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GHTM Sessions | Resistance of tick microbiota to biological disturbance

  • From: 17/12/2019
  • To: 17/12/2019
  • Location: 12h | IHMT, room Fraga de Azevedo

Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz | INRA Ixodes scapularis ticks harbor microbial communities including pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes. Pathogen infection increases the expression of several tick gut genes, which disturb the tick gut microbiota and impact bacterial biofilm formation. Here, we tested the resistance (insensitivity to disturbance) of tick microbiota and tick microbiome to pathogen infection, antimicrobial peptides […]
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GHTM Sessions | Social determinants and health equity vulnerable populations in Brazil

  • From: 06/12/2019
  • To: 06/12/2019
  • Location: 11h | IHMT, room Fraga de Azevedo

Ricardo Arcêncio| Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto – Universidade de São Paulo He is an associate professor (MS-5) at the School of Nursing in Ribeirão Preto and a research productivity fellow at CNPq level 1C; associate editor of the Latin American Journal of Nursing, holds a master’s and doctorate degree in Public Health Nursing […]
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About GHTM

GHTM is a R&D Center that brings together researchers from IHMT with a track record in Tropical Medicine and International/Global Health. It aims at strengthening Portugal's role as a leading partner in the development and implementation of a global health research agenda. Our evidence-based interventions contribute to the promotion of equity in health and to improve the health of populations.

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