???global.info.a_carregar???
Ana Catarina Silva Costa. Completed the Doutoramento in Programa Doutoral do Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (ramo de Medicina; ramo de Ciências Biomédicas; ramo de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde) in 2014 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina and Licenciatura in Bioquímica in 2001 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. She is an Assistant Professor in Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina and Researcher in Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina. She published 24 articles in journals and one preprint. Has 1 section(s) of books. Organized 2 event(s). She supervised 7 MSc dissertation(s). Participates and/or participated as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) in 1 project(s), Principal investigator in 1 project(s) and Researcher in 2 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Health Sciences with emphasis on Infectious Diseases and Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Microbiology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Streptococcus pneumoniae; pediatric complicated pneumococcal pneumonia; pneumococos; Conjugate vaccines; .
Read full resume ↓
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Catarina Silva Costa

Citation names

  • Silva-Costa, C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6517-D034-BADD
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9681-0574

Email addresses

  • anacosta@fm.ul.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 217999458 Ext.: 47202 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Ed. Egas Moniz, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2014
Concluded
 Programa Doutoral do Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (ramo de Medicina; ramo de Ciências Biomédicas; ramo de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde) (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes associated with tonsillo-pharyngitis in Portugal with particular emphasis on macrolide resistance" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovada com Distinção e Louvor
2001
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Interacção entre micobactérias e células fagocíticas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2003/03/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2002/03/04 - 2003 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/03/03 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2008/04/02 - 2014/03/02 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2004/03/02 - 2008/04/01 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Silva-Costa, C.; Melo Cristino, Jose; Ramirez, Mário. "Streptococcus pneumoniae". In Molecular Medical Microbiology, 1479-1490. Elsevier, 2024.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-818619-0.00095-2
Conference abstract
  1. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva J; Prados L; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal: dominance of serotype 3 and increase in serotype 8 four years after PCV13 inclusion in the National Immunization Plan". Paper presented in 30th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2020.
    Published
  2. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva J; Prados L; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Persistence of serotype 19F and the importance of non-vaccine serotypes in pediatric non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal (2015-2018)". Paper presented in 30th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2020.
    Published
  3. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva J; Teodoro I; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "The PCV13 serotypes still account for a large fraction of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults three-years after PCV13 introduction in the pediatric vaccination schedule (Portugal: 2015-2018)". Paper presented in 30th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2020.
    Published
  4. Pires, Renato; Friães, Ana; Silva-Costa, C.; Rolo, Dora; Brito-Avô, A.; Morais, A.; Gonçalo-Marques, J.; et al. "Relationship among macrolide resistant group A streptococci associated with oropharyngeal colonization and infection". Paper presented in XVII Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases, Porto Heli, 2008.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Pereira M; Silva-Costa, C.; Prata F; Tavares M; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Paediatric pneumococcal pneumonia - trends in Portugal following introduction of universal PCV13 (P1536)". Paper presented in 42st Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), 2024.
  2. Santos-Ferreira M; Silva-Costa, C.; Prata F; Tavares M; Joana Gomes-Silva; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Rodrigues F. "Serotype 3 complicated pneumonia is the major cause of paediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal". Paper presented in 42st Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), 2024.
  3. Boto CM; Carneiro SR; Ramalho M; Tavares M; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Gouveia, Catarina. "Increased severety of pleural empyema caused by group A Streptococcus: a multicenter study". Paper presented in 42st Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), 2024.
  4. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Dominance of serotypes 3 and 8 in adult invasive pneumococcal disease and the importance of non-PCV13 serotypes in antimicrobial resistance". Paper presented in ESCMID Global 2024, 2024.
  5. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Non-invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal: serotype distribution and comparison with invasive pneumococcal disease (2019-2022". Paper presented in ESCMID Global 2024, 2024.
  6. Gomes-Silva, Joana; Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease: the importance of molecular methods in the diagnosis and serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae in culture negative samples". Paper presented in 16th International Conference on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases, 2023.
  7. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. "Invasive pneumococcal disease in adults in Portugal: small decrease in PCV13 serotypes (2019-2022)". Paper presented in 16th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus (EuroPneumo), 2023.
