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Maria José Borrego is a Researcher at the Portuguese National Institute of Health (Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, INSA, IP) where she works in the Department of Infectious Diseases, being the Head of the National Reference laboratory for Sexually Transmitted Infections. Thus she works mostly in Health Sciences. Se has published more than 55 papers in peer reviewed journals. Through her professional activity, Maria José has interacted with about 186 coauthors.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria José Borrego

Citation names

  • Borrego, Maria
  • Maria José Borrego
  • Borrego MJ

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4812-0368-4249
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8604-8800

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
1993 - 1999/06/21
Concluded
 Medicina Veterinária (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
 Aprovado
1986
Concluded
 Medicina Veterinária (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1999/06/21 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, Portugal
1993 - 1999 Research Assistant (Research) Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal
1989 - 1993 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/01/01 - Current Head of the National Reference laboratory for Sexually Transmitted Infections Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/04/01 - Current Genomic and transcriptomic traits driving intra-and-inter-patient evolution of clinically relevant Chlamydia trachomatis strains
SFRH/BD/147447/2019
Supervisor
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/01/01 - 2021/03/01 Genomics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae tropism and antimicrobial resistance
SFRH/BD/109264/2015
Supervisor
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2012/01/01 - 2016/09/30 Molecular dynamics of Chlamydia trachomatis chromosome and plasmid
SFRH/BD/68532/2010
Supervisor
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2015/07/31 Evolutionary dynamics of Chlamydia trachomatis genome and identification of molecular patterns of hypothetical protein coding genes
SFRH/BD/68527/2010
Supervisor
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/03 - 2015/06 Novel approach to "understand" syphilis
Provided by PTCRIS: 133331
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2014/03 - 2015/03 Nova abordagem para compreensão da sífilis
EXPL/BIA-MIC/0309/2013
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2011/03 - 2014/08 Characterisation of host cell pathways altered by effectors of Brucella, Chlamydia, and Coxiella: identification of novel therapeutic targets
Provided by PTCRIS: 116473
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2009/08/01 - 2014/03/11 NEW APPROACHES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION: RELEVANCE FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE AND CANCER PREVENTION
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBD2%F470442%F2008/PT
Supervisor
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, Portugal
 Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/02 - 2013/07 Functional analyses of inclusion membrane proteins of Chlamydia trachomatis
Provided by PTCRIS: 99623
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/01 - 2013/06 Study of evasion mechanisms to innate immunity in group B streptococcal infections: identification of novel therapeutic targets.
Provided by PTCRIS: 105114
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/01 - 2013/03 Tracking the synthesis of the Chlamydia cell wall - a biological paradox in intracellular and evasive bacteria
Provided by PTCRIS: 71117
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2008/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Molecular Epidemiology and virulence factors in Streptococcus agalactiae
SFRH/BD/48231/2008
Supervisor
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, Portugal
Concluded
2006/01/01 - 2011/06/30 Genomic and Transcriptomic features of Chlamydia trachomatis: tracking the basis for the ecological success
SFRH/BD/25651/2005
Supervisor
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1995/12/04 - 1996/12/31 Estudo da epidemiologia molecular e da patogenia das infeções causadas por Chlamydia trachomatis
BD/5246/95
PhD Student Fellow
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie Site Nord, France
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Desenvolvimento e avaliação de um surfactante sob a forma de Hidrogel na prevenção de infecções transmitidas por contacto direto
PTDC/BIA-MIC/31561/2017
Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/01/09 - 2020/01/03 TraSyph - Tracing the Treponema pallidum genetic footprints associated with syphilis outcomes and stages
TraSyph
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal
 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Ongoing
2015/01/02 - 2018/03/31 Inquérito Serológico Nacional 2015-2016
not applicable
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal
 EEA Grants
Concluded
2011/03/01 - 2014/08/31 Caracterização das vias celulares alteradas pelos efectores de Brucella, Chlamydia e Coxiella: identificação de novos alvos terapêuticos
ERA-PTG/0004/2010
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 457 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/BIA/UI0457/2011
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/02/01 - 2013/07/31 Análises funcionais de proteínas da membrana de inclusão de Chlamydia trachomatis
PTDC/SAU-MII/099623/2008
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2013/06/30 Estudo de mecanismos de evasão à imunidade inata na infecção por Estreptococcos do grupo B: identificação de novos alvos terapêuticos.
