Biologist from the Federal University of Paraná (2009), she has a Master's (2012) and PhD (2017) from the University of São Paulo, where she studied neotropical mosquitoes and their phylogenetic relationships. She did her postdoctoral work in epidemiology at the USP School of Public Health, studying the relationship between the urban landscape and the Aedes aegypti vector. During her PhD she spent a sandwich period at the Natural History Museum in London/UK. She was a visiting researcher at Harvard School of Public Health/Boston. She has experience in the area of evolutionary studies using morphological and genetic markers, and epidemiological studies focusing on Brazilian extra-Amazonian malaria and other neglected arboviruses. She is interested in understanding the determinants of diseases in wild and urban environments, building predictive models and how climate change affects the distribution of vectors and viruses. She currently works as a database analyst at the São Paulo State Health Department. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The current epidemiological scenario in Brazil is worrisome, as in recent years thousands cases of dengue, zika and chikungunya have been reported, in addition to the recent re-emergence of yellow fever. The Aedes aegypti mosquito plays a fundamental role in the dissemination of all these diseases. The role of its sister species, Aedes albopictus, is still little known in Brazil, but may …
Culicidae are popularly known as mosquitoes and comprise a monophyletic group within the order Diptera. They are distributed throughout tropical and temperate regions, and currently 3525 species are recognized. The traditional classification is based on morphological characters and despite their medical importance and long history of research, the taxonomy of the group remains incomplete …
Mosquito-borne disease affects million people in the world, and its transmission area continues to expand due to many factors linked to urban sprawl, increased travel and global warming. The Aedes aegypti mosquito plays a central role in the dissemination of dengue, zika, chikungunya and urban yellow fever. Current preventative measures include mosquito control programs but unfortunately,…
Recent studies have shown that the mitochondrial genome is one of the most useful indicators for resolving phylogenetic relationships in insects. In addition, the 37 genes inside it can be used for phylogenetic reconstruction, since it does not require very much computational time to run analyses and reach statistically reliable conclusions. Thus, the objective of this internship is to an…
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