Phelipe Magalhães Duarte

• Professor
• Professor at Anhanguera Educacional

With clean water becoming increasingly scarce, safe and effective treatment methods are essential. Chemical disinfectants like Monoethanolamine (MEA) and Monopropylamine (MPA) are widely used due to their cost-effectiveness, but their health risks remain unclear. To investigate the sub-chronic oral toxicity of two commercially used antiscalants to...

Rodents represent the most diverse order of mammals, comprising over 2200 species and nearly 42% of global mammalian biodiversity. They are major reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and fungi, and are particularly effective at transmitting diseases, especially synanthropic species that live in close proximity to...

Wars have devastating effects on all the components of the One Health approach: humans, animals, and ecosystems. Wars and the resulting migratory waves massively disrupt normal animal health services and surveillance. Among other consequences, they adversely impact the early detection, prevention, and control of animal diseases. Uncontrolled moveme...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious public health issue and leads to a severe warning to clinicians, public healthcare specialists and health care system. There are a variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and helminths have acquired antimicrobial resistance. This article aims to bring the recent update on AMR in bacteria, its globa...

Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License. The objective of this review is to analyze transmissible viral proventriculitis (TVP) in poultry, focusing on its etiology, pathogenesis, transmission dynamics, clinical signs, diagnostic approaches, and the economic impact it has on poultry production. A comprehensive review was conducted...

Streptococcus pyogenes is responsible for the severe clinical condition known as type 2 necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome (TSS), which are linked to extremely high morbidity and death in both developed and developing countries. It can also be caused by Staphylococcus aureus and S. pyogenes B and G strains. The bacteria rapidly spread i...

Tazerji SS, Vazir B, Kabir F, Duarte PM and Akhtardanesh B (2024). Investigating the Possible Effect of Neutering on Cat Behaviour. Journal of Immunology Immunopathology, 26(1): 64-69. Cat castration is one of the most common conventional surgeries in veterinary clinical medicine. In females, this surgery can be performed while removing both ovarie...

Monkeypox, now named mpox, has emerged as a significant public threat, as evidenced by the 2022 outbreak affecting over seventy countries globally. This infectious disease presents debilitating symptoms, including painful skin rashes, mucosal lesions, enlarged lymph nodes, and fever. The situation intensifies with concerns about a novel transmissio...

Global Food Security Challenges: COVID-19, Climate Change, Conflict, Pandemics, Ukraine War Focus

The primary natural reservoir of the H5N1 avian influenza virus is poultry and wild birds, particularly waterfowl. Nevertheless, the H5N1 virus subtype can potentially infect humans and other mammals, causing severe illness or even death. The virus is commonly transmitted through direct contact with infected birds or exposure to a contaminated envi...

Today, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates are widely spread in both communities and hospitals, causing high morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, the emergence of vancomycin resistance among MRSA isolates has been perceived as a formidable threat to therapeutic management. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the frequ...

Background: Recently, monkeypox virus (MPXV) infections have been reported from many parts of the world. Mpox can be transmitted through, contact with patients, fomites, sexual contact, infected animals, and during pregnancy. Complications of Mpox include encephalitis, pneumonia, and ocular infections. Rapid diagnosis is very important for identifi...

The objective of this research was to determine the seroprevalence of Leishmania infantum in dogs in the city of Primavera do Leste, Mato Grosso, Brazil. A total of 109 serological samples from dogs were analyzed, collected between August 2021 to March 2022, using rapid immunochromatographic test, TR DPP® (LVC BioManguinhos), and Immunoenzymatic As...

The World Health Organization stated that there is a strong possibility for another pandemic caused by a novel disease. This disease can be caused by an unidentified and new etiology. The World Health Organization named this disease as disease X. Scientists have commented that the disease X maybe 20 times more fatal than COVID-19. Apart from diseas...

Combating viral diseases represents a major challenge, especially due to the complexity, whether due to the ability of these pathogens to mutate or resistance to the drugs used as treatment. In general, coping with viruses is classically done preventively through the use of vaccines. However, the use of antiviral drugs such as remdesivir can also b...

Suitable nutrition is one of the most significant issues that always needs to be considered in the health maintenance of living beings. One of the misconceptions of many societies is the exclusive feeding of meat to cats and dogs. Dogs and cats are carnivorous animals; more specifically, cats are strict or true carnivores, while dogs are omnivores....

The isolation of Gram-negative coccobacilli involves identifying bacteria that appear as small, oval-shaped cells with a slight elongation resembling a cocco-bacillus morphology. These bacteria stain Gram-negative, indicating that they do not retain the crystal violet stain in the Gram staining method. Gram-negative coccobacilli are characterized b...

SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of COVID-19, is susceptible to mutations and emerged into many variants. This study aims to investigate a new variant called JN.1 with a remarkable number of mutations reported from many countries. All viral members of Coronaviridae are single-stranded RNA viruses. It is noteworthy that all variants possessed RNA tha...