PTDC/SAU-MII/105114/2008
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2013/03/31 Análise da síntese da parede celular em Chlamydia - um paradoxo biológico numa bactéria intracelular e evasiva
PTDC/BIA-MIC/100747/2008
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - LA 18 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/SAU/LA0018/2011
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2011/04/30 Análise da estrutura mosaico do cromossoma de Chlamydia trachomatis por microarrays
PTDC/BIA-BCM/71117/2006
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2007/12/31 Epidemiologia molecular de Treponema pallidum
não tem
Principal investigator
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, Portugal
 Comissão de Fomento da Investigação em Cuidados de Saúde
Concluded
2002/01/01 - 2004/12/31 Variação genética das proteínas membranares polimórficas (pmp) nos genótipos de Chlamydia trachomatis
39822/MGI/2001
Principal investigator
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002/01 - 2004/12 Variação genética das proteínas membranares polimórficas (pmp) nos genótipos de Chlamydia trachomatis
39822/MGI/2001
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
1999/01/01 - 2001/12/31 Salpingites por Chlamydia trachomatis: estudo de fenómenos imunopatológicos responsáveis por infertilidade tubária na mulher
180/99
Principal investigator
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, Portugal
 Comissão de Fomento da Investigação em Cuidados de Saúde
Concluded
1993/01/01 - 1995/12/31 Investigação epidemiológica, laboratorial e clínica das doenças sexualmente transmissíveis e infecção pelo HIV/SIDA
PBIC/T/SAU1520/92
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1993/01 - 1995/12 Investigação epidemiológica, laboratorial e clínica das doenças sexualmente transmissíveis e infecção pelo HIV/SIDA
PBIC/T/SAU1520/92
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Other

Designation Funders
2016/10/01 - 2021/02/28 Contribution of genomics and transcriptomics to the understanding of the biological role of DNases in Streptococcus agalactiae
não tem
Supervisor
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Departamento de Doenças Infeciosas, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/01/02 - 2019/12/31 Estudo de vigilância da etiologia e prevalência em Portugal continental de 4 microrganismos (Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma genitalium e Trichomonas vaginalis) responsáveis por infeções sexualmente transmissíveis
não tem
Principal investigator
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Lopo S; C Roque; I Costa; Borrego MJ; J Azevedo. Corresponding author: Lopo S. "Genital herpes in a STD outpatient clinic in Lisbon". Paper presented in 19th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Virology, Lisbon, 2016.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Nunes, A.; Ferreira, R.; Borges, V.; Borrego, M.J.; Gomes, João Paulo. "Molecular features underlying the higher ecological success of C. trachomatis E and F genotypes". 2011.
  2. Santo, I.; Azevedo, J.; Borrego, M.J.; Gomes, João Paulo; Verdasca, N.; Pista, A.. "Chlamydia trachomatis infection in patients selected for HPV detection". 2011.
  3. Borges, V.; Nunes, A.; Ferreira, R.; Borrego, M.J.; Gomes, João Paulo. "A Bioinformática na Identificação dos Processos Moleculares de Interacção entre o Agente Patogénico e o Homem". 2011.
  4. Ferreira, R.; Borges, V.; Nunes, A.; Borrego, M.J.; Gomes, João Paulo. "Transcriptomic analysis of plasmid and plasmid-related chromosomal ORFs in C. trachomatis strains with different cell-appetence". 2011.
Journal article
  1. Golparian D; Cole MJ; Sánchez-Busó L; Day M; Jacobsson S; Uthayakumaran T; Abad R; et al. "Antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Europe in 2020 compared with in 2013 and 2018: a retrospective genomic surveillance study.". The Lancet. Microbe (2024): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/38614111.
