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Andrea Afonso.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Andrea Afonso

Citation names

  • Afonso, F. Andrea
  • Afonso, Andrea

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9C1D-41E7-9BBF
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8858-1617

Email addresses

  • andrea@ipb.pt (Professional)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/09 - 2019/09
Concluded
 Fisiopatología y Farmacología (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Salamanca, Spain
 Sobresaliente “cum laude”
2014/03 - 2014/03
Concluded
 Clinical Analysis and Public Health (Título de especialista)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal
2004 - 2008
Concluded
 Clinical Immunology (Mestrado)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
"“Serodiagnosis methods as a complement to the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Portugal”" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2003 - 2004
Concluded
 Clinical Immunology (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
 16
1998 - 2002
Concluded
 Clinical Analysis and Public Health (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017 - 2024 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal
2008 - 2014 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2003/12 - 2024 Técnico de 1ª Classe (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Técnico de Análises Clínicas e de Saúde Pública) Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste EPE, Portugal
Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste EPE, Portugal
2002/10 - 2003/10 Técnico de 2ª Classe (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Técnico de Análises Clínicas e de Saúde Pública) Hospital de São João, Portugal
2001/07 - 2001/10 Técnico de 2ª Classe (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Técnico de Análises Clínicas e de Saúde Pública) Centro Hospitalar Leiria EPE, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Afonso, Andrea; Alves-Silva, Jorge; Pereira, Olivia; Cardoso, Susana. "Beneficial Effects of Salvia Plants: Correlation with Bioactive Components". In Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants. Studium Press LLC, 2016.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Ana Catarina Duarte; Sílvia Rodrigues; Andrea Luísa Fernandes Afonso; António Nogueira; P. Coutinho. "Antibiotic Resistance in the Drinking Water: Old and New Strategies to Remove Antibiotics, Resistant Bacteria, and Resistance Genes". Pharmaceuticals (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/15/4/393.
    10.3390/ph15040393
  2. Andrea Luísa Fernandes Afonso; Olívia R. Pereira; Susana M. Cardoso. "Salvia Species as Nutraceuticals: Focus on Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Anti-Obesity Properties". Applied Sciences (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/20/9365.
    10.3390/app11209365
  3. Ana Alves; Cristina Viveiros; Jéssica Lopes; António Nogueira; Bruno Pires; Andrea Luísa Fernandes Afonso; Cristina Teixeira. "Microbiological Contamination in Different Food Service Units Associated with Food Handling". Applied Sciences (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7241.
    10.3390/app11167241
  4. Andrea Luísa Fernandes Afonso; Olívia R. Pereira; Susana M. Cardoso. "Health-Promoting Effects of Thymus Phenolic-Rich Extracts: Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory and Antitumoral Properties". Antioxidants (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/9/814.
    10.3390/antiox9090814
  5. Andrea Luísa Fernandes Afonso; Bruno Miguel Morais Pires; Cristina Martins Teixeira; António José Nogueira. "Tuberculin Skin Testing versus Interferon-Gamma Release Assay among Users of a Public Health Unit in Northeast Portugal". Portuguese Journal of Public Health (2020): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1159/000514875.
    10.1159/000514875
  6. Andrea Luísa Fernandes Afonso; Olívia R. Pereira; Ângela Fernandes; Ricardo C. Calhelha; Artur M. S. Silva; Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira; Susana M Cardoso. "Phytochemical Composition and Bioactive Effects of Salvia africana, Salvia officinalis ‘Icterina’ and Salvia mexicana Aqueous Extracts". Molecules (2019): https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/23/4327.
    10.3390/molecules24234327
  7. Afonso, Andrea. "The Health-Benefits and Phytochemical Profile of Salvia apiana and Salvia farinacea var. Victoria Blue Decoctions". Anatomy and embryology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00300592.
    10.1007/bf00300592
  8. Afonso, Andrea. "Salvia elegans, Salvia greggii and Salvia officinalis Decoctions: Antioxidant Activities and Inhibition of Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolic Enzymes". International journal of cancer (2018): https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.2910330314.
    10.1002/ijc.2910330314
