Francisco B. Costa - Publications

BRIDGING THE GAP IN CHAGAS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF TRIATOMINE FAUNA AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE AMAZON-CERRADO TRANSITION ZONE.

Journal: Acta tropica

Published: May 20, 2026

Assessment of the Performance of Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay for Chagas Disease in Dogs Using a Reference Panel of Four Chimeric Proteins.

Journal: Veterinary medicine and science

Published: May 03, 2025

Comparison of in-house immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for Coxiella burnetii infection in cattle.

Journal: Veterinary research communications

Published: April 22, 2025

First report of immature stages of Ixodes bocatorensis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) on small mammals in the Maracanã Environmental Protection Area, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.

Journal: Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Published: March 11, 2025

New insights on the Rickettsia-tick-wild bird associations in the Western Amazon, Brazil.

Journal: Acta tropica

Published: March 06, 2025

Molecular and Serological Detection of Coxiella burnetii in Small Ruminants in Northeastern Brazil.

Journal: Veterinary medicine and science

Published: February 26, 2025

Tick-borne pathogens in small mammals from the Pantanal biome, Brazil.

Journal: Acta tropica

Published: January 26, 2025

Trypanosoma evansi in Brazil: first evidence of infection in equines from Northeast region.

Journal: Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Published: January 18, 2025

Natural infection of free-ranging capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) with Anaplasmataecea and Rickettsiaceae bacteria in the Iberá wetlands ecoregion, Argentina.

Journal: Veterinary research communications

Published: October 11, 2023

Molecular detection and characterization of vector-borne agents in common opossums (Didelphis marsupialis) from northeastern Brazil.

Journal: Acta tropica

Published: April 15, 2023

Exposure to and infection by Leishmania infantum among domestic dogs in an area of the Cerrado biome, Maranhão, Brazil.

Journal: Veterinary parasitology, regional studies and reports

Published: September 09, 2022

Litomosoides brasiliensis (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) infecting chiropterans in the Legal Amazon region, Brazil.

Journal: Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Published: August 08, 2022