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José Alexandre da Costa Perdigão e Cameira Leitão. Completed the Título de Agregado in Medicina Veterinária in 2008/03/07 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Doutoramento in Por equivalência in 1999/05/05 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Mestrado in Mestrado em Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia Tropicais in 1991/09/06 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Licenciatura in Medicina Veterinária in 1985/12/15 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária and Doctor in Doctoraat in de Wetenschappen in 1998/09/25 by Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Is Principal Investigator in Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária. Published 75 articles in journals. Has 4 section(s) of books and 1 book(s). Organized 15 event(s). Supervised 5 PhD thesis(es) e co-supervised 5. Participates and/or participated as Other in 2 project(s), Principal investigator in 4 project(s) and Researcher in 11 project(s). In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Animal Science and Veterinarian Science - Animal Health and Epidemiology; Biology and Medicine; Experimental Medicine; Animal Science and Veterinarian Sciences; African swine fever virus; innate immunity; immunomodulation; cytokines; Agricultural sciences; Signatures of selection; Trypanosomosis; WGS; Angola indigenous sheep; Ixodidae; Bovinos; Gui-Bissau; ''LANDIM PIGS''; ''WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING''; ''SIGNATURES OF SELECTION''; ''GENOMICS''; ''CNV''; Toxoplasma gondii; Caracterização genética; Contaminação ambiental; Ciclo urbano; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
José Alexandre da Costa Perdigão e Cameira Leitão

Citation names

  • Leitão, Alexandre

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0D1F-9378-B06A
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8398-6754
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_wOxwaYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Researcher Id
M-3688-2013
Scopus Author Id
7005219766

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2008/03/07
Concluded
 Medicina Veterinária (Título de Agregado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
 Aprovado por unanimidade
1999/05/05
Concluded
 Por equivalência (Doutoramento)
Major in Ciências Veterinárias
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
 Por equivalência
1998/09/25
Concluded
 Doctoraat in de Wetenschappen (Doctor)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
"Production of African swine fever virus (ASFV) antigens as fusion proteins with the outer membrane lipoprotein I from Pseudomonas aeruginosa (OprI) and their evaluation as tools to study the host immune response against infection" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Greatest Distinction
1996/11/26
Concluded
 Prova Pública de Acesso à Categoria de Investigador Auxiliar (Outros)
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
1991/09/06
Concluded
 Mestrado em Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia Tropicais (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
"Estudos Sobre a Resposta Imunitária do Suíno ao Vírus da Peste Suína Africana (VPSA)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
1985/12/15
Concluded
 Medicina Veterinária (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/04/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2015/08/01 - 2023/03/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
1996/11/26 - 2015/08/01 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
1991/09 - 1996/11 Research Assistant (Research) Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
1988/09 - 1991/09 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/12 - Current Characterization of a novel African swine fever virus (ASFV) modulator of cytokine responses
2022.04769.PTDC
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2022/01/01 - Current Targeting TLR2 for improved veterinary vaccines
PTDC/CVT-CVT/4599/2021
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2025/02/20 - 2026/08/19 Unveiling intriguing diversity of African pigs and wild suids through epigenetics
2023.15455.PEX
10.54499/2023.15455.PEX
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Portugal

The University of Edinburgh The Roslin Institute, United Kingdom
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/02/01 - 2024/07/31 Genetic Diversity of local sheep of Angola and detection of signatures of selection for resistance to trypanosomosis
2022.10733.PTDC
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/12/01 - 2023/11/30 A safe DIVA vaccine for African Swine Fever control and eradication
862874
Researcher
European Commission
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Programming the type and localization of adaptive immunity by targeting TLR2: a strategy for the development of novel veterinary vaccines
PTDC/CVT-CVT/31840/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/04/15 - 2019/10/14 How to solve infertility: Is fighting neutrophil extracellular traps, cytokines or prostaglandins a solution?
