Mariângela Carneiro

Professor
Parasitology
University of Minas
Brazil

Biography

Mariângela Carneiro is a Full Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Epidemiology Department, Department of Parasitology. Graduated in Pharmacy and Biochemistry from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. The Master and PhD programs were carried out at the Department of Parasitology, in the area of ​​Epidemiology of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He has a postdoctoral degree from Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology. She is a full professor of PhD in the Postgraduate Programs in Parasitology of the Institute of Biological Sciences of UFMG and Post-Graduation in Health Sciences: Infectology and Tropical Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of UFMG. He is the leader of the Research Group on the Epidemiology of Infectious-Parasitic Diseases of Importance in Collective Health. She is a level 2 researcher at CNPq and the Minas Gerais Researcher Program (PPM) at FAPEMIG. Has experience in the area of ​​Collective Health, with emphasis on Epidemiology. It works mainly on the following topics: studies of determinants of infectious and parasitic diseases (visceral leishmaniasis, HIV / AIDS, dengue, toxoplasmosis, schistosomiasis), evaluation of health interventions and programs, nutrition epidemiology and association with infectious and parasitic diseases, and urbanization infectious and parasitic diseases.

Research Intrest

Evaluation of Health Programs, Epidemiology of infectious and parasitic diseases, Epidemiology of Nutrition.

List of Publications
Dias Tourinho B, Figueiredo Amâncio F, Lencine Ferraz M, Carneiro M. Prognostic factors for death from visceral leishmaniasis in patients treated with liposomal amphotericin B in an endemic state in Brazil. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2017 Apr 1;111(4):163-71.
Medeiros FA, Gomes LI, Oliveira E, de Souza CS, Mourão MV, Cota GF, Marques LH, Carneiro M, Rabello A. Development and Validation of a PCR-ELISA for the Diagnosis of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Infection by Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum. Journal of tropical medicine. 2017 Jan 9;2017.
Silva AP, Greco M, Fausto MA, Carneiro M. Loss to follow-up in a cohort of HIV-negative men who have sex with men: Project Horizonte. Revista de saude publica. 2017;51.