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Alan Lane de Melo is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly within the life sciences, with significant contributions in parasitology and related disciplines.

The scientist's main fields of study include Immunology and Microbiology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. These broad areas encompass a range of subfields such as:

  • Parasitology
  • Ecology
  • Small Animals
  • Insect Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Alan Lane de Melo's work focuses on topics related to parasite biology and host interactions, with extensive attention to helminth infections and their control. Other central research themes are:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Hemiptera Insect Studies
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

The scientist has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals, including but not limited to:

  • "Intercontinental distributions, phylogenetic position and life cycles of species of Apharyngostrigea (Digenea, Diplostomoidea) illuminated with morphological, experimental, molecular and genomic data," 2021, International Journal for Parasitology
  • "Haplorchis pumilio (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) as a new fish-borne zoonotic agent transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) in Brazil: A morphological and molecular study," 2020, Infection Genetics and Evolution
  • "A phylogenetic study of the cecal amphistome Zygocotyle lunata (Trematoda: Zygocotylidae), with notes on the molecular systematics of Paramphistomoidea," 2020, Parasitology Research
  • "First report of Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) harboring a xiphidiocercaria in Brazil: A new parasite introduced in the Americas?," 2021, Parasitology International
  • "Anatomy and histology of the male reproductive tract in giant water bugs of the genus Belostoma Latreille, 1807 (Heteroptera, Belostomatidae)," 2020, International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Their research has been disseminated in various scientific outlets, with frequent publications in:

  • Parasitology International
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
  • International Journal for Parasitology
  • Infection Genetics and Evolution

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their scientific activity. Regular co-authors include:

  • Hudson Alves Pinto
  • Danimar López-Hernández
  • Vitor Luís Tenório Mati
  • Jordana Costa Alves de Assis
  • Eduardo A. Pulido-Murillo

Best Publications

  • Schistosoma mansoni tegument protein Sm29 is able to induce a Th1-type of immune response and protection against parasite infection.

    Fernanda C. Cardoso;Gilson C. Macedo;Elisandra Gava;Gregory T. Kitten

  • Oral Delivery of Meglumine Antimoniate-β-Cyclodextrin Complex for Treatment of Leishmaniasis

    Cynthia Demicheli;Rosemary Ochoa;José B. B. da Silva;Camila A. B. Falcão

  • A checklist of trematodes (Platyhelminthes) transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae)

    Hudson Alves Pinto;Alan Lane De Melo

  • Melanoides tuberculata (MOLLUSCA: THIARIDAE) AS AN INTERMEDIATE HOST OF Centrocestus formosanus (TREMATODA: HETEROPHYIDAE) IN BRAZIL

    Hudson Alves Pinto;Alan Lane de Melo

  • Peptides containing T cell epitopes, derived from Sm14, but not from paramyosin, induce a Th1 type of immune response, reduction in liver pathology and partial protection against Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice

    Teresa C.M. Garcia;Cristina T. Fonseca;Cristina T. Fonseca;Lucila G.G. Pacifico;Fernanda do Valle Durães

  • New insights into the life cycle of Platynosomum (Trematoda: Dicrocoeliidae)

    Hudson A. Pinto;Vitor L. T. Mati;Alan L. de Melo

  • Experimental and Molecular Study of Cercariae of Clinostomum sp. (Trematoda: Clinostomidae) from Biomphalaria spp. (Mollusca: Planorbidae) in Brazil

    H. A. Pinto;M. Caffara;M. L. Fioravanti;A. L. Melo

  • Molecular identification of Spirometra spp. (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) in some wild animals from Brazil.

    Gregório Guilherme Almeida;Daniel Coscarelli;Maria Norma Melo;Alan Lane Melo

  • A checklist of cercariae (Trematoda: Digenea) in molluscs from Brazil.

    Hudson Alves Pinto;Alan Lane De Melo

  • Metacercarial Infection of Wild Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Brazil

    Hudson A. Pinto;Vitor L. T. Mati;Alan L. Melo

  • Granulomatous nephritis in psittacines associated with parasitism by the trematode Paratanaisia spp.

    Marcela M. Luppi;Alan L. de Melo;Rafael O.C. Motta;Marcelo C.C. Malta

  • Current applications of oogram methodology in experimental schistosomiasis; fecundity of female Schistosoma mansoni and egg release in the intestine of AKR/J mice following immunomodulatory treatment with pentoxifylline

    V.L.T. Mati;A.L. Melo

  • A morphological, molecular and life cycle study of the capybara parasite Hippocrepis hippocrepis (Trematoda: Notocotylidae).

    Jordana C. A. Assis;Danimar Lopez-Hernández;Eduardo A. Pulido-Murillo;Alan L. Melo

  • Molecular, morphological and experimental-infection studies of cercariae of five species in the superfamily Diplostomoidea (Trematoda: Digenea) infecting Biomphalaria straminea (Mollusca: Planorbidae) in Brazil.

    Danimar López-Hernández;Sean A. Locke;Jordana Costa Alves de Assis;Fabiana Beatriz Drago

  • Oral administration of a live Aro attenuated Salmonella vaccine strain expressing 14-kDa Schistosoma mansoni fatty acid-binding protein induced partial protection against experimental schistosomiasis.

    Luis G.C. Pacheco;Eder Zucconi;Vitor L.T. Mati;Rachel M. Garcia

  • Molecular, morphological and experimental assessment of the life cycle of Posthodiplostomum nanum Dubois, 1937 (Trematoda: Diplostomidae) from Brazil, with phylogenetic evidence of the paraphyly of the genus Posthodiplostomum Dubois, 1936.

    Danimar López-Hernández;Sean A. Locke;Alan Lane de Melo;Élida Mara Leite Rabelo

  • Melanoides tuberculata as intermediate host of Philophthalmus gralli in Brazil

    Hudson Alves Pinto;Alan Lane de Melo

  • Effect of ivermectin on the life cycle and larval fat body of Culex quinquefasciatus

    Stenio Nunes Alves;José Eduardo Serrão;Giovani Mocelin;Alan Lane de Melo

  • Strongyloides stercoralis infection in marmosets: replication of complicated and uncomplicated human disease and parasite biology.

    Vitor Luís Tenório Mati;Pedro Raso;Alan Lane de Melo

  • Geographical distribution of Biomphalaria snails in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Cecília Pereira de Souza;Roberta Lima Caldeira;Sandra Costa Drummond;Alan Lane Melo

  • Oral immunization with Salmonella harboring a Sm14-based DNA vaccine does not protect mice against Schistosoma mansoni infection.

    Luis G.C. Pacheco;Vítor L.T. Mati;Thiago L.P. Castro;Fernanda A. Dorella

Frequent Co-Authors

José Eduardo Serrão
José Eduardo Serrão Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Sergio C. Oliveira
Sergio C. Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo
Élida Mara Leite Rabelo
Élida Mara Leite Rabelo Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Vasco Azevedo
Vasco Azevedo Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Pieter T. J. Johnson
Pieter T. J. Johnson University of Colorado Boulder
Anderson Miyoshi
Anderson Miyoshi Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Jacques Robert Nicoli
Jacques Robert Nicoli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Roscoe Stanyon
Roscoe Stanyon University of Florence
Renato L. Santos
Renato L. Santos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Jackson Victor de Araújo
Jackson Victor de Araújo Universidade Federal de Viçosa

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