PTDC/CVT-REP/4202/2014
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/04/01 - 2019/03/31 The cross-talk between chemotherapy and immunity in murine and ovine neosporosis disease
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SNSF/Project funding/310030_165782/CH
Other
Vetsuisse-Fakultät Bern Zürich, Switzerland
 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Concluded
2013/04/01 - 2016/03 Of mice and sheep: prevention and treatment of Neospora caninum infections
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SNSF/Project funding/310030_146162/CH
Other
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Concluded
2012/10/01 - 2015/09/30 Targeted research effort on African swine fever
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/311931/EU
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2014/03/15 - 2015/09 Mob1 protein: a critical factor in Toxoplasma gondii replication
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/134970/PT
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/04/01 - 2014/12/31 Modulation of acquired immunity by bacterial cell wall-derived formulations containing heterologous antigens expressed by a new OprI based system
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/113889/PT
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2013/09/30 The katanin role in Mt cytoskeleton remodeling during host cell invasion by Toxoplasma gondii
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/105470/PT
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/03/01 - 2013/08/31 Role of African swine fever virus (ASFV) topoisomerase II in viral DNA replication - a possible target for antiviral therapy
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/105630/PT
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/03/01 - 2013/08/31 Effect of infection of porcine macrophages by African swine fever virus (ASFV) of different virulence and role of unassigned viral genes in the modulation of immune mediators
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/104507/PT
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/09/01 - 2012/08/31 Caracterização epidemiológica de Toxoplasma gondii na região de Lisboa
PTDC/SAU-ESA/70388/2006
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/SAU-ESA/70388/2006
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/10/01 - 2012/08/31 Protein-disulfide isomerase as a target for besnoitiosis therapy. Molecular characterization and studies of its role in infection and host immune response
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/65674/PT
Principal investigator
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/10/01 - 2012/03/31 Role of Besnoitia besnoiti cytosolic chaperonin in host cell invasion
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/71630/PT
Principal investigator
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/04/01 - 2011/09/30 Evaluating and controlling the risk of African swine fever in the EU
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/211691/EU
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2008/04/01 - 2011/09/30 Evaluating and controlling the risk of African swine fever in the EU
211691
Researcher
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
2001/11/01 - 2005/03/31 African swine fever (ASF): improved diagnostic methods and understanding of virus epidemiology and virus-host interactions
QLK2-CT-2001-02216
Researcher
European Union
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Oliveira, M.; Santos, S.; Leitão, A.; Vos, D.D.; Pirnay, J.-P.; Vilela, C.L.; De Vos, D.. Biofilm-forming ability and antimicrobial resistance of pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates of veterinary origin. 2011.
Book chapter
  1. Carmona, Bruno; Tavares, Alexandra; Nolasco, Sofia; Leitão, Alexandre; Soares, Helena. "MOB1A". In Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules, 1-7. Springer New York, 2016.
    10.1007/978-1-4614-6438-9_101509-1
  2. Helder Cortes; João Chagas e Silva; M.C. Baptista; R.M. Pereira; Leitão, Alexandre; A.E.M. Horta; M.I. Vasques; J.P. Barbas; C.C. Marques. "Besnoitia besnoiti impact on fertility of cattle exploited in Mediterranean pastures (Alentejo)". In Animal products from the Mediterranean area, edited by J.M.C. Ramalho Ribeiro; A.E.M. Horta; C. Mosconi; A. Rosati, 323-330. Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2006.
    Published
  3. Carlos Martins; Leitão, Alexandre. "ASF: Advances in Immunology". In African Swine Fever, edited by Alexandre Galo, 105-112. Commission of the European Communities, Coordination of agricultural research, 1993.
