Semiramis Guimaraes Ferraz Viana

Research Interest:  In general, our area of R&D is on epidemiology and diagnosis of intestinal parasites, with emphasis in intestinal protozoa. Nowadays, most of the researches focus on intestinal parasites with emphasis on the protozoa Giardia and also, Cryptosporidium, Blastocystis and Dientamoeba fragilis. Investigations on molecular and genetic characterization of isolates collected from humans, animals and environmental samples have been carried out for a better understanding of the epidemiology and public health significance of infections caused by these parasites