Ana Freitas

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Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde

Portugal

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Ana Freitas is an Assistant Professor at Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde in Portugal. Her research focuses on antimicrobial resistance, bacterial virulence, and public health implications of food safety. Recent publications include studies on the genetics of Enterococcus species and the role of citizen science in raising awareness about antimicrobial resistance.

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Exploring the bacteriocinome of human Enterococcus faecium – paving avenues towards multidrug-resistant infections targeted therapies (PI)

Open Date: 2022-01-01

Close Date: 2023-06-01

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New Technologies for three Health Challenges of Modern Socities: Diabetes, Drug Abuse and Kidney Diseases (DESignBIOtecHealth).

Open Date: 2015-01-01

Close Date: 2018-01-01

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Identification of the risk factors promoting the emergence of Enterococcus faecium at the interphase between humans, foodborne animals and the environment

Open Date: 2014-05-01

Close Date: 2016-01-01

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Is aquaculture raising more than fish? Detecting antimicrobial resistance in an understudied ecological niche.

Open Date: 2010-01-01

Close Date: 2013-01-01

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Approaches to control multi-resistant enterococci: studies on molecular ecology, horizontal gene transfer, fitness and prevention (ACE).

Open Date: 2007-01-01

Close Date: 2011-01-01

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Joana C Prata

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Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário

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Virulence signature of the endemic vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clones in Denmark, 2015-2023

Citizen Science to Raise Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in the Community: The MicroMundo Project in Spain and Portugal

The healthy human gut can take it all: vancomycin-variable, linezolid-resistant strains and specific bacteriocin-species interplay in Enterococcus spp.

Global spread of the linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis ST476 clonal lineage carrying optrA

Bacteriocin distribution patterns in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus lactis : bioinformatic analysis using a tailored genomics framework

Pet food safety: emerging bacterial hazards and implications for public health

Development and validation of a quick, automated, and reproducible ATR FT-IR spectroscopy machine-learning model for <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> typing

Nosocomial Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance: Modern Challenges and Future Opportunities

Uncovering the effects of copper feed supplementation on the selection of copper-tolerant and antibiotic-resistant Enterococcus in poultry production for sustainable environmental practices

Exploring Peracetic Acid and Acidic pH Tolerance of Antibiotic-Resistant Non-Typhoidal Salmonella and Enterococcus faecium from Diverse Epidemiological and Genetic Backgrounds

The Future Is Now: Unraveling the Expanding Potential of Human (Necro)Microbiome in Forensic Investigations

The population-level impact of <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> genetics on intestinal colonization and extraintestinal infection

Unraveling <i>Enterococcus</i> susceptibility to quaternary ammonium compounds: genes, phenotypes, and the impact of environmental conditions

Distinction between Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus lactis by a gluP PCR-Based Assay for Accurate Identification and Diagnostics

Antibiotic susceptibility testing for therapy and antimicrobial resistance surveillance: genotype beats phenotype?

High-Resolution Genotyping Unveils Identical Ampicillin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Strains in Different Sources and Countries: A One Health Approach

Industrial dog food is a vehicle of multidrug-resistant enterococci carrying virulence genes often linked to human infections

Fitness cost of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium plasmids associated with hospital infection outbreaks

Enterococcus spp. as a Producer and Target of Bacteriocins: A Double-Edged Sword in the Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis Context

Linezolid- and Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci in Raw Commercial Dog Food, Europe, 2019–2020

Apparent nosocomial adaptation of Enterococcus faecalis predates the modern hospital era

MicroMundo@UPorto: an experimental microbiology project fostering student's antimicrobial resistance awareness and personal and social development. Editor's choice

Collaborators (20)

Joana C Prata

Edgar Pinto

Trinidad de Miguel Bouzas

Maria Jose Perez Alvarez

CARMEN FAJARDO

Carla Novais

Daniel José Barbosa

Agostinho Almeida

Patrícia Antunes

Lorena López-Cerero

Kristin Hegstad

Janetta Top

Stefan Schwarz

Joana Mourão

Piet De Groot

Luísa Peixe

Carla Miranda

Belén Fouz

María-Teresa Pérez-Gracia

Anita Schürch

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