2022
Repeatability and reproducibility of a handheld quantitative G6PD diagnostic
Ley B, Satyagraha A, Kibria MG, Armstrong J, Bancone G, Bei AK, Bizilj G, Brito M, Ding XC, Domingo GJ, von Fricken ME, Gornsawun G, Lam B, Menard D, Monteiro W, Ongarello S, Pal S, Panggalo LV, Parikh S, Pfeffer DA, Price RN, da Silva Orfano A, Wade M, Wojnarski M, Worachet K, Yar A, Alam MS, Howes RE. Repeatability and reproducibility of a handheld quantitative G6PD diagnostic. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2022, 16: e0010174. PMID: 35176015, PMCID: PMC8853557, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010174.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Dengue and Zika virus infection patterns vary among Aedes aegypti field populations from Belo Horizonte, a Brazilian endemic city
Godoy RSM, dos Santos Felix L, da Silva Orfanó A, Chaves BA, Nogueira PM, dos Anjos Costa B, Soares AS, Oliveira CCA, Nacif-Pimenta R, Silva BM, Duarte AP, de Lacerda M, Monteiro WM, Secundino NFC, Pimenta PFP. Dengue and Zika virus infection patterns vary among Aedes aegypti field populations from Belo Horizonte, a Brazilian endemic city. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009839. PMID: 34727099, PMCID: PMC8562804, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral loadDengue virusZika virusSalivary glandsInfection phaseInfection patternsPublic health systemAegypti field populationsHealth districtArboviral infectionsLate infection phaseInfected personsAedes aegypti field populationsViral infectionEndemic regionsEndemic cityInfection rateInfectionHealth systemMosquito responsesMosquito populationsZika outbreakVirusBlood mealVector competence
2019
Differential responses of epithelial cells from urinary and biliary tract to eggs of Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni
Nacif-Pimenta R, da Silva Orfanó A, Mosley IA, Karinshak SE, Ishida K, Mann VH, Coelho PMZ, da Costa JMC, Hsieh MH, Brindley PJ, Rinaldi G. Differential responses of epithelial cells from urinary and biliary tract to eggs of Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 10731. PMID: 31341177, PMCID: PMC6656753, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46917-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchistosome eggsEpithelial cellsS. haematobiumS. mansoniUrothelial cellsS. mansoni eggsS. haematobium eggsSquamous cell carcinomaCell proliferative responsesGroup 1 carcinogenHepatointestinal schistosomiasisPeriportal fibrosisBiliary tractMansoni eggsCell carcinomaChronic infectionUrogenital schistosomiasisEstrogen receptorProliferative responseDefinitive causeSchistosoma haematobiumNormal urotheliumHuman epithelial cellsMesenchymal transitionS. japonicum