L T Figueiredo

Summary

Country: Brazil

Publications

  1. ncbi Diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infections by qualitative and quantitative PCR in HIV infected patients
    Aldo de Albuquerque Cunha
    Unidade Multidepartamental de Pesquisa em Virologia, , , , SP, Brasil
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 44:127-32. 2002
  2. ncbi The use of qualitative and quantitative polymerase chain reactions for diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infections in bone marrow and kidney transplant recipients
    Lauro Juliano Marin
    Unidade Multidepartamental de Pesquisa em Virologia, , , Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
    Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 37:158-64. 2004
  3. ncbi Expression of recombinant Araraquara Hantavirus nucleoprotein in insect cells and its use as an antigen for immunodetection compared to the same antigen expressed in Escherichia coli
    Alex M Machado
    Centro de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av Bandeirantes 3900, Monte Alegre, Ribeirao Preto, SP 14090 900, Brazil
    Virol J 8:218. 2011
  4. ncbi Genetic diversity of the E protein of dengue type 3 virus
    Alberto A Amarilla
    Virology Research Center, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto USP, Ribeirao Preto SP, Brazil
    Virol J 6:113. 2009
  5. ncbi Mosquitoes infected with dengue viruses in Brazil
    Mario L G de Figueiredo
    Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Virol J 7:152. 2010
  6. ncbi Detection of dengue virus in saliva and urine by real time RT-PCR
    Telma R Poloni
    Departamento de Analises Clinicas, Toxicologicas e Bromatologicas, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirão Preto14040 903, Sao Paulo, Brasil
    Virol J 7:22. 2010
  7. ncbi [Viral hemorrhagic fevers in Brazil]
    Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo
    Centro de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP
    Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 39:203-10. 2006
  8. ncbi Expression of a hantavirus N protein and its efficacy as antigen in immune assays
    L T M Figueiredo
    Centro de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil
    Braz J Med Biol Res 41:596-9. 2008
  9. ncbi Evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on Araraquara virus recombinant nucleocapsid protein
    Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo
    Virology Research Center, School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo in Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:273-6. 2009
  10. ncbi Viral pneumonia: epidemiological, clinical, pathophysiological and therapeutic aspects
    Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo
    Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil
    J Bras Pneumol 35:899-906. 2009

Collaborators

  • Alberto A Amarilla
  • Victor H Aquino
  • A A Machado
  • Akemi Suzuki
  • L E Pereira
  • O A Cintra
  • P J Padula
  • L E Troncon
  • O M Takayanagui
  • Ricardo Luiz Moro de Sousa
  • Marcos Lazaro Moreli
  • Alessandra Abel Borges
  • Gelse Mazzoni Campos
  • Soraya Jabur Badra
  • Marcia Cristina Livonesi
  • Aldo de Albuquerque Cunha
  • Telma R Poloni
  • Mario L G de Figueiredo
  • Lauro Juliano Marin
  • Harryson Wings Godoy Dos Santos
  • Viviane Casagrande Mariguela
  • Alan Grupioni Lourenço
  • Adriano Mondini
  • Laura Patricia Mendoza
  • Daniela Wey Bonutti
  • M L Moreli
  • W C Batista
  • Eduardo Antonio Donadi
  • Almério de C Gomes
  • Dimair F Poloni
  • Jesuína do S M Castro
  • Fabiano Pinto Saggioro
  • Edison L Durigon
  • Renato F de Araujo
  • Larissa R Galvão
  • Helda L Alfonso
  • Neifi Hassan Saloum Deghaide
  • André de S Leandro
  • Anibal S Oliveira
  • Agnaldo de S Orrico
  • Glauciane Garcia de Figueiredo
  • Glauciane Garcia Figueiredo
  • Ricardo Luiz Moro de Souza
  • Silvana Gama Florencio Chachá
  • Flávia Tremeschin
  • Leandro Ricardo Fantinatti
  • Sergio Zucoloto
  • Lívia Christensen Nali
  • Helda Liz Alfonso Castro
  • Telma Regina Ramos Silva Poloni
  • S C Costa
  • Marcio Roberto Nunes
  • Kelly Paula Souza
  • Aramis Augusto Pinto
  • Vanessa Danielle Menjon Muller
  • Samir Mansour Casseb
  • Pedro Fernando Vasconcelos
  • Roberta Vieira de Morais Bronzoni
  • Roberta Vieira Moraes Bronzoni
  • Silva H Nunes
  • Franscisco Chiaravalloti-Neto
  • Cibele C Moreira
  • Paula Rahal
  • Irineu L Maia
  • Aldo Albuquerque Cunha
  • A C Marques
  • S Kashima
  • G Alves
  • S R Miranda
  • F F Costa
  • C L Rossi

