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Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves
Researcher at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Publications - 35
Citations - 1176
Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves is an academic researcher from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ascaris lumbricoides & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 31 publications receiving 1094 citations. Previous affiliations of Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves include University of Fortaleza.
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Human intestinal parasites in the past: new findings and a review
TL;DR: According to the findings, it is probable that A. lumbricoides was originally a human parasite and alternative routes for human parasite introduction into the Americas are discussed.
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SL1 RNA gene recovery from Enterobius vermicularis ancient DNA in pre-Columbian human coprolites.
Alena Mayo Iñiguez,Karl J. Reinhard,Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves,Luiz Fernando Ferreira,Adauto Araújo,Ana Carolina Paulo Vicente +5 more
TL;DR: A molecular paleoparasitological study of E. vermicularis aDNA was performed and pinworm 5S rRNA spacer sequences were determined from pre-Columbian coprolites from four different North and South American archaeological sites, demonstrating the presence of peculiarities which characterise the SL1 RNA gene of contemporary pinworms.
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Animal helminths in human archaeological remains: a review of zoonoses in the past
Luciana Sianto,Marcia Chame,Cassius Schnell Palhano Silva,Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves,Karl J. Reinhard,Martín H. Fugassa,Adauto Araújo +6 more
TL;DR: Various zoonoses known today have occurred since antiquity, and these data, combined with studies on the emergence and reemergence of diseases, could make possible to compose scenarios for the future.
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The Finding of Echinostoma (Trematoda: Digenea) and Hookworm Eggs in Coprolites Collected From a Brazilian Mummified Body Dated 600–1,200 Years Before Present
Luciana Sianto,Karl J. Reinhard,Marcia Chame,Sérgio Augusto de Miranda Chaves,Sergio C.F. Mendonça,Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves,Alexandre José Fernandes,Luiz Fernando Ferreira,Adauto Araújo +8 more
TL;DR: A partially mummified human body from the archeological site of Lapa do Boquete, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, was recently discovered andCoprolites from the body contained numerous helminth eggs, identified as those of Echinostoma sp.
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Amoebiasis distribution in the past: first steps using an immunoassay technique
Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves,Valmir Laurentino Silva,Carlos Maurício de Andrade,Karl J. Reinhard,Gino Chaves da Rocha,Gino Chaves da Rocha,Matthieu Le Bailly,Françoise Bouchet,Luiz Fernando Ferreira,Adauto Araújo +9 more
TL;DR: It is shown that it is possible to detect copro-antigen of Entamoeba histolytica in historic and prehistoric human faecal remains, using a commercially available enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) kit.