  8. Gomes-Silva, Joana; Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Sustained importance of Streptococcus pneumoniae among pediatric complicated pneumonia in Portugal (2019-22)". Paper presented in 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), 2023.
  9. Gomes-Silva, Joana; Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; The Portuguese Study Group Of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Of The Paediatric Infectious Diseases Society.. "Etiologic diagnosis from pleural effusion and empyema in pediatrics: is it worth looking beyond Streptococcus pneumoniae in the post-pneumococcal vaccine era?". Paper presented in 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2023.
  10. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Subtil-Limpo, F; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; The Portuguese Study Group Of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Of The Paediatric Infectious Diseases Society.. "Vaccine serotypes and the post-pandemic rebound of pediatric invasive disease in Portugal (2018-2022)". Paper presented in 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2023.
  11. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; The Portuguese Group For The Study Of Streptococcal Infections. "Small decrease of PCV13 serotypes in invasive pneumococcal disease in adults in Portugal 7 years after PCV13 universal use in children". Paper presented in 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2023.
  12. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Santos, Andreia; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. "Persistence of PCV13 serotypes in non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in adults in Portugal after vaccine introduction in the national immunization plan for children". Paper presented in 12th International Symposium on Pneumococci&Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-12), 2022.
  13. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Subtil-Limpo, F; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Pneumococcal pediatric invasive disease in Portugal: importance of serotype 3 and increase in non-vaccine types six-years after near universal vaccination with PCV13". Paper presented in 12th International Symposium on Pneumococci&Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-12), 2022.
  14. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Complicated pediatric pneumococcal pneumonia in the context of near universal vaccination in Portugal". Paper presented in 12th International Symposium on Pneumococci&Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-12), 2022.
  15. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Subtil-Limpo, F; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Decreases in pediatric invasive disease (pIPD) in Portugal (2018-2021) and the growing importance of non-vaccine serotypes and of serotype 3 complicated pneumonia in pIPD". Paper presented in 15th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus - Europneumo, 2022.
  16. Gomes-Silva, Joana; Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho MD; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. Corresponding author: Ramirez, Mário. "Looking beyond Streptococcus pneumoniae in culture-negative complicated pneumonia in children in Portugal (2010-19)". Paper presented in 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2022.
  17. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Santos, A; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. "Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal (2016-2018): the importance of conjugate vaccine serotypes". Paper presented in 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2022.
  18. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Continued dominance of serotype 3 in pediatric complicated pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal, five years after PCV13 introduction into routine infant immunization". Paper presented in 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2022.
  19. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva J; Prados L; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Continued dominance of serotype 3 and increase in serotype 8 as causes of pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal four years after PCV13 inclusion in the national immunization plan". Paper presented in 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, 26-29 October., 2019.
  20. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva J; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Serotypes 19F, 11A and 23B dominate in pediatric non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal (2015-2018)". Paper presented in 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, 2019.
  21. Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Gomes-Silva J; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Despite introduction of PCV13 into routine infant immunization serotype 3 continues to cause pediatric complicated pneumococcal pneumonia among vaccinees". Paper presented in 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, 2019.
  22. Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Gomes-Silva J; Guerreiro, Soraia I.; Brito, Maria J.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Molecular diagnostics reveals persistence of serotype 3 as the main cause of pediatric complicated pneumonia in Portugal despite extensive PCV13 use". Paper presented in 12th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XII), 2019.
  23. Gomes-Silva J; Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Characterization of the genetic lineages responsible for pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal (1999-2015)". Paper presented in 12th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XII), 2019.
  24. Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos; Friães, Ana; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Guerreiro, Soraia; Brito, Maria; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Molecular diagnostics reveals persistence of serotype 3 as the main cause of pediatric complicated pneumonia in Portugal despite extensive PCV13 use (P263)". Paper presented in 12th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XII), 2019.
  25. Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Gomes-Silva J; Guerreiro, Soraia I.; Brito, Maria J.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Three years after PCV13 introduction in the National Immunization Plan serotype 3 is still the main cause of complicated pneumonia in Portugal". Paper presented in 14th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus, 2019.
