Luciana Lima

A new genotype of <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> associated with bats evidenced by phylogenetic analyses using SSU rDNA, cytochrome b and Histone H2B genes and genotyping based on ITS1 rDNA

Arlei Marcili, Luciana Lima, Manzélio Cavazzana et al. · Parasitology · 2009 · 256 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Zoology +13

Genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi in bats, and multilocus phylogenetic and phylogeographical analyses supporting Tcbat as an independent DTU (discrete typing unit)

Luciana Lima, Oneida Espinosa-Álvarez, Paola A. Ortíz et al. · Acta Tropica · 2015 · 182 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Zoology +17

Comparative phylogeography of Trypanosoma cruzi TCIIc: New hosts, association with terrestrial ecotopes, and spatial clustering

Arlei Marcili, Luciana Lima, Vera Valente et al. · Infection Genetics and Evolution · 2009 · 128 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Evolutionary Biology +17

Evolutionary Insights from Bat Trypanosomes: Morphological, Developmental and Phylogenetic Evidence of a New Species, Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) erneyi sp. nov., in African Bats Closely Related to Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi and Allied Species

Luciana Lima, Flávia Maia da Silva, Luís Neves et al. · Protist · 2012 · 112 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Evolutionary Biology, Zoology +15

Phylogeographical, ecological and biological patterns shown by nuclear (ssrRNA and gGAPDH) and mitochondrial (Cyt b) genes of trypanosomes of the subgenus Schizotrypanum parasitic in Brazilian bats

Manzélio Cavazzana, Arlei Marcili, Luciana Lima et al. · International Journal for Parasitology · 2009 · 98 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +15