Biography

Nicolau Maués da Serra Freire, Brazilian veterinary parasitologist (Belém 13 December 1947 – Rio de Janeiro 24 June 2015)

Authored 357 papers, 5 books and 23 book chapters

CONTRIBUTIONS

With P.O. Scherer, E. Pile & G.V. Schaffer. Modificação da técnica de punção-biópsia hepática para pequenos ruminantes. Rev. Bras. Cien. Veter. 7(1):55-7, 2000

With K.M. Famadas & R.M. Lanfredi. Slit cuticular structure observed by scanning electron microscopy: presence on the walking legs of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari:Ixodidae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 92(1):53-5, 1997

With M. Tendler, C.A. Brito, M.M. Vilar, M.S. Almeida, A.C.B. Delbem, J.F. Silva, W. Savino, R.C. Garratt, N. Katz & A.J.G. Simpson. A Schistosoma mansoni fatty-acid binding protein Sm14, is the potential basis of a dual-purpose anti-helminth vaccine. Proceed. Nat. Acad. Sciences USA 93:269-73, 1996

With L.M.S. Lopes, V. L.T. Jesus, H.G. Guida, V.M.B. Andrade & E.B.B. Pereira. Um novo meio de transporte e cultivo para Tritrichomonas foetus (Riedmuller, 1928). V. Lactopep como meio de cultivo. Rev. Bras. Cien. Veter. 3(1):23-8, 1996

With K.M. Famadas & R.M. Lanfredi. Perianal integument of the nymph and adult stages of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari:Ixodidae). A new cuticular structure by scanning electron microscopy. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 89(4):571-4, 1994

DESCRIBED NEW TAXA

With A. Pauvolid Correa, O. Solberg, D. Couto Lima, J. Kenney, A. Brault, R. Nogueira, S. Langevin & N. Komar. Nhumirim virus, a novel flavivirus isolated from mosquitoes from the Pantanal, Brazil. Arch. Virol. 25:14-21, 2014

Dois novos subgêneros de Trypanosoma parasitos de peixes. Parasitologia al dia 16(1-2):8-10, 1992

Genera

Caamembecaia 2006 with Gazeta, Amorim, Bossi & Linhares (Acari)

Unoculubranchiobdella 1998 with Peralta & Rodrigues Matos (Hirudinea)

Species

Babesia ernestoi 1979

Caamembecaia gratiosus 2006 with Gazeta, Amorim, Bossi & Linhares

Grahamella legeri 1992 with Furlong

Unoculubranchiobdella expansa 1998 with Peralta & Rodrigues Matos

His wife, Delir Correa Gomes, Brazilian helminthologist and parasitologist (Rio de Janeiro 04 September 1938 –

Authored 108 papers

With L. Gonçalves, D. Noronha, J.J. Vicente & R.M. Pinto. Introdução da técnica modificada do “swab” anal como diagnóstico de oxiurídeos em animais de laboratório (1991)

With L. Gonçalves, D. Noronha, J.J. Vicente & R.M. Pinto. Helminth parasites of conventionally maintained laboratory mice. II. Inbred strains with an adaptation of the anal swab technique. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 93(1):121-6, 1998

DESCRIBED NEW TAXA

Genera

Freitasoxyascaris 1967 with Motta

Hoazinstrongylus 1985 with Pinto

Oriximimatrema 2012 with Knoff, Brooks & Mullins

Piavussunema 1968 with Kohn & Motta

Proencaia 1970 with Pereira

Travassostulida 1968 with Motta

Varelacreptotrema 1971 with Fabio

Species

Aplectana travassosi 196? with Motta

Cryphiops brasiliensis 1973

Diomedena tavaresi 2018 with Knoff, Santos, Giese & Silva Souza

Dollfusietta vooremi 1989 with São Clemente

Hoazinstrongylus amazonensis 1985 with Pinto

Hysterothylacium deardoffoverstreetorum 2012 with Knoff, Felizardo, Mayo Iñiguez, Maldonado Jr, Torres & Pinto

Klossinemella travassosi 1968 with Costa & Motta

Lecitochirium manteri 1971 with Freitas

Lecitochirium perfidum 1972 with Fabio & Rolas

Leiurus pereirai 1970 with Vicente

Metaterakis rodriguesi 1971 with Vicente

Oriximimatrema noronhae 2012 with Knoff, Brooks & Mullins

Paraleucolepidopa distincta 1968

Peracreadium annahoineffae 1970 with Fabio

Phaneropsolus inquassatus 1972 with Pinto

Plagioporus (Plagioporus) dollfusi 1974 with Fabio & Rolas

Porrocaecum paivai 1968 with Motta

Postharmostomum (Postharmostomum) freitasi 1979

Pseudorhabdosynochus jeanloui 2015 with Knoff, Cohen, Cardenas & Cardenas Callirgos

Raillietiella freitasi 1968 with Motta

Railletnema spectans 1964

Strongyloides ferreirai 1985 with Rodrigues & Vicente

Swakopella travassosi 1971 with Kohn & Burnheim

Travassostulida acuticanthus 1968 with Motta

Travassostulida freitasi 1968 with Motta

Trichuris travassosi 1992 with Pinto, Lanfredi & de Souza

Upogebia omissa 1968

Varelacreptotrema travassosi 1971 with Fabio

HONORS

Deliria Pinto, Vicente & Noronha 1980 (Nematoda)