Amanda B. Fontes
Manguinhos, RJ 21040360, Brazil
Last Updated: 09/26/2026
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Found 16 publications
Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae in humans and six-banded armadillos suggests lack of inter-species transmission in Rio Grande do Norte, northeast Brazil.
Journal: Acta tropica
Published: January 27, 2026
Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae in humans and six-banded armadillos suggest lack of inter-species transmission in Rio Grande do Norte, northeast Brazil.
Journal: Acta tropica
Published: January 27, 2026
Pre-European contact leprosy in the Americas and its current persistence.
Journal: Science (New York, N.Y.)
Published: May 29, 2025
Hi-plex deep amplicon sequencing for identification, high-resolution genotyping and multidrug resistance prediction of Mycobacterium leprae directly from patient biopsies by using Deeplex Myc-Lep.
Journal: EBioMedicine
Published: February 08, 2023
Heterogeneous persistence of Mycobacterium leprae in oral and nasal mucosa of multibacillary patients during multidrug therapy.
Journal: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Published: March 16, 2022
Zoonotic parasites infecting free-living armadillos from Brazil.
Journal: Transboundary and emerging diseases
Published: July 13, 2020
Emergence and Transmission of Drug-/Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in a Former Leprosy Colony in the Brazilian Amazon.
Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Published: April 02, 2019
Ticks as potential vectors of Mycobacterium leprae: Use of tick cell lines to culture the bacilli and generate transgenic strains.
Journal: PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Published: June 29, 2018
Genotyping comparison of Mycobacterium leprae isolates by VNTR analysis from nasal samples in a Brazilian endemic region.
Journal: Pathogens and global health
Published: February 07, 2018
Phylogenomics and antimicrobial resistance of the leprosy bacillus Mycobacterium leprae.
Journal: Nature communications
Published: August 25, 2017
Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae for better understanding of leprosy transmission in Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil.
Journal: PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Published: January 30, 2017
Intrapatient comparison of Mycobacterium leprae by VNTR analysis in nasal secretions and skin biopsy in a Brazilian leprosy endemic region.
Journal: Leprosy review
Published: December 01, 2016
Last Updated: 09/26/2026