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Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, P. D. Ready, Clive R. Davies,
... Search for more papers by this authorS. P. Brandão-Filho, S. P. Brandão-Filho Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães/FIOCRUZ, Avenida Moraes ... Search for more papers by this authorS. P. Brandão-Filho, S. P. Brandão-Filho Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães/FIOCRUZ, Avenida Moraes ...
Tópico(s): Trypanosoma species research and implications
1999 - Wiley | Medical and Veterinary Entomology
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Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Maria Rita Donalísio, Fernando José da Silva, Hélio França Valença, Pietra Lemos Costa, Jeffrey Jon Shaw, A. Townsend Peterson,
... the vicinity of remnant patches of Atlantic forest (Brandão-Filho et al. 1999). The rapid increase in cases, ... vector of zoonotic ACL cycle in this region (Brandão-Filho et al. 2003, Brito et al. 2009). The ... et al. 2007, Campbell-Lendrum et al. 2000, Brandão-Filho et al. 2003, Souza et al. 2002, Teodoro ...
Tópico(s): Insect and Pesticide Research
2011 - Wiley | Journal of Vector Ecology
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Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum, Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito, Jeffrey Jon Shaw, Clive R. Davies,
... in north-east Brazil Get access Sinval P. Brandão-Filho, Sinval P. Brandão-Filho 1Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Moraes ...
Tópico(s): Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
1999 - Oxford University Press | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Lígia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr, Carl Kendall, Rosa Lívia Freitas de Almeida, Maria Yury Ichihara, Estela M. L. Aquino, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Naomar de Almeida Filho, Rafael Souza, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Wayner Vieira de Souza, Maurício L. Barreto,
To analyze the epidemic of COVID-19 in northeastern Brazil, one of the regions most affected by the virus.The official data for COVID-19, from March 2020 to March 2021 in the states of the Northeast Region (NE), were used. The analysis of capital cities and states for accumulated weekly cases and confirmed deaths was made using the JoinPoint Trend Analysis application.In one year, the Northeast region reported 22.9% of the cases and 21.5% of the deaths in the country due to COVID-19. At the beginning ...
Tópico(s): Education during COVID-19 pandemic
2021 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista de Saúde Pública
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Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Andrey José de Andrade, Kláudia Emanuela Ramos Tenório, José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Valdir de Queiroz Balbino, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho,
INTRODUCTION: Phlebotomine sand flies are small insects of great medical relevance. This article presents an updated list of the phlebotomine sand flies occurring in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. METHODS: A review of literature published since the 1940s up to May 2010 was conducted and voucher material deposited in reference collections were studied. RESULTS: A total of 37 phlebotomine species have previously been reported as occurring in Pernambuco, but the record of six species needs confirmation. ...
Tópico(s): Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
2010 - Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Wayner Vieira de Souza, Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo, Cynthia Braga, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Djalma Agripino de Melo Filho, Carlos Alexandre Antunes de Brito, Sandra Valongueiro Alves, Ana Paula Lopes de Melo, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli,
In August 2015, pediatric neurologists at public hospitals in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, observed an increase in the number of disproportional microcephaly cases associated with other congenital anomalies. The fact caused social commotion and mobilization of the academic community and led the Brazilian Ministry of Health to declare a national public health emergency, followed by the declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization. The hypothesis ...
Tópico(s): Virology and Viral Diseases
2018 - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz | Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Lígia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr, Carl Kendall, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Estela M. L. Aquino, Júlia Moreira Pescarini, Rosa Lívia Freitas de Almeida, Maria Yury Ichihara, Juliane F. Oliveira, Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo, Carlos Antônio de Souza Teles Santos, Daniel Cardoso Pereira Jorge, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Guilherme Santana, Lígia Gabrielli, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Naomar de Almeida Filho, Natanael de Jesus Silva, Rafael Souza, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Wayner Vieira de Souza, Maurício L. Barreto,
Resumo No Brasil, a pandemia da COVID-19 tem sido severa nos estados das regiões mais pobres, como o Nordeste. A falta de políticas nacionais para controle da pandemia levou as autoridades estaduais e municipais a implementarem medidas de saúde pública. O objetivo deste estudo é mostrar o efeito dessas medidas na epidemia. A maior incidência da COVID-19 entre os nove estados do Nordeste foi registrada em Sergipe, Paraíba e Ceará. O Piauí, a Paraíba e Ceará foram os que mais testaram. Muitos estados ...
