N F Gontijo
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Paim R, Pessoa G, Nascimento B, Nascimento A, Pinheiro L, Koerich L, et al.
Insect Mol Biol
. 2021 Sep;
31(1):49-59.
PMID: 34478211
Control of Chagas disease in endemic countries is primarily accomplished through insecticide spraying for triatomine vectors. In this context, pyrethroids are the first-choice insecticide, and the evolution of insect resistance...
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Moraes C, Lucena S, Moreira B, Brazil R, Gontijo N, Genta F
J Insect Physiol
. 2012 Jun;
58(8):1136-45.
PMID: 22684112
The sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz and Neiva, 1912) is the main vector of American Visceral Leishmaniasis. In spite of its medical importance and several studies concerning adult digestive physiology, biochemistry...
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Alexander B, Barros V, de Souza S, Barros S, Teodoro L, Soares Z, et al.
Trop Med Int Health
. 2009 Sep;
14(10):1272-7.
PMID: 19772549
Objectives: To investigate the insecticide susceptibility of two geographically separated Lutzomyia longipalpis populations (Lapinha and Montes Claros) with different histories of insecticide exposure (i.e. no exposure and repeated exposure, respectively)....
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Araujo R, Campos I, Tanaka A, Santos A, Gontijo N, Lehane M, et al.
Int J Parasitol
. 2007 Jun;
37(12):1351-8.
PMID: 17575982
Every hematophagous invertebrate studied to date produces at least one inhibitor of coagulation. Among these, thrombin inhibitors have most frequently been isolated. In order to study the thrombin inhibitor from...
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Araujo R, Santos A, Pinto F, Gontijo N, Lehane M, Pereira M
Insect Biochem Mol Biol
. 2006 Aug;
36(9):683-93.
PMID: 16935217
Mass sequencing of cDNA libraries from salivary glands of triatomines has resulted in the identification of many novel genes of unknown function. The aim of the present work was to...
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Barros V, Oliveira J, Melo M, Gontijo N
Exp Parasitol
. 2005 Nov;
112(3):152-7.
PMID: 16313904
Taxic responses may play a role in development of Leishmania in their phlebotomine sand fly vectors. They are possibly responsible for movement of the parasites towards the anterior regions of...
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Cavalcante R, Pereira M, Gontijo N
Parasitology
. 2003 Jul;
127(Pt 1):87-93.
PMID: 12885192
The saliva of haematophagous insects has a series of pharmacological activities which may favour blood feeding. In the present study, an inhibitory effect on the complement system was observed in...
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Oliveira J, Melo M, Gontijo N
Exp Parasitol
. 2001 Feb;
96(3):187-9.
PMID: 11162370
This article describes a sensitive, cheap, and easy method for assaying chemotaxic responses of Leishmania promastigotes. A gradient of the substance to be assayed was produced inside a series of...
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Soares R, SantAnna M, Gontijo N, Romanha A, Diotaiuti L, Pereira M
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2000 Apr;
62(1):157-61.
PMID: 10761743
We examined intraspecific variability in the genus Rhodnius using starch gel electrophoresis of salivary heme proteins. Salivary protein profiles of 8 Rhodnius species (R. prolixus, R. robustus, R. neglectus, R....
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Soares R, Gontijo N, Romanha A, Diotaiuti L, Pereira M
Acta Trop
. 1999 Jan;
71(3):285-91.
PMID: 9879737
Rhodnius prolixus interpopulation variability was studied based on a new approach using salivary heme proteins (nitrophorins) electrophoresis in starch gel. We compared salivary proteins profiles of R. prolixus from three...