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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
He has a PhD in sciences in the area of microbiology at the University of São Paulo in 1989 and Postdoctorate in Virology at the CDC-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA (1990 to 1994) and member of the World Health Organization-who as representative of South America in the WHO Biosafety Advisory Group in the year 2004. Currently a Full Professor of virology and Chief of BSL3+ facility at the University of São Paulo-USP, Department of Microbiology of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences-ICB. Responsible for the Graduation on Biosafety of the Department of microbiology of the ICB since 2005. He has experience in the area of microbiology, with emphasis on virology, acting primarily in the following topics: clinical and molecular diagnosis, human and animal viruses, exantemátic viruses, respiratory viruses, wild viruses, emerging viruses, viral genetic diversity, biosafety level BSL 2 and BSL 3. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are the most frequent infectious diseases in humans and respiratory viruses are the main etiological agents responsible for their occurrence. These agents are distributed worldwide and can cause a wide variety of clinical syndromes, such as upper and lower respiratory tract diseases (URTIs and LRTIs). ARIs are the main causes of morbidity and mortality w…
Infectious diseases are a significant burden on public health and economic stability of societiesall over the world. The threat posed by infectious diseases is further deepened by the continuedemergence of new, unrecognized, and old, re-emerging infectious diseases. This becameeven more prominent by the continuously increasing air traffic and the resulting possible globaldissemination of …
In December 2019, an outbreak of pneumonia caused by a new beta coronavirus was announced in Wuhan - China. Since then, the virus has spread to more than 195 countries and territories, and the number of reported cases of the disease has increased exponentially. Several agents for the treatment of the disease are being tested in clinical trials without controlled data on efficacy and safet…
The present grant application for a thematic research project has the main goal to offer financial support to different studies related to the Zika Vírus (ZIKV), presently under development at the Virology (LV) and Vaccine Research Laboratory (LDV) at the University of São Paulo (USP). The work is centered in four main themes: I) generation and application of ZIKV recombinant proteins aim…
The present invention describes the identification, production and testing of a recombinant ZIKV antigen which allows the development of specific serological tests for those infected with the virus. Unlike tests available on the market, the present antigen detected specifically antibodies produced in ZIKV-infected patients even from people which were infected previously by other flaviviru…
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The West Nile Virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, has shown a growing global incidence, with the potential to cause neuroinvasive diseases in humans. Currently, only palliative treatments are available, highlighting the urgent need for new therapeutic approaches. Thus, the objective of this project is to assess compounds that can inhibit the activity of WNV NS3 and NS5 proteins, see…
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are the most frequent infectious diseases in humans and most respiratory infections observed in medical practice around the world are of viral etiology. Despite the vast number of viral agents involved in respiratory infections and its clinical importance, the Influenza virus (Flu) is one of the few that has a known and acceptable treatment. Today, in a…
Brazil is one of the countries strongly haunted by parasitic diseases caused by viral pathogens. These infections severely affect public health and welfare in a wide part of the tropical world. Existing drug therapies are based on old and often very toxic active substances and reports on developing resistance of pathogens are increasing. The search for new chemical entities with anti-path…
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Human, animal and ecosystem health are interconnected and interdependent, together in One Health. Modify one and the others will get impacted. The current Age we are living in, called Anthropocene, is defined by extensive and accelerated human expansion and its environmental degradation. In regard to the Anthropocene Age and the One health concepts one of the most worrying consequences ma…
Brazil is a country that holds a large part of its territory taken by tropical forests and other natural ecosystems that allow it ideal conditions the presence of Arbovirus. A number of Arboviruses have already been detected and isolated throughout the territory with many still endemic such as Dengue virus (DENV), Zika virus (ZKV), Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and many others circulating in …
The Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus belonging to the family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. Congenital ZIKV infection has recently been recognized as an emerging disease in Brazil, becoming a major global public health concern. In addition to the mode of vector transmission, by species of the genus Aedes, there is intrauterine transmission, which occurs from pregnant to fetus during the…
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Brazil has the richest biodiversity of New World primate (NWP) in the Americas, many are endemic and nearly half (48%) with some degree of threat on the IUCN red list. Considering the One Health and the Anthropocene Age, one of the most worrying consequences is the Emergence and/or Reemergence of Infectious Diseases (EDIs and ReDIs). Thus, the metropolitan area of São Paulo is a clear exa…
Mayaro virus (MAYV) of the genus Alphavirus is a mosquito-transmitted emerging virus that causes an acute febrile illness similar to that produced by chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an evolutionary relative in the Semliki Forest virus complex of alphaviruses. MAYV emergence is typically sporadic, but recent isolations and outbreaks, and an increase in its known distribution, indicate that the …
The project will involve the use of several molecular biological methods and bioinformatic tools to study HIV. In Aim #1, long read sequencing methods using nanopore technology will be developed to study different splicing isoforms expressed from a novel HIV vector. Aim #2 will serve to identify host cell genes involved in nuclear retention of HIV mRNAs, as well as host genes that positiv…
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