Tópico(s): COVID-19 impact on air quality
2020 - ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE SAÚDE COLETIVA | Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
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Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo, Laura C. Rodrigues, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Ulísses Ramos Montarroyos, Ana Paula Lopes de Melo, Sandra Valongueiro Alves, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Wayner Vieira de Souza, Cynthia Braga, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Marli Tenório Cordeiro, Enrique Vázquez, Danielle Di Cavalcanti Souza Cruz, Cláudio Maierovitch Pessanha Henriques, Luciana Caroline Albuquerque Bezerra, Priscila M. S. Castanha, Rafael Dhália, Ernesto T. A. Marques, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli,
BackgroundThe microcephaly epidemic, which started in Brazil in 2015, was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO in 2016. We report the preliminary results of a case-control study investigating the association between microcephaly and Zika virus infection during pregnancy.MethodsWe did this case-control study in eight public hospitals in Recife, Brazil. Cases were neonates with microcephaly. Two controls (neonates without microcephaly), matched by expected date of delivery ...
Tópico(s): Virology and Viral Diseases
2016 - Elsevier BV | The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Wayner Vieira de Souza, Ulísses Ramos Montarroyos, Ana Paula Lopes de Melo, Sandra Valongueiro Alves, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Cynthia Braga, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Marli Tenório Cordeiro, Enrique Vázquez, Danielle Di Cavalcanti Souza Cruz, Cláudio Maierovitch Pessanha Henriques, Luciana Caroline Albuquerque Bezerra, Priscila M. S. Castanha, Rafael Dhália, Ernesto T. A. Marques, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Laura C. Rodrigues, Carmen de Barros Correia Dhalia, Marcela Lopes Santos, Fanny Cortés, Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira, Giovanini Evelim Coelho, Juan José Cortez-Escalante, Carlos Frederico Campelo de Albuquerque e Melo, Pilar Ramón-Pardo, Sylvain Aldighieri, Jairo Méndez‐Rico, Marcos Espinal, Leuridan Cavalcante Torres, Adriano Nassri Hazin, Ana van der Linden, Mônica Coentro, George Santiago Dimech, Romildo Siqueira de Assunção, Patrícia Ismael de Carvalho, Valdete Felix de Oliveira,
A Zika virus epidemic emerged in northeast Brazil in 2015 and was followed by a striking increase in congenital microcephaly cases, triggering a declaration of an international public health emergency. This is the final report of the first case-control study evaluating the potential causes of microcephaly: congenital Zika virus infection, vaccines, and larvicides. The published preliminary report suggested a strong association between microcephaly and congenital Zika virus infection.We did a case- ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2017 - Elsevier BV | The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Wayner Vieira de Souza, Maria Yury Ichihara, Pedro Israel Cabral de Lira, Lígia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr, Estela M. L. Aquino, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Rosa Lívia Freitas de Almeida, Carl Kendall, Júlia Moreira Pescarini, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Naomar de Almeida Filho, Juliane F. Oliveira, Carlos Teles, Daniel Cardoso Pereira Jorge, Guilherme Santana, Lígia Gabrielli, Moreno S. Rodrigues, Natanael de Jesus Silva, Rafael Souza, Vivian Alessandra Ferreira da Silva, Maurício L. Barreto,
Resumo Mesmo no período em que a pandemia de Covid-19 encontrava-se em crescimento no Nordeste do Brasil, iniciou-se a adoção de medidas de flexibilização do distanciamento social. O objetivo do estudo é o de avaliar a pertinência das propostas de flexibilização, tomando-se em conta a situação da pandemia em cada local e o momento em que foram adotadas. Tendo como referência as diretrizes da OMS, foram construídos e analisados indicadores operacionais para cada diretriz, no contexto da região Nordeste. ...
Tópico(s): COVID-19 impact on air quality
2021 - ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE SAÚDE COLETIVA | Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
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Luciana Aguiar Figueredo, Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Eduardo Bento Faria, Luís Fernando Pita Gondim, Lucilene Simões-Mattos, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Rinaldo Aparecido Mota,
A serological survey was carried out to assess the occurrence of anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in dogs from the State of Pernambuco. A total of 625 serum samples of dogs (289 from Paulista, 168 from Amaraji and 168 from Garanhuns) were tested by an immunofluorescence antibody assay for the detection of anti-N. caninum antibodies. A total of 177 (28.3%; IC 95%, 24.9–32.1) samples were positive. The seropositivity rates found in Paulista, Amaraji and Garanhuns were 26% (IC 95%, 21–31.4), 26.2% (IC ...
