CV Lattes
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduate at Medicina Veterinária from Universidade de São Paulo (1986), master's at Veterinary Medicine from Universidade de São Paulo (1997) and ph.d. at Veterinary Medicine from Universidade de São Paulo (2004). Has experience in Parasitology, focusing on Animal Parasite Protozoology, acting on the following subjects: toxoplasma gondii, neospora caninum, brazil, soroprevalência and gatos. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Toxoplasma gondii is an important zoonotic parasite with global impact capable of infecting all warm-blooded animals. Toxoplasmosis is recognised by the World Health Organisation as one of the most important foodborne diseases worldwide and is also a major cause of production loss in sheep.Research into its genetic diversity has revealed an abundance of atypical strains in South America w…
Toxoplasmosis is a zoonosis of worldwide distribution. Brazil has one of the highest seroprevalence rates of Toxoplasma gondii in the world. Free-living chickens have been used for seroprevalence studies of T. gondii and genotypic characterization of isolates in order to understand the parasite population structure and its biological characteristics in different regions of the world. The …
Birds of prey, including eagles and hawks (Accipitriformes), falcons and caracaras (Falconiformes), vultures (Cathartiformes) and owls (Strigiformes) can be found in small forest fragments, parks, vacant lots, outskirts and open areas in the city of São Paulo. This group of birds is characterized by presenting adaptations for active hunting, such as a curved, sharp beak, strong claws and …
Neospora caninum is an apicomplexan protozoa, heteroxenous and eurixenous, causing neuromuscular diseases in dogs and abortions in cattle. Domestic dogs, coyotes and dingos are considered definitive hosts. These hosts are infected by ingesting tissues of infected intermediate hosts, and they excrete non-sporulated oocysts that become infectious at the environment. Research works showed th…
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Toxoplasmosis is a disease of extreme zoonotic importance caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. Felines are the only definitive hosts of T. gondii, as they are the only animals able to eliminate oocysts of the parasite in the feces. The other animals have the role of intermediate hosts transmitting the zoonosis when their meat is used as food. The two main routes of transmission of T…
Ocular Toxoplasmosis is caused by Toxoplasma gondii, one of the parasites with the widest distribution in the world. Ocular infection, more precisely retinal, together with the resultant inflammatory reaction, is the mais manifestation of the disease in humans, and can lead to blindness even in immunocompetent individuals. One of the factors that can explain the increased prevalence and s…
Studies on Brazilian isolates of Toxoplasma gondii suggest recombination plays an important role in strain diversification in this country. Toxoplasma gondii isolates from South America have been genetically characterised using 10 to 12 PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) markers. It is highly desirable to use markers with high discriminatory power for epidemiological …
Donkeys (Equus asinus) are mammals belonging to equid family. These animals still have an important role in the Northeastern region of Brazil. Infections by coccidian as Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora spp and Sarcocystis neurona have been described in horses from Brazil, however nothing is known about the occurrence of these parasites in Brazilian donkeys. The research project to be executed…
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