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Maria Carolina Elias

Instituto Butantan
Verified email at butantan.gov.br
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[HTML][HTML] Global SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance: What we have learned (so far)

…, V Fonseca, FMC Segovia, S Kashima, MC Elias… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant challenges for genomic surveillance strategies
in public health systems worldwide. During the past thirty-four months, many countries …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Brazil

…, EC Holmes, R Haddad, SC Sampaio, MC Elias… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The high numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Brazil have made Latin America an
epicentre of the pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 established sustained transmission in Brazil early in …

[PDF][PDF] Replacement of the Gamma by the Delta variant in Brazil: Impact of lineage displacement on the ongoing pandemic

…, T De Oliveira, S Coccuzzo Sampaio, MC Elias… - Virus …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in Brazil was driven mainly by the
spread of Gamma (P.1), a locally emerged variant of concern (VOC) that was first detected in …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear DNA replication in trypanosomatids: there are no easy methods for solving difficult problems

…, CA Marques, R McCulloch, LRO Tosi, MC Elias - Trends in …, 2017 - cell.com
In trypanosomatids, etiological agents of devastating diseases, replication is robust and finely
controlled to maintain genome stability and function in stressful environments. However, …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of mechanisms that may generate DNA lesions triggering antigenic variation in African trypanosomes

…, GA Hovel-Miner, EM Briggs, MC Elias… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Antigenic variation by variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) coat switching in African
trypanosomes is one of the most elaborate immune evasion strategies found among pathogens. …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Brazil: How the displacement of variants has driven distinct epidemic waves

…, LL Coutinho, H Fukumasu, SC Sampaio, MC Elias… - Virus Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Brazil ranks as third in terms of total number of reported SARS-CoV-2 cases globally. The
COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil was characterised by the co-circulation of multiple variants as a …

Morphological events during the Trypanosoma cruzi cell cycle

MC Elias, JPC da Cunha, FP de Faria, RA Mortara… - Protist, 2007 - Elsevier
The replication and segregation of organelles producing two identical daughter cells must
be precisely controlled during the cell cycle progression of eukaryotes. In kinetoplastid …

[HTML][HTML] Nucleocapsid (N) gene mutations of SARS-CoV-2 can affect real-time RT-PCR diagnostic and impact false-negative results

…, RT Calado, RM Neto, DT Covas, S Kashima, MC Elias… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current COVID-19 pandemic demands massive testing by Real-time RT-PCR (Reverse
Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction), which is considered the gold standard …

[HTML][HTML] Proline Dehydrogenase Regulates Redox State and Respiratory Metabolism in Trypanosoma cruzi

…, EB Tahara, AJ Kowaltowski, MC Elias… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Over the past three decades, L-proline has become recognized as an important metabolite
for trypanosomatids. It is involved in a number of key processes, including energy metabolism…

[HTML][HTML] Predicting the Proteins of Angomonas deanei, Strigomonas culicis and Their Respective Endosymbionts Reveals New Aspects of the Trypanosomatidae …

…, G Wagner, GH Goldman, JLR Fietto, MC Elias… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Endosymbiont-bearing trypanosomatids have been considered excellent models for the study
of cell evolution because the host protozoan co-evolves with an intracellular bacterium in …