    Published
  4. Carlos Martins; Leitão, Alexandre. "Cellular defense mechanisms in swine surviving African swine fever virus (ASFV) infection". In Resistance or Tolerance of Animals to Disease and Veterinary Epidemiology and Diagnostic Methods, edited by G. Uilenberg; R. Hamers, 65-66. CIRAD - EMVT, 1993.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Silva, Ana Paula; Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Cardoso, Filipa L.; Magalhães, Ana; Leitão, Alexandre; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos A.. "Unravelling the impact of methylphenidate on neurogliovascular function: implications for memory performance". Paper presented in XIII European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, Edinburgh, 2017.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Fitas, M. ; Belo, A.T.; Delgado, Inês; Lucena, Sónia; Padre, L.; Leitão, Alexandre; Sara Tudela Zúquete. "Influence of Temperature and Humidity on Sample Preservation prior to the Molecular Identification of Major Gastrointestinal Strongylids (GIS) in Small Ruminants". Paper presented in IX PhD Student Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2024.
  2. Fitas, M. ; Belo, A.T.; Delgado, I.; Lucena, Sónia; Padre, L.; Leitão, Alexandre; Sara Tudela Zúquete. "Optimização de técnicas moleculares para a identificação dos principais estrongilídeos gastrointestinais (EGIs) em pequenos ruminantes". Paper presented in 15ªs Jornadas Internacionais do Hospital Veterinário Muralha de Évora, 2024.
  3. Inacio, Esmeralda; Sara Tudela Zúquete; Costa, Romay; Vaz, Yolanda; Leitão, Alexandre; Carvalho Maria Madalena. Corresponding author: Leitão, Alexandre. "Ticks (Ixodidae) collected on cattle and tick-borne pathogens at traditional housing systems in Huambo, Angola". Paper presented in Al 4Animals, 2023.
  4. Teixeira, Fábio; Sá, Pedro; Santos, Dulce; Zimba, Rosa; Carmen Maria Lucas Pedro Garrine; Lucas, Hermenegildo; A.M. Cordeiro; et al. "Whole-genome sequencing of Landim pigs of Mozambique reveals a close relationship with Angolan native pigs and suggests selection for immune response". Paper presented in 2023 ISAG Conference Cape Town, South Africa, 2023.
  5. Teixeira, Fábio; Sá, Pedro; Santos, Dulce; Carmen Maria Lucas Pedro Garrine; Zimba, Rosa; Souza, Laurinda; Chiaia, Hermenegildo; et al. "Whole genome sequencing of Landim pigs from Mozambique: a contribution for the exploration of African genetic resources in Portuguese-speaking countries". Paper presented in VII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2022.
  6. Teixeira, Fábio; Sá, Pedro; Santos, Dulce; Carmen Maria Lucas Pedro Garrine; Zimba, Rosa; Souza, Laurinda; Chiaia, Hermenegildo; et al. "Whole genome sequencing of Landim pigs from Mozambique suggests selection for immune response and a close relationship with native pigs from Angola". Paper presented in CIISA Congress 2022: “Innovation in Animal, Veterinary and Biomedical Research”, 2022.
  7. Sara Tudela Zúquete; Carvalho, Madalena; Cassamá, Bernardo; Afonso, Sonia; Padre, Ludovina Neto; Santos, Dulce; Vaz, Yolanda; Leitão, Alexandre. "Arguments in favor of the taxonomic reinstatement of Amblyomma superbum Dias, 1953 as a valid species". Paper presented in 14th International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2021.
  8. Zúquete, Sara; L. S. Delgado, Inês; Santa, Cátia; Manadas, Bruno; Alfaro Cardoso, Luis; Santos, Dulce; P. Basto, Afonso; Leitão, Alexandre. "Establishing a skin immune alarm to prevent tick-borne apicomplexan parasite transmission". Paper presented in APICOWPLEXA 2019, 5th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Berlin, 2019.
  9. L. S. Delgado, Inês; Santos, Dulce; Francisco, Samuel; Tavares, Alexandra; Coelho, João; Zúquete, Sara; Leitão, Alexandre; Soares, Helena; Nolasco, Sofia. "Bioinformatic and experimental identification of a MEN/Hippo pathway in Toxoplasma gondii". Paper presented in APICOWPLEXA 2019, 5th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Berlin, 2019.
