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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto (EERP) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Costa Rica
Bachelor's at Biology from Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (1988), Master's at Seafood Quality Control from Nagasaki University (1993) and Dostor at Public Health Nursing from Universidade de São Paulo (2002). Has experience in Public Health, acting on the following subjects: heavy metals contamination, pathogenic agents environmental assessment and public health. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Hospital and urban sewage are considered matrices that pose risks to human and environmental health due to microbiological composition and chemical substances. Among chemical pollutants, antibiotics and toxic metals stand out as multiresistant bacteria selectors due to their antibacterial characteristics. Therefore, they are considered reservoirs of resistant microorganisms, favoring the …
Assessment of risk to human health based on ecotoxicological, limnological and microbiological monitoring of the Pardo river basin (UGRHI04). Within the framework of superficial water bodies, river basins are considered to be essential to the application of risk assessment methods. The Pardo river basin (UGRHI04) comprises 23 cities with about 1.084.000 inhabitants. Industrial and agricul…
Current reports confirm clinical-epidemiological modifications related to increased incidence of pemphigus vulgaris (PV) in endemic regions for pemphigus foliaceus (PF), also affecting young individuals, configuring endemic PV. Genetic factors, especially related to HLA molecules of class II -DR and -DQ, allied to environmental factors, such as virus, heavy metals and insects, in the case…
The misuse and degradation of water sources available are causing their decline and scarcity. The use of treated wastewater is an alternative to reduce the cost of this resource in agricultural practices, but should be done in a way that does not cause problems for public health. Vegetables are cited as one of the most important vehicles in the transmission of intestinal parasites. The ob…
Hospital and urban sewage are considered as matrices that pose risks to human and environmental health due to the microbiological composition of pathogens and chemical substances. Among the chemical pollutants are antibiotics and toxic metals because they are considered pollutants of the environment and selectors of multiresistant bacteria due to their antibacterial characteristics. There…
Antibiotics may be present in the sewage as they are excreted by the body fluids of users of these drugs and characterize this environment as selective for multiresistant bacteria. The sewage treatment plants aim at the removal of chemical contaminants and microorganisms, however they can represent a gene exchange reactor and favor resistance to antibiotics and sewage treatment used. Spec…
The sewage is compound of organic matter and several pathogenic microorganisms with high-potential contamination of streams and rivers. The construction of Sewage Treatment Station aims to restore and improve the quality of its effluents. Currently, the treatment of wastewater by activated sludge is the most used methodology and generates a residue termed sewage sludge which in turn can b…
Pemphigus is a rare group of autoimmune diseases manifested by vesicles or blisters on skin or on mucous membranes. It has a global incidence and in São Paulo State, Brazil, the Northeastern region has the biggest number of occurrences of Pemphigus Vulgaris (PV) and Pemphigus Foliaceous (PF). There is an assumption that genetic factors are not enough to cause the disease outbreak, thus en…
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Changing climate is an intrinsic characteristic of the Earth's system. However, past changes have rarely been as quick as nowadays, with human influence playing a key role. Human-caused greenhouse gases (GHG) are leading to an increase of the global temperature, which is usually known as climate change. In turn, changes in some environmental parameters, such as temperature and solar radia…
The bioaccumulation of metals in fish occurs even when the concentration of these elements in water is almost undetectable. This is due to the exposure time of the animal to pollution in inhabited environments throughout their life cycle. With the aim of guiding balanced diet practices, doctors and nutritionists suggest frequent consumption of fish, known to be a rich source of protein, f…
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