The article explains about SARS-CoV-2 - new JN.1. variant and compares with other variants like Delta. It also discuss about viral genome and mutations.

Brazilian agribusiness, particularly in animal production, faces challenges with increasing demand and the need for productivity, leading to the significant use of antibiotics. This scenario contributes to the emergence of resistant microorganisms, posing a threat to global health. This study aimed to conduct a literature review on alternative meth...

The World Health Organization stated that there is a strong possibility for another pandemic caused by a novel disease. This disease can be caused by an unidentified and new etiology. The World Health Organization named this disease as disease X. Scientists have commented that the disease X may be 20 times fatal than COVID-19. Apart from disease X,...

Background: Recently, monkeypox virus (Mpox) infections have been reported from many parts of the world. Mpox can be transmitted through, contact with patients, fomites, sexual contact, infected animals and during pregnancy. Complications of Mpox include encephalitis, pneumonia and ocular infections. Rapid diagnosis is very important for identifica...

I am writing this letter to the editor, to report on floods in Southern Brazil and the risk of increased disease occurrence, as the state of Rio Grande do Sul faces its worst natural catastrophe, and it is worth noting that this is the third major flood in less than one year, which could result in devastating consequences, not only for human, anima...

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is caused by the virus called, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). MERS-CoV belongs to the viral family of Coronaviridae of the genus beta Coronavirus. The aim of this article is to bring the recent developments on the virology, clinical features, epidemiology and prevention of MERS-CoV....

Since the outbreak of SARS‐CoV‐2 was first identified in 2019, it has been reported that the virus could infect a variety of animals either naturally or experimentally. This review discusses the occurrence SARS‐CoV‐2 in dogs and cats and the role of these animals in transmitting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) to their owners. The data were col...

Water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) have been introduced in many regions of the world as a source of animal protein. In many instances, bubaline cattle are reared close to or mixed with bovine or zebuine cattle. However, little is known about infectious diseases of bubaline and the interactions that may arise involving the microbiota of those species...

Simple Summary Bovine alphaherpesviruses type 1 (bovine herpesvirus type 1 subtype 1.1, 1.2a, and 1.2b), type 5 (subtypes 5a, 5b, and 5c), and bubaline herpesvirus type 1 (BuHV-1) induce highly, though not fully, cross-reactive antibody responses, but no antibody assay has, to date, been evaluated against all recognized types/subtypes of these viru...

Population growth and industrialization have led to a race for greater food and supply productivity. As a result, the occupation and population of forest areas, contact with wildlife and their respective parasites and vectors, the trafficking and consumption of wildlife, the pollution of water sources, and the accumulation of waste occur more frequ...

Population growth and industrialization have led to a race for greater food and supply productivity. As a result, the occupation and population of forest areas, contact with wildlife and their respective parasites and vectors, the trafficking and consumption of wildlife, the pollution of water sources, and the accumulation of waste occur more frequ...

Global food demand is rising, and the recent threat of the COVID-19 pandemic has been predicted to adversely impact the prospects of aquaculture as one of the world's fastest-growing food sectors. There are presently no studies that comprehensively analyze the current research on the influence of COVID-19 on the global aquaculture business. This sy...

The new coronavirus pandemic alarmed the world. Misinformation regarding prevention and treatment for safeguarding against this pandemic seemed to be life-threatening along with the spreading pandemic. Public health authorities in the world tried to battle this virtual virus by offering true information and correcting misinformation. However, the p...

Background and aims: Evidence of Simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA sequences or gene products has been reported in a variety of organ systems in humans. However, the route of transmission and the significance of SV40 polyomavirus infection in human are unknown. The aim of study was to characterize the frequency of SV40 infection in immunocompetent and im...

As intoxicações relacionadas ao consumo de alimentos e bebidas são identificadas como intoxicações alimentares, constituem doença comum e problema de Saúde Pública. As notificações desses casos são compulsórias e essenciais para elaboração de avaliações epidemiológicas para subsidiar a adoção de políticas, medidas de controle e profilaxia dos casos...

This review was focused on global data analysis and risk factors associated with morbidity and mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 from different countries, including Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Central Eastern Europe, Egypt, India, Iran, Pakistan, and South Asia, Africa, Turkey and UAE. Male showed higher confirmed and death cases compared to fem...

Objective: The cases of exogenous intoxications and their relationship with the occupational activity of the victims were evaluated using data recorded at SINAN, between 2007 and 2014 of Primavera do Leste, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Methods: Information about the victims’ profile, intoxications and the association with occupational activity were analyze...

Background The new coronavirus, named the severe acute respiratory coronavirus syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiological agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 originated in China and spread to other countries and continents causing a variety of respiratory and non-respiratory symptoms that led to death in severe cases. Scope and...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affecting nearly 71.2 million humans in more than 191 countries, with more than 1.6 million mortalities as of 12 December, 2020. The spike glycoprotein (S-protein), anchored onto the virus envelope, is the trimer of S-protein comprised o...