  10. Santos, Dulce; L. S. Delgado, Inês; Zúquete, Sara; P. Basto, Afonso; Leitão, Alexandre. "Do dendritic cell derived exosomes play a role in Toxoplasma gondii infection?". Paper presented in APICOWPLEXA 2019, 5th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animal, Berlin, 2019.
  11. P. Basto, Afonso; Zúquete, Sara; Santos, Dulce; Figueiredo, Cristiane; Ortega-Mora, M; Hemphill, Andrew; Leitão, Alexandre. "Programming mucosal-homing lymphocytes to block Toxoplama gondii oral infection". Paper presented in APICOWPLEXA 2019, 5th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Berlin, 2019.
  12. P. Basto, Afonso; Aguado-Martínez, A.; Ryser, L.T.; Tanaka, S.; Sara Tudela Zúquete; Santos, Dulce; Leitão, Alexandre. "Evaluating the impact of pregnancy-associated immunomodulation on specific immune mechanisms against Neospora caninum infection in mice". Paper presented in APICOWPLEXA 2017, 4th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Madrid, Spain, 2017.
  13. Martins, Tiago M.; Teixeira, S.P.; Caldeira, R.A.; Leitão, Alexandre; novo, carlos; Ana Gonçalves Domingos. "Babesia proteases as targets for veterinary therapy". Paper presented in 1st Annual Workshop COST Action 857, Apicomplexan Biology in the post-genomic era, 2004.
  14. Teixeira, S.P.; Martins, Tiago M.; Leitão, Alexandre; do Rosário, V.E.; novo, carlos; Ana Gonçalves Domingos. "New aspartic proteases from the cattle parasite Babesia bovis". Paper presented in X Congresso Nacional de Biotecnologia, 2003.
Journal article
  1. Zúquete, Sara; Ferreira, Mariana; Delgado, Inês L.S.; Gazalle, Paula; Andaluz, Stephanie; Rosa, Maria Teresa; Mendes, Ana Catarina; et al. "Combined TLR2/TLR4 activation equip non-mucosal dendritic cells to prime Th1 cells with gut tropism". iScience 27 12 (2024): 111232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.111232.
    10.1016/j.isci.2024.111232
  2. Delgado, Inês L. S.; Gonçalves, João; Fernandes, Rita; Zúquete, Sara; Basto, Afonso P.; Leitão, Alexandre; Soares, Helena; Nolasco, Sofia. "Balancing Act: Tubulin Glutamylation and Microtubule Dynamics in Toxoplasma gondii". Microorganisms 12 3 (2024): 488. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030488.
    10.3390/microorganisms12030488
  3. Hemphill, Andrew; Leitão, Alexandre; Ortega-Mora, Luis-Miguel; Cooke, Brian M.. "ApicoWplexa 2022: 6th international meeting on apicomplexan parasites in farm animals". International Journal for Parasitology 53 9 (2023): 459-461. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.05.003.
    10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.05.003
  4. Correia, Sílvia; Moura, Pedro Luís; Ventura, Sónia; Leitão, Alexandre; Parkhouse, Robert Michael Evans. "I329L: A Dual Action Viral Antagonist of TLR Activation Encoded by the African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV)". Viruses 15 2 (2023): 445. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15020445.
    10.3390/v15020445
  5. Ramakrishnan, Chandra; Krishnan, Aarti; Francisco, Samuel; Schmid, Marc W.; Russo, Giancarlo; Leitão, Alexandre; Hemphill, Andrew; Soldati-Favre, Dominique; Hehl, Adrian B.. "Dissection of Besnoitia besnoiti intermediate host life cycle stages: From morphology to gene expression". PLOS Pathogens 18 11 (2022): e1010955. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010955.
    10.1371/journal.ppat.1010955
  6. Istrate, Claudia; Marques, Jéssica; Bule, Pedro; Correia, Sílvia; Aires-da-Silva, Frederico; Duarte, Marlene; Reis, Ana Luísa; et al. "In Silico Characterization of African Swine Fever Virus Nucleoprotein p10 Interaction with DNA". Viruses 14 11 (2022): 2348. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v14112348.
