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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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…
Aquatic birds are the natural reservoir for avian influenza viruses (AIV). Habitats in Brazil provide stopover and wintering sites for water birds that migrate between North and South America. The current study was conducted to elucidate the possibility of the transport of influenza A viruses by birds that migrate annually between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. In total, 556 orotr…
Coronaviruses are large, positive-stranded RNA viruses capable of causing disease in birds and mammals including humans. Five types of coronaviruses are able to infect humans, four of those are considered human coronavirus (HCoV-229, OC43, NL63 and HKU1) and one a zoonotic coronavirus, "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome" associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). All types of HCoV are associated …
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Several influenza pandemics caused by Influenza Virus have already been described, the last occurring less than ten years ago. The danger of a new pandemic is always present, especially because of the particular rearrangement capacity of this virus. The disease, the Flu, is caused by Influenza Virus, which belongs to the Orthomyxoviridae family. The increased frequency of circulating muta…
The Zika Virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus belonging to the family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. Arboviruses are viruses characterized by being kept in the wild in enzootic cycles, involving hematophagous arthropod vectors and may participate in an urban cycle in which humans are the main hosts. In 2015, there was an epidemiological outbreak of ZIKV in Brazil, which is considered by the Worl…
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…
Brazil is included among the countries in which there is great probability of the emergence of emerging zoonoses, due to its high biodiversity. The human populations advance into previously uninhabited regions, provoking rapid and uncontrolled deforestation without any concern for preserving the habitat of the native fauna is related to constant environmental disturbances into forest area…
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