The Laboratory of Ticks and Other Apterous Arthropods (LAC) of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) specializes in Apterous Ectoparasites, Bionomy and Pathogeny.
It is a National Reference in Vectors of Rickettsiosis and houses the Apterous Arthropod Vector Collection of Community Health Importance (CAVAISC) of the IOC.
Head of the Laboratory of Ticks and Other Apterous Arthropods
Gilberto Salles Gazêta (Curriculum lattes)
Deputy Head of the Laboratory of Ticks and Other Apterous Arthropods
Marinette AmorimCurriculum lattes)