Lenea Campino

Medical Protozoology, namely leishmaniasis. Leishmania-HIV co-infections; molecular epidemiology and parasite diversity; drug resistance; vector and host-parasite interactions. Immunology of the infection: natural and experimental canine infection. Evaluation of vaccine and drug candidates in canine and rodent models. Diagnostics on visceral and cutaneous leishmaniases.

1. Maia C, Dantas-Torres F, Campino L. 2018. Parasite Biology: The Reservoir Hosts. In: The Leishmaniases: Old Neglected Tropical Diseases. Ed: F. Bruschi, L. Gradoni. Springer Verlag. Viena. Austria. Pp 79- 106.
2. Maia C, Campino L. 2011. Can domestic cats be considered reservoir hosts of zoonotic leishmaniasis? Trends in Parasitology, 27: 341-344.