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Home / Archives for Mauricio IL

Leishmania taxonomy

  • Authors: Mauricio IL
  • Publication Year: 2018
  • Journal: The Leishmaniases: Old Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-72386-0_2

The genus Leishmania includes a large number of species, with at least 39 species described in the literature, which reflects this group’s capacity to parasitize a wide range of vertebrate hosts and sand flies, but, in particular, to produce a wide range of clinical presentations in humans. Taxonomy within the genus Leishmania is still not fully established, with ongoing […]
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Molecular detection of Wolbachia pipientis in natural populations of mosquito vectors of Dirofilaria immitis from continental Portugal: first detection in Culex theileri

  • Authors: Almeida AP, Belo S, Calado MM, de Pinho Mixao V, Mauricio IL, Mendes AM, Novo MT
  • Publication Year: 2016
  • Journal: Medical and Veterinary Entomology
  • Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/mve.12179

Wolbachia pipientis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) protects mosquitoes from infections with arboviruses and parasites. However, the effect of its co-infection on vector competence for Dirofilaria immitis (Spirurida: Onchocercidae) in the wild has not been investigated. This study aimed to screen vectors of D. immitis for wPip, to characterize these, and to investigate a possible association between the […]
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New insights on taxonomy, phylogeny and population genetics of Leishmania (Viannia) parasites based on multilocus sequence analysis.

  • Authors: Boité MC, Cupolillo E, Mauricio IL, Miles MA
  • Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=New+insights+on+taxonomy%2C+phylogeny+and+population+genetics+of+Leishmania+(Viannia)+parasites+based+on+multilocus+sequence+analysis

The Leishmania genus comprises up to 35 species, some with status still under discussion. The multilocus sequence typing (MLST)–extensively used for bacteria–has been proposed for pathogenic trypanosomatids. For Leishmania, however, a detailed analysis and revision on the taxonomy is still required.
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Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) for lineage assignment and high resolution diversity studies in Trypanosoma cruzi.

  • Authors: Acosta N, Bhattacharyya T, Carrasco HJ, Diosque P, Lewis MD, Llewellyn MS, Mauricio IL, Messenger LA, Miles MA, Yeo M
  • Journal: Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Multilocus+sequence+typing+(MLST)+for+lineage+assignment+and+high+resolution+diversity+studies+in+Trypanosoma+cruzi

BACKGROUND:
Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) is a powerful and highly discriminatory method for analysing pathogen population structure and epidemiology. Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan agent of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease), has remarkable genetic and ecological diversity. A standardised MLST protocol that is suitable for assignment of T. cruzi isolates to genetic lineage and for higher resolution diversity studies has not been developed.
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Comparative microsatellite typing of new world leishmania infantum reveals low heterogeneity among populations and its recent old world origin.

  • Authors: Alam MZ, Cupolillo E, Feliciangeli MD, Ferreira GE, Kuhls K, Mauricio IL, Miles MA, Oddone R, Schönian G, Wirth T
  • Journal: Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Comparative+microsatellite+typing+of+new+world+Leishmania+infantum+reveals+low+heterogeneity+among+populations+and+its+recent+old+world+origin.

Leishmania infantum (syn. L. chagasi) is the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the New World (NW) with endemic regions extending from southern USA to northern Argentina.
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