Area of Concentratrion: Pathology of Tropical Diseases

 

Research Line – Agents and Vectors of Parasites of Medical and Veterinary Interest in the Amazon 

 

Analysis of Clinical Manifestations and Antigenemia in Rotavirus Gastroenteritis among Children Hospitalized in Belém, Pará, Brazil, in the Post-Vaccine Postoperative Scenario

Coordinator:  Joana D’Arc Pereira Mascarenhas

Starting Date: 01/03/2012

Funding: Foundation for Research Support of the State of Pará (FAPESPA) - Support Program / Ministry of Health - Support

 

In vitro characterization of the interaction between Leishmania Sp and the Peritoneal Macrophage of Different Species of Neotropical Primates

Coordinator:  Fernando Tobias Silveira

Starting Date: 01/01/2008

Funding:

 

Mansonic Schistosomiasis in a Low Endemicity Area Focus Study of Belém-PA and Potential Expansion Focuses

Coordinator:  Cléa Nazaré Carneiro Bichara

Starting Date: 11/30/2009

Funding:

 

Estudo Molecular de Tityus Obscurus Gervais, 1843 (scorpiones:buthidae) da Amazônia Paraense

Coordinator:  Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa

Starting Date: 01/21/2014

Funding: Ministry of Health - Support

 

Eco-Epidemiological and Environmental Studies on Yellow Fever and Other Arbovirus in the Region of Caxiuanã, State of Pará

Coordinator:  Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

Starting Date: 09/04/2013

Funding: Ministry of Science and Technology - Research Financial Support

  

Research Line – Cellular and Molecular Biology Applied to Diseases and Regional Pathologies 

 

Study of the Spatiotemporal Distribution and Risk Factors of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Ulianópolis in the State of Pará

Coordinator:  Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa

Starting Date: 02/04/2015

Funding:

 

Oxidative, Nitric Oxide and Antioxidant Defense Changes in Experimental Malaria Models

Coordinator:  José Luiz Fernandes Vieira

Starting Date: 01/01/2011

Funding:

 

Research Line – Neoplasms and Infectious Agents

 

Correlation of HBZ and TAX Gene Expression with T-BET, GATA 3 and FOXP3 Transcription Factors in Patients with HTLV-1

Coordinator:  Hellen Thais Fuzii

Starting Date: 11/15/2012

Funding:

 

Correlation Between Oral Cancer and Presence of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein-Barr (EBV)

Coordinator:  Juarez Antonio Simões Quaresma

Starting Date: 12/12/2009

Funding: CNPq – Research Support

 

Gene Variability of Helicobacter Pylori Virulent Strains and the Primary Resistance to Claritromici Associated with Phenotypic Expression ABH and Lewis in Patients with Gastric Pathologies of the Northern Region of Brazil

Coordinator:  Tereza Cristina de Oliveira Corvelo

Starting Date: 09/28/2010

Funding: Foundation for Research Support of the State of Pará - Support Program

 

Research Line – Tropical Neuropathology

 

Visual Cortical Electrophysiology Generated by Pseudo-Random Sequence Modulated Stimuli

Coordinator:  Givago da Silva Souza

Starting Date: 01/15/2012

Funding: CNPq - MCTI/CNPQ N º 14/2012 Universal Call 

 

Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defenses Related to Mercury Exposure from Fish Consumption from Different Amazonian Ecosystems

Coordinator:  Maria da Conceição Nascimento Pinheiro

Starting Date: 09/15/2013

Funding: CNPq - MCTI/CNPQ N º 14/2012 Universal Call

 

Impacts of Environmental Contamination by Mercury on the Health of Traditional Amazonian Populations

Coordinator:  Maria da Conceição Nascimento Pinheiro

Starting Date: 01/15/2011

Funding: CAPES - Pro-Amazonia: Biodiversity and Sustainability

 

Investigation of the Contribution of Visual Pathways to the Generation of Visual Evoked Potential (VEP) Using Conventional Techniques and Pseudo-Random Stimulation in Humans

Coordinator:  Givago da Silva Souza

Starting Date: 12/07/2013

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Research Line – Viruses and Viral Diseases of Amazonian Interest

 

Cytomegalovirus: Genetic Diversity and Research of Antiviral Resistance in Immunodeficient Patients of Belém, PA

Coordinator:  Rita Catarina Medeiros Sousa

Starting Date: 11/02/2010

Funding: Ministry of Health - Support

 

Detection and Genotyping of Norovirus in Blood Samples and Feces of Children Hospitalized with Acute Gastroenteritis, Belém PA

Coordinator:  Yvone Gabbay Mendes

Starting Date: 01/03/2012

Funding: Ministry of Health - Support

 

Eco Epidemiology of Arboviruses in the State of Acre

Coordinator:  Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

Starting Date: 12/23/2010

Funding: Ministry of Health - Support

 

