• Vector-borne diseases, mainly dengue, Zika and malaria.
• Vector control and entomological surveillance.
• Other unattended or neglected infectious diseases.

ONGOING PROJECTS IN 2021

• Zika awareness campaign 2018-open. GIDTPiaget Tropical Disease Research Group

• Simulated field trial to study the susceptibility and persistence of the larvicides Temephos and Bti in the control of culicids in the city of Praia, 2021. GIDTPiaget Tropical Diseases Research Group

• Evaluation of the effectiveness of insecticidal paints in Cape Verde. GIDTPiaget project to be developed with SITA (Cape Verde) / INESFLY (Spain), 2021.

FINISHED PROJECTS

• Molecular diagnosis of resistance to chemical insecticides in the malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis, in Cape Verde. Completion of the doctorate of GIDTPiaget student researcher, Derciliano Da Cruz, Convocatória Postgraduate student-agreement program_PEC-PG, Fiocruz_PE (2018-2020).

• Study of the susceptibility of culicidae (Díptera: Culicidae) from the city of Praia to chemical (Temefós) and biological (Bti) larvicides in 2017. Monograph work by GIDTPiaget student-researcher, Sílvia Pires;

• Entomological surveillance of Porto and Praia International Airport, Cape Verde (2017). GIDTPiget, Jena Piaget University of Cape Verde;      

• Population monitoring and dengue vector control (2013-2016). Call for “CAPES/AULP International Pro-Mobility Program, 2012”, financed by CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) and AULP (Association of Portuguese Language Universities). Unipiaget and CPqAM/Fiocruz-PE, Brazil;

• Bioecology and monitoring of Anófeles arabiensis in the city of Praia, in 2015 (2015). Monograph work by student researcher Jacky Rocha. GIDTPiget, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde;

• Knowledge of primary school children in Praia about dengue, its control and prevention; and monitoring of Aedes aegypti in these schools, 2014-2015 (2015). Monograph work by student researcher Davison Monteiro. GIDTPiget, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde;

• Use of substances with attractive power, in ovitraps, as a method of monitoring Aedes aegypti in Cape Verde, 2014-2015 (2015);

• Monograph work by student researcher Derciliano da Cruz. GIDTPiget, Jena Piaget University of Cape Verde;

• Design of an integrated control system against mosquitoes (Diptera:culicidae) in Praia (Cape Verde) 2013-2014;

• Call for “University Cooperation Project for the Development of the University of the Balearic Islands 2012”, financed by the University of the Balearic Islands;

• Creation of the National Strategic Malaria Pre-Eradication Plan 2012-16 (2013.). Permanent collaboration between the Vector-Borne Diseases Program of the Cape Verde Ministry of Health and the Tropical Diseases Research Group at Jean Piaget University;

• Assessment of the National Malaria Strategic Plan 2009-12 (2013). Permanent collaboration between the Vector-Borne Diseases Program of the Cape Verde Ministry of Health and the Tropical Diseases Research Group at Jean Piaget University;

• Monitoring Program for Aedes aegypti, a dengue vector on the island of Santiago (2012-16). Permanent collaboration between the Vector-Borne Diseases Program of the Cape Verde Ministry of Health and the Tropical Diseases Research Group at Jean Piaget University;

• Specialized training in bioecology and control of mosquito species (diptera: culicidae) that transmit dengue fever in Cape Verde. (2012). Call for “PCI_AP Project (Inter-university Cooperation Project_Preparatory Aid 2011)”, financed by AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation);

• Cooperation project Jean Piaget University – Aggeu Magalhães/Fiocruz research center for training in the postgraduate area (Three Academic Masters in Public Health, area of ??interest “Eco-epidemiology and Control of Endemic Diseases”) (2012-2017). Call “PEC-PG (Student Program – Postgraduate Agreement, 2001), financed by CAPES/CNPq.

PUBLICATIONS

• LIMA A, GÓMEZ LF. Zika virus, its relationship with microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome, a literature review. Magazine of the Cape Verdean Medical Association, 2021 in press;

• CAMPOS M, WARD D, MORALES RF, GOMES AR, SILVA K, SEPULVEDA N; GOMEZ LF, CLARK TG, CAMPINO S. Surveillance of Aedes aegypti populations in the city of Praia, Cape Verde: Zika virus infection, insecticide resistance and genetic diversity. Parasit Vectors. 2020 Sep 21;13(1):481. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04356-z. PMID: 32958043; PMCID: PMC7507728.