  9. Afonso, A.F.; Pereira, O.R.; Válega, M.; Silva, A.M.S.; Cardoso, S.M.. "Metabolites and biological activities of thymus zygis, thymus pulegioides, and thymus fragrantissimus grown under organic cultivation". Molecules 23 7 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85049391809&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/molecules23071514
  10. Afonso, A.F.; Pereira, O.R.; Neto, R.T.; Silva, A.M.S.; Cardoso, S.M.. "Health-promoting effects of Thymus herba-barona, Thymus pseudolanuginosus, and Thymus caespititius decoctions". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 18 9 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028699628&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/ijms18091879
  11. Duarte, R.; Afonso, A.; Ferreira, C.; Roque, S.; Vasconcelos, O.; Sarmento-Castro, R.; Tavares, M.; et al. "A case-control study on the diagnostic potential of multi-antigen serological tests for tuberculosis". Archives of Clinical Microbiology 3 2 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872006782&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3823/249
  12. Santos, N.; Geraldes, M.; Afonso, A.; Almeida, V.; Correia-Neves, M.. "Diagnosis of tuberculosis in the wild boar (sus scrofa): A comparison of methods applicable to hunter-harvested animals". PLoS ONE 5 9 (2010): 1-8. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77958593647&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0012663
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/06/17 Microbial water quality of public swimming pool in the district of Bragança Annual Meeting Coimbra Health School - Global Health: New Trends
Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/05/28 Microbiological Contamination in Different Catering Units Associated with Food Handling 2nd International Congress of Health and Well-being Intervention
Research in Education and Community Intervention (Viseu, Portugal)
2021/02/04 Humulus lupulus l.: cosmetic application of extracts obtained from cones and vegetative parts Natural products application: Health, Cosmetic and Food
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2020/10/26 Chemical Quality of Dinking-Water in a Northeast Region of Portugal 10th Meeting of the Analytical Chemistry Division
Portuguese Society of Chemistry (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/11/23 Avaliação de metodologias de diagnóstico Laboratorial da Tuberculose III Jornadas de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
(Bragança, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/04/01 - 2023/04/01 World Water Day, with the theme: Is the water you use good? (2023/04/01 - 2023/04/01)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste EPE, Portugal
2023/03/24 - 2023/03/24 Tuberculosis Mundial Day (2023/03/24 - 2023/03/24)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste EPE, Portugal
2019/04/05 - 2019/04/07 I Congresso Nacional das Tecnologias da Saúde (2019/04/05 - 2019/04/07)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste EPE, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal
2018/10/27 - 2018/10/27 Pré-Congresso Nacional das Tecnologias da Saúde - Cuidados de Saúde Primários (2018 - 2018)
Congress
 Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste EPE, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal
2014/03/20 - 2014/03/20 Flow Cytometry - Application to Health Sciences (2014/03/20 - 2014/03/20)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal
2010/02/26 - 2010/03/27 Hematology and Clinical-Laboratory Immunology ”: lymphoproliferative and myelodysplastic syndromes and acute leukemias; methodologies applied in the hematology and immunology laboratories; mechanisms of immunological tolerance and autoimmune diseases; allergic response; tumor immunity; transplantation; immunodeficiencies; immune response to infectious agents. (2010/02/26 - 2010/03/27)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal
2002/04/05 - 2002/04/06 III Conference on Clinical Analysis and Public Health (2002/04/05 - 2002/04/06) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/03/24 - 2023/03/24 Tuberculosis Mundial Day Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste
2010/05/20 - 2010/05/21 V Conference on Clinical Analysis and Public Health in Bragança
2010/04/09 - 2010/04/10 IV Conference on Clinical Analysis and Public Health in Bragança

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/11 - 2024/03 Quality Control in Health Applied Health Sciences (Mestrado) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal
2017/09 - 2024/02 Food and Water Analisys Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal
2017/02 - 2024 Laboratorial Immunology (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal
2017/02 - 2024 Hygiene, Safety and Quality Laboratory Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal
2020/09 - 2021/02 Applied Microbiology II Bioanalysis and Control (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023/03/21 Tuberculosis: Prevention, early diagnosis and treatment to control the disease Clinical Eye Section of Jornal Nordeste