Eco-epidemiology of infectious diseases in landscapes of the Amazon region under the effect of deforestation: implications for One Health

• Grant number: 24/00176-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: March 01, 2024
• End date: January 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Public Health
• Agreement: CONFAP - National Council of State Research Support Foundations
• Principal Investigator: Marcia Aparecida Speranca
• Grantee: Wandercleyson Uchôa Abreu
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/10392-2 - Eco-epidemiology of infectious diseases in landscapes of the Amazon Region under the effect of deforestation: implications for one health, AP.R

Abstract

Anthropogenic movements associated with global warming can lead to the uncontrolled proliferation and dispersion of arthropod vectors of infectious diseases, such as malaria, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and arboviruses. As a result of the diversity of Biomes, these diseases occur regionally, alone or together and will be objects of study to be carried out in the municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul, in Acre (area of settlement in the Amazon region under the effect of deforestation). In this project, the human and arthropod population of the same landscapes of Cruzeiro do Sul will be investigated for the presence of arboviruses and the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2. To complement the eco-epidemiological relationships of infectious agents, samples will be collected from domestic and peridomestic animals (dogs, cats, horses, cattle and goats), in which all groups of pathogens included in the Cruzeiro do Sul study will be investigated. The detection of pathogens will be performed by molecular biology techniques. For each group of pathogens, the eco-epidemiological and evolutionary relationships will be determined by statistical methods according to the data obtained. The postdoctoral fellow must participate in all stages of the project and will be responsible for the proposed studies in insects.