccination coverage in Portugal from 1998 to 2010: effect of major pandemic threats

Urinary cotinine levels and environmental tobacco smoke in mothers and children of Romania, Portugal and Poland within the European human biomonitoring pilot study.

Validation of host-specific Bacteriodales 16S rRNA genes as markers to determine the origin of faecal pollution in Atlantic Rim countries of the European Union.

mRNA vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19-related hospitalisations and deaths in older adults: a cohort study based on data linkage of national health registries in Portugal, February to August 2021