• PIRES S, ALVES J, DIA I, GOMEZ LF. Profile of susceptibility of mosquito vectors of City of Praia, Cabo Verde, to the chemical and biological larvicides, Temephos and Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis. PLos One, 2020;15(6):e0234242.

• doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234242

• VAN DEN HOOGEN, L.L., BARENG, P., ALVES, J., REYES R, MACALINAO, M., RODRIGUES, J.M., FERNANDES, J.M., GÓMEZ, L.F. et al. Evaluation of commercial antibody detection kits to confirm the absence of transmission in malaria elimination settings. Frontiers in Public Health, 2020, 8:480. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00480

• - LIMA, AN. Zika virus, its relationship with microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome, a literature review. Monograph thesis in Clinical Analysis and Public Health. Praia, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde, 2019.

• - RODRIGUES, OJ., LIMA, AN., DIAS, AL, SILVA, KL, GOMEZ, LF. I Knowledge of primary school children in the city of Praia, Cape Verde about Zika, its control and prevention. National Health Research Congress, National Institute of Public Health, Jean Piaget University, Praia, Cape Verde, 2019

• - RODRIGUES, OJ. Knowledge of primary school children in the city of Praia, Cape Verde about Zika, its control and prevention. Monograph thesis in Clinical Analysis and Public Health. Praia, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde, 2019.

• - ALVES, L. Detection of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected by the dengue virus in the city of Praia, Cape Verde, in 2016. Monograph thesis in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Praia, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde, 2019.

• - DA CRUZ D, PAIVA, MH., GUEDES D., ALVES J., GOMEZ LF, AYRES, C.F. Detection of alleles associated with resistance to chemical insecticide in the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis in Santiago, Cabo Verde. Malaria Journal, 2019, 18:120 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2757-3

• - GOMEZ, L.F and SILVA K.L. (2017) Knowledge about Zika in the university community of Cape Verde; analysis for action. Science and Technology Magazine-UniCV. 2018, 2(2):69-80.

• - PIRES, SG. Susceptibility of culicidae (Diptera: Culicidae) from the city of Praia to the larvicides Temephos (chemical) and Bti (biological), in 2017. Monograph thesis in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Praia, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde, 2018.

• - PIRES, S.G. & GOMEZ, L.F. Poster “Susceptibility of culicids in the city of Praia to chemical (Temephos) and biological (Bti) larvicides”, First Scientific Conferences in Health at UniCV, Public University of Cape Verde, Praia, Cape Verde, 2018

• - GUEDES, D., GOMES, E., PAIVA, M., de MELO_SANTOS, M.A., ALVES, J., GOMEZ, L.F., AYRES, C.F, Circulation of DENV2 and DENV4 in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from Praia, Santiago Island – Cabo Verde. Journal of Insect Science, 2017, 17 (4).86; 1-6. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iex057

• - GOMEZ; L.F. “Aedes aegypti monitoring program in the city of Praia” IV Atelier GIDTPiaget, Praia, Cape Verde, 2016. Monograph thesis in Clinical Analysis and Public Health. Praia, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde, 2016.

• - CAMACHO, D. GIDTPiaget Tropical Diseases Research Group; who we are and what we do. Campus Africa, 2nd edition, La Laguna, Spain, 2016.

• - ROCHA, J. Bioecology and Monitoring of Anopheles arabiensis in the city of Praia, in 2015. Monograph thesis in Clinical Analysis and Public Health. Praia, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde, 2016.

• - MONTEIRO, D. Knowledge of primary school children in Praia about dengue, its control and prevention; and monitoring of Aedes aegypti in these schools. Monograph thesis in Clinical Analysis and Public Health. Praia, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde, 2015.

• - DA CRUZ, D. Assessment of the attractiveness of substances tested in ovitraps used to monitor Aedes (Stegomya) aegypti Linnaeus (Díptera: Culicidade) in the city of Praia, Cape Verde. Monograph thesis in Clinical Analysis and Public Health. Praia, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde, 2015.