Tópico(s): Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
2008 - Elsevier BV | Veterinary Parasitology
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Fernando Procianoy, Mauro Brandão Filho, Antônio Augusto Velasco e Cruz, Victor Marques de Alencar,
We report the case of an 11-year-old girl with sickle cell disease who presented to the emergency room after being hit by a mud pie in the left frontal region. Examination evidenced left eye proptosis, eyelid swelling, reduced visual acuity and afferent pupillary defect, without any inflammatory signs such as fever, hyperemia or tenderness. Computed tomography of the orbits showed a large superomedial subperiosteal hematoma in the left orbit. The patient was treated with canthotomy, cantholysis ...
Tópico(s): Blood groups and transfusion
2008 - Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia | Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
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Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Milena de Paiva-Cavalcanti, Luciana Aguiar Figueredo, Bruna Santos Ferreira Lima, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho,
Phlebotomine sand flies are the only proven biological vectors of Leishmania parasites. However, Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks have long been suspected to transmit Leishmania infantum in studies carried out in laboratory and natural conditions. In the present study, 5 microl of L. infantum promastigotes (1x10(6) cells per ml) was injected into the hemocel through the coxa I of four engorged females (F1, F2, F3 and F4). Control ticks (F5 and F6) were injected with sterile phosphate-buffered saline ( ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2010 - Elsevier BV | Experimental Parasitology
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Jéssica Maria Leite dos Santos, Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Marcos Renato Franzosi Mattos, Felipe Ragner Lima Lino, Lílian Sabrina Silvestre de Andrade, Rute Chamié Alves de Souza, Fábio Luiz da Cunha Brito, Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Lucilene Simões-Mattos,
INTRODUÇÃO: Desconhecida a realidade da leishmaniose visceral canina em Garanhuns, objetivou-se investigar a ocorrência de anticorpos antileishmania spp em cães domiciliados e semidomiciliados e os possíveis fatores de risco envolvidos. MÉTODOS: Em uma primeira etapa foram coletadas 256 amostras de sangue de cães que foram submetidas à reação de imunofluorescência indireta (RIFI) na diluição 1:40. Adicionalmente, 23 amostras positivas na RIFI foram testadas com um teste rápido imunocromatográfico. ...
Tópico(s): Vector-borne infectious diseases
2010 - Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Maria Rosimery de Carvalho, Hélio França Valença, Fernando José da Silva, Daniela de Pita-Pereira, Thaís de Araújo Pereira, Constança Britto, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho,
A study of the natural infection of phlebotomine sand flies by Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum was conducted in an area of visceral leishmaniasis in São Vicente Férrer, located in the northern part of the Atlantic rain forest region in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. In a previous study, Migonemyia migonei have been found predominantly in peridomiciles and houses in this endemic area. The analysis of M. migonei, collected by CDC light trap, by multiplex PCR assay coupled to non-isotopic hybridization ...
Tópico(s): Trypanosoma species research and implications
2010 - Elsevier BV | Acta Tropica
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Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Milena de Paiva-Cavalcanti, Luciana Aguiar Figueredo, Marcela Ferreira Melo, Fernando J. da Silva, Amílton L. da Silva, Éricka Lima de Almeida, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho,
A community-based epidemiological study was carried out in a rural area in northeastern Brazil, where visceral leishmaniasis is endemic, but the primary vector Lutzomyia longipalpis has never been found. Forty-one dogs were screened by an indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) for the presence of anti-Leishmania antibodies and 12 (29.3%) of them were positive. One of the IFAT-positive dogs was also positive for Leishmania amastigotes in bone marrow cytology and for Leishmania infantum by ...
Tópico(s): Trypanosoma species research and implications
2010 - Elsevier BV | Veterinary Parasitology
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Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Vincenzo Lorusso, Gabriella Testini, Milena de Paiva-Cavalcanti, Luciana Aguiar Figueredo, Dorothee Stanneck, Norbert Mencke, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Lêucio Câmara Alves, Domenico Otranto,
Canine leishmaniosis is a widespread disease caused by Leishmania parasites, which are transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies. However, in some areas where canine leishmaniosis is endemic, but the primary vectors have not been found, ticks have been suspected to play a role in transmitting the infection. Herewith, we report the detection of Leishmania infantum kinetoplast minicircle DNA (kDNA) in ticks collected from naturally infected dogs living in rural areas of Southern Italy (site A) and Northeastern ...
Tópico(s): Vector-borne infectious diseases
2010 - Springer Science+Business Media | Parasitology Research
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Leila Ines Camara Coelho, Marcilene Gomes Paes, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa, Candisse Pinheiro Coelho, Bruna Santos Ferreira Lima, Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho,
In the State of Amazonas, American tegumentary leishmaniasis is endemic and presents a wide spectrum of clinical variability due to the large diversity of circulating species in the region. Isolates from patients in Manaus and its metropolitan region were characterized using monoclonal antibodies and isoenzymes belonging to four species of the parasite: Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis, 73% (153/209); Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, 14% (30/209); Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis, 8% (17/209); and ...
