Margareth Léa da Silva Maia

New World Arenaviruses: Host Reservoirs, Viral Diversity and Pathogenic Mechanisms

Diniz Pereira Leite Júnior, VIVIANE KAROLINA VIVI OLIVEIRA, JOÃO PEDRO CASTOLDO PASSOS, SIRLEI FRANCK THIES, JAQUELINE APARECIDA MENEGATTI, CRISTIANE COIMBRA DE PAULA & Margareth Léa da Silva Maia · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2026

Introduction: Arenaviridae can cause diseases such as lymphocytic choriomeningitis, Lassa fever, Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, and Brazilian hemorrhagic fevers. Their main etiological agents are Sabiá virus, Flexal virus, Amapari virus, Juquitiba virus,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2026/v36i21710

The Rise of Fungi: Evidence on the Global Scale. Old Known Silences or Mysterious Threats to the Planet

Diniz Pereira Leite Júnior, Gisela Lara da Costa, Elisangela Santana de Oliveira Dantas, Diana Costa Nascimento, Debora Moreira, Ronaldo Sousa Pereira, Regina Teixeira Barbieri Ramos, Mário Mendes Bonci, Margareth Léa da Silva Maia, Rinaldo Ferreira Gandra, Marcos Ereno Auler, Marcia de Souza Carvalho Melhem & Claudete Rodrigues Paula · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2020

Introduction: Fungi are organisms that present themselves in multicellular macroscopic and unicellular microscopic forms. They are eukaryotic, heterotrophic, reproduce asexually/sexually, cosmopolitan, achlorophyllates and are present in various climatic conditions and found in a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2020/v30i1030272