Omar S. Carvalho

Microarray analysis of gene expression induced by sexual contact in Schistosoma mansoni (2007)

Waisberg, Michael, Lobo, Francisco P, Cerqueira, Gustavo C, Passos, Liana KJ, Carvalho, Omar S, Franco, Glória R, ...

Abstract Background The parasitic trematode Schistosoma mansoni is one of the major causative agents of Schistosomiasis, a disease that affects approximately 200 million people, mostly in developing...

Analysis and estimative of schistosomiasis prevalence for the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, using multiple regression with social and environmental spatial data (2007)

Ricardo JPS Guimaräes, Corina C Freitas, Luciano V Dutra, Ana CM Moura, Ronaldo S Amaral, Sandra C Drummond, ...

The aim of this work is to establish a relationship between schistosomiasis prevalence and social-environmental variables, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, through multiple linear regression....

Analysis and estimative of schistosomiasis prevalence for the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, using multiple regression with social and environmental spatial data (2006)

Guimarães,Ricardo JPS, Freitas,Corina C, Dutra,Luciano V, Moura,Ana CM, Amaral,Ronaldo S, Drummond,Sandra C, ...

The aim of this work is to establish a relationship between schistosomiasis prevalence and social-environmental variables, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, through multiple linear regression....

Phylogenetics of South American Biomphalaria and description of a new species (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) (2006)

Estrada, Victoria E., Velásquez, Luz E., Caldeira, Roberta L., Bejarano, Eduar E., Rojas, Winston, Carvalho, Omar S.

The planorbid snail Biomphalaria edisoni n. sp. is described from morphological and molecular characters, based on specimens collected at two localities in Colombia. The new species has the typical...

Phylogenetics of south american biomphalaria and description of a new species (gastropoda: planorbidae) (2006)

Estrada, Victoria E., Velásquez, Luz E., Caldeira, Roberta L., Bejarano, Eduar E., Rojas, Winston, Carvalho, Omar S.

The planorbid snail Biomphalaria edisoni n. sp. is described from morphological and molecular characters, based on specimens collected at two localities in Colombia. The new species has the typical...

Diagnostic of Biomphalaria   Snails and Schistosoma mansoni   : DNA Obtained from Traces of Shell Organic Materials (2004)

Roberta L Caldeira, Pollanah M Lira, Omar S Carvalho

Freshwater snails belonging to the genus Biomphalaria   act as intermediate hosts for the parasite trematode Schistosoma mansoni   in Africa and in the neotropical region. Identification of such...

Rural Tourism as Risk Factor for the Transmission of Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2004)

Martin J Enk, Roberta L Caldeira, Omar S Carvalho, Virginia T Schall

Recently, the booming rural tourism in endemic areas of the state of Minas Gerais was identified as a contributing factor in the dissemination of the infection with Schistosoma mansoni   . This...

Diagnostic of Biomphalaria snails and Schistosoma mansoni: DNA obtained from traces of shell organic materials (2004)

Caldeira,Roberta L, Jannotti-Passos,Liana K, Lira,Pollanah M, Carvalho,Omar S

Freshwater snails belonging to the genus Biomphalaria act as intermediate hosts for the parasite trematode Schistosoma mansoni in Africa and in the neotropical region. Identification of such molluscs...

The use of the polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism technique associated with the classical morphology for characterization of Lymnaea columella, L. viatrix, and L. diaphana (Mollusca: Lymnaeidae) (2004)

Carvalho,Omar S, Cardoso,Paula CM, Lira,Pollanah M, Rumi,Alejandra, Roche,Andrea, Berne,Elizabeth, ...

The specific identification of Lymnaeid snails is based on a comparison of morphological characters of the shell, radula, renal and reproductive organs. However, the identification is complicated by...

Rural tourism as risk factor for the transmission of schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2004)

Enk,Martin J, Caldeira,Roberta L, Carvalho,Omar S, Schall,Virginia T

Recently, the booming rural tourism in endemic areas of the state of Minas Gerais was identified as a contributing factor in the dissemination of the infection with Schistosoma mansoni. This article...

Diagnostic of Biomphalaria snails and Schistosoma mansoni: DNA obtained from traces of shell organic materials (2004)

Caldeira, Roberta L., Jannotti-Passos, Liana K., Lira, Pollanah M., Carvalho, Omar S.

Freshwater snails belonging to the genus Biomphalaria act as intermediate hosts for the parasite trematode Schistosoma mansoni in Africa and in the neotropical region. Identification of such molluscs...

Rural tourism as risk factor for the transmission of Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2004)

Enk, Martin J., Caldeira, Roberta L., Carvalho, Omar S., Schall, Virgínia

Recently, the booming rural tourism in endemic areas of the state of Minas Gerais was identified as a contributing factor in the dissemination of the infection with Schistosoma mansoni. This article...