• - CAMACHO, D. Characterization of Resistance to Temephos in Aedes aegypti populations on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde and its implications for the effectiveness of larval control. Monograph thesis in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Praia, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde, 2015.

• - DE BRITO, M.L. Transovarian Detection of Dengue Virus in Aedes aegypti Populations on Santiago Island. Monograph thesis in Clinical Analysis and Public Health. Praia, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde, 2015.

• - ROCHA, H.D., PAIVA, M.H., SILVA, N., ARAUJO, A.P., CAMACHO, D., DA MORA, A., GÓMEZ, L.F., AYRES, C.F., De MELO-SANTOS, M.A. Susceptibility profile of Aedes aegypti from Santiago Island, Cape Verde, to insecticides. ACTROP, 2015, 152: 66-73. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.08.013.

• GOMEZ, L.F., DE OLIVEIRA, A.L., DA MORA, A., ROCHA, H.D., MIQUEL, M., AYRES, C.F. “Monitoring of Aedes aegypti in Cape Verde, based on the spatio-temporal control of eggs and geographic information systems” XIV International Dengue Course, Havana, Cuba, 2015.

• DE SOUSA, C:M:, PAIVA, M.H., GUEDES, D., MELO-SANTOS, GOMEZ, L.F. and MELO-SANTOS and AYRES, C:F: “Genetic Structure of Aedes aegypti Populations from Cape Verde: implications for Vector Control ”, LI Brazilian Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Fortaleza, Brazil, 2015.

• - XAVIER, M., PRAXEDES, M., AYRES, C.F., MELO-SANTOS, M.A., GOMEZ, L., BARBOSA R.M., DE OLIVEIRA, C.M. “Evaluation of the adhesive BR-ovt trap as a tool for monitoring Aedes aegypti in Cape Verde, Africa” LI Brazilian Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Fortaleza, Brazil, 2015.

• - DA MOURA, A., DE MELO-SANTOS, M.A., OLIVEIRA, C., RIBEIRO, D., CARVALHO, D., DA CRUZ, M.L., ROCHA, H.D., GOMEZ, L-F., AYRES, C. Vector competence of the Aedes aegypti population from Santiago Island, Cape Verde, to different serotypes of dengue virus Parasite Vectors, Parasite Vectors, 2015.

• - ROCHA, H.D. Susceptibility profile of the Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) population on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, to insecticides. Master's Thesis in Public Health. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation / Aggeu Magalhaes Research Center, Recife, Brazil, 2014.

• - DA MOURA, A. Assessment of the vector competence of the Aedes aegypti population on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, to different serotypes of the Dengue virus. Master's Thesis in Public Health. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation / Aggeu Magalhaes Research Center, Recife, Brazil, 2014. 8: 114. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0706-8

• - MINISTRY OF HEALTH (GOMEZ, L.F.) - participation in the work team and preparation of the “National Plan for Monitoring and Evaluation of the National Program for the Fight against Malaria 2014-2017”, National Directorate of Health, Praia, Cape Verde, May , 2014

• - GOMEZ, L.F, MIRANDA, M.A., MIQUEL, M., ALVES, J., DE PINA, A., MONIZ, F., AYRES, C. and POU, C, “Bioecology and vector control of culticity in Cape Verde” , edited by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of Cape Verde, 2013

• - ROCHA, H.D., PAIVA, M.H., DE ARAUJO, A.P., CABRAL, A.M., LUCENA-SILVA, M., AYRES, C.F., GOMEZ, L.F. and MELO-SANTOS, M.A. “Resistance mechanisms to chemical insecticides in the Aedesaegypti population of Cape Verde”, XXIII Brazilian Congress of Parasitology, Florianópolis, Brazil, 2013.

• - MINISTRY OF HEALTH (GOMEZ, L.F.) - participation in the work team and preparation of the report “Memorandum of review of the Malaria Control Program in Cape Verde” Ministry of Health & WHO, Praia, Cape Verde, August, 2013.

Location

UniPiaget of Cape Verde – Praia Campus Residential Zone of the University of Casa D

Contacts

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