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Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena

Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
35
Citations
4952
World Ranking
1717
National Ranking
61

Overview

Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine, with particular focus on Parasitology and Epidemiology within these broader areas. They have published extensively on topics related to parasitic infections, especially focusing on Toxoplasma gondii and related diagnostic and epidemiological studies.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Rabies epidemiology and control
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Leptospirosis research and findings

They have contributed notably to the subfields of Parasitology, Epidemiology, Virology, Infectious Diseases, and Microbiology, with a heavy emphasis on parasitology research.

Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena's publication record includes papers such as:

  • "Epidemiologic significance of Toxoplasma gondii infections in chickens (Gallus domesticus): the past decade", 2020, Parasitology
  • "Isolation and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in the Midwestern Brazil revealed high genetic diversity and new genotypes", 2020, Acta Tropica
  • "A hotspot of Toxoplasma gondii Africa 1 lineage in Benin: How new genotypes from West Africa contribute to understand the parasite genetic diversity worldwide", 2021, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in a lethal toxoplasmosis outbreak affecting captive howler monkeys (Alouatta sp.)", 2020, Journal of Medical Primatology
  • "Vertical transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in naturally infected ewes in the semiarid region of Brazil", 2020, Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

The publishing venues where their research frequently appears include:

  • Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
  • Parasitology
  • Acta Tropica
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Collaboration is an important aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Solange María Gennari, Bruna Farias Alves, Herbert Sousa Soares, Chunlei Su, and Daniela Pontes Chiebáo.

Best Publications

  • Geographical patterns of Toxoplasma gondii genetic diversity revealed by multilocus PCR-RFLP genotyping

    E. Keats Shwab;Xing-Quan Zhu;Debashree Majumdar;Hilda F. J. Pena

  • Population structure and mouse-virulence of Toxoplasma gondii in Brazil.

    Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena;Solange Maria Gennari;J. P Dubey;C Su

  • Molecular identification of Giardia duodenalis isolates from humans, dogs, cats and cattle from the state of São Paulo, Brazil, by sequence analysis of fragments of glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh) coding gene

    Sílvio L.P. Souza;Solange M. Gennari;Leonardo J. Richtzenhain;Hilda F.J. Pena

  • Toxoplasma gondii infection in cats from Sao Paulo state, Brazil: Seroprevalence, oocyst shedding, isolation in mice, and biologic and molecular characterization

    H.F.J. Pena;R.M. Soares;M. Amaku;J.P. Dubey

  • Genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from chickens from Brazil

    J.P. Dubey;G.V. Velmurugan;A. Chockalingam;H.F.J. Pena

  • The ROP18 and ROP5 gene allele types are highly predictive of virulence in mice across globally distributed strains of Toxoplasma gondii.

    Elliot Keats Shwab;Tiantian Jiang;Hilda F.J. Pena;Solange M. Gennari

  • Ocorrência de protozoários e helmintos em amostras de fezes de cães e gatos da cidade de São Paulo

    Solange Maria Gennari;Nobuko kasai;Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena;Adriana Cortez

  • First isolation of Sarcocystis neurona from the South American opossum, Didelphis albiventris, from Brazil.

    J.P Dubey;D.S Lindsay;C.E Kerber;N Kasai

  • Prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in sheep from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

    Herbert S. Soares;Sílvia M.M. Ahid;Ana C.D.S. Bezerra;Hilda F.J. Pena

  • Isolation and genetic characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii from a red-handed howler monkey (Alouatta belzebul), a jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi), and a black-eared opossum (Didelphis aurita) from Brazil.

    H.F.J. Pena;M.F.V. Marvulo;M.C. Horta;M.A. Silva

  • PREVALÊNCIA DE ENDOPARASITAS EM CÃES DA ÁREA URBANA DO MUNICÍPIO DE MONTE NEGRO, RONDÔNIA

    Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena;S. L. P Souza;Adriano Pinter

  • Analysis of marine bivalve shellfish from the fish market in Santos city, São Paulo state, Brazil, for Toxoplasma gondii.

    Patrícia de Oliveira Esmerini;Solange Maria Gennari;Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena

  • Prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in goats slaughtered in the public slaughterhouse of Patos city, Paraíba State, Northeast region of Brazil.

    Eduardo B. Faria;Solange M. Gennari;Hilda F.J. Pena;Ana Célia R. Athayde

  • Genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from Brazilian wildlife revealed abundant new genotypes

    S.N. Vitaliano;H.S. Soares;A.H.H. Minervino;A.H.H. Minervino;A.L.Q. Santos

  • Freqüência de parasitos gastrintestinais em cães e gatos atendidos em hospital-escola veterinário da cidade de São Paulo

    Mikaela Renata Funada;Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena;Rodrigo Martins Soares;Marcos Amaku

  • Phylogeography of Toxoplasma gondii points to a South American origin.

    Emilie Bertranpetit;Thibaut Jombart;Emmanuel Paradis;Hilda Pena

  • Genetic diversity among capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) isolates of Toxoplasma gondii from Brazil.