    10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00370-1
  2. Unemo M; Cole MJ; Kodmon C; Day M; Jacobsson S; European Gonococcal Tetracycline-Resistance Study Group. "High tetracycline resistance percentages in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Europe: is doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis unlikely to reduce the incident gonorrhoea cases?". The Lancet regional health. Europe (2024): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/38476738.
    10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.100871
  3. Minetti C; Rocha M; Duque LM; Meireles P; Correia C; Cordeiro D; João I; et al. "Orogenital and anal infection by Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma genitalium, and other sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men in Lisbon.". International journal of STD & AIDS (2024): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/38166231.
    10.1177/09564624231221591
  4. Borges V; Duque MP; Martins JV; Vasconcelos P; Ferreira R; Sobral D; Pelerito A; et al. "Viral genetic clustering and transmission dynamics of the 2022 mpox outbreak in Portugal.". Nature medicine (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37696933.
    10.1038/s41591-023-02542-x
  5. Caldeira MB; Neves JM; Pestana M; Corte-Real R; Borrego MJ; Cordeiro R; Machado J; et al. "Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Mpox Patients Attending an STD Clinic in Lisbon.". International journal of environmental research and public health (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37835073.
    10.3390/ijerph20196803
  6. Rodrigues R; Vieira-Baptista P; Catalão C; Borrego MJ; Sousa C; Vale N. "Chlamydial and Gonococcal Genital Infections: A Narrative Review.". Journal of personalized medicine (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37511783.
    10.3390/jpm13071170
  7. Caldeira M; Fernandes C; Neves J; João A; Calado R; Pinto AR; Borrego MJ; et al. "Outbreak of monkeypox in an STD clinic in Lisbon.". Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36268678.
    10.1111/jdv.18679
  8. Joana Isidro; Vítor Borges; Miguel Pinto; Daniel Sobral; João Dourado Santos; Alexandra Nunes; Verónica Mixão; et al. "Addendum: Phylogenomic characterization and signs of microevolution in the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus". Nature Medicine (2022): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02036-2.
    10.1038/s41591-022-02036-2
  9. Brazão C; Garrido PM; Alpalhão M; Roda Â; Vieitez-Frade J; Ferreira JA; Pelerito A; et al. "Monkeypox virus infection in HIV-1-coinfected patients previously vaccinated against smallpox: A series of 4 cases from Portugal.". Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36223385.
    10.1111/jdv.18655
  10. Alpalhão M; Sousa D; Frade JV; Patrocínio J; Garrido PM; Correia C; Brazão C; et al. "Human immunodeficiency virus infection may be a contributing factor to monkeypox infection: Analysis of a 42-case series.". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36156305.
    10.1016/j.jaad.2022.09.029
  11. Inês Silvestre; Vítor Borges; Sílvia Duarte; Nunes, Alexandra; Rita Sobral; Luís Vieira; João Paulo Gomes; Maria José Borrego. "Global gene expression analysis of Streptococcus agalactiae at the exponential growth phase". Cellular and Molecular Biology 68 7 (2022): 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.14715/cmb/2022.68.7.1.
    10.14715/cmb/2022.68.7.1
  12. Alpalhão M; Frade JV; Sousa D; Patrocínio J; Garrido PM; Correia C; Brazão C; et al. "Monkeypox: a new (sexually transmissible) epidemic?". Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35841292.
    10.1111/jdv.18424
  13. Pereira IS; Pais SV; Borges V; Borrego MJ; Gomes JP; Mota LJ. "The Type III Secretion Effector CteG Mediates Host Cell Lytic Exit of Chlamydia trachomatis.". Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35903198.
    10.3389/fcimb.2022.902210
  14. Joana Isidro; Vítor Borges; Miguel Pinto; Daniel Sobral; João Dourado Santos; Alexandra Nunes; Verónica Mixão; et al. "Phylogenomic characterization and signs of microevolution in the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus". Nature Medicine (2022): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01907-y.
    10.1038/s41591-022-01907-y
  15. Perez Duque M; Ribeiro S; Martins JV; Casaca P; Leite PP; Tavares M; Mansinho K; et al. "Ongoing monkeypox virus outbreak, Portugal, 29 April to 23 May 2022.". Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35656830.
