Letícia Cegatti Bridi

ORCID: 0000-0001-8470-4205
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Research Areas
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

National Institute of Amazonian Research
2012-2022

Amazon (United States)
2021

National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
2021

Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Econômico, Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação
2021

New photomap of Anopheles ( Nyssorhynchus ) darlingi Root, 1926, is described for a population from Guajará-Mirim, State Rondonia, Brazil. The number sections in the previous A. reference map was maintained and new subsections were added to five chromosome arms. Breakage points paracentric inversions had been previously incorporated into this species. An additional inversion reported, called 3Lc, totaling 14 proposed potentially useful further evolutionary studies addition physical silico...

10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0481 article EN American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2010-08-03

INTRODUCTION: Semi-synthetic dillapiole compounds derived from Piper aduncum essential oil are used as alternative insecticides to control insecticide-resistant Aedes aegypti. Thus, we aimed evaluate the genotoxic effects of semi-synthetic isodillapiole on nuclei neuroblasts (larvae) and oocytes (females) mean oviposition rates females over four generations (G1, G2, G3, G4) Ae. METHODS: Larvae were captured in city Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, exposed bioassays (20, 40, 60 µg/mL) a...

10.1590/0037-8682-0467-2020 article EN cc-by Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2020-01-01

Physical and genetic maps have been used for chromosomal localization of genes in vectors infectious diseases. The availability polytene chromosomes malaria mosquitoes provides a unique opportunity to precisely map interest. We report the physical mapping two actin on major vector Amazon, Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae). Clones with gene sequences were obtained from cDNA library constructed RNA isolated adult females males An. . Each clones was mapped site arm 2L subdivisions 21A...

10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01019.x article EN Medical and Veterinary Entomology 2012-07-16

The genome assembly of Anopheles darlingi consists 2221 scaffolds (N50 = 115,072 bp) and has a size spanning 136.94 Mbp. This represents one the smallest genomes among species. genomic DNA fragments ~37 Kb were cloned, end-sequenced, used as probes for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with salivary gland polytene chromosomes. In total, we mapped nine to autosomal arms. Comparative analysis An. homologous sequences albimanus gambiae identified chromosomal rearrangements these Our...

10.3390/insects12020164 article EN cc-by Insects 2021-02-15

Malaria is a global health problem and transmitted by the Anopheles species. Due to epidemiological importance of genus, studies on biological, phylogenetic, evolutionary aspects have contributed understanding adaptation, vector capacity, resistance insecticides. The latter may result from different causes such as mutations in gene that encodes sodium channel (NaV).In this study, NaV subunit I scaffold 17 anopheline species was used infer phylogenetic relationships genus using Bayesian...

10.1590/0037-8682-0701-2021 article EN cc-by Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2022-01-01
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