Thais Lopes Summary Thais Muniz Lopes, Master’s Student Prevalence of feline sporotrichosis at the animal primary health care unit in MacaĆ©. Clinical and epidemiological aspects of the mycosis, as well as its molecular diagnosis, were addressed. Rio de Janeiro has been experiencing a sporotrichosis epidemic for over 20 years. The development of new diagnostic techniques contributes to the control of this zoonosis. Nunes da Fonseca Research Group Evolutionary Developmental Biology of neglected arthropods and agricultural pests