Lilia Lacerda Bueno
Professor
Parasitology
University of Minas
Brazil
Biography
Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Tropical Medicine at The George Washington University. Master's and PhD in Parasitology by the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Currently Adjunct Professor in the Department of Parasitology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Has experience in immunoparasitology, acting on the parasite-host relationship in infections caused by helminths and protozoa.
Research Interest
Aspects of the immune response in host-parasite interaction, Development of vaccines and diagnostic tests for protozoal and helminth infections
Publications
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Gazzinelli-Guimarães PH, de Freitas LF, Gazzinelli-Guimarães AC, Coelho F, Barbosa FS, Nogueira D, Amorim C, de Carvalho Dhom-Lemos L, Oliveira LM, da Silveira AB, da Fonseca FG. Concomitant helminth infection downmodulates the Vaccinia virus-specific immune response and potentiates virus-associated pathology. International journal for parasitology. 2017 Jan 31;47(1):1-0.
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Moraes-Souza RQ, Reinaque AP, Soares TS, Silva AL, Giunchetti RC, Takano MA, Akamatsu MA, Kubrusly FS, Lúcio-Macarini F, Raw I, Iourtov D. Safety evaluation of a vaccine: Effect in maternal reproductive outcome and fetal anomaly frequency in rats using a leishmanial vaccine as a model. PloS one. 2017 Mar 1;12(3):e0172525.
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Hojo-Souza NS, Pereira DB, Souza FS, Mendes TA, Cardoso MS, Tada MS, Zanini GM, Bartholomeu DC, Fujiwara RT, Bueno LL. On the cytokine/chemokine network during Plasmodium vivax malaria: new insights to understand the disease. Malaria journal. 2017 Jan 24;16(1):42.
