Emma Sáez-López
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
4 Papers
17 Citations
Emma Sáez-López is an academic researcher from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vaccination & Respiratory infection. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications. Previous affiliations of Emma Sáez-López include Intelligence and National Security Alliance.
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Papers
Challenging measles case definition: three measles outbreaks in three Health Regions of Portugal, February to April 2018.
Gonçalo Figueiredo Augusto,Diogo Cruz,Andreia Silva,Natália Pereira,Bárbara Andreia Aguiar,Ana Leça,Elisabete Serrada,Paula Valente,Teresa Fernandes,Fernando Guerra,Paula Palminha,Elsa Vinagre,Sílvia Lopo,Rita Cordeiro,Emma Sáez-López,Maria Augusta Neto,Paulo Nogueira,Graça Freitas +17 more
TL;DR: Three simultaneous measles outbreaks with 112 confirmed cases in three Health Regions of Portugal, from February to April 2018, highlighted the importance of rethinking the measles case definition for vaccinated cases.
Seroprevalence of meningococcal serogroup C bactericidal antibodies in the Portuguese population, a decade after vaccine introduction in the National Immunisation Programme.
TL;DR: In the absence of national data, this article evaluated the seroprotection level of the Portuguese population against MenC, in order to identify the protected fraction of the population and ponder on the necessity of a booster dose of the MCC vaccine.
Epidemiology and genetic variability of respiratory syncytial virus in Portugal, 2014–2018
Emma Sáez-López,Emma Sáez-López,Paula Cristóvão,Inês Costa,Pedro Pechirra,Patrícia Conde,Raquel Guiomar +6 more
TL;DR: The sequence and phylogenetic analysis reflected the relatively high diversity of Portuguese RSV strains and predominated BA9 and ON1 genotypes, which have been circulating in Portugal since 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 respectively.
Performance of surveillance case definitions for respiratory syncytial virus infections through the sentinel influenza surveillance system, Portugal, 2010 to 2018.
Emma Sáez-López,Pedro Pechirra,Inês Costa,Paula Cristóvão,Patrícia Conde,Ausenda Machado,Ana Paula Rodrigues,Raquel Guiomar +7 more
TL;DR: RSV surveillance within the Portuguese sentinel ISS would require a more sensitive case definition than ILI and, even a different case definition according to age, to avoid underestimating the RSV disease burden.