CV Lattes
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
bachelor's at Ciências Biológicas from Universidade de São Paulo (1979), bachelor's at Ciências Biológicas from Universidade de São Paulo (1980), master's at Biochemistry from Universidade de São Paulo (1983) and doctorate at Biochemistry from Universidade de São Paulo (1988). He is currently full professor at Universidade de São Paulo. Has experience in Biochemistry, acting on the following subjects: gomesin, tick, immune response, structure and activity and spider. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Ticks have parasitic habit of life, feeding obligatory on blood and/or lymph of vertebrates. As a result of hematophagy, these arthropods transmit a wide variety of pathogens. Among the tick-borne rickettsial diseases, we highlight Bovine Anaplasmosis (BA) and Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF). BA is a severe disease that affects cattle, being caused by Anaplasma marginale and transmitted by …
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Rickettsia rickettsii is the etiological agent of the Rock Mountain Spotted Fever known in Brazil as Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF). It is a serious rickettsial disease that affects humans and has high mortality rates may reach 40% with the highest incidence occurs in the southeastern region of the country. Rickettsia rickettsii is an obligate intracellular gram-negative proteobacteria tra…
Bovine anaplasmosis, caused by the Gram-negative bacteria Anaplasma marginale, is a world-wide rickettsial disease, being of great economic importance for Brazil. The infection by this bacterium can cause anemia, abortion and presents high mortality rates in some localities. In Brazil, the ticks R. microplus and R. annulatus are the most common biological vectors. A. marginale is an oblig…
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Ticks are arachnids, obligatory hematophagous ectoparasites, and vectors of several species of protozoa, bacteria, and viruses that cause important diseases to vertebrates worldwide. In Brazil, the main ectoparasite affecting livestock is Rhipicephalus microplus, which is vector for the intracellular bacteria Anaplasma marginale, the etiological agent of bovine anaplasmosis. Recent advanc…
The pathogenic bacterium Anaplasma marginale has, as primary target, gut cells of the vector tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus for infection establishment. After bacteria multiplication in the gut, they migrate through the hemocoel to the salivary glands. Transmission of the bacteria to cattle occurs from saliva during the tick feeding. Cellular and molecular responses of R (B.) mi…
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