Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases diagnosis in samples of organs and tissues

• Grant number: 13/05811-7
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Effective date (Start): June 17, 2013
• Effective date (End): September 16, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Pathological Anatomy and Clinical Pathology
• Principal researcher: Roosecelis Brasil Martines
• Grantee: Roosecelis Brasil Martines
• Host: Sherif Ramzy Zaki
• Home Institution: Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL). Coordenadoria de Controle de Doenças (CCD). Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Research place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States

Abstract

Infectious diseases still are important problems of Public Health in Brazil despite the decrease number of cases and deaths due to infectious disease in recent decades. This reduction is mainly observed among vaccine-preventable diseases. The objective of this issue is improving laboratory surveillance for infectious diseases in Pathology Center of Institute Adolfo Lutz with addition of etiologic definition and possible detection of emerging and reemerging diseases in the region. The project proposes a fellowship in Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch unit of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where studies using histopathology, immunohistochemistry, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), in situ hybridization, and tissue ultrastructure from confirmed or suspected cases of infectious diseases are carried out on samples from different regions of the United States and the World. The project results will be useful for the development of new specific strategies to perform diagnostic investigation of possible infectious causes of death and identification of new infectious agents circulating in São Paulo state or Brazil. The proposal meets the needs of our state mainly when the country is committed to promote two major events that will attract tourists worldwide (World Cup and Olympics). (AU)

Scientific publications

(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)

MEIRA-STREJEVITCH, CRISTINA SILVA; PEREIRA-CHIOCCOLA, VERA LUCIA; MAIA, MARTA MARQUES; CARNIETTO DE HIPPOLITO, DAISE DAMARIS; WANG, HUI-TZU LIN; MOTOIE, GABRIELA; DE SOUZA GOMES, APARECIDA HELENA; KANAMURA, CRISTINA TAKAMI; MARTINES, ROOSECELIS BRASIL; BRANDAO DE MATTOS, CINARA CASSIA; FREDERICO, FABIO BATISTA; DE MATTOS, LUIZ CARLOS; GRP, FAMERP TOXOPLASMA RES. Reference genes for studies in infectious parasitic diseases in five types of human tissues. GENE REPORTS, v. 7, p. 98-105, JUN 2017. Web of Science Citations: 3.