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  • Participatory Syndromic Surveillance of Influenza in Europe
    Publication . Guerrisi, Caroline; Turbelin, Clément; Blanchon, Thierry; Hanslik, Thomas; Bonmarin, Isabelle; Levy-Bruhl, Daniel; Perrotta, Daniela; Paolotti, Daniela; Smallenburg, Ronald; Koppeschaar, Carl; Franco, Ana O.; Mexia, Ricardo; Edmunds, W. John; Sile, Bersabeh; Pebody, Richard; van Straten, Edward; Meloni, Sandro; Moreno, Yamir; Duggan, Jim; Kjelsø, Charlotte; Colizza, Vittoria
    The growth of digital communication technologies for public health is offering an unconventional means to engage the general public in monitoring community health. Here we present Influenzanet, a participatory system for the syndromic surveillance of influenza-like illness (ILI) in Europe. Through standardized online surveys, the system collects detailed profile information and self-reported symptoms volunteered by participants resident in the Influenzanet countries. Established in 2009, it now includes 10 countries representing more than half of the 28 member states of the European Union population. The experience of 7 influenza seasons illustrates how Influenzanet has become an adjunct to existing ILI surveillance networks, offering coherence across countries, inclusion of nonmedically attended ILI, flexibility in case definition, and facilitating individual-level epidemiological analyses generally not possible in standard systems. Having the sensitivity to timely detect substantial changes in population health, Influenzanet has the potential to become a viable instrument for a wide variety of applications in public health preparedness and control.
    2016-11-14Journal article Restricted access Show more
  • Investigação em cancro coloretal esporádico
    Publication . Jordan, Peter
    Apresentação das linhas de investigação nesta temática do grupo do Laboratório de Oncobiologia do Departamento de Genética do Instituto Nacional de Saúde.
    2016-11-14Lecture Restricted access Show more
  • The genomic landscape of balanced cytogenetic abnormalities associated with human congenital anomalies
    Publication . Redin, Claire; Brand, Harrison; Collins, Ryan L.; Kammin, Tammy; Mitchell, Elyse; Hodge, Jennelle C.; Hanscom, Carrie; Pillalamarri, Vamsee; Seabra, Catarina M.; Abbott, Mary-Alice; Abdul-Rahman, Omar A.; de Vries, Bert B A.; Earl, Dawn L.; Ferguson, Heather L.; Harris, David J.; Fisher, Heather; FitzPatrick, David R.; Gerrol, Pamela; Giachino, Daniela; Glessner, Joseph T.; Gliem, Troy; Margolin, Lauren; Grady, Margo; Graham, Brett H.; Griffis, Cristin; Hayden, Mark A.; Hill, Rosamund; Hochstenbach, Ron; Hoffman, Jodi D.; Hopkin, Robert J.; Hubshman, Monika W.; Moya, Graciela; Mason, Tamara; Innes, A Micheil; Irons, Mira; Irving, Melita; Jacobsen, Jessie C.; Janssens, Sandra; Jewett, Tamison; Johnson, John P.; Jongmans, Marjolijn C.; Kahler, Stephen G.; Koolen, David A.; Masser-Frye, Diane; Nieuwint, Aggie W.; Korzelius, Jerome; Kroisel, Peter M.; Lacassie, Yves; Lawless, William; Lemyre, Emmanuelle; Leppig, Kathleen; Levin, Alex V.; Li, Haibo; Li, Hong; Parkash, Sandhya; Liao, Eric C.; Ordulu, Zehra; Lim, Cynthia; Lose, Edward J.; Lucente, Diane; Macera, Michael J.; Manavalan, Poornima; Mandrile, Giorgia; Marcelis, Carlo L.; McClellan, Michael W.; Mendoza, Cinthya J. Zepeda; Menten, Björn; Middelkamp, Sjors; Mikami, Liya R.; Moe, Emily; Wiley, Susan; Mohammed, Shehla; Mononen, Tarja; Mortenson, Megan E.; Pauker, Susan P.; Pereira, Shahrin; Perrin, Danielle; Phelan, Katy; Aguilar, Raul E Piña; Poddighe, Pino J.; Aberg, Erika; Wilson, Anna; Pregno, Giulia; Raskin, Salmo; Reis, Linda; Rhead, William; Rita, Debra; Renkens, Ivo; Roelens, Filip; Ruliera, Jayla; Rump, Patrick; Schilit, Samantha L.P.; Yerena-de Vega, Maria de la Concepcion A.; Adley, Rhett; Shaheen, Ranad; Sparkes, Rebecca; Spiegel, Erica; Stevens, Blair; Stone, Matthew R.; Tagoe, Julia; Thakuria, Joseph V.; van Bon, Bregje W.; van de Kamp, Jiddeke; Alkuraya, Fowzan S.; van Der Burgt, Ineke; Alcaraz-Estrada, Sofia L.; van Essen, Ton; van Ravenswaaij-Arts, Conny M.; van Roosmalen, Markus J.; Vergult, Sarah; Volker-Touw, Catharina M.L.; Warburton, Dorothy P.; Waterman, Matthew J.; Zori, Roberto T.; Levy, Brynn; Brunner, Han G.; de Leeuw, Nicole; Kloosterman, Wigard P.; Thorland, Erik C.; Gripp, Karen W.; Morton, Cynthia C.; Gusella, James F.; Talkowski, Michael E.; An, Yu; Anderson, Mary-Anne; Antolik, Caroline; Anyane-Yeboa, Kwame; Atkin, Joan F.; Bartell, Tina; Bernstein, Jonathan A.; Gropman, Andrea L.; Beyer, Elizabeth; Blumenthal, Ian; Bongers, Ernie M.H.F.; Brilstra, Eva H.; Brown, Chester W.; Brüggenwirth, Hennie T.; Callewaert, Bert; Chiang, Colby; Corning, Ken; Cox, Helen; Hanson-Kahn, Andrea; Cuppen, Edwin; Currall, Benjamin B.; Cushing, Tom; David, Dezső; Deardorff, Matthew A.; Dheedene, Annelies; D'Hooghe, Marc
    Despite the clinical significance of balanced chromosomal abnormalities (BCAs), their characterization has largely been restricted to cytogenetic resolution. We explored the landscape of BCAs at nucleotide resolution in 273 subjects with a spectrum of congenital anomalies. Whole-genome sequencing revised 93% of karyotypes and demonstrated complexity that was cryptic to karyotyping in 21% of BCAs, highlighting the limitations of conventional cytogenetic approaches. At least 33.9% of BCAs resulted in gene disruption that likely contributed to the developmental phenotype, 5.2% were associated with pathogenic genomic imbalances, and 7.3% disrupted topologically associated domains (TADs) encompassing known syndromic loci. Remarkably, BCA breakpoints in eight subjects altered a single TAD encompassing MEF2C, a known driver of 5q14.3 microdeletion syndrome, resulting in decreased MEF2C expression. We propose that sequence-level resolution dramatically improves prediction of clinical outcomes for balanced rearrangements and provides insight into new pathogenic mechanisms, such as altered regulation due to changes in chromosome topology.
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