Associate Researcher in immunoepidemiology in P. vivax malaria, Molecular biology and Immunology of Malaria (BMIM), Rene Rachou Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ-Minas).  MSc (2000) and Ph.D. (2007) Animal Science, Londrina State University (UEL), Londrina, Pr. Affiliate Assistant Professor of University of South Florida (USF).

Contact Info

flora.kano@fiocruz.br

Office:

IRR, FIOCRUZ-Minas

Av. Augusto de Lima 1715, 30190-002, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 

Phone: +55-31-3349-7802

Portuguese: CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8688961957105096

English: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2364-9772

Research Interests 

• Mechanisms of naturally acquired immunity to vivax malaria;
• Protective antibody responses to blood stage vivax reticulocyte invasion
• B and T-cell biology of vivax infection;
• Recombinant proteins production in prokaryotic and yeast expression system.

Relevant publications

Complete List of Published Work:  

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Kano+FS+Kano+F

Souza-Silva FA, Torres LM, Santos-Alves JR, Tang ML, Sanchez BAM, Sousa TN, Fontes CJF, Nogueira PA, Rocha RS, Brito CFA, Adams JH, Kano FS, Carvalho LH. Duffy Antigen Receptor For Chemokine (DARC) Polymorphisms And Its Involvement In Acquisition Of Inhibitory Anti-Duffy Binding Protein II (DBPII) Immunity. Plos One, v.9, p. E93782, 2014.  PMCID: PMC3977910

Kano FS, Souza-Silva FA, Torres LM, Lima BA, Sousa TN, Alves JR, Rocha RS, Fontes CJ, Sanchez BA, Adams JH, Brito CF, Pires DE, Ascher DB, Sell AM, Carvalho LH. The Presence, Persistence and Functional Properties of Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein II Antibodies Are Influenced by HLA Class II Allelic Variants. PLoS Negl Trop Dis., v. 10(12):e0005177, 2016 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005177.  PMCID: PMC5154503

Figueiredo MM, Costa PAC, Diniz SQ, Henriques PM, Kano FS, Tada MS, Pereira DB, Soares IS, Martins-Filho OA, Jankovic D, Gazzinelli RT, Antonelli LRDV.  T follicular helper cells regulate the activation of B-lymphocytes and antibody production during Plasmodium vivax infection. PLoS Pathog.,10;13(7):e1006484, 2017.  PMCID: PMC5519210.

Pires CV, Alves JRS, Lima BAS, Paula RB, Costa HL, Torres LM, Sousa TN, Soares IS, Sanchez BAM, Fontes CJF, Ntumngia FB, Adams JH, Kano FS, Carvalho LH. Blood-stage Plasmodium vivax antibody dynamics in a low transmission setting: A nine-year follow-up in the Amazon region. PLoS One. 2018 Nov 12;13(11):e0207244. PMID: 30419071

Lima BAS, Fernandes GM, Torres LM, Pires CV, Alves JRS, Moreira-Nascimento SL, Nascimento MFA, Afonso SL, Costa HL, Cerávolo IP, Sousa TN, Soares IS, Ntumngia FB, Adams JH, Carvalho LH, Kano FS.   Antibody response to a new member of the DBL family (EBP2) after a brief Plasmodium vivax exposure. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Jun 17;16(6):e0010493. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010493. PMID: 35714097.