    10.3390/v14112348
  7. Sá, Pedro; Santos, Dulce; Chiaia, Hermenegildo; Leitão, Alexandre; Cordeiro, José Moras; Gama, Luís T.; Amaral, Andreia J.. "Lost pigs of Angola: Whole genome sequencing reveals unique regions of selection with emphasis on metabolism and feed efficiency". Frontiers in Genetics 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.1003069.
    10.3389/fgene.2022.1003069
  8. Anastácio, Catarina; Bexiga, Ricardo; Nolasco, Sofia; Zúquete, Sara; Delgado, Inês L. S.; Nunes, Telmo; Leitão, Alexandre. "Impact of Endemic Besnoitiosis on the Performance of a Dairy Cattle Herd". Animals 12 10 (2022): 1291. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12101291.
    10.3390/ani12101291
  9. Delgado, Inês L. S.; Zúquete, Sara; Santos, Dulce; Basto, Afonso P.; Leitão, Alexandre; Nolasco, Sofia. "The Apicomplexan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii". Encyclopedia 2 1 (2022): 189-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia2010012.
    10.3390/encyclopedia2010012
  10. Delgado, Inês L. S.; Tavares, Alexandra; Francisco, Samuel; Santos, Dulce; Coelho, João; Basto, Afonso P.; Zúquete, Sara; et al. "Characterization of a MOB1 Homolog in the Apicomplexan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii". Biology 10 12 (2021): 1233. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology10121233.
    10.3390/biology10121233
  11. Delgado, Inês L. S.; Carmona, Bruno; Nolasco, Sofia; Santos, Dulce; Leitão, Alexandre; Soares, Helena. "MOB: Pivotal Conserved Proteins in Cytokinesis, Cell Architecture and Tissue Homeostasis". Biology 9 12 (2020): 413. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology9120413.
    10.3390/biology9120413
  12. Coelho, João; Leitão, Alexandre. "The African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) Topoisomerase II as a Target for Viral Prevention and Control". Vaccines 8 2 (2020): 312. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8020312.
    10.3390/vaccines8020312
  13. Eberhard, Naja; Balmer, Vreni; Müller, Joachim; Müller, Norbert; Winter, Rolf; Pou, Soviti; Nilsen, Aaron; et al. "Activities of Endochin-Like Quinolones Against in vitro Cultured Besnoitia besnoiti Tachyzoites". Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00096.
    10.3389/fvets.2020.00096
  14. Simões, M.; Freitas, F.B.; Leitão, A.; Martins, C.; Ferreira, F.. "African swine fever virus replication events and cell nucleus: New insights and perspectives". Virus Research 270 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85069574821&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.virusres.2019.197667
  15. Aguado-Martínez, A.; Basto, A.P.; Tanaka, S.; Ryser, L.T.; Nunes, T.P.; Ortega-Mora, L.-M.; Arranz-Solís, D.; Leitão, A.; Hemphill, A.. "Immunization with a cocktail of antigens fused with OprI reduces Neospora caninum vertical transmission and postnatal mortality in mice". Vaccine 37 3 (2019): 473-483. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85057113385&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.11.060
  16. Cardoso, R.; Wang, J.; Müller, J.; Rupp, S.; Leitão, A.; Hemphill, A.. "Modulation of cis- and trans- Golgi and the Rab9A-GTPase during infection by Besnoitia besnoiti, Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum". Experimental Parasitology (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042928485&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.exppara.2018.02.008
  17. Portugal, R.; Leitão, A.; Martins, C.. "Modulation of type I interferon signaling by African swine fever virus (ASFV) of different virulence L60 and NHV in macrophage host cells". Veterinary Microbiology 216 (2018): 132-141. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042044566&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.02.008
  18. Zúquete, S.T.; Coelho, J.; Rosa, F.; Vaz, Y.; Cassamá, B.; Padre, L.; Santos, D.; Basto, A.P.; Leitão, A.. "Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestations in cattle along Geba River basin in Guinea-Bissau". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 8 1 (2017): 161-169. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85002497865&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.10.013
  19. Frouco, G.; Freitas, F.B.; Coelho, J.; Leitão, A.; Martins, C.; Ferreira, F.. "DNA-binding properties of African swine fever virus pA104R, a histone-like protein involved in viral replication and transcription". Journal of Virology 91 12 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019693151&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JVI.02498-16
  20. Serrano, I.; Oliveira, M.; Santos, J.P.; Bilocq, F.; Leitão, A.; Tavares, L.; Pirnay, J.-P.; De Vos, D.. "Antimicrobial resistance and genomic rep-PCR fingerprints of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from animals on the background of the global population structure". BMC Veterinary Research 13 1 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85013314041&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12917-017-0977-8
  21. H. WAAP; T. NUNES; Y. VAZ; A. LEITÃO. "Serological study of Neospora caninum in dogs and wildlife in a nature conservation area in southern Portugal". Parasitology Open 3 (2017): https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fpao.2017.8.
