Doctor in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from Universidade Estadual Paulista - Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FCAV/UNESP) (2004). Master in Veterinary Medicine from Universidade Estadual Paulista (2008). PhD in Veterinary Medicine in 2012 (Preventive Veterinary Medicine) from FCAV/UNESP, with a Visiting Scholar period at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Post-Doctorate Fellowship at FCAV/UNESP (2012-2013). Currently, he is an Associate Professor at FCAV/UNESP, teaching classes in the disciplines of Veterinary Parasitology I and II, Animal Parasitology and General and Human Parasitology. Professor and Advisor in the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Courses in Veterinary Medicine and Agricultural and Livestock Microbiology at FCAV / UNESP Jaboticabal and Lato Sensu "Residency in the Professional Health Area - Veterinary Medicine and Health". Member of the Internal Biosafety Commission of FCAV/UNESP. Member of the Graduation Council of the College of Veterinary Medicine from FCAV/UNESP. He has experience in Veterinary Parasitology, acting mainly in the molecular characterization and serological diagnosis of tick and flea-borne agents in domestic and wild animals (Anaplasmataceae, Bartonellaceae,Hemoplasmas, Piroplasmorida, and Hepatozoidae). Treasurer of the Brazilian College of Veterinary Parasitology (2017-2020). Assistant Scientific Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology. Vice-Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Veterinary Medicine from FCAV/UNESP (2017/2021). Head of the Department of Veterinary Pathology from FCAV / UNESP Jaboticabal (2015/2020). Currently, the researcher establishes scientific collaboration projects with the Research Center at the University of Health Sciences and Naval Medicine (Bethesda, USA), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA), Faculty of Sciences of Life and Environment - Biosciences, University of Exeter (Exeter, United Kingdom), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Rehovolt, Israel) and Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Lisbon, Portugal) (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The genus Bartonella (Rhizobiales; Bartonellaceae) encompasses facultative intracellular Gram-negative bacteria that mainly parasitize erythrocytes and endothelial cells of mammals, and can cause zoonoses with clinical manifestations ranging from moderate to severe, depending on the Bartonella species involved and the immune status of the mammalian host. Cats, rodents and bats act as rese…
The genus Bartonella (Rhizobiales; Bartonellaceae) encompasses facultative intracellular Gram-negative bacteria that mainly parasitize erythrocytes and endothelial cells of mammals, and can cause zoonoses with clinical manifestations ranging from moderate to severe, depending on the Bartonella species involved and the immune status of the animal. Cats, rodents and bats act as reservoirs f…
Piroplasmids are tick-borne apicomplexan protozoa that comprise Babesia, Rangelia, Cytauxzoon and Theileria genera. There is a wide diversity of species that affect different taxa of mammals and birds, which can cause diseases in animals and humans. Studies aiming to detect piroplasmids in the Brazilian fauna, which is extremely diverse, show that different and new species of these protoz…
Bartonellosis, an emerging zoonosis, is caused by Gram-negative bacteria belonging to the genus Bartonella. This group arthropod-borne pathogens comprises agents highly adapted to a wide variety of hosts, causing different clinical manifestations depending on the species and host involved in the infection. Although rodents, bats and domestic felines are considered important reservoirs for…
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Currently, four species of the genus Neorickettsia (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) are described: Neorickettsia sennetsu, Neorickettsia helminthoeca, Neorickettsia risticii and Neorickettsia findlayensis. Certain species of digenetic flukes can harbor bacteria of the genus Neorickettsia, which are transmitted vertically from one developmental stage of the fluke to the next or horizontall…
The genus Bartonella spp. encompasses facultative intracellular Gram-negative aerobic bacteria parasitic on erythrocytes and endothelial cells of various mammals, including humans. They are etiological agents of several diseases, such as trench fever, cat scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, peliosis hepatis, endocarditis, among others. Despite the vast occurrence in mammals around th…
Hemoplasmas or hemotropic mycoplasmas are small, cell wall-less bacteria that parasitize the surface of erythrocytes of humans and a wide diversity of domestic and wild mammals. Domestic cats can be parasitized by Mycoplasma haemofelis (Mhf), 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomimutum' (CMhm) and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis' (CMt). Feline hemoplasmosis, known as feline infectious anemia, i…
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Babesia spp. and Theileria spp. are apicomplexan protozoans (Piroplasmorida: Babesiidae/Theileriidae) that affect several species of domestic and wild species, due to the worldwide distribution of their vectors and high proficiency in their transmission. Although studies have been investigated the occurrence and genetic diversity of piroplasms in wild species from Brazil, only a few inves…
Feline hepatozoonosis is an infection that affects wild and domestic cats and is caused by protozoans belonging to the genus Hepatozoon sp.. Little is known about the prevalence and genetic diversity of Hepatozoon species that occur in cats from Brazil, as well as the vectors involved in the transmission cycles. Clinical signs are nonspecific, with an increase in the enzymes lactate dehyd…
Anaplasmataceae family includes Gram-negative alfa-proteobacteria and intracellular bacteria, which parasitizes blood cells in countless mammals, and they have been transmitted especially by ixodid ticks. In this context, wild animals can be host for bacteria from Anaplasmataceae family. Marsupials, mainly skunk, are adapted in anthropized areas, and also, they are important host and/or r…
(Only some records are available in English at this moment)
Piroplasmids are tick-borne apicomplexan protozoa that comprise the genera Babesia, Rangelia, Cytauxzoon and Theileria. There is a wide diversity of species that affect different taxa of mammals and birds and can cause diseases in animals and humans. Recent studies aiming at detecting piroplasmids in the Brazilian fauna, which is extremely diverse, have shown that different and new specie…
The lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) is the largest land mammal from Brazil. Although the lowland tapir still can be found in five different biomes throughout Brazil, this species is classified as vulnerable for extinction mainly due habitat loss as a consequence of anthropic actions, such as wildfires, illegal hunting and road-kills. Considering that ecological changes made by anthropo…
Coatis (Nasua nasua) (Carnivora: Procyonidae) are wild mammals well adapted to anthropized environments. Considering the frequent contacts of wild carnivores with domestic animals and humans and their role as main reservoirs for many arthropod-borne zoonotic pathogens, constant surveillance is necessary. Indeed, these animals can harbor a plethora of ectoparasites carrying pathogens, whic…
Among the several Ctenocephalides felis felis-borne pathogens, Bartonella henselae, the main etiological agent of cat scratch disease (CSD), stands out. This Gram-negative Alphaproteobacteria is naturally transmitted by C. felis felis among cats, which represent its main vertebrate reservoirs. Besides CSD, B. henselae has also been associated with endocarditis, osteomyelitis, neuroretinit…
The Chiroptera order represents the second larger group of mammals in the world, which are pointed out as reservoirs, hosts and source of infection for several potential zoonotic agents. It is estimated that 75% of the emerging diseases are zoonoses, from which 22% comprise vector-borne diseases. Therefore, due to the evidence of an abundance of ectoparasites in bats in Brazil and the rol…
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