Search Results - "Carvalho, Vitor L."
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Hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. in Aquatic Mammals, Amazon Basin, Brazil
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-12-2022)“…Hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. (hemoplasmas) are uncultivable bacteria that infect mammals, including humans. We detected a potentially novel hemoplasma species in…”
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Molecular Detection and Characterization of Mycoplasma spp. in Marine Mammals, Brazil
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-12-2023)“…Mycoplasma spp. are wall-less bacteria able to infect mammals and are classified as hemotropic (hemoplasma) and nonhemotropic. In aquatic mammals, hemoplasma…”
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Short-Finned Pilot Whale Strandings Associated with Pilot Whale Morbillivirus, Brazil
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-01-2023)“…Cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) causes illness and death in cetaceans worldwide; the CeMV strains circulating in the Southern Hemisphere are poorly known. We…”
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Highly divergent herpesviruses in threatened river dolphins from Brazil
Published in Scientific reports (31-12-2021)“…River dolphins are a highly threatened polyphyletic group comprised of four odontocete families: Iniidae, Pontoporiidae, Lipotidae, and Platanistidae, the…”
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Polyomavirus surveillance in cetaceans of Brazil: first detection of polyomavirus in Guiana dolphins ( Sotalia guianensis )
Published in The Veterinary quarterly (01-12-2024)“…Polyomaviruses (PyVs) are small double-stranded DNA viruses able to infect species across all vertebrate taxa. In cetaceans, PyVs have been reported only in…”
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Use of the FLOTAC technique as a new coproparasitological diagnostic method in aquatic mammals and comparison with traditional methods
Published in Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (01-01-2022)“…The inadequate choice of a diagnostic method or the option for techniques that have low sensitivity and specificity may limit the diagnosis of parasitic agents…”
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Morphology of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue in odontocetes
Published in Microscopy research and technique (01-09-2016)“…This study describes the mucosa‐associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) in odontocetes from the Brazilian coast and freshwater systems. Seven species were evaluated…”
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Toxic heritage: Maternal transfer of pyrethroid insecticides and sunscreen agents in dolphins from Brazil
Published in Environmental pollution (1987) (01-12-2015)“…Pyrethroids (PYR) and UV filters (UVF) were investigated in tissues of paired mother-fetus dolphins from Brazilian coast in order to investigate the…”
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The deep dive of organohalogen compounds: Bioaccumulation in the top predators of mesopelagic trophic webs, pygmy and dwarf sperm whales, from the Southwestern Atlantic ocean
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-12-2023)“…Kogia sima and Kogia breviceps are apex predators of mesopelagic trophic webs being far from most anthropogenic threats. However, chemical pollutants and…”
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Herpesvirus and adenovirus surveillance in threatened wild West Indian (Trichechus manatus) and Amazonian manatees (Trichechus inunguis), Brazil
Published in Acta tropica (01-01-2023)“…•Studying infectious agents is essential to species conservation.•The current knowledge about viral agents in sirenians is scarce.•Detection of Trichechid…”
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Integrative taxonomy of anisakid nematodes in stranded cetaceans from Brazilian waters: an update on parasite’s hosts and geographical records
Published in Parasitology research (1987) (01-11-2017)“…Anisakidae are represented mainly by species of Anisakis Dujardin, 1845, Pseudoterranova Krabbe, 1878, and Contracaecum Railliet and Henry, 1913. Integrative…”
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Organochlorine concentrations (PCBs, DDTs, HCHs, HCB and MIREX) in delphinids stranded at the northeastern Brazil
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-02-2014)“…Organochlorine compounds are highly persistent in the environment, causing bioaccumulation and biomagnification through the marine food chain. To verify the…”
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Novel herpesviruses in riverine and marine cetaceans from South America
Published in Acta tropica (01-02-2019)“…We detected four new cases of herpesvirus infection in skin and oral mucosa of an Atlantic spotted dolphin, a Guiana dolphin, a dwarf sperm whale, and a…”
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Survey of Brucella spp. and Leptospira spp. antibodies in cetaceans and manatees of the Amazon basin and Atlantic Ocean, Brazil
Published in Diseases of aquatic organisms (11-12-2018)“…Aquatic mammals can act as sentinels of emerging and resurging pathogens in the environment. Brucella spp. and Leptospira spp. are 2 zoonotic pathogens…”
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Molecular, serological, pathological, immunohistochemical and microbiological investigation of Brucella spp. in marine mammals of Brazil reveals new cetacean hosts
Published in Transboundary and emerging diseases (01-07-2019)“…Summary Brucella‐exposure and infection is increasingly recognized in marine mammals worldwide. To better understand the epidemiology and health impacts of…”
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Guiana Dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) and DR-CALUX for Screening Coastal Brazilian Environments for Dioxins and Related Compounds
Published in Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology (01-10-2016)“…Guiana dolphin is the top predator of highest toxicological concern in Brazil and many studies on levels of persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxicant (PBT)…”
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Morphological and genetic identification of Anisakis paggiae (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima from Brazilian waters
Published in Diseases of aquatic organisms (09-03-2015)“…Anisakid nematodes have been identified in a wide variety of fish and marine mammal species. In Brazil, Anisakis physeteris, A. insignis, A. typica, A…”
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Histological characterization of reproductive tract and fetal annexes of the West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) from Brazil
Published in Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira (01-11-2018)“…The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) is one of the most threatened aquatic mammals in Brazil, and is currently classified as “endangered” (MMA). The…”
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Genetic analysis of Anisakis typica (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from cetaceans of the northeast coast of Brazil: New data on its definitive hosts
Published in Veterinary parasitology (10-06-2011)“…Anisakids from 5 different species of cetacean, Kogia breviceps, Peponocephala electra, Stenella clymene, Stenella longirostris and Steno bredanensis, were…”
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Changing the view: impact of simulation-based mastery learning in pediatric tracheal intubation with videolaryngoscopy
Published in Jornal de pediatria (01-01-2021)“…To determine the effect of a training program using simulation-based mastery learning on the performance of residents in pediatric intubations with…”
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