Search Results - "Fontes, Amanda Nogueira Brum"
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Ticks as potential vectors of Mycobacterium leprae: Use of tick cell lines to culture the bacilli and generate transgenic strains
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-12-2018)“…Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and frequently resulting in irreversible deformities and disabilities. Ticks play an important…”
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Experimental Infection of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Triatominae) with Mycobacterium leprae Indicates Potential for Leprosy Transmission
Published in PloS one (20-05-2016)“…Leprosy is a chronic dermato-neurological disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae. In 2013 almost 200,000 new cases of leprosy were detected…”
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Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae present on Ziehl-Neelsen-stained microscopic slides and in skin biopsy samples from leprosy patients in different geographic regions of Brazil
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (01-12-2012)“…We analysed 16 variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) and three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in Mycobacterium leprae present on 115 Ziehl-Neelsen…”
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Genetic diversity of mycobacterium leprae isolates from Brazilian leprosy patients
Published in Leprosy review (01-09-2009)“…Leprosy is a chronic disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular parasite. A problem in studying the transmission of…”
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Emergence of Mycobacterium leprae Rifampin Resistance Evaluated by Whole-Genome Sequencing after 48 Years of Irregular Treatment
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (23-06-2020)“…A case of rifampin resistance after irregular antileprosy treatments since 1971 is reported. Whole-genome sequencing from four longitudinal samples indicated…”
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Heterogeneous persistence of Mycobacterium leprae in oral and nasal mucosa of multibacillary patients during multidrug therapy
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (01-01-2022)“…BACKGROUNDLeprosy is curable by multidrug therapy (MDT) treatment regimen ranging from six to 12 months. The variable levels of tolerance and adherence among…”
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Serological and molecular detection of infection with Mycobacterium leprae in Brazilian six banded armadillos (Euphractus sexcinctus)
Published in Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases (01-02-2020)“…•Six banded armadillos in North East Brazil are infected with Mycobacterium leprae.•ELISA (the current Gold Standard) and conventional PCR provided the…”
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Genotyping comparison of Mycobacterium leprae isolates by VNTR analysis from nasal samples in a Brazilian endemic region
Published in Pathogens and global health (01-03-2018)“…This study analyzed the genetic diversity by MIRU-VNTR of Mycobacterium leprae isolates from nasal cavities and related to epidemiological and clinical data…”
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Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae from Brazilian leprosy patients suggests the occurrence of reinfection or of bacterial population shift during disease relapse
Published in Journal of medical microbiology (01-10-2011)“…We performed genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae present in skin biopsy samples that were collected during the first and the second disease occurrences from…”
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Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovações em Oncologia
Published in Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (21-06-2022)“…A medicina genômica e a saúde de precisão deram seu primeiro grande passo no início dos anos 2000. O Projeto Genoma Humano (HGP, do inglês Human Genome…”
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Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae present on Ziehl-Neelsen-stained microscopic slides and in skin biopsy samples from leprosy patients in different geographic regions of Brazil
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (07-01-2013)“…We analysed 16 variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) and three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in Mycobacterium leprae present on 115 Ziehl-Neelsen…”
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