  26. Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos D.; Friães, Ana; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Guerreiro, Soraia; Brito, Maria João; Ramirez, Mário; et al. "Three years after PCV13 introduction in the National Immunization Plan serotype 3 is still the main cause of complicated pneumonia in Portugal (P46)". Paper presented in 14th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus, 2019.
  27. Silva-Costa, C.; Lopes JP; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in adults in Portugal: continued decline of PCV13 serotypes (2015-2017)". Paper presented in IDWeek 2018, 2018.
  28. Silva-Costa, C.; Lopes JP; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Serotypes 8 and 3 are the leading cause of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults in Portugal (2015-2017)". Paper presented in IDWeek 2018, 2018.
  29. Silva-Costa, C.; Horácio, Andreia N.; Aguiar, Sandra I; Lopes JP; Brito, Maria J.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Persistence of PCV7 and PCV13 serotypes in pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal after more than a decade of vaccine use". Paper presented in 11th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-11), 2018.
  30. Silva-Costa, C.; Brito, Maria J.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Aguiar, Sandra I; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Serotype 3 is the leading cause of complicated pediatric pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal even among PCV13 vaccinated children (2010-2015)". Paper presented in 11th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-11), 2018.
  31. Horácio, Andreia N.; Silva-Costa, C.; Lopes JP; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Emerging non-vaccine serotypes but also conjugate vaccine serotypes remain the major causes of non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in adults in Portugal (2012-2015)". Paper presented in 11th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-11), 2018.
  32. Silva-Costa, C.; Horácio, Andreia N.; Aguiar, Sandra I; Lopes JP; Brito, Maria J.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal: changing epidemiology (2012-2016)". Paper presented in MicroBioTec'17, 2017.
  33. Silva-Costa, C.; Horácio, Andreia N.; Aguiar, Sandra I; Lopes JP; Brito Maria J; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "PCV13 serotypes are still important causes of pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal after more than a decade of conjugate vaccine". Paper presented in International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC 2017), 2017.
  34. Horácio, Andreia N.; Silva-Costa, C.; Lopes JP; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Importance of vaccine serotypes and emergence of non-vaccine serotypes causing non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in adults in Portugal". Paper presented in International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC 2017), 2017.
  35. Horácio, Andreia N.; Silva-Costa, C.; Lopes JP; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in adults in Portugal (2012-2015): resilience of vaccine serotypes and emergence of non-vaccine serotypes". Paper presented in IDWeek 2017, 2017.
  36. Silva-Costa, C.; Aguiar, Sandra I; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Serotype distribution among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing complicated pneumonia in children in Portugal (2010-2015)". Paper presented in 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2017.
  37. Silva-Costa, C.; Aguiar, Sandra I; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "High prevalence of serotype 3 in pneumococcal isolates causing complicated pneumonia and empyema in Portugal (2010-2015)". Paper presented in International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance (IMED 2016), 2016.
  38. Horácio, Andreia N.; Silva-Costa, C.; Lopes JP; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Serotypes and Antimicrobial Resistance of Isolates Causing Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Adult Patients in Portugal After the 13-Valent Conjugate Vaccine Received an Adult Indication - 2012-2014". Paper presented in IDWeek 2016, 2016.
  39. Silva-Costa, C.; Horácio, Andreia N.; Lopes JP; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Isolates expressing PCV13 serotypes are still the leading cause of pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal". Paper presented in 10th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases, 2016.
  40. Horácio, Andreia N.; Silva-Costa, C.; Diamantino-Miranda J; Lopes JP; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "CC156 persisted as the major cause of adult IPD in Portugal in the late post-PCV7 period despite being mostly composed of isolates expressing PCV7 serotypes". Paper presented in 10th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases, 2016.
  41. Horácio, Andreia N.; Silva-Costa, C.; Lopes JP; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Serotype and antimicrobial resistance of isolates causing invasive pneumococcal disease in adults in Portugal (2012-2014)". Paper presented in 10th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases, 2016.
  42. Horácio, Andreia N.; Silva-Costa, C.; Diamantino-Miranda J; Lopes JP; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "The dominant clonal complex causing invasive disease in Portugal still expressed PCV7 serotypes in spite of a decade of vaccine use in children". Paper presented in Microbiotec'15, 2015.
