Ana Carolina P. Vicente

Pre-Columbian Chagas disease in Brazil: Trypanosoma cruzi   I in the archaeological remains of a human in Peruaçu Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil (2008)

Fernandes, Alexandre, Iñiguez, Alena M, Lima, Valdirene S, Ferreira, Luiz Fernando, Vicente, Ana Carolina P, ...

We evaluated the presence and distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi   DNA in a mummy presenting with megacolon that was dated as approximately 560 ± 40 years old. The mummy was from the Peruaçu Valley...

Phylogenetic analysis of vibrios and related species by means of atpA gene sequences (2007)

Thompson, Cristiane C., Thompson, Fabiano L., Vicente, Ana Carolina P., Swings, Jean

We investigated the use of atpA gene sequences as alternative phylogenetic and identification markers for vibrios. A fragment of 1322 bp (corresponding to approximately 88% of the coding region) was...

Enterobius vermicularis: Ancient DNA from North and South American Coprolites (2003)

Iñiguez, Alena M., Reinhard, Karl J, Araújo, Adauto, Ferreira, Luiz F., Vicente, Ana Carolina P.

A molecular paleoparasitological diagnostic approach was developed for Enterobius vermicularis. Ancient DNA was extracted from 27 coprolites from archaeological sites in Chile and USA. Enzymatic...

Analysis of ancient DNA from coprolites: a perspective with random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction approach (2003)

Iñiguez,Alena M, Araújo,Adauto, Ferreira,Luiz Fernando, Vicente,Ana Carolina P

The aim of this work was to determine approaches that would improve the quality of ancient DNA (aDNA) present in coprolites to enhance the possibility of success in retrieving specific sequence...

Enterobius vermicularis: ancient DNA from north and south American human coprolites (2003)

Iñiguez,Alena M, Reinhard,Karl J, Araújo,Adauto, Ferreira,Luiz Fernando, Vicente,Ana Carolina P

A molecular paleoparasitological diagnostic approach was developed for Enterobius vermicularis. Ancient DNA was extracted from 27 coprolites from archaeological sites in Chile and USA. Enzymatic...

Differentiation of Environmental and Clinical Isolates of Vibrio mimicus from Vibrio cholerae by Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis

Vieira, Verônica V., Teixeira, Luiz Fernando M., Vicente, Ana Carolina P., Momen, Hooman, Salles, Carlos André

In this study, we demonstrated that analyzed strains of Vibrio mimicus and Vibrio cholerae could be separated in two groups by using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE) data from 14 loci. We also...

Cytotoxic Cell Vacuolating Activity from Vibrio cholerae Hemolysin

Coelho, Ana, Andrade, João R. C., Vicente, Ana Carolina P., Dirita, Victor J.

A Vibrio cholerae cytotoxin, designated VcVac, was found to cause vacuolation in Vero cells. It was originally detected in the pathogenic O1 Amazonia variant of V. cholerae and later shown to be...

Differentiation of Environmental and Clinical Isolates of Vibrio mimicus from Vibrio cholerae by Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis

Vieira, Verônica V., Teixeira, Luiz Fernando M., Vicente, Ana Carolina P., Momen, Hooman, Salles, Carlos André

In this study, we demonstrated that analyzed strains of Vibrio mimicus and Vibrio cholerae could be separated in two groups by using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE) data from 14 loci. We also...

Cytotoxic Cell Vacuolating Activity from Vibrio cholerae Hemolysin

Coelho, Ana, Andrade, João R. C., Vicente, Ana Carolina P., Dirita, Victor J.

A Vibrio cholerae cytotoxin, designated VcVac, was found to cause vacuolation in Vero cells. It was originally detected in the pathogenic O1 Amazonia variant of V. cholerae and later shown to be...

PorA Variable Antigenic Regions VR1, VR2, and VR3 of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroups B and C Isolated in Brazil from 1999 to 2004▿

De Filippis, Ivano, De Andrade, Claudia Ferreira, Silva, Luciete, Prevots, D. Rebecca, Vicente, Ana Carolina P.

The high genetic diversity found among the PorA regions VR1 and VR2 of 101 Neisseria meningitidis isolates from patients with meningococcal disease and healthy carriers in Brazil contrasts with the...