Luisa is graduated with a Veterinary degree from the Federal Fluminense University, Brazil, in 2007 and completed a master’s and PhD studies on Clinical Research in Infectious Diseases, at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Brazil, in 2009 and 2013, respectively. She developed her pos-doctoral study at University of Zürich, Switzerland from 2013 to 2015, and was employed as a Research Fellow (young talent researcher) at Fiocruz, Brazil, until 2017. Luisa worked for more than ten years with animal sporotrichosis, with special emphasis on immunological and pathological aspects, and was also an active research collaborator and a pathologist in a referral centre for infectious diseases surveillance at Fiocruz, Brazil. Luisa has joined the University of Sydney in 2020 as a lecturer of Veterinary Pathology and keeps working on one of her favourites research subjects: immunology and pathology of fungal diseases.
Diagnostic pathology; pathological and immunological aspects of animal infectious diseases, in special fungal diseases; host-pathogen interaction.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
VETS6203 (Research and Enquiry 2A): one supervision concluded and two ongoing
“Cryptococcus gattii and the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): Do the interactions between the koala nasal microbiome and mucosal immunity drive the outcome of the host-fungus relationship?”
“The conundrum of cryptococcal disease in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus): can differential expression and genetic polymorphisms in the Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 9 (CARD9) compromise cytokine response and contribute to different outcomes?”
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| Prevalence and long term health outcomes in Australian shelter cats exposed to feline coronavirus | Caroline CARLTON |
| Host-pathogen-environment interactions between Cryptococcus, koalas and eucalypt trees and their role in pathogen virulence, host exposure and disease progression. | Hannah NEWTON |
| The role of Felis catus papillomavirus type 2 infection in feline cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas and its premalignant lesions (Bowenoid in situ carcinoma and actinic keratosis) | Alexander Jia Wei TEH |
| “Histopathological analysis of a murine model of cryptococcosis using virulent environmental strains of Cryptococcus” | Avril TSEN |
Publications
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Journals
- Reis, E., Pereira, S., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Oliveira, R., Quintana, M., Viana, P., Figueiredo, A., Honorato, C., Pereira-Oliveira, G., Silva, J., et al (2024). A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Itraconazole and a Combination Therapy with Itraconazole and Potassium Iodide for the Treatment of Feline Sporotrichosis. Journal of Fungi, 10(2). [More Information]
- Monteiro de Miranda, L., Santiago, M., Frankenfeld, J., Reis, E., Menezes, R., Pereira, S., Gremião, I., Hofmann-Lehmann, R., Conceição-Silva, F. (2024). Neutrophil Oxidative Burst Profile Is Related to a Satisfactory Response to Itraconazole and Clinical Cure in Feline Sporotrichosis. Journal of Fungi, 10(6). [More Information]
- Monteiro de Miranda, L., Gillett, S., Ames, Y., Krockenberger, M., Malik, R. (2024). Zoonotic feline sporotrichosis: a small case cluster in Perth, Western Australia, and a review of previous feline cases from Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal. [More Information]
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2024
- Reis, E., Pereira, S., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Oliveira, R., Quintana, M., Viana, P., Figueiredo, A., Honorato, C., Pereira-Oliveira, G., Silva, J., et al (2024). A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Itraconazole and a Combination Therapy with Itraconazole and Potassium Iodide for the Treatment of Feline Sporotrichosis. Journal of Fungi, 10(2). [More Information]
- Monteiro de Miranda, L., Santiago, M., Frankenfeld, J., Reis, E., Menezes, R., Pereira, S., Gremião, I., Hofmann-Lehmann, R., Conceição-Silva, F. (2024). Neutrophil Oxidative Burst Profile Is Related to a Satisfactory Response to Itraconazole and Clinical Cure in Feline Sporotrichosis. Journal of Fungi, 10(6). [More Information]
- Monteiro de Miranda, L., Gillett, S., Ames, Y., Krockenberger, M., Malik, R. (2024). Zoonotic feline sporotrichosis: a small case cluster in Perth, Western Australia, and a review of previous feline cases from Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal. [More Information]
2022