    Lucia E.O. Yai;Alessandra M.A. Ragozo;Rodrigo M. Soares;Hilda F.J. Pena

  • OCCURRENCE OF CATTLE SARCOCYSTIS SPECIES IN RAW KIBBE FROM ARABIAN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL, AND EXPERIMENTAL TRANSMISSION TO HUMANS

    Hilda F. de J. Pena;Saemi Ogassawara;Idercio L. Sinhorini

  • First isolation and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii from bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera).

    A.D. Cabral;A.R. Gama;M.M. Sodré;E.S.M.M. Savani

  • Prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in swine from Northeastern Brazil

    Sérgio Santos de Azevedo;Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena;Clebert José Alves;Antônio Alfredo de Melo Guimarães Filho

  • Doença do Verme do Coração (Dirofilaria immitis) em gato-do-mato-pequeno (Leopardus tigrinus) no Brasil

    Claudia Filoni;Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena;Solange Maria Gennari;Daniel Sampaio Cristo

  • Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in slaughtered pigs from Northeast, Brazil.

    Thais Ferreira Feitosa;Vinícius Longo Ribeiro Vilela;Lídio Ricardo Bezerra de Melo;João Leite de Almeida Neto

  • PCR-RFLP genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii from chickens from Espírito Santo state, Southeast region, Brazil: New genotypes and a new SAG3 marker allele

    H.F.J. Pena;S.N. Vitaliano;M.A.V. Beltrame;F.E.L. Pereira

  • Serosurvey of Smooth Brucella, Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in Free-Ranging Jaguars (Panthera onca) and Domestic Animals from Brazil

    Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Solange Maria Gennari;Cassia Yumi Ikuta;Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo

  • Occurrences of gastrointestinal parasites in fecal samples from domestic dogs in São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Juliana Isabel Giuli da Silva Ferreira;Hilda Fátima Jesus Pena;Sérgio Santos Azevedo;Marcelo Bahia Labruna

  • Soroprevalência de anticorpos contra Leishmania infantum e outras espécies de protozoários e rickettsia em cães

    Silvana de Cássia Paulan;Aline Gouveia de Souza Lins;Michely da Silva Tenório;Diogo Tiago da Silva

  • High genetic diversity in Toxoplasma gondii isolates from pigs at slaughterhouses in Paraíba state, northeastern Brazil: Circulation of new genotypes and Brazilian clonal lineages.

    Thais Ferreira Feitosa;Vinícius Longo Ribeiro Vilela;João Leite de Almeida-Neto;Antonielson dos Santos

  • Diversity of Sarcocystis spp shed by opossums in Brazil inferred with phylogenetic analysis of DNA coding ITS1, cytochrome B, and surface antigens.

    Samantha Y.O.B. Valadas;Juliana I.G. da Silva;Estela Gallucci Lopes;Lara B. Keid

  • Effects of High Temperature and Disinfectants on the Viability of Sarcocystis neurona Sporocysts

    J. P. Dubey;W. J. Saville;C. Sreekumar;S. K. Shen

  • Toxoplasma gondii in domestic and wild animals from forest fragments of the municipality of Natal, northeastern Brazil.

    Gislene Fátima da Silva Rocha Fournier;Marcos Gomes Lopes;Arlei Marcili;Diego Garcia Ramirez

  • Cat-rodent Toxoplasma gondii Type II-variant circulation and limited genetic diversity on the Island of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

    Jean Carlos Ramos da Silva;Jean Carlos Ramos da Silva;Fernando Ferreira;Ricardo Augusto Dias;Daniel Ajzenberg;Daniel Ajzenberg

  • Differential diagnosis of oocysts of Hammondia-like organisms of dogs and cats by PCR-RFLP analysis of 70-kilodalton heat shock protein (HSP70) gene.

    Renata Molina Monteiro;Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena;Solange Maria Gennari;Sheila Oliveira de Souza

  • Experimental infection of dogs (Canis familiaris) with sporulated oocysts of Neospora caninum

    Luciana Ahlf Bandini;Aldo F. A Neto;Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena;Guacyara Tenorio Cavalcante

  • Prevalence of antibodies against Neospora spp. and Sarcocystis neurona in donkeys from northeastern Brazil

    Solange Maria Gennari;Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena;David Scott Lindsay;Marcos Gomes Lopes

  • Fatal systemic toxoplasmosis in Valley quail (Callipepla californica).

    Renata A. Casagrande;Hilda F.J. Pena;Aline D. Cabral;Veronica M. Rolim

  • Frequency of gastrointestinal parasites in cats seen at the University of São Paulo Veterinary Hospital, Brazil.

    Solange Maria Gennari;Juliana Isabel Giuli da Silva Ferreira;Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena;Marcelo Bahia Labruna

Frequent Co-Authors

Solange Maria Gennari
Solange Maria Gennari Universidade de São Paulo
Rodrigo Martins Soares
Rodrigo Martins Soares Universidade de São Paulo
Herbert Sousa Soares
Herbert Sousa Soares Universidade de Santo Amaro
Jitender P. Dubey
Jitender P. Dubey Agricultural Research Service
Chunlei Su
Chunlei Su University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Ricardo Augusto Dias
Ricardo Augusto Dias Universidade de São Paulo
David S. Lindsay
David S. Lindsay Virginia Tech
Mauricio Claudio Horta
Mauricio Claudio Horta Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
Fernando Ferreira
Fernando Ferreira Universidade de São Paulo

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