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List of works by Sergio Luiz Bessa Luz

A field trial of a PCR-based Mansonella ozzardi diagnosis assay detects high-levels of submicroscopic M. ozzardi infections in both venous blood samples and FTA card dried blood spots.

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

Atypical Mansonella ozzardi Microfilariae from an Endemic Area of Brazilian Amazonia.

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Chikungunya virus outbreak in the Amazon region: replacement of the Asian genotype by an ECSA lineage

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Description of Simulium damascenoi (Diptera: Simuliidae) male and the black-fly species from the State of Amapá, Brazil.

scientific article published in April 2003

Detection of Mansonella ozzardi among blood donors from highly endemic interior cities of Amazonas state, northern Brazil

scientific article published on 19 December 2018

Evaluation of simple diffusion chlorinators for decontamination of wells in a rural settlement in Amazonia, Brazil

scientific article published on March 2016

Genomic, epidemiological and digital surveillance of Chikungunya virus in the Brazilian Amazon

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Historic accounts of Mansonella parasitaemias in the South Pacific and their relevance to lymphatic filariasis elimination efforts today

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Light Microscopic Detection of Mansonella ozzardi Parasitemias

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Mansonella ozzardi mitogenome and pseudogene characterisation provides new perspectives on filarial parasite systematics and CO-1 barcoding.

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Mansonellosis: current perspectives

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Molecular Verification of New World Mansonella perstans Parasitemias

scientific article published on March 2017

Molecular population genetics of the primary neotropical malaria vector Anopheles darlingi using mtDNA.

scientific article published in December 1999

Mosquito-Disseminated Insecticide for Citywide Vector Control and Its Potential to Block Arbovirus Epidemics: Entomological Observations and Modeling Results from Amazonian Brazil

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Mosquito-disseminated pyriproxyfen yields high breeding-site coverage and boosts juvenile mosquito mortality at the neighborhood scale

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Nested PCR to detect and distinguish the sympatric filarial species Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans in the Amazon Region.

scientific article published in September 2010

New molecular identifiers for Simulium limbatum and Simulium incrustatum s.l. and the detection of genetic substructure with potential implications for onchocerciasis epidemiology in the Amazonia focus of Brazil

scientific article published on March 30, 2013

Outstanding insecurities concerning the use of an Ov16-based ELISA in the Amazonia onchocerciasis focus

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Sand Fly Fauna Associated With Dwellings and Forest Habitats Along the BR-319 Highway, Amazonas, Brazil

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Simian malaria at two sites in the Brazilian Amazon--II. Vertical distribution and frequency of anopheline species inside and outside the forest.

scientific article published in November 1996

The Impact of Global Environmental Changes on Infectious Disease Emergence with a Focus on Risks for Brazil.

scientific article published on 15 December 2017

The mitogenome of Onchocerca volvulus from the Brazilian Amazonia focus

scientific article published on January 2016

The need for an integrated approach to the taxonomy of neotropical Simuliidae, with special reference to larval colour.

scientific article published on November 1996

Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, resurgence of vector-borne diseases, and implications for spillover in the region

scientific article published on 21 February 2019