Find Experts

Experts in Infectious Diseases
MIYAGAWA Happei Konstantina Alexandropoulos Richard J. Lamont Juhi Bagaitkar Beatriz Mothe Nikolaos G. Almyroudis  José Esté Carla Renata Arciola Ioannis Androulakis Emily S Barrett Maria Casadellà David A. Scott Shuang Liang Gong Jianhua CHRIS ROMAN MATT STINSON Dr. Alla Adams Sanghamitra Dey Jonathan Claus ARMANDO PAEZ View More
Ricardo Nascimento Araújo

Professor
Parasitology
University of Minas
Brazil

Professor Infectious Diseases
Biography

He holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1998), a PhD in Parasitology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2003) and a PhD Program with Internship Abroad from the United States Department of Agriculture (2002). He is currently Associate Professor I at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He has experience in the area of ​​Parasitology working mainly on the following topics: dietary behavior of hematophagous arthropods, salivary and intestinal molecules that influence hematophagy and epidemiology of ectoparasites.

Research Intrest

Physiology of Hematophagous Arthropods

List of Publications
Buarque DS, Gomes CM, Araújo RN, Pereira MH, Ferreira RC, Guarneri AA, Tanaka AS. A new antimicrobial protein from the anterior midgut of Triatoma infestans mediates Trypanosoma cruzi establishment by controlling the microbiota. Biochimie. 2016 Apr 30;123:138-43.
Mendes-Sousa AF, Vale VF, Silva N, Guimaraes-Costa AB, Pereira MH, Sant’Anna MR, Oliveira F, Kamhawi S, Ribeiro J, Andersen JF, Valenzuela JG. The Sand Fly Salivary Protein Lufaxin Inhibits the Early Steps of the Alternative Pathway of Complement by Direct Binding to the Proconvertase C3b-B. Frontiers in Immunology. 2017 Aug 31;8:1065.
Labruna MB, Krawczak FS, Gerardi M, Binder LC, Barbieri AR, Paz GF, Rodrigues DS, Araújo RN, Bernardes ML, Leite RC. Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from the tick Amblyomma sculptum from a Brazilian spotted fever-endemic area in the Pampulha Lake region, southeastern Brazil. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports. 2017 May 31;8:82-5.
Experts in Brazil
Dr. Fernando Leal Pereira Adriana Ribeiro Silva Camila Argenta Fante Evelyn de Souza Oliveira Lopes Inayara Cristina Alves Lacerda Maria Aparecida Vieira Teixeira Garcia Maria Beatriz de Abreu Gloria Raquel Linhares Bello de Araújo Renata Adriana Labanca Roberto Gonçalves Junqueira Roseane Batitucci Passos de Oliveira Scheilla Vitorino Carvalho de Souza Ferr Silvana da Motta Adriano de Paula Sabino Adriana Oliveira Costa André Luís Branco de Barros Carlos Alberto Tagliati Ada Maria Ana Gisele Ana Paula Andrea Henriques Pons Andressa Bernardi Anissa Daliry Antonio Guilherme Carmen Penido Monteiro View More