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Onilda Santos da Silva
Researcher at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Publications - 31
Citations - 289
Onilda Santos da Silva is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aedes aegypti & Photorhabdus luminescens. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 31 publications receiving 186 citations.
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Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae): coexistence and susceptibility to temephos, in municipalities with occurrence of dengue and differentiated characteristics of urbanization
Josiane Somariva Prophiro,Onilda Santos da Silva,Jonny Edward Duque Luna,Carla Fernanda Piccoli,Luiz Alberto Kanis,Mario Antonio Navarro da Silva +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors verify the coexistence between Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus populations in municipalities of the States of Parana and Santa Catarina with different urbanization profiles where dengue occurs and evaluate their susceptibility to organophosphate temephos.
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The great potential of entomopathogenic bacteria Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus for mosquito control: a review
TL;DR: These biological agents can be used in new control methods, and must be, urgently considered in short term, in studies and applications, especially in mosquito control.
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Larvicidal and residual activity of imidazolium salts against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae).
Emanuelle Goellner,Ademir Tramontini Schmitt,Júlia Lacerda Couto,N. F. D. Muller,Harry Luiz Pilz-Junior,Henri Stephan Schrekker,Carlos Eugênio Silva,Onilda Santos da Silva +7 more
TL;DR: This is the first study to show the potential of imidazolium salts as larvicides against Ae.
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Entomopathogenic bacteria Photorhabdus luminescens as drug source against Leishmania amazonensis.
Ana Maria Antonello,Thaís Sartori,Ana Paula Folmer Correa,Adriano Brandelli,Ralf Heermann,Luiz Carlos Rodrigues Junior,Alessandra Peres,Pedro R. T. Romão,Onilda Santos da Silva +8 more
TL;DR: The results highlight that P. luminescens secretes Leishmania-toxic peptide(s) that are promising novel drugs for therapy against leishmaniasis.
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N-acetyl-L-cysteine reduces the parasitism of BALB/c mice infected with Leishmania amazonensis
Marta Chagas Monteiro,Fúlvia Carina Souza Marques,Renê Darela Blazius,Onilda Santos da Silva,Fernando Q. Cunha,Diana Bittencourt Bento,Pedro R. T. Romão +6 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that intracellular Leishmania killing in vivo was improved by the augment of GSH levels through NAC administration, and the effects of N-acetyl-l-cysteine, as GSH supplement, on the course of L. amazonensis infection in susceptible BALB/c mice.