Luciana M. Oliveira

TL;DR: These particular genome characteristics of C. pseudotuberculosis, as well as its acquired virulence factors in pathogenicity islands, provide evidence of its lifestyle and of the pathogenic pathways used by this pathogen in the infection process.

TL;DR: Comparative genomic data suggest a unique ecological shift in the Sporothrix lineage from plant-association to mammalian parasitism, which contributes to the understanding of how environmental interactions may shape fungal virulence.

TL;DR: Experiments with T. canis infection in mice enabled a better understanding of the immunopathological events that might also occur during human toxocariasis, thus contributing to future strategies of diagnosis and control.

TL;DR: The sequencing of the D. gigas genome provides insights into the integrated network of energy conserving complexes and structures present in this bacterium and reveals the presence of two different CRISPR/Cas systems.

TL;DR: The first report on a survey made by similarity searches against the five human pathogenic trypanosomatid genomes available to date for phosphatidylinositol- and related-kinases (TryPIKs) suggests that new subtype-specific inhibitors are expected to work on individual members of the PIK family and, therefore, can presumably neutralize trypano-based invasion processes.