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Francisco Assis Lima Costa

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Vercosa B, Muniz-Junqueira M, Mineiro A, Costa F, Melo M, Vasconcelos A
Microb Pathog . 2023 Jun; 181:106194. PMID: 37269879
It is unknown if Leishmania amastigote infections affect hepatocytes and Kupffer cell apoptosis, and the role played by apoptosis in liver lesions in leishmaniasis is still unclear. Clinically affected and...
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de Oliveira Bezerra D, Feitosa M, de Almeida H, Costa F, Braga J, de Assis Leite Souza F, et al.
Acta Cir Bras . 2014 Sep; 29(9):560-72. PMID: 25252202
Purpose: The use of the collared peccary as an experimental model for ischemic nephropathy. Methods: A total of 12 collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) was used and ischemic nephropathy was induced...
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Furtado Campos J, Costa F
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo . 2014 Jul; 56(4):297-300. PMID: 25076429
In this study, we detected Leishmania spp. infection in R. sanguineus collected from dogs that were naturally infected with L. (L.) infantum. We examined 35 dogs of both sexes and...
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Celeste B, Sanchez M, Ramos-Sanchez E, M Castro L, Costa F, Goto H
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2014 Mar; 90(5):860-865. PMID: 24615136
Routine serological diagnoses for leishmaniases, except in visceral cases, are performed using whole-parasite antigens. We used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to evaluate the performance of Leishmania infantum rHsp83 compared with...
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de Assis Leite Souza F, de Carvalho C, de Almeida H, Pires L, Silva L, Costa F, et al.
J Zoo Wildl Med . 2013 Sep; 44(3):737-9. PMID: 24063103
A 21-yr-old female jaguar (Panthera onca) died in a zoo in Teresina, Piaui, Brazil, following a history of abdominal distension, ascites, anorexia, and dyspnea. At necropsy, a dark red, watery,...
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Alves G, Silva L, Ferreira Batista J, Campos A, Prianti M, Costa F
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo . 2013 Apr; 55(2):105-12. PMID: 23563763
This study investigated the sero-conversion period in which dogs from endemic areas test positive for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as well as the early post-infection period in which renal alterations are...
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Drumond K, Costa F
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo . 2011 Mar; 53(1):3-11. PMID: 21412612
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has been known to occur in the state of Piauí since 1934. The typically rural disease began to appear in urban areas over time, being concentrated mainly...
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Pinheiro P, Pinheiro A, Lima Ferreira J, Costa F, Katz S, Barbieri C
Vet Parasitol . 2009 Mar; 162(1-2):32-9. PMID: 19269098
A recombinant protein, rLdccys1, produced by expression of the gene encoding a 30kDa cysteine proteinase from Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi, was used to detect specific antibodies in serum by enzyme-linked immunosorbent...