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1998
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Luis Neves is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology.

The scientist's work notably addresses subfields including Parasitology, Insect Science, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Epidemiology.

Research topics emphasized by Luis Neves cover vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, vector-borne animal diseases, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, as well as Trypanosoma species research and implications, Toxoplasma gondii studies, and mosquito-borne disease control.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • RENDICONTI LINCEI
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Parasites & Vectors

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Luis Neves are:

  • Fernando C. Mulandane
  • Darshana Morar-Leather
  • P.T. Matjila
  • Andeliza Smit
  • Benjamin L. Makepeace

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Luis Neves include:

  • "Ticks and tick-borne pathogens infecting livestock and dogs in Tchicala-Tcholoanga, Huambo Province, Angola," 2021, Parasitology Research
  • "An atlas of tsetse and animal African trypanosomiasis in Zimbabwe," 2021, Parasites & Vectors
  • "The COMBAT project: controlling and progressively minimizing the burden of vector-borne animal trypanosomosis in Africa," 2022, Open Research Europe
  • "Evaluation of the relative roles of the Tabanidae and Glossinidae in the transmission of trypanosomosis in drug resistance hotspots in Mozambique," 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Molecular detection of Rickettsia africae in Amblyomma ticks collected in cattle from Southern and Central Mozambique," 2020, The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Best Publications

  • Cathepsin L-like genes of Trypanosoma vivax from Africa and South America--characterization, relationships and diagnostic implications.

    Alane P. Cortez;Adriana C. Rodrigues;Herakles A. Garcia;Herakles A. Garcia;Luis Neves

  • Prevalence and risk factors of porcine cysticercosis in Angónia District, Mozambique.

    Alberto Pondja;Luís Neves;James Mlangwa;Sónia Afonso

  • Evolutionary insights from bat trypanosomes: morphological, developmental and phylogenetic evidence of a new species, Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) erneyi sp. nov., in African bats closely related to Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi and allied species.

    Luciana Lima;Flávia Maia da Silva;Luis Neves;Márcia Attias

  • Cloning and expression of Rift Valley fever virus nucleocapsid (N) protein and evaluation of a N-protein based indirect ELISA for the detection of specific IgG and IgM antibodies in domestic ruminants

    Jose Manuel Fafetine;Edwin Tijhaar;Janusz Tadeusz Paweska;L.C.B.G.D. Neves

  • Trypanosoma livingstonei: a new species from African bats supports the bat seeding hypothesis for the Trypanosoma cruzi clade

    Luciana Lima;Oneida Espinosa-Álvarez;Patrick B Hamilton;Luis Neves

  • Serological Evidence of Rift Valley Fever Virus Circulation in Sheep and Goats in Zambézia Province, Mozambique

    Jose Manuel Fafetine;L.C.B.G.D. Neves;P.N. Thompson;Janusz Tadeusz Paweska

  • Use of oxfendazole to control porcine cysticercosis in a high-endemic area of Mozambique

    Alberto Pondja;Luís Neves;James Mlangwa;Sónia Afonso

  • 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

  • Species composition and geographic distribution of ticks infesting cattle, goats and dogs in a temperate and in a subtropical region of south-east Africa.

    I G Horak;I G Horak;N Nyangiwe;C De Matos;L Neves

  • Molecular detection of pathogens in ticks infesting cattle in Nampula province, Mozambique.

    Ana Marcília Matsimbe;Vlademiro Magaia;Gustavo Seron Sanches;L.C.B.G.D. Neves;L.C.B.G.D. Neves

  • Detection of bovine babesiosis in Mozambique by a novel seminested hot-start PCR method.

    Tiago M Martins;Olívia C Pedro;Rubina A Caldeira;Virgílio E do Rosário

  • Diagnosis and genetic analysis of the worldwide distributed Rattus-borne Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) lewisi and its allied species in blood and fleas of rodents

    Paola A. Ortiz;Herakles A. Garcia;Luciana Lima;Flávia Maia da Silva

  • Trypanosoma vivax GM6 antigen: a candidate antigen for diagnosis of African animal trypanosomosis in cattle.

    Davita Pillay;Julien Izotte;Regassa Fikru;Regassa Fikru;Regassa Fikru;Philippe Büscher

  • Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic animals in southeastern South Africa

    Whatmore Munetsi Tagwireyi;Eric Marcel Charles Etter;L.C.B.G.D. Neves

  • Microsatellite analysis supports clonal propagation and reduced divergence of Trypanosoma vivax from asymptomatic to fatally infected livestock in South America compared to West Africa.