Analysis of the First and Second Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequences of the Ribosomal DNA in Biomphalaria tenagophila   Complex (Mollusca: Planorbidae) (2004)

Jessica C Kissinger, Rodrigo AF Redondo, Edina CR Pires, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho

The first and second internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS1 and ITS2) of the ribosomal DNA of Biomphalaria tenagophila   complex (B. tenagophila, B. occidentalis, and B. t. guaibensis) were...

Analysis of the first and second internal transcribed spacer sequences of the ribosomal DNA in Biomphalaria tenagophila complex (Mollusca: Planorbidae) (2004)

Vidigal,Teofânia HDA, Spatz,Linus, Kissinger,Jessica C, Redondo,Rodrigo AF, Pires,Edina CR, Simpson,Andrew JG, ...

The first and second internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS1 and ITS2) of the ribosomal DNA of Biomphalaria tenagophila complex (B. tenagophila, B. occidentalis, and B. t. guaibensis) were...

Analysis of the first and second internal transcribed spacer sequences of the ribosomal DNA in Biomphalaria tenagophila complex (Mollusca: Planorbidae) (2004)

Spatz, Linus, Kissinger, Jessica C., Redondo, Rodrigo A. F., Pires, Edina C. R., Simpson, Andrew J. G., ...

The first and second internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS1 and ITS2) of the ribosomal DNA of Biomphalaria tenagophila complex (B. tenagophila, B. occidentalis, and B. t. guaibensis) were...

Molecular Differentiation of Angiostrongylus costaricensis   , A. cantonensis, and A. vasorum by Polymerase Chain Reaction- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (2004)

Roberta L Caldeira, Omar S Carvalho, Cristiane LFG Mendonça, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Márcia CF Silva, Renata Ben, ...

Angiostrongylus cantonensis   , A. costaricensis, and A. vasorum are etiologic agents of human parasitic diseases. Their identification, at present, is only possible by examining the adult worm...

Molecular differentiation of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, A. cantonensis, and A. vasorum by polymerase chain reaction- restriction fragment length polymorphism (2003)

Caldeira,Roberta L, Carvalho,Omar S, Mendonça,Cristiane LFG, Graeff-Teixeira,Carlos, Silva,Márcia CF, Ben,Renata, ...

Angiostrongylus cantonensis, A. costaricensis, and A. vasorum are etiologic agents of human parasitic diseases. Their identification, at present, is only possible by examining the adult worm after a...

Molecular Differentiation of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, A. cantonensis, and A. vasorum by Polymerase Chain Reaction- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (2003)

Caldeira, Roberta L., Carvalho, Omar S., Graeff-Teixeira, Carlos, Silva, Márcia C. F., Ben, Renata, ...

Angiostrongylus cantonensis, A. costaricensis, and A. vasorum are etiologic agents of human parasitic diseases. Their identification, at present, is only possible by examining the adult worm after a...

Morphological and Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Lenght Polymorphism Characterization of Biomphalaria kuhniana   and Biomphalaria amazonica   from Colombia (2003)

Luz E Velásquez, Roberta L Caldeira, Victoria Estrada, Omar S Carvalho

In Colombia, five Biomphalaria   planorbid species are known: B. kuhniana, B. straminea, B. peregrina, B. canonica and B. oligoza(var. B. philippiana). Among them, B. straminea is intermediate host...

Sequencing of Simple Sequence Repeat Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification Products of Biomphalaria glabrata   (2002)

Roberta L Caldeira, Omar S Carvalho, Regina CG Lage, Guilherme C Oliveira

Simple sequence repeat anchored polymerase chain reaction amplification (SSR-PCR) is a genetic typing technique based on primers anchored at the 5' or 3' ends of microsatellites, at high primer...

Polymerase Chain Reaction and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism of Cytocrome Oxidase Subunit I Used for Differentiation of Brazilian Biomphalaria   Species Intermediate Host of Schistosoma mansoni   (2002)

Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Lângia C Montresor, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho

The intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni   , in Brazil, Biomphalaria glabrata   , B. tenagophila and B. straminea , were identified by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the...

Morphological and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment lenght polymorphism characterization of Biomphalaria kuhniana and Biomphalaria amazonica from Colombia (2002)

Velásquez,Luz E, Caldeira,Roberta L, Estrada,Victoria, Carvalho,Omar S

In Colombia, five Biomphalaria planorbid species are known: B. kuhniana, B. straminea, B. peregrina, B. canonica and B. oligoza(var. B. philippiana). Among them, B. straminea is intermediate host of...

