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Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo

Researcher at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Publications -  94
Citations -  3130

Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo is an academic researcher from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Leishmaniasis & Leishmania. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 90 publications receiving 2807 citations. Previous affiliations of Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo include Vale & Goethe University Frankfurt.

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Leishmaniose visceral no Brasil: quadro atual, desafios e perspectivas

Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, +1 more
- 11 Jan 2004 - 
TL;DR: O artigo foram analisados os principais aspectos biologicos, ambientais e sociais that influenciaram no processo de expansao e urbanizacao dos focos da doenca no Brasil.
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Visceral leishmaniasis in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Eduardo Silva, +4 more
- 01 Apr 2001 - 
TL;DR: The age distribution of visceral leishmaniasis cases in the MRBH shows a higher prevalence in children from 0-4 years old, responsible for 28.9% of the notifications, and an urbanization of the disease in this region of Minas Gerais.
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Comparison of serological assays for the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis in animals presenting different clinical manifestations

Eduardo de Castro Ferreira, +7 more
- 31 May 2007 - 
TL;DR: Three serological methods, indirect fluorescent immunoassay (IFI), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and direct agglutination test (DAT) that are commonly employed in the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL), have been assessed.
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Molecular diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis: identification of Leishmania species by PCR-RFLP and quantification of parasite DNA by real-time PCR.

Patrícia Flávia Quaresma, +5 more
- 01 Sep 2009 - 
TL;DR: This study demonstrates that PCR can be used for the detection of Leishmania in clinical samples derived from naturally infected dogs, and that PCR-RFLP represents a rapid and sensitive tool for the identification of Leishesmania species.
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Cytotoxicity and inhibition of platelet aggregation caused by an l-amino acid oxidase from Bothrops leucurus venom.

Gustavo B. Naumann, +11 more
- 01 Jul 2011 - 
TL;DR: The results allow the use of LAAOs as anticancer agents, as tools in biochemical studies to investigate cellular processes, and to obtain a better understanding of the envenomation mechanism to be considered.