  43. Silva-Costa, C.; Horácio, Andreia N.; Aguiar, Sandra I; Lopes JP; Brito, Maria J.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "PCV13 serotypes are still major causes of invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal despite 10 years of conjugate vaccine use in the private market". Paper presented in 9th World Congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2015.
  44. Silva-Costa, C.; Aguiar, Sandra I; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Brito, Maria J.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "The advantage of various PCR-based techniques in the enhanced ethiological diagnosis of pediatric complicated pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal". Paper presented in 9th World Congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2015.
  45. Horácio, Andreia N.; Silva-Costa, C.; Lopes JP; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "PCV13 serotypes were the major constituents of the major clones causing adult IPD in Portugal in the conjugate vaccine era". Paper presented in 12th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus (EuroPneumo), 2015.
  46. Aguiar, Sandra I; Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Brito, Maria J.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Complicated pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal: Enhanced ethiological diagnosis and serotype distribution". Paper presented in 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, 2015.
  47. Silva-Costa, C.; Aguiar, Sandra I; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "The role of conventional and real-time PCR in determining the pneumococcal etiology of complicated pneumonia cases". Paper presented in International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, 2014.
  48. Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal: decrease of macrolide resistance and clonal instability in spite of sustained macrolide consumption". Paper presented in 28th International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC 2013), 2013.
  49. Pato Catarina; Silva-Costa, C.; Sancho L; Portugal C; Sardinha T; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Decreasing macrolide resistance among pharyngeal group A streptococci recovered in a prospective survey in a Portugal hospital". Paper presented in 23rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2013.
  50. Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal (2007-2011). diminishing resistance and clonal instability in spite of high macrolide consumption". Paper presented in GAS Infections 2013, 2013.
  51. Silva-Costa, C.; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Importance of clonal properties in addition to antibiotic consumption in determining the differences between macrolide resistant and susceptible Streptococcus pyogenes". Paper presented in International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, 2013.
  52. Silva-Costa, C.; Friães, Ana; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Dinamics of susceptibility to tigecycline and to an extended panel of antimicrobials of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in Portugal (2005-2011)". Paper presented in 52th Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), 2012.
  53. Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Continued decline of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal". Paper presented in 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2012.
  54. Friães, Ana; Silva-Costa, C.; Pinto, Francisco; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, Jose. "Identification of clones with enhanced invasive capacity among Group A Streptococci isolated in Portugal". Paper presented in XVIII Lancefield International Symposium, 2011.
  55. Silva-Costa, C.; Friães, Ana; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "In vitro susceptibility to Tigecycline and to an extended panel of antimicrobials of Gram-positive and Gram-negative isolates in Portugal". Paper presented in 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), 2010.
  56. Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated scarlet fever patients". Paper presented in 20th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2010.
  57. Silva-Costa, C.; Friães, Ana; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "In vitro susceptibility to tigecycline and to an extended panel of antimicrobials of Gram positive and Gram negative isolates in Portugal". Paper presented in 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2009.
  58. Friães, Ana; Silva-Costa, C.; Vaz, Filipa; Fernandes, Paulo; Carriço, João André; Pires, Renato; Santos-Sanches, Ilda; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Quantitative comparison of Streptococcus pyogenes typing methods". Paper presented in XVII Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases, 2008.
  59. Silva-Costa, C.; Friães, Ana; Pinto, Francisco; Vaz Filipa; Fernandes Paulo; Carriço, Joao A.; Melo-Cristino, José; Ramirez, Mário. "Re-evaluating the appropriateness of using emm typing to define group A streptococci clones". Paper presented in 8th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM 8), 2008.
  60. Silva-Costa, C.; Pinto, Francisco; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Decrease in macrolide resistance and clonal instability among Streptococcus pyogenes in spite of increased macrolide consumption". Paper presented in 18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2008.
  61. Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Susceptibility to tigecycline and to an extended panel of antimicrobials of contemporary Gram-positive and Gram-negative Portuguese isolates.". Paper presented in 17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases” (ECCMID), 2007.
  62. Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Identity of macrolide-resistant clones of Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal supports Europe-wide dissemination of a few lineages". Paper presented in Strep-Euro Symposium – Global burden of Streptococcal disease, battle against it, 2006.