Detail Information

Publications34

  1. ncbi Diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infections by qualitative and quantitative PCR in HIV infected patients
    Aldo de Albuquerque Cunha
    Unidade Multidepartamental de Pesquisa em Virologia, , , , SP, Brasil
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 44:127-32. 2002
    ..Our results were greatly influenced by the impact of the highly active antiretroviral therapy that reduced incidence of CMV viremia and occurrence of CMV disease in the HIV infected patients...
  2. ncbi The use of qualitative and quantitative polymerase chain reactions for diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infections in bone marrow and kidney transplant recipients
    Lauro Juliano Marin
    Unidade Multidepartamental de Pesquisa em Virologia, , , Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
    Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 37:158-64. 2004
    ..1% BMT recipients and between 1,246 and 58,613 copies/ microg DNA in 22.9% RT recipients. Further studies are necessary to confirm the usefulness of this CMV semi-quantitative PCR in transplanted patients...
  3. ncbi Expression of recombinant Araraquara Hantavirus nucleoprotein in insect cells and its use as an antigen for immunodetection compared to the same antigen expressed in Escherichia coli
    Alex M Machado
    Centro de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av Bandeirantes 3900, Monte Alegre, Ribeirao Preto, SP 14090 900, Brazil
    Virol J 8:218. 2011
    ..All of them avoid the risks and difficulties involved in multiplying Hantavirus in the laboratory. In Brazil, the Araraquara virus is one of the main causes of Hantavirus Cardio-Pulmonary Syndrome (HCPS)...
  4. ncbi Genetic diversity of the E protein of dengue type 3 virus
    Alberto A Amarilla
    Virology Research Center, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto USP, Ribeirao Preto SP, Brazil
    Virol J 6:113. 2009
    ..E protein gene sequences of 20 new viruses isolated in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, and 427 sequences retrieved from GenBank were aligned for diversity and phylogenetic analysis...
  5. ncbi Mosquitoes infected with dengue viruses in Brazil
    Mario L G de Figueiredo
    Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Virol J 7:152. 2010
    ..This is the first report of a nucleotide sequence of DENV-3 from larvae of Aedes albopictus...
  6. ncbi Detection of dengue virus in saliva and urine by real time RT-PCR
    Telma R Poloni
    Departamento de Analises Clinicas, Toxicologicas e Bromatologicas, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirão Preto14040 903, Sao Paulo, Brasil
    Virol J 7:22. 2010
    ..g., in newborns and patients with hemorrhagic syndromes...
  7. ncbi [Viral hemorrhagic fevers in Brazil]
    Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo
    Centro de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP
    Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 39:203-10. 2006
    ..An early clinical diagnosis and treatment is fundamental for patient survival...
  8. ncbi Expression of a hantavirus N protein and its efficacy as antigen in immune assays
    L T M Figueiredo
    Centro de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil
    Braz J Med Biol Res 41:596-9. 2008
    ..These results suggest that the recombinant N protein could be used as an antigen for the serological screening of hantavirus infection...
  9. ncbi Evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on Araraquara virus recombinant nucleocapsid protein
    Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo
    Virology Research Center, School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo in Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:273-6. 2009
    ..2%, the specificity was 100%, the positive predictive value was 100%, and the negative predictive value was 98.1%. The results show that ARAV rN is a suitable antigen for diagnosis of hantavirus infection in Brazil and Argentina...
  10. ncbi Viral pneumonia: epidemiological, clinical, pathophysiological and therapeutic aspects
    Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo
    Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil
    J Bras Pneumol 35:899-906. 2009
    ..These types of pneumonia are commonly caused by influenza A and B; parainfluenza 1, 2 and 3; respiratory syncytial virus; or adenovirus. We also address the types of pneumonia caused by hantaviruses, metapneumoviruses and rhinoviruses...
  11. ncbi Infective endocarditis (IE) first diagnosed at autopsy: analysis of 31 cases in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
    L T Figueiredo
    Divisão de Moléstias Infecciosas e Tropicais, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 43:213-6. 2001
    ..This form of IE must be suspected in mature and in old febrile hospitalized patients having infection predisposing diseases, embolization, and suffering medical procedures...
  12. ncbi [Hantavirus pulmonary and cardiovascular syndrome: epidemiology, clinical presentation, laboratory diagnosis and treatment]