    10.2807/1560-7917.es.2022.27.22.2200424
  16. Day MJ; Jacobsson S; Spiteri G; Kulishev C; Sajedi N; Woodford N; Blumel B; et al. "Significant increase in azithromycin "resistance" and susceptibility to ceftriaxone and cefixime in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in 26 European countries, 2019.". BMC infectious diseases (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35672671.
    10.1186/s12879-022-07509-w
  17. Sánchez-Busó L; Cole MJ; Spiteri G; Day M; Jacobsson S; Golparian D; Sajedi N; et al. "Europe-wide expansion and eradication of multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages: a genomic surveillance study.". The Lancet. Microbe (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35659907.
    10.1016/s2666-5247(22)00044-1
  18. Cole MJ; Day M; Jacobsson S; Amato-Gauci AJ; Spiteri G; Unemo M; the European Gonorrhoea Response Plan Group; European Gonorrhoea Response Plan Group. "The European response to control and manage multi- and extensively drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae.". Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35514307.
    10.2807/1560-7917.es.2022.27.18.2100611
  19. Bonito F; Alves J; Lodhia Z; Cordeiro D; Borges V; Azevedo J; Borrego MJ. "Clinical and epidemiological characterization of lymphogranuloma venereum in a sexually transmitted diseases clinic in Lisbon, 2001-2020.". Sexually transmitted diseases (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35404912.
    10.1097/olq.0000000000001634
  20. Borges, Vítor; Isidro, Joana; Trovão, Nídia Sequeira; Duarte, Sílvia; Cortes-Martins, Helena; Martiniano, Hugo; Gordo, Isabel; et al. "SARS-CoV-2 introductions and early dynamics of the epidemic in Portugal". Communications Medicine 2 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00072-0.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s43856-022-00072-0
  21. Silvestre I; Nunes A; Borges V; Isidro J; Silva C; Vieira L; Gomes JP; Borrego MJ. "Genomic insights on DNase production in Streptococcus agalactiae ST17 and ST19 strains.". Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/34147652.
    10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104969
  22. Neves JM; Ramos Pinheiro R; Côrte-Real R; Borrego MJ; Rodrigues A; Fernandes C. "Lymphogranuloma venereum: a retrospective analysis of an emerging sexually transmitted disease in a Lisbon Tertiary Center.". Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33896044.
    10.1111/jdv.17302
  23. Jacobsson, Susanne; Cole, Michelle J.; Spiteri, Gianfranco; Day, Michaela; Unemo, Magnus. "Associations between antimicrobial susceptibility/resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in European Union/European Economic Area and patients’ gender, sexual orientation and anatomical site of infection, 2009–2016". BMC Infectious Diseases 21 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05931-0.
    10.1186/s12879-021-05931-0
  24. Unemo, Magnus; Ahlstrand, Josefine; Sánchez-Busó, Leonor; Day, Michaela; Aanensen, David; Golparian, Daniel; Jacobsson, Susanne; et al. "High susceptibility to zoliflodacin and conserved target (GyrB) for zoliflodacin among 1209 consecutive clinical Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from 25 European countries, 2018". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkab024.
    10.1093/jac/dkab024
  25. Borges, Vítor; Isidro, Joana; Correia, Cristina; Cordeiro, Dora; Vieira, Luís; Lodhia, Zohra; Fernandes, Cândida; et al. "Transcontinental dissemination of the L2b/D-Da recombinant Chlamydia trachomatis Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) strain: need of broad multi-country molecular surveillance". Clinical Infectious Diseases (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab067.
    10.1093/cid/ciab067
  26. Hadad R; Cole MJ; Ebeyan S; Jacobsson S; Tan LY; Golparian D; Erskine S; et al. "Evaluation of the SpeeDx ResistancePlus® GC and SpeeDx GC 23S 2611 (beta) molecular assays for prediction of antimicrobial resistance/susceptibility to ciprofloxacin and azithromycin in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.". The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32929456.
