CV Lattes
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Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduation at Medicina from Escola Paulista de Medicina (1970), master's at Microbiologia Imunologia e Parasitologia from Escola Paulista de Medicina (1978), doctorate at Medicine from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1981) and doctorate at Microbiologia e Imunologia from Escola Paulista de Medicina (1985). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Oftalmological surgery, acting on the following subjects: oftalmologia, aids, toxoplasmosis, ophthalmology and uveitis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Ophthalmohelioses are ocular conditions caused by the deleterious effects of excessive sunlight exposure and consequently to ultraviolet radiation (UV). The most common eye diseases are pterygium and cataracts besides being a risk factor for near vision impairment (presbyopia). These conditions have increased prevalence in regions near the equator line, such as the cities in the Brazilian…
Mansonella ozzardi is a microfilariae that parasites humans, being one of the causes of disease mansonelliasis. Its prevalence ranges from 1510 to 18.9% 2 in some published works. The clinical features of mansonelliasis is nonspecific, consisting of fever, coldness in the legs, joint pain, headache and adenitis cruris. It can also present ophthalmic8 and skin lesions. In Amazon, we descri…
Disorders of the ocular surface and the tear film are considered a heterogenic group of diseases, which result in loss of vision in many patients. In this group, dry-eye syndrome, pterygia, degenerations and dystrophies of the corneal surface, as well as dysplasias are included. The most severe cases of disorders of the ocular surface and the tear film are due to chemical burns, Stevens-J…
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Toxoplasmosis is an infectious disease whose etiology is Toxoplasma gondii protozoa, withsignificant world prevalence and social morbidity. Ocular toxoplasmosis is an important cause of non-reversible blindness, with typical retinochoroiditis lesions in 90% of cases. The antimicrobial treatment leads to disease remission, but it does not eliminate theprotozoa from the organism, which culm…
Infectious uveitis in developing countries have a higher incidence than in developed countries, where they are very uncommon. The posterior uveitis may be caused by many pathogens, such as Herpes Simplex virus types 1 and 2, Herpes Zoster virus, Cytomegalovirus, Toxoplasma gondii and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. There are no studies in the literature that show the prevalence of these infec…
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