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Home / Archives for Amaro A

Unraveling Sarcocystis miescheriana and Sarcocystis suihominis infections in wild boar

  • Autores: Amaro A, Coelho C, Gomes J, Inácio J, Lopes AP, Mesquita JR, Pires I, Vieira-Pinto M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2015
  • Journal: Veterinary Parasitology
  • Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401715003982?via%3Dihub%20

Sarcocystis species are worldwide spread cyst-forming protozoa that can infect wild boar but little is known about the prevalence of these parasites. In this study we assessed the prevalence of Sarcocystis spp. infections in wild boars from northeastern Portugal, for which novel PCR testing assays targeting Sarcocystis genus, S. miescheriana and S. suihominis were implemented, […]
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Draft genome sequence of a rare pigmented mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis type C strain

  • Autores: Amaro A, Barbosa P, Botelho A, Inácio J, Leao C, Pinto C, Ramos AM, Stevenson K, Usié A
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: Genome Announcements
  • Link: http://genomea.asm.org/content/5/41/e01066-17.full%20

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is the causative agent of paratuberculosis. We report here the draft genome sequence of a rare pigmented M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis type C strain, comprising 58 contigs and having a genome size of 4,851,414 bp. The genome will assist in the execution of pigmentation and virulence studies on this mycobacterium.
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A field evaluation of an isothermal DNA amplification assay for the detection of Theileria annulata infection in cattle

  • Autores: Amaro A, Gomes J, Inácio J, Pereira da Fonseca I, Santos M, Santos-Gomes G
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
  • Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890850816301220?via%3Dihub

A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was evaluated for the detection of Theileria annulata infection in cattle. The results were compared with a real-time PCR used for the quantification of T. annulata parasitaemia. One hundred bovine blood samples from 16 cattle farms were tested with LAMP and real-time PCR, with T. annulata DNA being detected in 66% […]
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Population diversity of Theileria annulata in Portugal

  • Autores: Amaro A, Gomes J, Inácio J, Pereira da Fonseca I, Pinto J, Salgueiro P, Santos-Gomes G, Shiels B, Tait A, Weir W
  • Ano de Publicação: 2016
  • Journal: Infection Genetics and Evolution
  • Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567134816301496?via%3Dihub

The tick-borne protozoan parasite Theileria annulata causes tropical theileriosis, a severe disease of cattle that occurs across the Mediterranean littoral, the Middle East and Southern Asia. In the Mediterranean region, the disease has long been perceived as being a constraint to livestock production in North Africa and Turkey but was believed to have minimal impact […]
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Enhanced Detection of Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Animal Tissues Using a Semi-Nested Probe-Based Real-Time PCR

  • Autores: Albuquerque T, Amaro A, Botelho A, Costa P, Couto I, Cunha MV, Ferreira AS, Inácio J, Viveiros M
  • Journal: PLoS One
  • Link: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0081337

Bovine tuberculosis has been tackled for decades by costly eradication programs in most developed countries, involving the laboratory testing of tissue samples from allegedly infected animals for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) members, namely Mycobacterium bovis. Definitive diagnosis is usually achieved by bacteriological culture, which may take up to 6–12 weeks, during which the suspect animal carcass and herd are under sanitary arrest.
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