Sequence and expression of MHC-DPB1 molecules of the new world monkey<em> Aotus nancymaae</em>, a primate model for <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> 2 (Publications)
Aotus nancymaae represents an animal model for the pre-clinical evaluation of blood-stage vaccine candidates against Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax. We present here the nucleotide sequence
Amino acid dimorphism and parasite immune evasion: cellular immune responses to a promiscuous epitope of<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> merozoite... (Publications)
Like most other surface-exposed antigens of Plasmodium falciparum, the leading malaria vaccine candidate merozoite surface protein (MSP)-1 contains a large number of dimorphic amino acid positions. Th
<em>Ancylostoma caninum</em>: calibration and comparison of diagnostic accuracy of flotation in tube, McMaster and FLOTAC in faecal samples of dogs (Publications)
We performed a calibration of flotation in tube, McMaster and FLOTAC to determine the optimal flotation solution (FS) and the influence of faecal preservation for the diagnosis of Ancylostoma caninum
Quantifying nonvertical inheritance in the evolution of <em>Legionella pneumophila</em> (Publications)
The exchange of genetic material among bacterial strains and species is recognized as an important factor determining their evolutionary, population genetic, and epidemiological features. We present a
Tuberculosis in Salvador, Brazil: costs to health system and families (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Tuberculosis is one the greatest causes of mortality worldwide, but its economic effects are not well known. This study had the objective of estimating the costs to the public and private h
SMS for disease control in developing countries: a systematic review of mobile health applications (Publications)
Mobile phones provide a low cost method of addressing certain health system needs in developing countries. We examined SMS-supported interventions for prevention, surveillance, management and treatmen