Area of concentration: INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES
Area of concentration: INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES
Description: Study of biological, molecular, epidemiologic, diagnostic and control of infectious and parasitic diseases aspects.
Research Lines:
1. Human mycoses.
Description: Study of the mechanisms of fungi-host interaction and the factors of the fungi biology, epidemiology, prevention and control of human mycoses.
Terezinha Inez Estivalet Svidzinski, PhD
Research activities:
Epidemiology of fungal infections
Virulence factors and resistance to antifungals in medically important yeasts
Treatment and control of human mycoses
2. Leishmaniasis.
Description: Epidemiology, biology, control measures of transmission and methods for detecting Leishmania spp.
Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni, PhD
Research activities:
Epidemiology of leishmaniasis in the State of Paraná
Biological aspects of leishmaniasis
Diagnosis of leishmaniasis (parasitological, immunological and molecular)
Antileishmanial activity of natural and synthetic products
Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides, PhD
Research activities:
Epidemiology of leishmaniasis in the State of Paraná
Inflammatory process in leishmaniasis
Diagnosis of leishmaniasis (parasitological, immunological and molecular)
Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira, PhD
Research activities:
Epidemiology of leishmaniasis in the State of Paraná
Biological aspects of leishmaniasis
Diagnosis of leishmaniasis (parasitological, immunological and molecular)
Antileishmanial activity of natural and synthetic products
3. Bacterial and Viral Diseases.
Description: Epidemiology, diagnosis and control of bacterial and viral infectious diseases.
Celso Luiz Cardoso, PhD
Research activities:
Microbiological aspects of hospital infections, with emphasis on methods of anti-infective protection: sterilization, disinfection and antisepsis
Study of the human microbiota and its alteration implications
Dennis Armando Bertolini, PhD
Research activities:
Serological and molecular diagnosis and epidemiology of viral hepatitis and HIV-AIDS
Maria Cristina Bronharo Tognim, PhD
Research activities:
Molecular epidemiology and control of hospital infections
Bacterial resistance to antimicrobials
Rosilene Fressatti Cardoso, PhD
Research activities:
Diagnosis through conventional and molecular methods and epidemiology of diseases caused by mycobacteria
Antimycobacterial activity of natural and synthetic products
Regiane Bertin de Lima Scodro, PhD
Research activities:
Antimycobacterial activity of natural and synthetic products
Diagnosis through conventional and molecular methods and epidemiology of diseases caused by mycobacteria
4. Chagas disease and molecular biology of the Trypanosoma cruzi.
Description: Epidemiology, control and treatment of Chagas disease; phenotyping and genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi strains.
Max Jean de Ornelas Toledo, PhD
Research activities:
Experimental chemotherapy for Trypanosoma cruzi
Biological behavior and typing of Trypanosoma cruzi
Mônica Lúcia Gomes, PhD
Research activities:
Diagnosis and molecular epidemiology of Chagas disease
Silvana Marques de Araújo, PhD
Research activities:
Biological behavior and typing of Trypanosoma cruzi
Experimental homeopathy and physical exercise versus Trypanosoma cruzi
5. Zoonoses and other parasitic diseases of medical interest.
Description: Epidemiology and zoonoses control and other parasitic diseases of public health interest.
Ana Lúcia Falavigna Guilherme, PhD
Research activities:
Epidemiology and control of toxocariasis
Epidemiology, diagnosis and control of the toxoplasmosis
Waterborne parasites
Mônica Lúcia Gomes, PhD
Research activities:
Diagnosis and molecular epidemiology of waterborne parasites