CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduated in Pharmacy from the University Center of Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (2011), Master in Sciences (Biology of the Pathogen-Host Relationship) from the University of São Paulo (2014) and PhD in Sciences also from the Biology of the Pathogen-Host Relationship program by the Institute of Biomedical Sciences - USP (2018). He has experience in the areas of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, with an emphasis on Biology of arthropod vectors, acting mainly on the following themes: gene expression, rock mountain spotted fever, transcriptome, amblyomma and RNAi. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, also known as Brazilian Spotted Fever in Brazil (BSF), is the most severe rickettsial disease that affects humans. BSF is caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, an obligatory intracellular alpha-proteobacterium transmitted to humans through the bite of several tick species. Although antibiotic therapy is available, its fatality rates are high and may …
The etiologic agent of the Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF), also known as Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) in Brazil, is the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. This rickettsiae is transmitted to humans by the bite of various species of ticks. In Brazil, Amblyomma cajennense and A. aureolatum are known as vectors of BSF. The prevalence rates of R. rickettsii infected ticks in RMSF and BSF e…
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