Alvaro G A Ferreira
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Silva E, de Faria I, Ferreira A, Jiran T, Estevez-Castro C, Armache J, et al.
PLoS Pathog
. 2025 Feb;
21(2):e1012184.
PMID: 39899642
RNA interference (RNAi) mediated by the small interfering RNA (siRNA) pathway is a major antiviral mechanism in insects. This pathway is triggered when double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) produced during virus replication...
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Olmo R, Todjro Y, Aguiar E, de Almeida J, Ferreira F, Armache J, et al.
Nat Microbiol
. 2023 Jan;
8(1):135-149.
PMID: 36604511
Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus mosquitoes are the main vectors for dengue virus (DENV) and other arboviruses, including Zika virus (ZIKV). Understanding the factors that affect transmission of arboviruses from...
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Baldon L, de Mendonca S, Ferreira F, Rezende F, Amadou S, Leite T, et al.
Pathogens
. 2022 Aug;
11(8).
PMID: 36015000
Arboviruses (an acronym for "arthropod-borne virus"), such as dengue, yellow fever, Zika, and Chikungunya, are important human pathogens transmitted by mosquitoes. These viruses impose a growing burden on public health....
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Caragata E, Dutra H, Sucupira P, Ferreira A, Moreira L
Trends Parasitol
. 2021 Jul;
37(12):1050-1067.
PMID: 34303627
In this review we examine how exploiting the Wolbachia-mosquito relationship has become an increasingly popular strategy for controlling arbovirus transmission. Field deployments of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes have led to significant decreases...
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Leite T, Ferreira A, Imler J, Marques J
Front Immunol
. 2021 Jun;
12:660873.
PMID: 34093550
mosquitoes are vectors for arboviruses of medical importance such as dengue (DENV) and Zika (ZIKV) viruses. Different innate immune pathways contribute to the control of arboviruses in the mosquito vector...
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de Mendonca S, Rocha M, Ferreira F, Leite T, Amadou S, Sucupira P, et al.
Viruses
. 2021 Apr;
13(5).
PMID: 33923055
The emergence of new human viral pathogens and re-emergence of several diseases are of particular concern in the last decades. (OROV) is an arbovirus endemic to South and Central America...
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Sucupira P, Ferreira A, Leite T, de Mendonca S, Ferreira F, Rezende F, et al.
Viruses
. 2020 Aug;
12(8).
PMID: 32784948
Mayaro virus (MAYV), a sylvatic arbovirus belonging to the family and genus, is responsible for an increasing number of outbreaks in several countries of Central and South America. Despite being...
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Olmo R, Ferreira A, Izidoro-Toledo T, Aguiar E, de Faria I, de Souza K, et al.
Nat Microbiol
. 2018 Oct;
3(12):1385-1393.
PMID: 30374169
Dengue virus (DENV) is an arbovirus transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes. In the insect vector, the small interfering RNA (siRNA) pathway is an important antiviral mechanism against DENV. However,...
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Ferreira A, Amos W
Mol Ecol
. 2006 Oct;
15(13):3885-93.
PMID: 17054490
Recent studies that reveal a correlation between heterozygosity and fitness in natural populations have rekindled interest in whether balancing selection is widespread or an evolutionary oddity. We therefore quantified heterozygote...