    10.1017/pao.2017.8
  22. Aguado-Martínez, A.; Basto, A.P.; Leitão, A.; Hemphill, A.. "Neospora caninum in non-pregnant and pregnant mouse models: Cross-talk between infection and immunity". International Journal for Parasitology (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029515731&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.09.001
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  26. Coelho, J.; Ferreira, F.; Martins, C.; Leitão, A.. "Functional characterization and inhibition of the type II DNA topoisomerase coded by African swine fever virus". Virology 493 (2016): 209-216. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962385207&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  28. Aguado-Martinez, A.; Basto, A.P.; Müller, J.; Balmer, V.; Manser, V.; Leitaõ, A.; Hemphill, A.. "N-terminal fusion of a toll-like receptor 2-ligand to a Neospora caninum chimeric antigen efficiently modifies the properties of the specific immune response". Parasitology 143 5 (2016): 606-616. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959512956&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  30. Basto, A.P.; Badenes, M.; Almeida, S.C.P.; Martins, C.; Duarte, A.; Santos, D.M.; Leitão, A.. "Immune response profile elicited by the model antigen ovalbumin expressed in fusion with the bacterial OprI lipoprotein". Molecular Immunology 64 1 (2015): 36-45. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84920081327&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  1. Infestações de carraças (Acari:Ixodidae) em populações de bovinos na bacia do Rio Geba, Guiné- Bissau. 2014. Zúquete, Sara Tudela; Vaz, Yolanda; Rosa, Fernanda; Neto-Padre, Ludovina; Cassamá, Bernardo; Leitão, Alexandre. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/13692.
