Maria Pereira de Castro, Brazilian acarologist and virologist (Mineiros, Goiás State 02 May 1921 – ?)

DESCRIBED ACARI GENERA/SUBGENERA

Flavionyssus 1948

Paraneonyssus 1948

Rhinoptes 1951 (with Pereira)

Rochanyssus 1948

Travanyssus 1948

Vitznyssus 1948

Introduced new classification criteria of Rhinonyssidae mites  

With Vicente do Amaral discovered that Toxoplasma gondii displayed division by schizogony

Developed swine cellular lineage IB-RS-2 internationally used to replication of foot and mouth disease virus

With R.C.B. Pisani. Swine renal cells as primary cultures and as an established cell line (RS-2) and their sensitivity to the foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) 1963

Developed an argentic impregnation method for studying internal morphology of microscopic invertebrates

With C. Pereira. Um método de impregnação argêntica para estudo da morfologia interna de invertebrados microscópicos em Toto-montagem. Arqu. Inst. Biol. São Paulo 14:207-11, 1943.

Developed a new technique for culturing renal tissue of guinea pig

With D. de Mello. Tecido renal de cobaia cultivado por nova técnica e sua sensibilidade ao vírus da febre aftosa. Arq. Inst. Biol. 24:163-7, 1957

Obtained Mycobacterium leprae in tissue culture

With P.R. de Souza & M.R. de Azevedo. Mycobacterium leprae em cultura de tecido. Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. 5:408-12, 1959

An  infectious agent causing spontaneous degeneration of swine cells in vitro. J. Tissue Cult. Assoc. 9:8-16, 1973