Search Results - "D'ANDREA, Paulo S"
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Distinct Leishmania species infecting wild caviomorph rodents (Rodentia: Hystricognathi) from Brazil
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-12-2014)“…Caviomorph rodents, some of the oldest Leishmania spp. hosts, are widely dispersed in Brazil. Despite both experimental and field studies having suggested that…”
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Hantaviruses and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, Maranhao, Brazil
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-12-2010)“…To confirm circulation of Anajatuba virus in Maranhao, Brazil, we conducted a serologic survey (immunoglobulin G ELISA) and phylogenetic studies (nucleocapsid…”
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Predicting Landscape Conversion Impact on Small Mammal Occurrence and the Transmission of Parasites in the Atlantic Forest
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-12-2024)“…ABSTRACT Aim Changes in landscape configuration significantly impact ecosystems and the services they provide, including disease regulation for both humans and…”
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The role of historical barriers in the diversification processes in open vegetation formations during the Miocene/Pliocene using an ancient rodent lineage as a model
Published in PloS one (18-04-2013)“…The Neotropics harbors a high diversity of species and several hypotheses have been proposed to account for this pattern. However, while species of forested…”
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Vegetation cover and biodiversity reduce parasite infection in wild hosts across ecological levels and scales
Published in Ecography (Copenhagen) (01-05-2023)“…Land use changes and biodiversity loss critically disrupts ecosystem functioning and are major drivers of infectious disease outbreaks. Trypanosoma cruzi, the…”
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Scapteromys aquaticus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in Brazil with comments on karyotype and phylogenetics relationships
Published in Zoologia (Curitiba, Brazil) (01-04-2013)“…The swamp rats are distributed in Argentina, southern Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil, with two species currently accepted: Scapteromys aquaticus Thomas,…”
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Integrating databases for spatial analysis of parasite-host associations and the novel Brazilian dataset
Published in Scientific data (02-11-2023)“…Incomplete information on parasites, their associated hosts, and their precise geographical location hampers the ability to predict disease emergence in…”
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Evaluating the efficiency of different sampling techniques to survey non-flying small mammals in the Amazon
Published in Mammal research (2024)“…Small non-flying mammals represent 44% of Brazilian mammal species and have a wide range of habits and life-history strategies. This wide diversity requires…”
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Trypanosoma cruzi among wild and domestic mammals in different areas of the Abaetetuba municipality (Pará State, Brazil), an endemic Chagas disease transmission area
Published in Veterinary parasitology (31-03-2013)“…The presence of acute Chagas disease (ACD) due to oral transmission is growing and expanding in several South American countries. Within the Amazon basin, the…”
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Socioecological vulnerability and the risk of zoonotic disease emergence in Brazil
Published in Science advances (01-07-2022)“…In developing countries, outbreaks of zoonotic diseases (ZDs) result from intertwined ecological, socioeconomic, and demographic processes that shape…”
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Serological Studies in Nectomys squamipes Demonstrate the Low Sensitivity of Coprological Exams for the Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis
Published in The Journal of parasitology (01-06-2009)“…The existence of wild rodents naturally infected by Schistosoma mansoni is a drawback for schistosomiasis control programs. As a consequence, it is necessary…”
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An ecological field study of the water-rat Nectomys squamipes as a wild reservoir indicator of Schistosoma mansoni transmission in an endemic area
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (01-10-2006)“…Small mammals are found naturally infected by Schistosoma mansoni, becoming a confounding factor for control programs of schistosomiasis in endemic areas. The…”
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Variation in the skull morphometry of four taxonomic units of Thrichomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae), from different Neotropical biomes
Published in Journal of morphology (1931) (01-03-2019)“…The echimyid rodents of the genus Thrichomys vary considerably in their behavior and feeding ecology, reflecting their occurrence in environments as different…”
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A Taxonomic Update of Small Mammal Plague Reservoirs in South America
Published in Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) (01-10-2015)“…Plague is a disease of epidemic potential that may emerge with discontinuous outbreaks. In South America, 50 wild rodent species have been identified as plague…”
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Trypanosomatids in Small Mammals of an Agroecosystem in Central Brazil: Another Piece in the Puzzle of Parasite Transmission in an Anthropogenic Landscape
Published in Pathogens (Basel) (14-10-2019)“…We surveyed infection by spp. and spp. in small wild mammals from Cumari, Goiás State aiming to investigate the diversity of trypanosomatid in a modified…”
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Population ecology of hantavirus rodent hosts in southern Brazil
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-08-2014)“…In this study we analyze population dynamics of hantavirus rodent hosts and prevalence of infection over a 2-year period in Southern Brazil, a region with a…”
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Community structure and population dynamics of small mammals in an urban-sylvatic interface area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published in Zoologia (Curitiba, Brazil) (01-01-2018)“…The Atlantic Forest is one of the most disturbed Brazilian biomes, with 183 out of 298 species of mammals occurring in the state of Rio de Janeiro. In this…”
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Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission Cycle Among Wild and Domestic Mammals in Three Areas of Orally Transmitted Chagas Disease Outbreaks
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-11-2008)“…We report Trypanosoma cruzi infection in wild and domestic mammals from three orally acquired Chagas disease outbreak areas in Brazil. Cachoeiro do Arari…”
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A New Acanthocephalan Species (Archiacanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae) from the Crab-Eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous) in the Brazilian Pantanal Wetlands
Published in The Journal of parasitology (01-02-2015)“…A new species of Oligacanthorhynchidae (Acanthocephala) Prosthenorchis cerdocyonis n. sp. is described from 17 specimens collected from the small intestine of…”
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Investigation of Chagas disease in four periurban areas in northeastern Brazil: epidemiologic survey in man, vectors, non-human hosts and reservoirs
Published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (01-03-2012)“…Chagas disease was investigated in four periurban areas of Ceará state, northeastern Brazil, through serological, parasitological and molecular methods in…”
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