Sequencing of simple sequence repeat anchored polymerase chain reaction amplification products of Biomphalaria glabrata (2002)

Caldeira,Roberta L, Carvalho,Omar S, Lage,Regina CG, Cardoso,Paula Cristina M, Oliveira,Guilherme C

Simple sequence repeat anchored polymerase chain reaction amplification (SSR-PCR) is a genetic typing technique based on primers anchored at the 5' or 3' ends of microsatellites, at high primer...

Polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism of cytocrome oxidase subunit I used for differentiation of Brazilian Biomphalaria species intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni (2002)

Vidigal,Teofânia HDA, Montresor,Lângia C, Simpson,Andrew JG, Carvalho,Omar S

The intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, in Brazil, Biomphalaria glabrata, B. tenagophila and B. straminea, were identified by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the...

Genetic Variability in Brazilian Populations of Biomphalaria straminea Complex Detected by Simple Sequence Repeat Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification (2001)

Roberta L Caldeira, Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho

Biomphalaria glabrata, B. tenagophila and B. straminea are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, in Brazil. The latter is of epidemiological importance in the northwest of Brazil and, due to...

Identification of Biomphalaria havanensis and Biomphalaria obstructa Populations from Cuba Using Polymerase Chain Reaction and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism of the Ribosomal RNA Intergenic Spacer (2001)

Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Roberta L Caldeira, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho

In Cuba, several Biomphalaria species have been reported such as B. orbignyi, B. schrammi, B. helophila, B. havanensis and B. peregrina; only the latter three are considered as potential hosts of...

Identification of Biomphalaria havanensis and Biomphalaria obstructa populations from Cuba using polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism of the ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer (2001)

Vidigal,Teofânia HDA, Caldeira,Roberta L, Simpson,Andrew JG, Carvalho,Omar S

In Cuba, several Biomphalaria species have been reported such as B. orbignyi, B. schrammi, B. helophila, B. havanensis and B. peregrina; only the latter three are considered as potential hosts of...

Genetic variability in Brazilian populations of Biomphalaria straminea complex detected by simple sequence repeat anchored polymerase chain reaction amplification (2001)

Caldeira,Roberta L, Vidigal,Teofânia HDA, Simpson,Andrew JG, Carvalho,Omar S

Biomphalaria glabrata, B. tenagophila and B. straminea are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, in Brazil. The latter is of epidemiological importance in the northwest of Brazil and, due to...

Further Studies on the Molecular Systematics of Biomphalaria Snails from Brazil (2000)

Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho

The polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the rRNA gene, using the enzyme DdeI were used for the molecular...

Identification of Planorbids from Venezuela by Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism of Internal Transcriber Spacer of the RNA Ribosomal Gene (2000)

Roberta L Caldeira, Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Liboria Matinella, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho

Snails of the genus Biomphalaria from Venezuela were subjected to morphological assessment as well as polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis....

Characterization of Biomphalaria orbignyi, Biomphalaria peregrina and Biomphalaria oligoza by Polymerase Chain Reaction and Restriction Enzyme Digestion of the Internal Transcribed Spacer Region of the RNA Ribosomal Gene (2000)

Linus Spatz, Teofnia HDA Vidigal, Mrcia CA Silva, Omar S Carvalho

The correct identification of Biomphalaria oligoza, B. orbignyi and B. peregrina species is difficult due to the morphological similarities among them. B. peregrina is widely distributed in South...

Identification of planorbids from Venezuela by polymerase chain reaction amplification and restriction fragment length polymorphism of internal transcriber spacer of the RNA ribosomal gene (2000)

Caldeira,Roberta L, Vidigal,Teofânia HDA, Matinella,Liboria, Simpson,Andrew JG, Carvalho,Omar S

Snails of the genus Biomphalaria from Venezuela were subjected to morphological assessment as well as polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis....

Further studies on the molecular systematics of Biomphalaria snails from Brazil (2000)

Vidigal,Teofânia HDA, Caldeira,Roberta Lima, Simpson,Andrew JG, Carvalho,Omar S

The polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the rRNA gene, using the enzyme DdeI were used for the molecular...

Penetration Sites and Migratory Routes of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in the Experimental Intermediate Host (Sarasinula marginata) (1999)

Cristiane LGF Mendonça, Omar S Carvalho, Ester M Mota, Marcelo Pelajo-Machado, Luzia FG Caputo, Henrique L Lenzi

The intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis are terrestrian molluscs, mostly of the family Veronicellidae. The present work aimed at clarifying more accurately the sites of penetration...

Penetration Sites and Migratory Routes of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in the Experimental Intermediate Host (Sarasinula marginata) (1999)

Mendonça,Cristiane LGF, Carvalho,Omar S, Mota,Ester M, Pelajo-Machado,Marcelo, Caputo,Luzia FG, Lenzi,Henrique L

The intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis are terrestrian molluscs, mostly of the family Veronicellidae. The present work aimed at clarifying more accurately the sites of penetration...

