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Assistant Specialist II Research Interests |
Population genetics of American sand flies and Anopheles mosquitoes. The laboratory focuses on the study of population genetics of insect vectors of human disease, with emphasis on Malaria in Africa and Leishmaniasis in South and Central America. My three major responsibilities as an assistant specialist include:
- Research, focused on the genetic diversity of sand fly salivary proteins and their role on blood feeding of sand flies and transmission of Leishmania parasites.
- Identification by karyotyping the different chromosomal forms of An. gambiae s.l. from endemic areas of Malaria in West Africa.
- Maintenance of sand fly and mosquito colonies, fundamental for our ongoing projects.
CURRENT PROJECTS
- Maxadilan —The goal of this project is to study the genetic diversity of the sand fly salivary protein called MAX and its role on the blood feeding of sand flies and transmission of Leishmania parasites.
- Population genetics of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes — The aim of this project is to study by different markers (mtDNA, microsatellites and chromosomal analysis) field collected populations of An. gambiae s.l. from two distinct countries in West Africa: (1) Mali and (2) Cameroon.
B. S. in Biological Sciences
Universidade Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1991-1995
Assistant Specialist, Step II
July 2006 to present
University of California, Davis, Lanzaro Vector Genetics Lab
Assistant Specialist, Step 1
January 2005 to June 2006
University of California, Davis, Lanzaro Vector Genetics Lab
Post-Graduate Researcher, Level II
January 2004 to December 2004
University of California, Davis, Lanzaro Vector Genetics Lab
Post-Graduate Researcher, Level 1
June 2002 to December 2003
University of California, Davis, Lanzaro Vector Genetics Lab
Visiting Scientist
January 2002 to May 2002
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Vector Genetics Laboratory
Biologist
August 1995 to December 2001
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Brazil Vector of Leishmaniasis Laboratory, Rio de Janeiro
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Milleron RS, Meneses CRV, Elnaiem DA & Lanzaro G (2007). Effects of Varying Moisture on Egg Production and Longevity of Lutzomyia longipalpis
(Diptera: Psychodidae). Journal of Med. Entomology (in press).
Tripet F, Wright J, Cornel A, Fofana A, McAbee R, Meneses C, Reimer L, Slotman M, Thiemann T, Dolo G, Traore S & Lanzaro G (2007). Longitudinal survey of knockdown resistance to pyrethroid (kdr) in Mali, West Africa, and evidence of its emergence in the Bamako form of Anopheles gambiae s.s. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 76 (1):81-7.
Ttripet F, Wright J, Cornel A, Fofana A, McAbee R, Meneses C, Reimer L, Slotman M, Thiemann T, Dolo G, Traore S & Lanzaro G (2007). Longitudinal survey of knockdown resistance to pyrethroid (kdr) in Mali, West Africa, and evidence of its emergence in the Bamako form of Anopheles gambiae s.s. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 76 (1):81-7.
Slotman MA, Tripet F, Cornel AJ, Meneses CR, Lee Y, Reimer L, Thiemann T, Fondjo E, Fofana A, Traore SF & Lanzaro G C (2007). Evidence for further subdivision within the M molecular form of Anopheles gambiae. Molecular Ecology 16 (3):639-49.
Afonso MMS, Gomes AC, Meneses CRV & Rangel EF (2005). Studies of the feeding habits of Lutzomyia (N.) intermedia (Diptera, Psychodidae) vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil. CSP. Cadernos de Saude Publica, Reports in Public Health 21(6): 1816-20
Elnaiem DEA, Meneses CRV, Slotman M & Lanzaro GC (2005). Genetic variation of the sand fly salivary protein, SP-15, a potential vaccine candidate against Leishmania major. Insect Molecular Biology 14 (2): 145-150.
Meneses CRV, Cupolillo E, Monteiro F & Rangel EF (2005). Micro geographical study among domestic, extra-domestic and sylvatic populations of males of Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) intermedia from an endemic area of American Cutaneus Leishmaniasis in Brazil. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 19 (1): 38-47.
Cordata VCML, Dorval MEC, Oshiro ET, Pessotti JR, Souza CSF, Carneiro K, Meneses CRV, Cupolillo E, Calabrese KS & Gonsalves da Costa SC. (2004). Isolation and characterization of Leishmania isolates from dogs in different regions of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Vet. Research. Commun 28 (5): 365-374.
Meneses CRV, Azevedo ACR, Costa SM, Costa WA & Rangel EF. (2002). Ecology of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Journal of Vector Ecology 27(2): 207-214.9- Azevedo AC, Lainson R, Souza AA, Fe NF, Feliciangeli DM, Meneses CRV & Rangel EF (2002). Comparative studies of populations of Lutzomyia umbratilis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Brazil and Venezuela. Journal of Medical Entomology 39(4): 587-600.
Azevedo ACR, Souza NA, Meneses CRV, Costa WA, Costa SM, Lima JB & Rangel EF (2002). Ecology of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in the north of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazi. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 97 (4):459-64.
Oliveira-Neto MP, Matos M, Perez M, Gonsalves-da-Costa SC, Meneses CRV, Pirmez C & Fernandes O. (2000). American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: main clinical and epidemiologic characteristics. International Journal of Dermatology, (39): 506-514.
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