Professor of Epidemiology, Universidade de São Paulo
Graduated in Biological Sciences from the University of São Paulo (1976), master's degree (1991) and doctorate (1994) in Public Health from the University of São Paulo. Full professor at the University of São Paulo, Department of Epidemiology, since 2015. Member of the Editorial Committee of the magazines: Infection, Genetics and Evolution and Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. Has experience in the area of Parasitology, with an emphasis on Entomology and Malacology of Parasites and Vectors, acting mainly on the following themes: Medical Entomology, Culicidae, Anopheles, Culex, morphological and molecular taxonomy, ecology, biodiversity and evolution.
How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans
Jun 26, 2020 07:13 am UTC| Nature
The coronavirus pandemic, suspected of originating in bats and pangolins, has brought the risk of viruses that jump from wildlife to humans into stark focus. These leaps often happens at the edges of the worlds tropical...
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