Tópico(s): Trypanosoma species research and implications
2010 - Springer Science+Business Media | Parasitology Research
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Maria Rosimery de Carvalho, Bruna Santos Ferreira Lima, José Ferreira Marinho-Júnior, Fernando José da Silva, Hélio França Valença, Francisco de Assis Almeida, Amilton Lopes da Silva, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho,
The aim of this study was to identify the fauna of phlebotomine sandflies in an area with incidence of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) in São Vicente Férrer, a municipality (county) located in the northern Zona da Mata in Pernambuco State, Brazil. Sandfly captures were conducted monthly for four nights/month from December 2002 to November 2003, by means of manual captures (with a Shannon trap) and by CDC light traps. A total of 23,156 specimens of phlebotomines sandflies were collected in a remnant ...
Tópico(s): Trypanosoma species research and implications
2007 - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz | Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Rubens S. de Oliveira Júnior, Jamil Constantin, José Usan Torres Brandão Filho, Osni Callegari, Paulo H. Pagliari, S.D. Cavalieri, Vagner P. Framesqui, Sílvio A. M. Carreira, A.C. Roso,
Durante os anos agrícolas de 2002-2003 e 2003-2004 foram conduzidos trabalhos no município de Maringá - PR, com o objetivo de avaliar o dano potencial de subdoses de 2,4-D sobre plantas de uva, imitando depósitos decorrentes de deriva. No primeiro experimento, a aplicação foi realizada cerca de 30 dias após a poda de inverno, num pomar de uva Itália. As doses utilizadas foram de 6,72; 13,44; 26,88; 53,76 e 107,52 g de equivalente ácido (e.a.) por hectare de 2,4-D, equivalentes a depósitos de 1,0%; ...
Tópico(s): Growth and nutrition in plants
2007 - Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola | Engenharia Agrícola
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João Batista Vida, Laércio Zambolim, Dauri José Tessmann, José Usan Torres Brandão Filho, J. R. Verzignassi, Marilda Pereira Caixeta,
O cultivo protegido tem sido um importante insumo agrícola que permite aumentos de produção das culturas, onde se esgotaram as tentativas convencionais de se obter incrementos face ao elevado emprego de técnicas modernas de cultivo. Nesse novo ambiente de cultivo, onde as plantas são colocadas sob novo limite de produtividade, visando propiciar condições para expressão do seu máximo potencial genético, o manejo inadequado dos seus fatores aéreos e do solo pode propiciar condições muito favoráveis ...
Tópico(s): Nematode management and characterization studies
2004 - Springer Nature | Fitopatologia Brasileira
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Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Mara Cristina Pinto, A. Vexenat, P. D. Ready, Clive R. Davies,
The sandfly Lutzomyia whitmani (Antunes & Coutinho) is an important vector for cutaneous leishmaniasis throughout much of Brazil, and has recently been shown to consist of more than one mitochondrial lineage. It has frequently been asserted that the degree of adaptation of L. whitmani to human environments varies across its range. As a standardized test of indoor feeding for three geographically distant populations of L. whitmani, catches inside experimental chicken sheds of varying degrees of wall ...
Tópico(s): Trypanosoma species research and implications
2000 - Cambridge University Press | Bulletin of Entomological Research
Suênia da Cunha Gonçalves-de-Albuquerque, Rômulo Pessoa-e-Silva, R. Morais, Lays Adrianne Mendonça Trajano-Silva, Carlos Gustavo Regis-da-Silva, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Milena de Paiva-Cavalcanti,
Molecular biological methods have become increasingly relevant to the diagnosis and control of infectious diseases, such as leishmaniasis. Since various factors may affect the sensitivity of PCR assays, including DNA yield and purity, an optimal extraction method is pivotal. Losses of a parasite’s DNA during extraction may significantly impair its detection by PCR and lead to false-negative results. This study proposes a triplex PCR assay targeting the parasite’s DNA, an external control (pUC18) ...
Tópico(s): Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
2014 - BioMed Central | The Journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases
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Vanessa Cristina Fitipaldi Veloso Guimarães, Pietra Lemos Costa, Fernando José da Silva, Fábio Lopes de Melo, Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Eduardo Henrique Gomes Rodrigues, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho,
Several phlebotomine sand fly species have been regarded as putative or proven vectors of parasites of the genus Leishmania in Brazil, but data for the northeastern region remains incipient. In this study, a total of 600 phlebotomine sand flies were grouped in pools of 10 specimens each and tested by a Leishmania genus-specific PCR and by a PCR targeting Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum. Fourteen out of 60 pools were positive by the genus-specific PCR, being five pools of L. migonei, seven of L. ...
