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Marta M.G. Teixeira

Marta M.G. Teixeira

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Microbiology

D-Index
55
Citations
10191
World Ranking
3842
National Ranking
39

Overview

Marta M.G. Teixeira is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has focused their research primarily on parasitology and infectious diseases, with an emphasis on Trypanosoma species and vector-borne infections. Their work spans multiple disciplines, including medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to epidemiology and public health.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields in which Marta M.G. Teixeira has contributed extensively are:

  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Insect Science
  • Parasitology
  • Immunology

Their research topics cover:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Parasitic infections and diagnostics
  • Toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins
  • Viral infections and vectors

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Erney P. Camargo
  • João M. P. Alves
  • Jeffrey Jon Shaw
  • Herakles A. García
  • Carla Monadeli Filgueira Rodrigues

Most publications appear in the following journals and venues:

  • Pathogens
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Nature Communications
  • Genes

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Marta M.G. Teixeira include:

  • "Pan-American Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) trinaperronei n. sp. in the white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann and its deer ked Lipoptena mazamae Rondani, 1878: morphological, developmental and phylogeographical characterisation," 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Variant antigen diversity in Trypanosoma vivax is not driven by recombination," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Trypanosoma rangeli Genetic, Mammalian Hosts, and Geographical Diversity from Five Brazilian Biomes," 2021, Pathogens
  • "Genomic Organization and Generation of Genetic Variability in the RHS (Retrotransposon Hot Spot) Protein Multigene Family in Trypanosoma cruzi," 2020, Genes
  • "Molecular detection of blood-borne agents in vampire bats from Brazil, with the first molecular evidence of Neorickettsia sp. in Desmodus rotundus and Diphylla ecaudata," 2023, Acta Tropica

Best Publications

  • The revised Trypanosoma cruzi subspecific nomenclature: rationale, epidemiological relevance and research applications.

    Bianca Zingales;Michael A. Miles;David A. Campbell;Michel Tibayrenc

  • 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

  • Trypanosomiasis by Trypanosoma vivax in cattle in the Brazilian semiarid: Description of an outbreak and lesions in the nervous system.

    J. S. Batista;F. Riet-Correa;Marta Maria Geraldes Teixeira;C. R. Madruga

  • An appraisal of the taxonomy and nomenclature of trypanosomatids presently classified as Leishmania and Endotrypanum.

    O A Espinosa;Myrna G Serrano;Erney P Camargo;Marta M G Teixeira

  • Pathogenesis of reproductive failure induced by Trypanosoma vivax in experimentally infected pregnant ewes

    Taciana M F Silva;Roberio G Olinda;Carla M F Rodrigues;Antônio C L Câmara

  • A nested PCR for the ssrRNA gene detects Trypanosoma binneyi in the platypus and Trypanosoma sp. in wombats and kangaroos in Australia.

    H.a Noyes;J.R Stevens;M Teixeira;J Phelan

  • Atypical Human Infections by Animal Trypanosomes

    Philippe Truc;Philippe Büscher;Gérard Cuny;Mary Isabel Gonzatti

  • Stage-specific surface antigens of metacyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi identified by monoclonal antibodies

    Marta M.G. Teixeira;Nobuko Yoshida

  • Genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi in bats, and multilocus phylogenetic and phylogeographical analyses supporting Tcbat as an independent DTU (discrete typing unit)

    Luciana Lima;Oneida Espinosa-Álvarez;Paola A. Ortiz;Javier A. Trejo-Varón

  • The evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi: the 'bat seeding' hypothesis

    Patrick B. Hamilton;Marta M.G. Teixeira;Jamie R. Stevens

  • Phylogenetic Validation of the Genera Angomonas and Strigomonas of Trypanosomatids Harboring Bacterial Endosymbionts with the Description of New Species of Trypanosomatids and of Proteobacterial Symbionts

    Marta M.G. Teixeira;Tarcilla C. Borghesan;Robson C. Ferreira;Marcia A. Santos

  • Phylogeny, taxonomy and grouping of Trypanosoma rangeli isolates from man, triatomines and sylvatic mammals from widespread geographical origin based on SSU and ITS ribosomal sequences.

    F. Maia Da Silva;H. Noyes;M. Campaner;A. C. V. Junqueira

  • Predominance of lineage I among Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from Venezuelan patients with different clinical profiles of acute Chagas' disease.

    Nestor Anez;Gladys Crisante;Flavia Maia da Silva;Agustina Rojas

  • 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

  • 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

  • Infected dogs as a risk factor in the transmission of human Trypanosoma cruzi infection in western Venezuela.

    Gladys Crisante;Agustina Rojas;Marta M.G. Teixeira;Nestor Añez

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Phylogeny of Trypanosoma ( Megatrypanum ) theileri and related trypanosomes reveals lineages of isolates associated with artiodactyl hosts diverging on SSU and ITS ribosomal sequences.

    A. C. Rodrigues;F. Paiva;Marta Campaner;J. R. Stevens

Frequent Co-Authors

Erney P. Camargo
Erney P. Camargo Universidade de São Paulo
Marta Campaner
Marta Campaner Universidade de São Paulo
Arlei Marcili
Arlei Marcili Universidade de São Paulo
Luis Neves
Luis Neves University of Pretoria
Gregory A. Buck
Gregory A. Buck Virginia Commonwealth University
Rosangela Zacarias Machado
Rosangela Zacarias Machado Sao Paulo State University
Marcos Rogério André
Marcos Rogério André Sao Paulo State University
Wanderley de Souza
Wanderley de Souza Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Jamie R. Stevens
Jamie R. Stevens University of Exeter
Jeffrey J. Shaw
Jeffrey J. Shaw Universidade de São Paulo

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