Study of Biomphalaria Tenagophila Tenagophila, B. t. Guaibensis and B. Occidentalis by Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification and Restriction Enzyme Digestion of the Ribosomal RNA Intergenic Spacer Regions (1999)

Spatz, Linus, Caldeira, Roberta L., Neto, Emmanuel Dias, Cappa, Stella Maris Gonzalez, Carvalho, Omar S.

Biomphalaria tenagophila tenagophila, B. tenagophila guaibensis and B. occidentalis are indistinguishable on the basis of shell morphology and the majority of organs of the genital system. Only B. t....

Genetic Variability and Identification of the Intermediate Snail Hosts of Schistosoma mansoni (1998)

Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Emmanuel Dias Neto, Linus Spatz, Diana N Nunes, Edina R Pires, Andrew JG Simpson, ...

Studies based on shell or reproductive organ morphology and genetic considerations suggest extensive intraspecific variation in Biomphalaria snails. The high variability at the morphological and...

RESEARCH NOTE - Molecular Study of Similar Biomphalaria Species (1998)

Linus Spatz, Emmanuel Dias Neto, Omar S Carvalho

Biomphalaria tenagophila tenagophila (Orbigny 1835) is a planorbid susceptible to infection with Schistosoma mansoni which occupies a wide range in South America and is an important intermediate host...

Molecular Identification of Similar Species of the Genus Biomphalaria (Mollusca: Planorbidae) Determined by a Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (1998)

Roberta Lima Caldeira, Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Sônia Torquato Paulinelli, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho

The freshwater snails Biomphalaria straminea, B. intermedia, B. kuhniana and B. peregrina, are morphologically similar; based on this similarity the first three species were therefore grouped in the...

RE-EVALUATION OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL. III. "NOROESTE DE MINAS" MESOREGION (1998)

CARVALHO,Omar S., MASSARA,Cristiano L., GUERRA,Henrique L., CAMPOS,Yoná R., CALDEIRA,Roberta L., CHAVES,Adelú, ...

This study was conducted to assess the presence of schistosomiasis mansoni in the "Noroeste de Minas" mesoregion, an area considered non-endemic. A malacologic survey and parasitologic stool...

Genetic variability and identification of the intermediate snail hosts of Schistosoma mansoni (1998)

Vidigal,Teofânia HDA, Dias Neto,Emmanuel, Spatz,Linus, Nunes,Diana N, Pires,Edina R, Simpson,Andrew JG, ...

Studies based on shell or reproductive organ morphology and genetic considerations suggest extensive intraspecific variation in Biomphalaria snails. The high variability at the morphological and...

Molecular identification of similar species of the genus Biomphalaria (Mollusca: Planorbidae) determined by a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (1998)

Caldeira,Roberta Lima, Vidigal,Teofânia HDA, Paulinelli,Sônia Torquato, Simpson,Andrew JG, Carvalho,Omar S

The freshwater snails Biomphalaria straminea, B. intermedia, B. kuhniana and B. peregrina, are morphologically similar; based on this similarity the first three species were therefore grouped in the...

Specific identification of Biomphalaria tenagophila and Biomphalaria occidentalis populations by the low stringency polymerase chain reaction (1997)

Edina Rodrigues Pires, Teofania HDA Vidigal, Horacio MS Teles, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho

Although Biomphalaria occidentalis and B. tenagophila are indistinguishable on the basis of shell morphology and the majority of their genital organs, only the latter is susceptible to infection with...

A Low Stringency Polymerase Chain Reaction Approach to the Identification of Biomphalaria glabrata and B. tenagophila, Intermediate Snail Hosts of Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil (1996)

Teofania HDA Vidigal, Emmanuel Dias Neto, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho

The low stringency-polymerase chain reaction (LS-PCR) with a pair of specific primers for the amplification of the 18S rRNA gene was evaluated as a means of differentiating between the two...

DNA Polymorphism of Schistosomes and their Snail Hosts (1995)

Andrew JG Simpson, Emmanuel Dias Neto, Teofania Hda Vidigal, Heloisa B Pena, Omar S Carvalho, Sergio DJ Pena

Analysis of the genomes of schistosomes and one of their intermediate hosts, Biomphalaria glabrata, using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) demonstrated that intraspecific genetic polymorphism...

Determinantes ambientais e sociais da esquistossomose mansoni em Ravena, Minas Gerais, Brasil (1995)

Coura-Filho,Pedro, Farah,Márcio William C., Rezende,Dilermando F. De, Lamartine,Simone Da Silva, Carvalho,Omar S., Katz,Naftale

Neste estudo foram identificados os determinantes biológicos e sociais na transmissão da esquistossomose em Ravena, Sabará, Minas Gerais, Brasil, em 1980, visando a caracterizar o perfil...