    L T Figueiredo
    Divisão de Moléstias Infecciosas e Tropicais, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP
    Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 34:13-23. 2001
    ..It is important to report hantaviruses and HPCVS to the Brazilian medical community considering that many cases could be undiagnosed...
  13. ncbi Phylogenetic analysis of Brazilian Flavivirus using nucleotide sequences of parts of NS5 gene and 3' non-coding regions
    W C Batista
    Virus Research Unit of the School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirão Preto City, Brazil
    Virus Res 75:35-42. 2001
    ..Rocio and Cacipacoré viruses were included in the Japanese Encephalitis Virus Complex branch in one of the two phylogenetic trees. Iguape virus appears in phylogenetic trees as a separate distant branch...
  14. ncbi The Brazilian flaviviruses
    L T Figueiredo
    Virus Research Unit of the School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Av Bandeirantes, 3 900, 14049 900, SP, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
    Microbes Infect 2:1643-9. 2000
    ..Aspects of sylvatic maintenance cycles and human diseases caused by these viruses are analyzed. Large dengue outbreaks are occurring in Brazil and there is a risk of yellow fever urbanization...
  15. ncbi Report on ticks collected in the Southeast and Mid-West regions of Brazil: analyzing the potential transmission of tick-borne pathogens to man
    L T Figueiredo
    Unidade Multidepartamental de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
    Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 32:613-9. 1999
    ..Wild mammals, mainly capybaras and deer, infested by ticks and living in close contact with cattle, horses and dogs, offer the risk of transmission of wild zoonosis to these domestic animals and to man...
  16. ncbi Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in Guariba, SP, Brazil. Report of 2 cases
    L T Figueiredo
    Unidade Multidepartamental de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 41:131-7. 1999
    ..Hantavirus infection was diagnosed by ELISA in both cases and by RT-PCR in one of the patients. Aspects of the clinical presentation, physiopathology and differential diagnosis of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome are discussed...
  17. ncbi Cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplant recipients diagnosed by nested-PCR
    V H Aquino
    Unidade Multidepartamental de Pesquisa em Virologia, , , , SP, Brasil
    Braz J Med Biol Res 34:93-101. 2001
    ..03). No association between CMV viremia and graft rejection was observed. Nested-PCR was not useful to identify patients at risk for symptomatic CMV infection since only 21.2% of the patients with CMV infection were symptomatic...
  18. ncbi Detection of cytomegalovirus infections by PCR in renal transplant patients
    S C Costa
    Departamento de Clinica Medica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil
    Braz J Med Biol Res 32:953-9. 1999
    ..Our results indicate that PCR is a highly sensitive procedure for the early detection of CMV infection and that CMV infection in renal transplant patients is a frequent problem in Brazil...
  19. ncbi In vitro and in vivo studies of the Interferon-alpha action on distinct Orthobunyavirus
    Marcia Cristina Livonesi
    Center for Research in Virology, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo USP, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
    Antiviral Res 75:121-8. 2007
    ..Our results suggest that IFN-alpha could be potentially useful in the prevention of diseases caused by Oropouche virus and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases caused by Guaroa virus...
  20. ncbi Viral infections of the central nervous system in Brazil
    Laura Patricia Mendoza
    Virus Research Unit, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Av Bandeirantes 3900, 14049 000 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
    J Infect 54:589-96. 2007
    ..Epidemiological studies have shown that most central nervous system (CNS) infections are viral. The objective of this study is to contribute to the knowledge base concerning viral CNS infections in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil...
  21. ncbi Study of two different enzyme immunoassays for the detection of Mayaro virus antibodies
    L T Figueiredo
    Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, USP, Brasil
    Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 84:303-7. 1989
    ....
  22. ncbi Natural host relationships and genetic diversity of rodent-associated hantaviruses in southeastern Brazil
    Ricardo Luiz Moro de Sousa
    Department of Basic Sciences, School of Zootechny and Food Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil
    Intervirology 51:299-310. 2008
    ..In the present study, geographical distribution, seroprevalence, natural host range, and phylogenetic relations of rodent-associated hantaviruses collected from seven counties of Southeastern Brazil were evaluated...
