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Arlei Marcili is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions in Parasitology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Epidemiology.

Their work centers on several main topics related to infectious diseases and parasitology, including:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Research on Leishmaniasis studies
  • Vector-borne animal diseases
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Parasitic infections and diagnostics

Recent scientific publications by Arlei Marcili include:

  • NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics, 2020, Ecology
  • Description of a new species of Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) and first report of Ixodes lasallei and Ixodes bocatorensis in Brazil, 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Molecular detection of vector-borne agents in ectoparasites and reptiles from Brazil, 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Multilocus Genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in Mostly Asymptomatic Indigenous People from the Tapirapé Tribe, Brazilian Amazon, 2021, Pathogens
  • Description of a new soft tick species (Acari: Argasidae: Ornithodoros) parasite of Octodon degus (Rodentia: Octodontidae) in northern Chile, 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

They have frequently published in specific academic journals, notably:

  • Brazilian Journal of Development
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Brazilian Journal of Global Health
  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia

Arlei Marcili collaborates often with several researchers in their field, including:

  • Jaciara de Oliveira Jorge Costa
  • Marcelo B. Labruna
  • Ryan Emiliano da Silva
  • Herbert Sousa Soares
  • Jonas Moraes-Filho

Their research contributions predominantly engage with complex issues surrounding the ecology and epidemiology of vector-borne pathogens, the taxonomy and distribution of parasitic species, and molecular methods for detecting infectious agents in wildlife and human populations within the Neotropical region.

Best Publications

  • A new genotype of Trypanosoma cruzi associated with bats evidenced by phylogenetic analyses using SSU rDNA, cytochrome b and Histone H2B genes and genotyping based on ITS1 rDNA.

    A. Marcili;L. Lima;M. Cavazzana;A. C. V. Junqueira

  • Genetic analysis of ticks belonging to the Rhipicephalus sanguineus group in Latin America

    Jonas Moraes-Filho;Arlei Marcili;Fernanda A. Nieri-Bastos;Leonardo J. Richtzenhain

  • Geographical distribution of Amblyomma cajennense (sensu lato) ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodidae) in Brazil, with description of the nymph of A. cajennense (sensu stricto).

    Thiago F. Martins;Amália R. M. Barbieri;Francisco B. Costa;Flávio A. Terassini

  • Trypanosoma cruzi in Brazilian Amazonia: Lineages TCI and TCIIa in wild primates, Rhodnius spp. and in humans with Chagas disease associated with oral transmission ☆

    Arlei Marcili;Vera C. Valente;Sebastião A. Valente;Angela C.V. Junqueira

  • Coxiella symbiont in the tick Ornithodoros rostratus (Acari: Argasidae).

    Aliny P. Almeida;Arlei Marcili;Romario C. Leite;Fernanda A. Nieri-Bastos

  • Comparative phylogeography of Trypanosoma cruzi TCIIc: New hosts, association with terrestrial ecotopes, and spatial clustering☆

    Arlei Marcili;Luciana Lima;Vera C. Valente;Sebastião A. Valente

  • Ticks and rickettsial infection in the wildlife of two regions of the Brazilian Amazon

    Herbert Sousa Soares;Amália Regina Mar Barbieri;Thiago Fernandes Martins;Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino

  • Survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and their rickettsia in an Atlantic rain forest reserve in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.

    G. S Sabatini;Adriano Pinter;Fernanda Aparecida Nieri-Bastos;Arlei Marcili

  • Novel Ehrlichia and Hepatozoon Agents Infecting the Crab-Eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous) in Southeastern Brazil

    Aliny P. Almeida;Tayse D. Souza;Arlei Marcili;Marcelo B. Labruna

  • Phylogeographical, ecological and biological patterns shown by nuclear (ssrRNA and gGAPDH) and mitochondrial (Cyt b) genes of trypanosomes of the subgenus Schizotrypanum parasitic in Brazilian bats.

    Manzelio Cavazzana;Arlei Marcili;Luciana Lima;Flávia Maia da Silva

  • Ticks and rickettsiae from wildlife in Belize, Central America.

    Marcos G. Lopes;Joares May Junior;Rebecca J Foster;Rebecca J Foster;Bart J Harmsen;Bart J Harmsen

  • Phylogenetic relationships of Leishmania species based on trypanosomatid barcode (SSU rDNA) and gGAPDH genes: Taxonomic revision of Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in South America.

    Arlei Marcili;Marcia Ap. Sperança;Andrea P. da Costa;Maria de F. Madeira

  • New tick records from the state of Rondônia, western Amazon, Brazil

    Thiago F. Martins;José M. Venzal;Flávio A. Terassini;Francisco B. Costa

  • A new argasid tick species (Acari: Argasidae) associated with the rock cavy, Kerodon rupestris Wied-Neuwied (Rodentia: Caviidae), in a semiarid region of Brazil

    Marcelo B. Labruna;Santiago Nava;Arlei Marcili;Amália Regina Mar Barbieri

  • Rickettsial infection in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected on birds in southern Brazil.

    Richard C. Pacheco;Márcia Arzua;Fernanda A. Nieri-Bastos;Jonas Moraes-Filho

  • Description of a New Species of Bat-Associated Argasid Tick (Acari: Argasidae) from Brazil

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;José M. Venzal;Leopoldo F. O. Bernardi;Rodrigo L. Ferreira

  • Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato Infecting Ticks of the Ixodes ricinus Complex in Uruguay: First Report for the Southern Hemisphere

    Amalia M. Barbieri;José M. Venzal;Arlei Marcili;Aliny P. Almeida

  • Phylogenetic evidence for the existence of multiple strains of Rickettsia parkeri in the New World

    Fernanda A. Nieri-Bastos;Arlei Marcili;Rita De Sousa;Christopher D. Paddock

  • Ornithodoros faccinii n. sp. (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) parasitizing the frog Thoropa miliaris (Amphibia: Anura: Cycloramphidae) in Brazil.

    Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti;Gabriel Alves Landulfo;Hermes Ribeiro Luz;Arlei Marcili;Arlei Marcili

  • Phylogenetic analysis of Trypanosoma vivax supports the separation of South American/West African from East African isolates and a new T. vivax-like genotype infecting a nyala antelope from Mozambique.

    A. C. Rodrigues;L. Neves;H. A. Garcia;L. B. Viola

  • Diagnosis and epidemiology of Leishmania infantum in domestic cats in an endemic area of the Amazon region, Brazil

    Ana Vitória Verde Oliveira Rocha;Brenda Fernanda Sodré Moreno;Aline Diniz Cabral;Nayara Mendes Louzeiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Solange Maria Gennari
Solange Maria Gennari Universidade de São Paulo
Herbert Sousa Soares
Herbert Sousa Soares Universidade de Santo Amaro
Thiago F. Martins
Thiago F. Martins Universidade de São Paulo
Marta M.G. Teixeira
Marta M.G. Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo
Richard C. Pacheco
Richard C. Pacheco Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Marta Campaner
Marta Campaner Universidade de São Paulo
José M. Venzal
José M. Venzal University of the Republic
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal University of Concepción

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