CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduate at Biomedicina from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2008). Has experience in Immunology, focusing on Immunology (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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In developing countries including Brazil, the HIV-1 infection is a major cause of death attributed to infectious diseases, especially when associated with opportunistic coinfections, such as tuberculosis, which affects one third of patients infected with HIV. Macrophages have an essential role in both diseases, they are the reservoir and site of intracellular growth of both pathogens, in …
Parasite-diseases, such as schistosomiasis, are generally neglected by pharmaceutical researches due to the fact of these pathologies reach mainly the developing countries and the poorest worldwide population. Epidemiologic data show that nearly 207 million people are affected by schistosomiasis and 779 million people live at risk areas. In some countries the current treatment is based on…
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