Epidemiological study and ecological aspects of canine visceral leishmaniasis in Maranhão State.

• Grant number: 11/19853-8
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): April 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): April 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal researcher: Arlei Marcili
• Grantee: Andréa Pereira da Costa
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 10/50886-7 - Isolation and morphological, biological and molecular characterization and multigenes phylogeography from species causing visceral leishmaniasis, AP.JP

Abstract

Demographic and global climate changes and the fact that 20% of people living in extreme poverty without basic sanitation and education associated hunger and malnutrition created a scenario with conditions for the constant emergence of new forms of expression of disease. The different species of Leishmania genus are the most important emerging parasitic diseases. In New and Old world the Visceral leishmaniasis is an zoonosis and the wild and domestic canids as important reservoirs. In Maranhão, northeastern Brazil, the environmental interference, the disordered population migration, linked to profound ecopidemiological changes and lack of basic infrastructure has contributed to the urbanization of the vector and outbreaks. However, despite this context, there are few studies with the objective of knowing or determining epidemiological factors associated with infection and phylogenetic studies for Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in distinct ecoregions in Maranhão. This project main objective, knowledge of the real situation of canine visceral leishmaniasis in wild and domestic animals in Maranhão State through the isolation, characterization and molecular phylogenetic studies with tradicional markers for the group and serological studies.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DA COSTA, ANDREA P.; NUNES, PABLO HENRIQUE; SANTOS LEITE, BEATRIZ HELENA; FERREIRA, JULIANA ISABEL G. DA S.; TONHOSOLO, RENATA; DA ROSA, ADRIANA RUCKERT; DA ROCHA, PATRICIO ADRIANO; AIRES, CAROLINE COTRIM; GENNARI, SOLANGE MARIA; MARCILI, ARLEI. Diversity of bats trypanosomes in hydroeletric area of Belo Monte in Brazilian Amazonia. Acta Tropica, v. 164, p. 185-193, DEC 2016. Web of Science Citations: 8.

DA COSTA, ANDREA PEREIRA; COSTA, FRANCISCO BORGES; SOARES, HERBERT SOUSA; RAMIREZ, DIEGO GARCIA; ARAUJO, ANDREINA DE CARVALHO; GIULI DA SILVA FERREIRA, JULIANA ISABEL; TONHOSOLO, RENATA; DIAS, RICARDO AUGUSTO; GENNARI, SOLANGE MARIA; MARCILI, ARLEI. Environmental Factors and Ecosystems Associated with Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northeastern Brazil. VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES, v. 15, n. 12, p. 765-774, DEC 1 2015. Web of Science Citations: 5.

MARCILI, ARLEI; SPERANCA, MARCIA AP.; DA COSTA, ANDREA P.; MADEIRA, MARIA DE F.; SOARES, HERBERT S.; SANCHES, CAMILA DE O. C. C.; ACOSTA, IGOR DA C. L.; GIROTTO, ALINE; MINERVINO, ANTONIO H. H.; HORTA, MAURICIO C.; SHAW, JEFFREY J.; GENNARI, SOLANGE M. Phylogenetic relationships of Leishmania species based on trypanosomatid barcode (SSU rDNA) and gGAPDH genes: Taxonomic revision of Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in South America. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION, v. 25, p. 44-51, JUL 2014. Web of Science Citations: 23.

LIMA ACOSTA, IGOR DA CUNHA; DA COSTA, ANDREA PEREIRA; NUNES, PABLO HENRIQUE; NAEGELI GONDIM, MARIA FERNANDA; GATTI, ANDRESSA; ROSSI, JR., JOAO LUIZ; GENNARI, SOLANGE MARIA; MARCILI, ARLEI. Morphological and molecular characterization and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of trypanosome in Tapirus terrestris (lowland tapir), Trypanosoma terrestris sp nov., from Atlantic Rainforest of southeastern Brazil. PARASITES & VECTORS, v. 6, DEC 11 2013. Web of Science Citations: 5.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

. Epidemiological study and ecological aspects of canine visceral leishmaniasis in the Maranhão State. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) São Paulo.