- Kan, A., Schmertmann, L., McArthur, C., Mella, V., Crowther, M., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Malik, R., Meyer, W., Krockenberger, M. (2022). A Possible Link between the Environment and Cryptococcus gattii Nasal Colonisation in Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in the Liverpool Plains, New South Wales. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(8), 4603. [More Information]
- Gremiao, I., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Pereira-Oliveira, G., Menezes, R., Machado, A., Rodrigues, A., Pereira, S. (2022). Advances and challenges in the management of feline sporotrichosis. Revista Iberoamericana de Micología, , 1-7. [More Information]
- Passos, P., Ramos, D., Romano, A., Cavalcante, K., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Coelho, J., Barros, R., Filho, A., Quaresma, J., et al (2022). Hepato-pathological hallmarks for the surveillance of Yellow Fever in South American non-human primates. Acta Tropica, 231, 106468-1-106468-9. [More Information]
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2021
- Danesi, P., Falcaro, C., Schmertmann, L., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Krockenberger, M., Malik, R. (2021). Cryptococcus in wildlife and free-living mammals. Journal of Fungi, 7(1), 1-23. [More Information]
2020
- Gremiao, I., Oliveira, M., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Freitas, D., Pereira, S. (2020). Geographic Expansion of Sporotrichosis, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(3), 621-624. [More Information]
2019
- de Vasconcelos, T., Bruno, S., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Conceição-Silva, F., Belo, V., Figueiredo, F. (2019). Parasite load, iNOS and cytokine profiles, and histopathological aspects of Leishmania infantum infection in dogs with different clinical presentations. Ciencia Rural, 49(10), e20180984. [More Information]
- Asquith, C., Machado, A., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Konstantinova, L., Almeida-Paes, R., Rakitin, O., Pereira, S. (2019). Synthesis and identification of pentathiepin-based inhibitors of sporothrix brasiliensis. Antibiotics, 8(4), 249. [More Information]
2018
- De Souza, E., De Moraes Borba, C., Pereira, S., Gremião, I., Langohr, I., de Oliveira, M., de Oliveira, R., Da Cunha, C., Zancopé-Oliveira, R., Monteiro de Miranda, L., et al (2018). Clinical features, fungal load, coinfections, histological skin changes, and itraconazole treatment response of cats with sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 9074. [More Information]
- Monteiro de Miranda, L., Meli, M., Conceição-Silva, F., Novacco, M., Menezes, R., Pereira, S., Sugiarto, S., Dos Reis, É., Gremião, I., Hofmann-Lehmann, R. (2018). Co-infection with feline retrovirus is related to changes in immunological parameters of cats with sporotrichosis. PloS One, 13(11), e0207644. [More Information]
- Silva, J., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Menezes, R., Gremiao, I., Oliveira, R., Vieira, S., Conceicao-Silva, F., Ferreiro, L., Pereira, S. (2018). Comparison of the Sensitivity of Three Methods for the Early Diagnosis of Sporotrichosis in Cats. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 160, 72-78. [More Information]
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2017
- Gremiao, I., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Reis, E., Rodrigues, A., Pereira, S. (2017). Zoonotic Epidemic of Sporotrichosis: Cat to Human Transmission. PloS One, 13(1), e1006077. [More Information]
2016
- Menezes, R., Madeira, M., Ferreira, L., Barbosa Filho, C., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Figueiredo, F. (2016). Cell-block Immunohistochemistry of Bone Marrow Aspirates: a Novel Tool to Improve the Diagnosis of Leishmania Infection in Dogs. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 154(2-3), 157-160. [More Information]
- de Vasconcelos, T., Doyen, N., Cavaillon, J., Bruno, S., de Campos, M., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Madeira, M., Belo, V., Figueiredo, F. (2016). Cytokine and iNOS profiles in lymph nodes of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum and their association with the parasitic DNA load and clinical and histopathological features. Veterinary Parasitology, 227, 8-14. [More Information]
- Morgado, F., Cavalcanti, A., Monteiro de Miranda, L., O’Dwyer, L., da Silva, M., Menezes, R., da Silva, A., Boité, M., Cupolillo, E., Porrozzi, R. (2016). Hepatozoon canis and Leishmania spp. Coinfection in dogs diagnosed with visceral leishmaniasis. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria, 25(4), 450-458. [More Information]
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2015
- Honse, C., Figueiredo, F., Gremiao, I., Madeira, M., Alencar, N., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Menezes, R., Schubach, T. (2015). Atypical Tumor-Like Mass of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis. Journal of Veterinary Science, 1(1), 1-7.
