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Adriana Oliveira Costa

Faculty of Pharmacy
Clinical and Toxicological Analysis
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Brazil

Professor Healthcare
Biography

She holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1994) and a PhD in Parasitology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2001). He was professor of the higher teaching group of the Federal University of Paraná and currently in the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He has experience in Parasitology, with emphasis on Human Parasite Protozoology, working in molecular techniques for the study of free-living amoebas of the genus Acanthamoeba, Entamoeba histolytica / E. dispar, Giardia and Cryptosporidium.

Research Intrest

Parasitology Human health care activities Biological Sciences

List of Publications
COSTA, AO ; GOMES, MA ; ROCHA, OA ; SILVA, EF . Pathogenicity of Entamoeba dispar under xenic and monoxenic cultivation compared to virulent E. histolytica. Journal of the Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo (Printed), v. 48, p. 245-250, 2006.
GOMES, MA ; COSTA, AO ; TAFURI, WL ; SILVA, EF . An attempt at reversibility and increase of virulence of axenic strains of Entamoeba histolytica. Journal of the Tropical Medicine Institute of São Paulo , São Paulo-SP, v. 35, n.6, p. 503-508, 1993.
ROCHA, MOE; Gomes, MA ; COSTA, AO ; Furst C ; SILVA, EF . Molecular Characterization of Brazilian Human Giardia duodenalis Isolates Using Isoenzyme and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease , v. 46, n.4, p. 273-278, 2003.
VIANNA, EN ; COSTA, JO; SANTOS, CKS; CURY, MC ; SILVA, EF ; COSTA, AO ; GOMES, MA . An alternative method for DNA extraction and PCR identification of Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar in fecal samples. Parasitology (London, Print) , v. 136, p. 765, 2009.
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