Journal article
  1. Gomes-Silva, Joana; Pinho, Marcos D.; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José; Silva-Costa, Catarina; Pinto, Margarida; et al. "Pneumococci remain the main cause of complicated pediatric pneumonia in the post-pandemic era despite extensive pneumococcal vaccine use". Pneumonia 16 1 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1186/s41479-024-00151-x.
    10.1186/s41479-024-00151-x
  2. Catarina Silva-Costa; Joana Gomes-Silva; Marcos Pinho; Ana Friães; Fábio Subtil-Limpo; Mário Ramirez; José Melo-Cristino. "Rebound of pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal after the COVID-19 pandemic was not associated with significant serotype changes". Journal of Infection (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106242.
    10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106242
  3. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Santos, Andreia; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. "Adult non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal is dominated by serotype 3 and non-PCV13 serotypes 3-years after near universal PCV13 use in children". Frontiers in Public Health 11 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1279656.
    10.3389/fpubh.2023.1279656
  4. Gouveia, Catarina; Bajanca-Lavado, Maria Paula; Mamede, Rafael; Araújo Carvalho, Ana; Rodrigues, Fernanda; Melo-Cristino, José; Ramirez, Mario; Friães, Ana. "Sustained increase of paediatric invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infections dominated by M1UK and diverse emm12 isolates, Portugal, September 2022 to May 2023". Eurosurveillance 28 36 (2023): https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2023.28.36.2300427.
    10.2807/1560-7917.es.2023.28.36.2300427
  5. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Continued Vaccine Breakthrough Cases of Serotype 3 Complicated Pneumonia in Vaccinated Children, Portugal (2016–2019)". Microbiology Spectrum 10 4 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01077-22.
    10.1128/spectrum.01077-22
  6. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Lúcia Prados; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease three years after PCV13 introduction in the national immunization plan - The continued importance of serotype 3". Microorganisms 9 7 (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071428.
    Published • 10.3390/microorganisms9071428
  7. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Inês Teodoro; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. "Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Adults in Portugal: The Importance of Serotypes 8 and 3 (2015–2018)". Microorganisms 5 9 (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9051016.
    Published • 10.3390/microorganisms9051016
  8. Silva-Costa, C.; Brito, Maria J.; Aguiar, Sandra I; Lopes, Joana P.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections, Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of t. "Dominance of vaccine serotypes in pediatric invasive pneumococcal infections in Portugal (2012–2015)". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36799-x.
    10.1038/s41598-018-36799-x
  9. Echániz-Aviles, Gabriela; Guerreiro, Soraia I.; Silva-Costa, C.; Mendes, Catarina I.; Carriço, João André; Carnalla-Barajas, María Noemí; Soto-Noguerón, Araceli; et al. "Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 3 in Mexico (1994 to 2017): Decrease of the Unusual Clonal Complex 4909 Lineage following PCV13 Introduction". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 57 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01354-18.
    10.1128/jcm.01354-18
  10. Horácio, Andreia N.; Silva-Costa, C.; Lopes, Elísia; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections.. "Conjugate vaccine serotypes persist as major causes of non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal despite declines in serotypes 3 and 19A (2012-2015)". PLOS ONE 13 11 (2018): e0206912. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206912.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0206912
  11. Silva-Costa, C.; Brito, Maria João; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Aguiar, Sandra I; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Pediatric Complicated Pneumonia Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 3 in 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccinees, Portugal, 2010–2015". Emerging Infectious Diseases 24 7 (2018): 1307-1314. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2407.180029.
    10.3201/eid2407.180029
  12. Horácio, Andreia N.; Silva-Costa, C.; Lopes, Joana P.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Horácio AN; et al. "Serotype 3 Remains the Leading Cause of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Adults in Portugal (2012–2014) Despite Continued Reductions in Other 13-Valent Conjugate Vaccine Serotypes". Frontiers in Microbiology 7 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01616.