- dos Santos, I., Tortelly, R., Quintella, L., de Fátima Madeira, M., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Figueiredo, F., de Oliveira, R., Schubach, T. (2015). Higher sensitivity of immunohistochemistry for bona fide diagnosis of dog Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis-driven American tegumentary leishmaniasis: Description of an optimized immunohistochemistry method. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 109(7), 469-476. [More Information]
2014
- Cuervo-Escobar, S., Losada-Barragan, M., Umana-Perez, A., Porrozzi, R., Saboia-Vahia, L., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Morgado, F., Menezes, R., Sanchez-Gomez, M., Cuervo, P. (2014). T-Cell Populations and Cytokine Expression Are Impaired in Thymus and Spleen of Protein Malnourished BALB/c Mice Infected with Leishmania infantum. PloS One, 9(12), e114584. [More Information]
2013
- dos Santos, I., Quintella, L., Monteiro de Miranda, L., de Sousa Trotte, M., Schubach, T., Tortelly, R. (2013). Atypical feline sporotrichosis resembling vaccine-induced sarcoma: Clinical and histopathological aspects. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 15(6), 517-519. [More Information]
- De Souza, E., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Dos Santos, L., Conceição, C. (2013). Feline cutaneous mast cell tumor: Differential diagnosis with sporotrichosis. Acta Veterinaria Brasilica, 7(SUPPL. 1), 190-192.
- Monteiro de Miranda, L., Conceicao-Silva, F., Quintella, L., Kuraiem, B., Pereira, S., Schubach, T. (2013). Feline sporotrichosis: Histopathological profile of cutaneous lesions and their correlation with clinical presentation. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 36, 425-432. [More Information]
2012
- Quintella, L., Passos, S., Monteiro de Miranda, L., Cuzzi, T., Barros, M., Francesconi-do-Vale, A., Galhardo, M., Madeira, M., Figueiredo de Carvalho, M., Schubach, A. (2012). Proposal of a histopathological predictive rule for the differential diagnosis between American tegumentary leishmaniasis and sporotrichosis skin lesions. British Journal of Dermatology, 167, 837-846. [More Information]
2011
- Monteiro de Miranda, L., Quintella, L., Menezes, R., dos Santos, I., Oliveira, R., Figueiredo, F., Lopes-Bezerra, L., Schubach, T. (2011). Evaluation of immunohistochemistry for the diagnosis of sporotrichosis in dogs. The Veterinary Journal, 190, 408-411. [More Information]
2010
- Monteiro de Miranda, L., Quintella, L., Santos, I., Oliveira, R., Menezes, R., Figueiredo, F., Schubach, T. (2010). Comparative Histopathological Study of Sporotrichosis and American Tegumentary Leishmaniosis in Dogs from Rio de Janeiro. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 143, 1-7. [More Information]
2009
- Monteiro de Miranda, L., Quintella, L., dos Santos, I., Menezes, R., Figueiredo, F., Gremiao, I., Okamoto, T., Oliveira, R., Pereira, S., Tortelly, R., et al (2009). Histopathology of Canine Sporotrichosis: A Morphological Study of 86 Cases from Rio de Janeiro (2001–2007). Mycopathologia, 168, 79-87. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2021
- A descriptive analysis of the nasal microbiota and mycobiota of free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and its correlation with local cytokine expression andestablishment of Cryptococcus infection, Monteiro de Miranda L, McPherson A, Wildlife Disease Association - Australasian Section/Research Award