António Paulo G. Almeida

A. Paulo Gouveia de Almeida is Full Professor in Medical Entomology/ Parasitology, and President of the Scientific Council, at the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal (http://www.ihmt.unl.pt ). He has been a visiting/Extraordinary professor at the CVZ, Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

He has a Medical degree from the University of Lisbon; Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, Royal College of Physicians, London; MSc Medical Parasitology (LSHTM) and PhD in Medical Entomology/Parasitology (ICSTM), University of London. 

Researcher and teacher in Medical Entomology and Parasitology and Coordinator of the MSc in Medical Parasitology of the IHMT/UNL (2010-2014). Has been invited lecturer in University of Oporto, University of Algarve, Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia/UNL, Faculdade de Veterinária/UTL, Instituto de Ciências Sociais e Políticas/UTL and Faculdade de Ciências/UL, and University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo Mozambique.  

His main areas of interest include anti-vector (mosquito and tick) immunity and vaccines, Vector-Parasite relationships; Studies on mosquito vectors aimed at malaria, arboviruses (WNV, dengue, RVF), and filariasis, including systematics, molecular biology, bioecology, epidemiology, surveillance and control in different ecological settings; Climate change and risk analysis of mosquito borne diseases.  

He has led various research projects in those areas, supervised several postgraduate degrees, and acted as a consultant for the Portuguese National Directorate of Health and ECDC. 

APG Almeida is author/co-author of over 50 peer reviewed publications and book chapters. 

1. MacIntyre, C., Guarido, M., Riddin, M., Johnson, T., Braack, L., Schrama, M., Gorsich, E., Almeida, A.P.G., Venter, M. 2023. Survey of West Nile and Banzi Viruses in Mosquitoes, South Africa, 2011–2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(1), 164-169. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2901.220036  
2. Montalvo-Sabino, E.; Abílio, A.P.; Guarido, M.M.; Valadas, V.; Novo, M.T.; Kampango, A.; Sousa, C.A.; Fafetine, J.; Venter, M.; Thompson, P.N.; Braack, L.; Cornel, A.J.; Parreira, R.; Almeida, A.P.G. 2022. Morphological and Molecular Characterization Using Genitalia and CoxI Barcode Sequence Analysis of Afrotropical Mosquitoes with Arbovirus Vector Potential. Diversity 2022, 14, 940. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14110940
3. Almeida, APG, Fouque, F, Launois, P, Sousa, CA and Silveira, H. 2017. From the lab to the field: capacity building in Medical Entomology to address vector-borne diseases emergencies. Trends in Parasitology, Volume 33, Issue 9, September 2017, Pages 664-668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2017.05.011
4. Mixão, Verónica de Pinho; Bravo-Barriga, Daniel; Parreira, Ricardo; Novo, Maria Teresa; Sousa, Carla Alexandra; Frontera, Eva; Venter, Marietjie; Braack, Leo; Almeida, António Paulo Gouveia de. 2016. Comparative morphological and molecular analysis confirms the presence of the West Nile virus mosquito vector Culex univittatus in the Iberian Peninsula. Parasites & Vectors, (2016) 9:601. DOI 10.1186/s13071-016-1877-7 URL: http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/9/1/601
5. Shaikevich EV, Vinogradova EB, Bouattour A, Gouveia de Almeida AP. 2016. Genetic diversity of Culex pipiens mosquitoes in distinct populations from Europe: contribution of Cx. quinquefasciatus in Mediterranean populations. Parasit Vectors. 2016 Jan 27;9:47. http://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1333-8