    10.3389/fmicb.2016.01616
  13. Horácio, Andreia N.; Silva-Costa, C.; Diamantino-Miranda, Jorge; Lopes, Joana P.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. "Population Structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Invasive Disease in Adults in Portugal before PCV13 Availability for Adults: 2008-2011". PLOS ONE 11 5 (2016): e0153602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153602.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0153602
  14. Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. "Declining macrolide resistance inStreptococcus pyogenesin Portugal (2007–13) was accompanied by continuous clonal changes". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 70 10 (2015): 2729-2733. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv182.
    10.1093/jac/dkv182
  15. Silva-Costa, C.; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes: prevalence and treatment strategies.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25746210.
    10.1586/14787210.2015.1023292
  16. Silva-Costa, C.; Carriço, Joao A.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Scarlet Fever Is Caused By a Limited Number of Streptococcus pyogenes Lineages and Is Associated with the Exotoxin Genes ssa, speA and speC". Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 33 3 (2014): 306-310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000000088.
    10.1097/inf.0000000000000088
  17. Friães, Ana; Pinto FR; Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Superantigen gene complement of Streptococcus pyogenes-relationship with other typing methods and short-term stability.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/22936424.
    10.1007/s10096-012-1726-3
  18. Silva-Costa, C.; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Differences between macrolide-resistant and -susceptible Streptococcus pyogenes: importance of clonal properties in addition to antibiotic consumption.". (2012): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/22908153.
    10.1128/AAC.01133-12
  19. Friães, Ana; Pinto FR; Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Group A streptococci clones associated with invasive infections and pharyngitis in Portugal present differences in emm types, superantigen gene content and antimicrobial resistance.". (2012): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23181337.
    10.1186/1471-2180-12-280
  20. Melo Cristino, Jose; Santos Letícia; Silva-Costa, C.; Friães, Ana; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Ramirez, Mário. "The Viriato study: update on antimicrobial resistance of microbial pathogens responsible for community-acquired respiratory tract infections in Portugal.". (2010): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/20590169.
    10.2165/11538730-S0-000000000-00003
  21. Silva-Costa, C.; Pinto FR; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Decrease in macrolide resistance and clonal instability among Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal.". (2008): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/19046174.
    10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02104.x
  22. Carriço, Joao A.; Silva-Costa, C.; Melo Cristino, Jose; Pinto FR; de Lencastre Hermínia; Almeida Jonas S; Ramirez, Mário. "Illustration of a common framework for relating multiple typing methods by application to macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes.". (2006): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/16825375.
    10.1128/JCM.02536-05
  23. Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Identification of macrolide-resistant clones of Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal.". (2006): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/16700698.
    10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01408.x
  24. Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose. "Rapid inversion of the prevalences of macrolide resistance phenotypes paralleled by a diversification of T and emm types among Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal.". (2005): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/15855540.
    10.1128/AAC.49.5.2109-2111.2005
Preprint
  1. Stanley, Sydney; Silva-Costa, Catarina; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Melo-Cristino, Jose; Malley, Richard; Ramirez, Mario. "CC180 clade dynamics do not universally explain Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 persistence post-vaccine: a global comparative population genomics study". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.29.24312665.
    10.1101/2024.08.29.24312665
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva-Costa, C.. "Characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes associated with tonsillo-pharyngitis in portugal with particular emphasis on macrolide resistance". PhD, 2014.
  2. "Interacção entre micobactérias e células fagocíticas". Degree, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2001.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/04/27 The growing importance of non-PCV13 serotypes in pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal accompanies increases in antimicrobial resistance ESCMID Global 2024
(Barcelona, Spain)
2023/12/15 Doença Invasiva por Streptococcus pneumoniae em idade pediátrica – O Laboratório Reunião sobre estudos multicêntricos da Sociedade de Infecciologia Pediárica.