  23. ncbi Detection of Brazilian hantavirus by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction amplification of N gene in patients with hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome
    Marcos Lazaro Moreli
    Unidade Multidepartamental de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av Bandeirantes 3900, 14049 900 Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
    Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 99:633-8. 2004
    ....
  24. ncbi A simple one-step real-time RT-PCR for diagnosis of dengue virus infection
    Harryson Wings Godoy Dos Santos
    Departamento de Analises Clinicas, Toxicologicas e Bromatologicas, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, USP, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
    J Med Virol 80:1426-33. 2008
    ..This study describes a simple, specific, and sensitive real-time RT-PCR for early diagnosis of dengue virus infection...
  25. ncbi Identification of Simbu, California and Bunyamwera serogroup bunyaviruses by nested RT-PCR
    M L Moreli
    Unidade Multidepartamental de Pesquisa em Virologia, , Campus da USP, 14049-900, , SP, Brazil
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 95:108-13. 2001
    ..Oropouche virus is an important public health problem in Brazil and the nested PCR with BS primers could be used for the detection of this virus in tissue culture and mouse brain isolates as well as in clinical samples...
  26. ncbi Occurrence and severity of infections caused by subgroup A and B respiratory syncytial virus in children in southeast Brazil
    O A Cintra
    Department of Pediatrics, University of São Paulo School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    J Med Virol 65:408-12. 2001
    ..There was no significant association of RSV subgroup with disease severity, but only a trend for RSV subgroup B being more frequent in children with risk factors for severe disease...
  27. ncbi Diagnosis of Brazilian vesiculoviruses by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction
    Daniela Wey Bonutti
    Centro de Pesquisa em Virologia, , , Av. Bandeirantes 3900, , SP, Brasil
    Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 100:193-6. 2005
    ..Ten blood and tarsal pad epithelial samples of infected Guinea-pigs had Vesiculovirus genome amplified by RT-nested-PCR...
  28. ncbi [Pulmonary and cardiovascular syndrome due to hantavirus: clinical aspects of an emerging disease in southeastern Brazil]
    Gelse Mazzoni Campos
    Centro de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirao Preto, SP
    Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 42:282-9. 2009
    ..The diagnostic hypothesis of atypical pneumonia was associated with a good prognosis (p = 0.0136). Fluid infusion greater than 2,000 ml and arterial hypotension were associated with a poor prognosis (p = 0.0286 and p = 0.0453)...
  29. ncbi New genotype of dengue type 3 virus circulating in Brazil and Colombia showed a close relationship to old Asian viruses
    Victor Hugo Aquino
    Departamento de Analises Clinicas, Toxicologicas e Bromatologicas, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brasil
    PLoS ONE 4:e7299. 2009
    ..Further studies are needed to confirm the origin of the new dengue type III genotype circulating in Brazil and Colombia...
  30. ncbi Cytomegalovirus in colorectal cancer and idiopathic ulcerative colitis
    Viviane Casagrande Mariguela
    Virology Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirão Preto City, SP, Brazil
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 50:83-7. 2008
    ..1%) showed by both techniques, was significantly higher (p = 0.015) than that observed for colorectal cancer patients (2/14, 14.3%). These results suggest an association of ulcerative colitis with CMV infection of the enteric tissue...
  31. ncbi Association of -308G/A polymorphism in the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene promoter with susceptibility to development of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in the Ribeirão Preto region, Brazil
    Alessandra Abel Borges
    Virology Research Center, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Av Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
    Arch Virol 155:971-5. 2010
    ....
  32. ncbi Oral lesions in HIV infected individuals from Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
    Alan Grupioni Lourenço
    Infectious Deseases Division, General Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
    Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 13:E281-6. 2008
    ..The presence of oral lesions was correlated with gender, age, smoking habit, levels of CD4 lymphocytes, HIV load, time of HIV seropositivity, AIDS condition, use of removable dental prosthesis, and use of HAART...
  33. ncbi Emergent arboviruses in Brazil
    Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo
    Centro de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
    Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 40:224-9. 2007
    ....
  34. ncbi Saint Louis encephalitis virus, Brazil
    Adriano Mondini
    Emerg Infect Dis 13:176-8. 2007