2024
Sometimes, the size matters: Wing geometric morphometrics as a tool to assess domiciliation by Triatoma sordida (Stäl 1859)
Ribeiro-Jr G, Reis J, Vaccarezza F, Silva A, Lanza F, Miranda D, Gurgel-Gonçalves R, Reis M. Sometimes, the size matters: Wing geometric morphometrics as a tool to assess domiciliation by Triatoma sordida (Stäl 1859). Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical 2024, 57: e00709-2024. PMID: 39140583, PMCID: PMC11315410, DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0516-2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWing geometric morphometricsGeometric morphometric analysisPeridomestic populationsTriatoma sordidaWing geometric morphometryGeometric morphometryGeometric morphometricsHousing populationSouth AmericaT. sordidaMorphometric analysisHemelytraPublic health concernDomiciliationMorphometricsPopulation
2016
Leptospira in breast tissue and milk of urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus)
DE OLIVEIRA D, FIGUEIRA CP, ZHAN L, PERTILE AC, PEDRA GG, GUSMÃO IM, WUNDER EA, RODRIGUES G, RAMOS EA, KO AI, CHILDS JE, REIS MG, COSTA F. Leptospira in breast tissue and milk of urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). Epidemiology And Infection 2016, 144: 2420-2429. PMID: 27019024, PMCID: PMC5437553, DOI: 10.1017/s0950268816000637.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymerase chain reactionBreast tissuePresence of leptospiresNorway ratsMajor public health concernMilk-borne transmissionMajor pathological changesReal-time polymerase chain reactionPublic health concernQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionPathogenic Leptospira sppBreast tissue samplesChronic carriagePathological changesLactating ratsRatsHealth concernImmunofluorescence assaysLeptospira sppGenus LeptospiraTissue samplesUrban slumsChain reactionLeptospiresLeptospira