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Island hitchhikers: pathogen agents of Madeira and Azores ticks
Rosa, Fernanda; Silva, Carla; Rodrigues, Ricardo; Esteves‑Vieira, Mariana; Barbosa, Inês; Rosa, Sara; Dias, Deodália; Pina‑Martins, FranciscoTicks are blood-sucking arthropods that can transmit pathogens to their host. As insular ecosystems can enhance tick-host interactions, this study aimed to understand tick diversity, pathogen presence, and their respective associations in the Azores and Madeira archipelagos. Unfed or partially engorged ticks (n = 120) were collected from 58 cats and dogs in the Azores (n = 41 specimens) and Madeira (n = 79 spec...
Island hitchhikers: pathogen agents of Madeira and Azores ticks
Rosa, Fernanda; Silva, Carla; Rodrigues, Ricardo; Esteves-Vieira, Mariana; Barbosa, Inês; Rosa, Sara; Dias, Deodália; Pina-MartinsTicks are blood-sucking arthropods that can transmit pathogens to their host. As insular ecosystems can enhance tick-host interactions, this study aimed to understand tick diversity, pathogen presence, and their respective associations in the Azores and Madeira archipelagos. Unfed or partially engorged ticks (n = 120) were collected from 58 cats and dogs in the Azores (n = 41 specimens) and Madeira (n = 79 spec...
Bacteroides spp. and traditional fecal indicator bacteria in water quality asse...
Teixeira, Pedro; Dias, Deodália; Costa, Sílvia; Brown, Bárbara; Silva, Susana; Valério, ElisabeteAs part of a sustainable water resources management, the Lisbon municipality identified groundwater and treated wastewater use increase as two opportunities for better and sustainable water use, with natural safeguard for public health as a priority. In this context, the aim of our research was to assess the suitability of the human-associated marker gene Bacteroides HF183 and the cattle feces-associated CowM2,...
Occupational secondhand smoke exposure may modify the proteoma expression of hu...
Neves, Sofia; Dias, Deodália; Penque, DeborahThe tobacco is one of the biggest public health threats, smoking kills more than 7 million people/year worldwide and more than 890,000 are deaths resulting from exposure to Second Hand Smoke (SHS). In adults, SHS is associated to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including coronary heart disease and lung cancer, through pathological and molecular mechanisms not yet understood. We aimed to investigate the...
Got her mummy´s eyes: Eye color investigation using IrisPlex – preliminary study
Dario, Paulo; Rita Olivera, Ana; Ribeiro, Teresa; Lucas, Isabel; Marques, Manuela; Porto, Maria João; Costa Santos, Jorge; Corte Real, F.SNP phenotypic markers are being studied by several groups worldwide. As a result, phenotypic loci such as the ones responsible for human eye, hair and skin color are starting to get known. These may provide information for identification of unknown sample donors in criminal casework when there are no suspects. This kind of information may be even more relevant when the sample donor possesses phenotypic charact...
Assessment of IrisPlex-based multiplex for eye and skin color prediction with a...
Dario, Paulo; Mouriño, Helena; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Lucas, Isabel; Ribeiro, Teresa; Porto, Maria João; Santos, Jorge Costa; Dias, Deodália"DNA phenotyping research is one of the most emergent areas of forensic genetics. Predictions of externally visible characteristics are possible through analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms. These tools can provide police with “intelligence” in cases where there are no obvious suspects and unknown biological samples found at the crime scene do not result in any criminal DNA database hits. IrisPlex, an ey...
Assessment of IrisPlex-based multiplex for eye and skin color prediction with a...
Dario, Paulo; Mouriño, Helena; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Lucas, Isabel; Ribeiro, Teresa; Porto, Maria João; Santos, Jorge Costa; Dias, DeodáliaDNA phenotyping research is one of the most emergent areas of forensic genetics. Predictions of externally visible characteristics are possible through analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms. These tools can provide police with "intelligence" in cases where there are no obvious suspects and unknown biological samples found at the crime scene do not result in any criminal DNA database hits. IrisPlex, an eye...
O que dizem os teus olhos? Investigação de características fenotípicas em peça ...
Dario, Paulo; Olivera, Ana Rita; Ribeiro, Teresa; Lucas, Isabel; Marques, Manuela; Porto, Maria João; Costa Santos, Jorge; Dias, DeodáliaOs marcadores fenotípicos, do tipo SNP, têm vindo a ser estudados por vários grupos a nível mundial, pelo que começam a ser conhecidos marcadores para características fenotípicas não só para a cor dos olhos, mas também para a cor do cabelo e pele, os quais podem fornecer um conjunto valioso de informação para a identificação do dador da amostra em estudo. Este tipo de informação poderá ser tanto mais relevante ...