A transformação de frutas em polpas é uma alternativa para reduzir as perdas, manter a oferta e a qualidade do produto. No Brasil, a Instrução Normativa nº 01, de 07 de janeiro de 2000, regulamenta os padrões de identidade e qualidade para polpas de frutas, como os limites microbiológicos, entre os micro-organismos de interesse, a presença de Salmo...

The objective of the present study was to identify the microbiota present in the hands of academics and teachers of a Higher Education Institution in the municipality of Primavera do Leste - MT. Samples were collected from 24 volunteers using a swab. Of the samples collected, 19 (79.1%) showed bacterial growth in a nutrient culture medium, being is...

The Enterobacteriaceae family has a prominent space in poultry farming, with Escherichia coli being one of these microorganisms. The pathogenic E. coli for poultry is responsible for colibacillosis, developing several extraintestinal symptoms. In view of this, the present study sought to report anatomopathological findings in necropsy performed on...

O presente trabalho objetivou relatar um caso de mastite causada por Enterobacter aerogenes no município de Primavera do Leste/MT. Foi atendida em propriedade agrofamiliar uma vaca da raça Holandesa, de aproximadamente 8 anos de idade, apresentando sinais clínicos de edema de úbere, rubor, hiperemia e presença de secreção no leite. Diante do quadro...

COVID-19 caused by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) originated in Wuhan (Hubei province, China) during late 2019. It has spread across the globe affecting nearly 21 million people with a toll of 0.75 million deaths and restricting the movement of most of the world population during the past 6 months. COVID-19 bec...

A new virus, classified as a variant of the coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), is severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or SARS-CoV-2. The virus can be inactivated by heating at 56 ºC for 30 minutes and by using lipid solvents such as ethanol (> 75%), isopropanol (> 70%), formaldehyde (> 0.7%), povidone iodi...

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the productivity and the physical/chemical characteristics of the fruits of three cultivars of tomato, using chemical fertilizer, combined or not, to the saturation of the soil with vinasse from the artisanal process of cachaça production. The cultivars Cereja Vermelho (Top Seed), Cereja (Isla Pack...

Dengue is an infectious arbovirus transmitted through the bites of the Aedes albopictus and A. aegypti mosquitoes, being classified as high incidence in the Midwest region. Therefore, the present study aimed to study the epidemiological profile of reported cases in the municipality of Primavera do Leste, Mato Grosso, from 2014 to 2017, based on dat...

The International Committee on Taxonomy of Virus (ICTV) has adopted severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as the name for the new virus that causes COVID- 19. The present work aimed to gather information about the possible origin of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). A literary review of national and international works published in el...

The pathogenic bacterium Escherichia coli(E. coli) causehealth problems to production animals, i.e.avian colibacillosis. This disease presents multifactorial causes,manifestingchronic respiratory disease, omphalitis, salpingitis, septicemia, peritonitis, swollen head syndrome, enteritis,and cellulitis. Thepresent study aimed to report clinical find...

O conhecimento do perfil epidemiológico das intoxicações medicamentosas é um importante guia para a gestão de recursos destinados ao planejamento e à implementação de ações que previnam a ocorrência desse agravo. O presente trabalho buscou estudar o perfil das intoxicações medicamentosas ocorridas no município de Primavera do Leste-MT, entre 2007 a...

Rápidos, portáteis e acessíveis, os aparelhos celulares foram incorporados às atividades e rotinas diárias da população. Diante de tal intimidade, esses aparelhos também passaram a se constituir em um meio de crescimento para agentes microbiológicos comensais e acidentais. Medidas de controle como a adoção de boas práticas de higiene são imprescind...

A demanda por produtos oriundos do setor agropecuário é crescente, impondo um cenário de necessário aumento de produtividade deste setor. Neste contexto, o sistema de Integração Lavoura-Pecuária (ILP) pode alcançar estes objetivos de forma prática e sustentável, além das melhorias proporcionadas pelo sistema. Desde tempos remotos, o homem busca alt...

As doenças reprodutivas se constituem um dos principais motivos de prejuízo na bovinocultura, representando uma parcela significativa da diminuição dos índices de prenhes e animais nascidos. Entre estas doenças, a infecção por Herpesvírus Bovino (BoHV) tem grande destaque, principalmente, por sua grande disseminação no rebanho brasileiro. O BoHV-1...

RESUMO O Pestivirus é o agente patológico da diarreia viral bovina (BVD), responsável por grandes perdas econômicas para o setor produtivo da bovinocultura, pois a infecção por esse vírus (BVDV) é frequentemente associada a várias patologias gastroentéricas e/ou respiratórias, doença hemorrágica e problemas reprodutivos. O presente estudo buscou de...

Resumo A demanda por produtos oriundos do setor agropecuário é crescente, impondo um cenário de necessário aumento de produtividade deste setor. Neste contexto, o sistema de Integração Lavoura-Pecuária (ILP) pode alcançar estes objetivos de forma prática e sustentável, além das melhorias proporcionadas pelo sistema. Desde tempos remotos, o homem bu...