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Surgical Site Infections in Mozambique: A Literature Review of Incidence, Antimicrobial Resistance, Risk Factors, and Surveillance Practices

Annals of Global Health
Volume 92 (2026): Issue 1
By: Mahmood Yousry Mohamed El-Shazly,  Rosa Buonamassa,  Alessandro Cornelli,  Ahmed Yousry El-Shazly,  Roberta Iatta,  Elmano dos Santos Gomonda,  Luisa Frallonardo,  Giacomo Guido,  Mohamed El Shazly,  Muhammad Asaduzzaman,  Annalisa Saracino,  Sónia Raquel Mendonça da Cunha,  Raja Waqar Ali,  Ferenc Balázs Farkas,  Botond Lakatos,  Francesco Di Gennaro and  Ussene Hilário Isse  
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.5143 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 21, 2025
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Accepted on: Feb 6, 2026
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Published on: Mar 2, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
surgical site infections,
Mozambique,
antimicrobial resistance,
infection prevention,
surveillance,
low-resource settings

© 2026 Mahmood Yousry Mohamed El-Shazly, Rosa Buonamassa, Alessandro Cornelli, Ahmed Yousry El-Shazly, Roberta Iatta, Elmano dos Santos Gomonda, Luisa Frallonardo, Giacomo Guido, Mohamed El Shazly, Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Annalisa Saracino, Sónia Raquel Mendonça da Cunha, Raja Waqar Ali, Ferenc Balázs Farkas, Botond Lakatos, Francesco Di Gennaro, Ussene Hilário Isse, published by Ubiquity Press
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