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Portugal Portugal
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Host-parasite interaction; Vector Borne Diseases; Veterinary Parasitology
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CURRENT POSITION: 2006-present: leader of the Victor Caeiro Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Évora, Portugal.
DIAGNOSTICS: coordination, supervision and, when needed, execution of diagnostic requests from customers. Based on a large animal production area, there is an intense request for fecal parasitic qualification and quantification. Fecal egg count reduction tests as well as the diagnosis of parasitic species in blood smears also play an important role in the activity of the laboratory
RESEARCH: There are ongoing research activities on vector-borne diseases (Onchocerca lupi, Simuliids); Cyst forming coccidian parasites (Hepatozoon spp., Besnoitia besnoiti)
TEACHING: Presentl...
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