    10.1093/jac/dkaa381
  27. Miguel Pinto; Vítor Borges; Joana Isidro; João Carlos Rodrigues; Luís Vieira; Maria José Borrego; João Paulo Gomes. "Neisseria gonorrhoeae clustering to reveal major European whole-genome-sequencing-based genogroups in association with antimicrobial resistance". Microbial Genomics (2020): https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000481.
    10.1099/mgen.0.000481
  28. Maria José Borrego. "Massive dissemination of a SARS-CoV-2 Spike Y839 variant in Portugal". Emerging Microbes & Infections (2020): 1-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1844552.
    10.1080/22221751.2020.1844552
  29. Maria José Borrego. "Biofilm formation by ST17 and ST19 strains of Streptococcus agalactiae". Research in Microbiology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2020.08.001.
    10.1016/j.resmic.2020.08.001
  30. Maria José Borrego. "Cephalosporin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Portugal, 2019". Sexually Transmitted Diseases Publish Ah (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/olq.0000000000001218.
    10.1097/olq.0000000000001218
  31. Pinto M; Rodrigues JC; Matias R; Água-Doce I; Cordeiro D; Correia C; Gomes JP; et al. "Fifteen years of a nationwide culture collection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance in Portugal.". European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology (2020): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32494956.
    Accepted • 10.1007/s10096-020-03907-7
  32. Cole, Michelle J.; Quinten, Chantal; Jacobsson, Susanne; Day, Michaela; Amato-Gauci, Andrew J.; Woodford, Neil; Spiteri, Gianfranco; Unemo, Magnus. "The European gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance programme (Euro-GASP) appropriately reflects the antimicrobial resistance situation for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the European Union/European Economic Area". BMC Infectious Diseases 19 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4631-x.
    Published • 10.1186/s12879-019-4631-x
  33. Borges, Vítor; Cordeiro, Dora; Salas, Ana Isabel; Lodhia, Zohra; Correia, Cristina; Isidro, Joana; Fernandes, Cândida; et al. "Chlamydia trachomatis: when the virulence-associated genome backbone imports a prevalence-associated major antigen signature". Microbial Genomics 5 11 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000313.
    Published • 10.1099/mgen.0.000313
  34. Cole MJ; Quaye N; Jacobsson S; Day M; Fagan E; Ison C; Pitt R; et al. "Ten years of external quality assessment (EQA) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing in Europe elucidate high reliability of data.". BMC infectious diseases 19 (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30909883.
    Published • 10.1186/s12879-019-3900-z
  35. Borrego, Maria. "Lymphogranuloma venereum: a retrospective analysis of an emerging sexually transmitted disease in a Lisbon STD clinic". International Journal of STD & AIDS (2019):
    Accepted
  36. Florindo, Carlos; Barroco, Cinthia Alves; Silvestre, Inês; Damião, Vera; Gomes, João Paulo; Spellerberg, Barbara; Santos-Sanches, Ilda; Borrego, Maria José. "Capsular Type, Sequence Type and Microbial Resistance Factors Impact on DNase Activity of Streptococcus agalactiae Strains from Human and Bovine Origin". European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 8 4 (2018): 149-154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/1886.2018.00026.
    10.1556/1886.2018.00026
  37. Day, Michaela J.; Spiteri, Gianfranco; Jacobsson, Susanne; Woodford, Neil; Amato-Gauci, Andrew J.; Cole, Michelle J.; Unemo, Magnus. "Stably high azithromycin resistance and decreasing ceftriaxone susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 25 European countries, 2016". BMC Infectious Diseases 18 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3528-4.
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  1. Genomic insights on DNase production in Streptococcus agalactiae ST17 and ST19 strains. 2020. Inês Silvestre; Alexandra Nunes; Vítor Borges; Joana Isidro; Catarina Silva; Luís Vieira; João Paulo Gomes; Maria José Borrego. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.09.418327.
    10.1101/2020.12.09.418327
  2. Global gene expression analysis of Streptococcus agalactiae at exponential growth phase. 2020. Inês Silvestre; Vítor Borges; Sílvia Duarte; Alexandra Nunes; Rita Sobral; Luís Vieira; João Paulo Gomes; Maria José Borrego. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.13.381939.
    10.1101/2020.11.13.381939