Sociedade de Infecciologia pediátrica (Alcobaça, Portugal)
2023/05/25 Serotype 3 dominance in pediatric complicated pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2022) 16th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus (EuroPneumo)
Europneumo (Rethymno, Greece)
2022/04/26 Continued dominance of serotype 3 in paediatric complicated pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal, five years after PCV13 introduction into routine infant immunisation 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/06/13 Serotypes 3, 8 and 10A dominate among pediatric invasive pneumococcal infections in Portugal (2015-2018) 14th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus
Europneumo (Greisfwald, Germany)
2008/11/18 Streptococcus pyogenes in human infections European Antibiotic Awareness Day
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2006/04/03 Identity of macrolide-resistant clones of Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal supports Europe-wide dissemination of a few lineages 16th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Nice, France)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/15 - 2024/12/10 Non-invasive pneumococcal disease in the adult population in Portugal (2019-2022)
Supervisor of Rita Margarida Nina Cunha
 Microbiologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/09/15 - 2024/12/05 Invasive pneumococcal disease in the adult population in Portugal (2019-2022)
Supervisor of Andreia Filipa Guerreiro Nunes
Microbiologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2024/06/04 Infecção invasiva pneumocócica em crianças: caracterização fenotípica e molecular de Streptococcus pneumoniae em Portugal, 2017-2019
Supervisor
 Microbiologia Clínica e Doenças Infeciosas Emergentes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2022/04/03 Caracterização das estirpes de Streptococcus pneumoniae responsáveis por provocar infecção não invasiva no adulto entre 2016 e 2018
Supervisor of Andreia Isabel Pais Santos
 Microbiologia Clínica e Doenças Infeciosas Emergentes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/11/30 Exploring the reasons underlying Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 8 capsular variants
Supervisor
 Microbiologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2020/07/22 Pneumococcal invasive disease in adults (2015-2017): epidemiological and molecular characterisation of Streptococcus pneumoniae and genomic analysis of emerging clones
Supervisor
 Microbiologia Clínica e Doenças Infeciosas Emergentes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2018/10/16 Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae associated with invasive disease in children in Portugal (2015-2017)
Supervisor
 Microbiologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/01/02 - 2025/05/23 17th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus (Europneumo) (2025/05/20 - 2025/05/23)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/12/10 Non-invasive pneumococcal disease in the adult population in Portugal (2019-2022)
Supervisor
 Rita Margarida Nina Cunha (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/12/05 Invasive pneumococcal disease in the adult population in Portugal (2019-2022) Andreia Filipa Guerreiro Nunes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/06/23 Doença Pneumocócica Invasiva em doentes com Neoplasia Hematológica
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Fábio António Reis Viveiros (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/06/15 Infecção por Streptococcus pneumoniae e resistência aos antibióticos
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Henrique de Pão Rocha (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/04/03 Caracterização das estirpes de Streptococcus pneumoniae responsáveis por provocar infecção não invasiva no adulto entre 2016 e 2018
Supervisor
 Andreia Isabel Pais Santos (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/01/27 Epidemiology molecular da infecção em recém nascidos por Streptococcus agalactiae em Portugal (2016-2019)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Milani Sibell Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/11/30 Exploring the reasons underlying Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 8 capsular variants
Supervisor
 Melissa Neiva de Sousa (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2021/07/13 O paradigma da vacina da Influenza
(Thesis) Arguer
 Joana Catarina Ferreira da Silva (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/07/22 Pneumococcal invasive disease in adults (2015-2017): epidemiological and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae and genomic analysis of emerging clones.
Supervisor
 Inês Maria Marques Teodoro (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/03/15 Characteristics of pneumococci causing disease in adults in Portugal in a time of private use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in children
(Thesis) Arguer
 Andreia das Neves Horácio (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/10/18 Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae associated with invasive disease in children in Portugal (2015-2017)
Supervisor
 Lúcia Marques Prados (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/01/04 - Current Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
2023/07/24 - Current Epidemiology & Infection
2023/04/14 - Current Microbiology Spectrum
2022/10/17 - Current Microorganisms
2021/12/15 - Current Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
2021/09/28 - Current Journal of Microbiological Methods
2019/12/26 - Current International Journal of Medical Microbiology
2019/07/17 - Current Emerging Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2019/06/14 - Current Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases National Institute of Health
2018/06/16 - Current Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics Taylor & Francis
2018/06/11 - Current Plos One Public Library of Science
2017/10/12 - Current International Journal of Infectious Diseases Elsevier
2017/01/24 - Current Vaccine Elsevier
2016/08/26 - Current BMC Infectious Diseases Springer Nature
2016/05/31 - Current Expert Review of Vaccines Taylor & Francis

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/01 - 2021/11/25 Frontiers in Pediatrics