    Herakles A. Garcia;Herakles A. Garcia;Adriana C. Rodrigues;Carla Monadeli Filgueira Rodrigues;Zakaria Bengaly

  • Ticks and tick-borne pathogens infecting livestock and dogs in Tchicala-Tcholoanga, Huambo Province, Angola

    Gourgélia Sili;Charles Byaruhanga;Ivan Horak;Helena Steyn

  • An atlas of tsetse and animal African trypanosomiasis in Zimbabwe.

    William Shereni;Luis Neves;Luis Neves;Rafael Argilés;Learnmore Nyakupinda

  • New insights from Gorongosa National Park and Niassa National Reserve of Mozambique increasing the genetic diversity of Trypanosoma vivax and Trypanosoma vivax-like in tsetse flies, wild ungulates and livestock from East Africa

    Carla M. F. Rodrigues;Herakles A. Garcia;Herakles A. Garcia;Adriana C. Rodrigues;André G. Costa-Martins

  • Rhipicephalus microplus (Acarina, Ixodidae) in Angola: evidence of its establishment and expansion.

    Adriano F. Gomes;Luis Neves;Luis Neves

  • Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Livestock, Mozambique, 2014.

    Jose M. Fafetine;Peter Coetzee;Benjamin Mubemba;Ofelia Nhambirre

  • Evaluation of the relative roles of the Tabanidae and Glossinidae in the transmission of trypanosomosis in drug resistance hotspots in Mozambique.

    Fernando C. Mulandane;Louwtjie P. Snyman;Louwtjie P. Snyman;Denise R.A. Brito;Jeremy Bouyer;Jeremy Bouyer

  • Resistance to trypanocidal drugs in cattle populations of Zambezia Province, Mozambique

    Fernando Chanisso Mulandane;José Fafetine;Jan Van Den Abbeele;Peter-Henning Clausen

  • Recombination is a major driving force of genetic diversity in the Anaplasmataceae Ehrlichia ruminantium

    Nidia Cangi;Jonathan L. Gordon;Laure Bournez;Valerie Pinarello

  • Molecular detection of Rickettsia africae in Amblyomma ticks collected in cattle from Southern and Central Mozambique.

    Vlademiro Magaia;Elisa Taviani;Nidia Cangi;L.C.B.G.D. Neves

  • Parapatric distribution and sexual competition between two tick species, Amblyomma variegatum and A. hebraeum (Acari, Ixodidae), in Mozambique

    Laure Bournez;Laure Bournez;N. Cangi;Renaud Lancelot;David Pleydell

  • Serological survey of Babesia bovis and Anaplasma marginale in cattle in Tete Province, Mozambique.

    A.A.N. Alfredo;N.N. Jonsson;T.M. Finch;L. Neves

  • The comparative prevalence of five ixodid tick species infesting cattle and goats in Maputo Province, Mozambique

    C. De Matos;C. Sitoe;L. Neves;J.O. Nothling

  • The susceptibility of Trypanosoma congolense isolated in Zambézia Province, Mozambique, to isometamidium chloride, diminazene aceturate and homidium chloride.

    S. Jamal;I. Sigauque;C. Macuamule;L. Neves

  • Congopain genes diverged to become specific to Savannah, Forest and Kilifi subgroups of Trypanosoma congolense, and are valuable for diagnosis, genotyping and phylogenetic inferences.

    Adriana C. Rodrigues;Paola A. Ortiz;André G. Costa-Martins;L.C.B.G.D. Neves

  • Ixodid ticks on dogs in southern Mozambique.

    L. Neves;Sonia Afonso;I.G. Horak

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan Gerard Horak
Ivan Gerard Horak University of Pretoria
Marta M.G. Teixeira
Marta M.G. Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo
Erney P. Camargo
Erney P. Camargo Universidade de São Paulo
Nathalie Vachiery
Nathalie Vachiery Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes
Arve Lee Willingham
Arve Lee Willingham United Arab Emirates University
Victor P.M.G. Rutten
Victor P.M.G. Rutten University of Pretoria
Janusz T. Paweska
Janusz T. Paweska National Health Laboratory Service
Marinda C. Oosthuizen
Marinda C. Oosthuizen University of Pretoria
Jérémy Bouyer
Jérémy Bouyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Marta Campaner
Marta Campaner Universidade de São Paulo

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