Tópico(s): Trypanosoma species research and implications
2014 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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B. S. Lima, Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Maria Rosimery de Carvalho, José Ferreira Marinho-Júnior, Edvaldo Lopes de Almeida, M. E. F. Brito, Fabiana Gomes, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho,
Leishmania parasites cause leishmaniasis in humans and animals worldwide. These parasites are transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies, which become infected upon feeding on an infected mammalian host. We assessed the occurrence of Leishmania infection in small mammals in an area of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis endemicity.A total of 180 small mammals were trapped in 2003 and 2006 in a rural area in north-eastern Brazil. Spleen and skin samples from these animals were assessed by two PCR protocols, ...
Tópico(s): Leptospirosis research and findings
2013 - Oxford University Press | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Milena de Paiva-Cavalcanti, Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Suênia da Cunha Gonçalves de Albuquerque, Rayana Carla Silva de Morais, Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito, Domenico Otranto, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho,
American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is a neglected disease of humans in the New World that may also cause irreversible skin and eventually mucocutaneous lesions. This parasite can also infect dogs and represents a diagnostic challenge for veterinarians. Methods currently available for the diagnosis of ACL have a low sensitivity and may be time-consuming, representing a limit for treatment expedition of ACL. Quantitative real time PCR assays (qPCR) for ...
Tópico(s): Insect and Pesticide Research
2013 - Elsevier BV | Molecular and Cellular Probes
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Pietra Lemos Costa, Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Fernando José da Silva, Vanessa Cristina Fitipaldi Veloso Guimarães, Kamila Gaudêncio, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho,
Visceral leishmaniasis is a major public health issue in South America, where the disease is rapidly spreading. Changes in ecology and distribution of the principal vector, Lutzomyia longipalpis are among the factors accounting for the increasing incidence of the disease in this region. However, information about the ecology of L. longipalpis is still incipient, which may directly impair the implementation of effective control programs. Herein, the ecology of L. longipalpis was studied in a focus ...
Tópico(s): Trypanosoma species research and implications
2013 - Elsevier BV | Acta Tropica
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Débora Elienai de Oliveira Miranda, Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva Sales, Maria Aparecida da Glória Faustino, Lêucio Câmara Alves, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Filipe Dantas‐Torres, Gílcia Aparecida de Carvalho,
Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis is endemic in Brazil, where Lutzomyia whitmani is the most important vector involved in the transmission to humans, particularly in the peridomestic environment. Herein, we assessed the ecology of sand flies, including Lu. whitmani, in a low-density residential rural area with mixed forest/agricultural exploitation in north-eastern Brazil, where cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic. Particularly, we hypothesized that sand fly abundance was ...
Tópico(s): History of Medicine and Tropical Health
2015 - Elsevier BV | Acta Tropica
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Maria Sandra Andrade, Orin Courtenay, Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito, Francisco Gomes de Carvalho, Ana Waléria Sales de Carvalho, Fábia Carla Silva Soares, Sílvia Maria Santos Carvalho, Pietra Lemos Costa, Ricardo Andrade Zampieri, Lucile Maria Floeter‐Winter, Jeffrey Jon Shaw, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho,
The possibility that a multi-host wildlife reservoir is responsible for maintaining transmission of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis causing human cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis is tested by comparative analysis of infection progression and infectiousness to sandflies in rodent host species previously shown to have high natural infection prevalences in both sylvatic or/and peridomestic habitats in close proximity to humans in northeast Brazil.The clinical and parasitological outcomes, ...
Tópico(s): Leptospirosis research and findings
2015 - Public Library of Science | PLoS neglected tropical diseases
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Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva Sales, Pietra Lemos Costa, Rayana Carla Silva de Morais, Domenico Otranto, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Milena de Paiva-Cavalcanti, Filipe Dantas‐Torres,
Phlebotomine sand flies are blood-feeding insects of great medical and veterinary significance acting as vectors of Leishmania parasites. Studying the blood-feeding pattern of these insects may help in the understanding of their interactions with potential reservoir hosts of Leishmania parasites. In this study, we developed real time PCR assays for the identification of sand fly blood meal.Six pairs of primers were designed based on cytochrome b gene sequences available in GenBank of the following ...
Tópico(s): Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
2015 - BioMed Central | Parasites & Vectors