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2023/09/30 - Current Diversidade genética dos caprinos autóctones (Capra hircus) de Angola e identificação de assinaturas de seleção para a resistência à tripanossomíase
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2023/09/11 - Current Caracterização genética e estudo de capacidades adaptativas dos biotipos (raças) autóctones de bovinos de Angola
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2023/09/01 - Current Caracterização genética de suínos locais de Angola e sua relação com suídeos selvagens em simpatria – introgressão entre espécies e implicações na adaptação
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2023/03/01 - Current Modulation of the immune response via TLR2 for the development of novel vaccine adjuvants
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2022/12/01 - Current Infestação por carraças e doenças por elas transmitidas em animais domésticos na província de Huambo, Angola
Supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2022/11/01 - Current Diving into the unknown: unravelling the mechanism of action of selected anti-protozoans in T. gondii through differential affinity chromatography (DAC) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) and proteomics
Co-supervisor
Universität Bern, Switzerland
2015/05 - 2022/04/29 Unraveling the replication process of Toxoplasma gondii through the Mob1 protein
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2011/10 - 2020/01/20 Toxoplasma gondii Tubulin Cofactor B plays a key role in the host cell invasion and replication
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2009/06 - 2016/10 Estudo da infestação por carraças e do Sistema de Produção de Bovinos do Município da Ecunha (Huambo, Angola)
Supervisor
 Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2007/01 - 2016/06 Protein disulfide isomerase as a target for besnoitiosis therapy. Molecular characterization and studies of its role in infection and host immune response
Supervisor
 Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2010/07 - 2016/01 Molecular characterization and functional analysis of ORF P1192R from African swine fever virus
Supervisor
 Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2012/04 - 2015/07 The role of Mob proteins in protozoan cell cycle regulation
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2011 - 2015/07 Epidemiologia e diagnóstico da besnoitiose bovina
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2008/03 - 2014/12 Besnoitia besnoiti and Toxoplasma gondii invasion studies: the role of the parasite´s tubulin folding pathway and manipulation of host cell organization
Supervisor
 Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2006/03 - 2011/10 Effect of OprI lipoprotein on the modulation of swine macrophage functions by African swine fever virus (ASFV) isolates of different virulence
Supervisor
 Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2002/06 - 2008/07 Cell biology, function and diagnostic potential of the immunodominant serological epitopes of African swine fever virus
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal

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Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/11/11 - 2022/11/12 CIISA Congress 2022, Innovation in Animal, Veterinary and Biomedical Research (2022/11/11 - 2022/11/12)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Portugal
2022/10/05 - 2022/10/07 ApicoWplexa 2022: 6th international meeting on apicomplexan parasites in farm animals (2022/10/05 - 2022/10/07)
2020 - 2021 ApicoWplexa Virtual Meeting Series 2020-2021 (http://www.apicowplexa.net/index.php/virtual-meetings/) (2020 - 2021)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
2019/10/02 - 2019/10/04 ApicoWplexa 2019: 5th International Meeting on Apicomplexan Parasites in Farm Animals, Berlin, Germany (2019/10/02 - 2019/10/04)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2018/04/11 - 2018/04/13 4th GARA (Global Alliance for African swine fever virus research) Scientific Workshop, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (2018/04/11)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2017/10/11 - 2017/10/17 ApicoWplexa 2017: 4th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Madrid, Spain (2017/10/11 - 2017/10/17)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
2015/06/30 - 2015/07/03 ApicoWplexa 2015: 3rd International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (2015/06/30 - 2015/07/03)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2013/10/31 - 2013/11/02 ApicoWplexa 2013: 2nd International Meeting on Apicomplexan Parasites in Farm Animals, Kusadasi, Turkey (2013/10/31 - 2013/11/02)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
2012/10/25 - 2012/10/28 ApicoWplexa: Apicomplexa in farm animals, International meeting, Lisbon Portugal (2012/10/25 - 2012/10/28)
Congress (Co-organisor)
2011/10/13 - 2011/10/15 5º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências Veterinárias (5th Congress of the Portuguese Society for Veterinary Sciences), Vale de Santarém, Portugal (2011/10/13 - 2011/10/15)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
2008/10/19 - 2008/10/22 Transfection Workshop for young scientists. COST Action 857, "Apicomplexan Biology in the Post-Genomic Era”, Lisbon Portugal (2008/10/19 - 2008/10/22)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
2007/02/16 - 2007/02/18 Zoonoses e Migrações Humanas (Zoonosis and Human Migrations), Évora, Portugal (2007/02/16 - 2007/02/18)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2006/09/24 - 2006/09/27 7th International Congress of Veterinary Virology - European Society for Veterinary Virology, Lisbon, Portugal (2006/09/24 - 2006/09/27)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
2005/10/13 - 2005/10/15 3º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências Veterinárias (3rd Congress of the Portuguese Society for Veterinary Sciences), Vale de Santarém, Portugal (2005/10/13 - 2005/10/15)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
2003/05/22 - 2003/05/22 European Association of Veterinary Editors (EAVE), annual meeting, Estoril, Portugal (2003/05/22 - 2003/05/22)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)