Toll-Like 4 Receptor Gene Polymorphism Association Study on the Clinical, Laboratory, and Nutritional Spectrum of Plasmodium Vivax Malaria

Coordinator: Rosana Maria Feio Libonati Bebiano

Starting Date: 11/13/2014

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Ecoepidemiological Study of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens in Environmental Change Areas in the Metropolitan Belém and Northeast Regions of the State of Pará

Coordinator:  Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

Starting Date: 11/15/2013

Funding: CAPES - Pro-Amazon: Biodiversity and Sustainability

 

Pathological and Genetic Study of the Mayaro Virus of Isolated Strains at the Evandro Chagas Institute

Coordinator:  Ana Cecilia Ribeiro Cruz

Starting Date: 04/15/2010

Funding: Ministry of Health - Support

 

Serological and Molecular Study in Cutting of Communicators of HTLV Carriers Served at the Nucleus of Tropical Medicine, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Coordinator:  Maisa Silva de Sousa

Starting Date: 03/28/2010

Funding: Ministry of Health - Support/ SESMA - Municipal Department of Health and Environment - Project Support

 

Susceptibility Factors Predisposing HTLV-1 Intrafamily Transmission

Coordinator:  Maisa Silva de Sousa

Starting Date: 04/10/2014

Funding:

 

National Institute of Science and Technology for Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Coordinator:  Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

Starting Date: 01/01/2009

Funding:

 

Research on Influenza C Virus in a Population Segment in the Metropolitan Region of Belém

Coordinator: Rita Catarina Medeiros Sousa

Starting Date: 11/13/2014

Funding:

 

Genetic, Immunological and Virological Profile of the Influenza A Virus (H1N1) Pandemic

Coordinator:  Rita Catarina Medeiros Sousa

Starting Date: 01/03/2010

Funding:

 

Research on Viral, Bacterial and Parasitic Agents in Neonates and Diarrheic Children Hospitalized in Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará

Coordinator:  Joana D’Arc Pereira Mascarenhas

Starting Date: 11/30/2011

Funding: Ministry of Health - Support

 

Research of Norovirus, Astrovirus and Adenovirus in Surface Waters of Mosqueiro Island, Metropolitan Area of ​​Belém, Pará

Coordinator: Yvone Gabbay Mendes

Starting Date: 10/05/2014

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Research of Picobirnavírus in Children Hospitalized with Gastroenteritis in Belém, Pará

Coordinator:  Joana D’Arc Pereira Mascarenhas

Starting Date: 01/20/2012

Funding: Ministry of Health - Support

 

Rotavirus Research on Birds Breeding on Farms in the Metropilitan Meso-region of Belém

Coordinator:  Joana D’Arc Pereira Mascarenhas

Starting Date: 09/20/2008

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Research and Genotyping of Hepatitis B and C Virus in Chronic Kidney Carriers Undergoing Hemodialysis

Coordinator:  Luisa Caricio Martins

Starting Date: 05/05/2014

Funding: Foundation for Research Support of the State of Pará - Support Program

 

Prevalence of HTLV-1/2 in Stronlyloides Stercoralis carriers in Belém, Pará, Brazil

Coordinator:  Evander de Jesus Oliveira Batista

Starting Date: 23/11/2010

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Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Astrovirus and Human Calicivirus in Fecal Specimens from Children Under Three Years Served at Two Hospitals in Belém, Pará, Brazil, from May / 2008 to April / 2010

Coordinator:  Yvone Gabbay Mendes

Starting Date: 11/28/2008

Funding: Ministry of Health - Support

 

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Acquisition of Viral Hepatitis B, C, E and in Riverside Population of the Brazilian Amazon

Coordinator:  Luisa Caricio Martins

Starting Date: 01/01/2012

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Juruti Project - evaluation of the health disease situation before mineral exploration

Coordinator:  Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

Starting Date: 01/03/2007

Funding: ALCOA World Alumina Brasil LTDA – Environmental Surveillance Program / CNPq – Research Productivity Scholarship / Ministry of Health - Support

 

Thematic Project of Yellow Fever

Coordinator:  Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

Starting Date: 11/18/2013

Funding: Ministry of Health - Support

 

Seroepidemiology of Viral Hepatitis E, Riverine Communities of the Municipality of Bel Terra, Pará, Brazil

Coordinator:  Ana Cecilia Ribeiro Cruz

Starting Date: 01/01/2010

Funding:

 

Genetic Variants of Circulating Rotavirus in Children Hospitalized with Acute Gastroenteritis in a Post-Introduction Scenario of the Anti-Rotavirus Vaccine

Coordinator:  Joana D’Arc Pereira Mascarenhas

Starting Date: 02/20/2014

Funding: CNPq - Research Support