Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Microbiology, Visual Arts and Performing Arts
FUTURE PROJECTS
Surveillance of Febrile and Respiratory Acute Illnesses in Rio de Janeiro
Applications Invited
Post-vaccination Measles protection - antibody production, neutralization and T cell response
Applications Invited
812
Scholar Citations
10
Scholar h-index
11
Scholar i10-index
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Atypical presentation of occupational mpox: a case report from Brazil GS Lira, MQS Melo, IC Leitão, MV Andrade, AC Castiñeiras, D Mariani, ... ASM Case Reports, e00104-24 , 2025 2025
P-1421. A socioeconomic index of Brazilian municipalities correlates with dengue cases severity status but not with lethality G Lira, M Takahashi, V Ota, I Leitão Open Forum Infectious Diseases 12 (Supplement_1), ofae631. 1596 , 2025 2025
P-898. Reproducible profiling of eight Brazilian infectious diseases specialist training sites through open databases G Lira, V Ota, Y Calzolari, I Leitão Open Forum Infectious Diseases 12 (Suppl 1), ofae631. 1089 , 2025 2025
Mpox outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A translational approach GS Lira, VA Ota, MQS Melo, ACP Castiñeiras, IC Leitão, BO Silva, ... Journal of Medical Virology 96 (5), e29621 , 2024 2024 Citations: 7
Mpox outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a translational approach. TM Castiñeiras, GS Lira, VA Ota, MQS Melo, ACP Castiñeiras, IC Leitão, ... Authorea Preprints , 2024 2024
COVID-19 pediátrico: perfil epidemiológico, sintomático e performance de testes diagnósticos IC Leitão, YC Calzolari Trabalho de conclusão de curso (Residência Médica em Infectologia)-Hospital … , 2024 2024
Oligosymptomatic long-term carriers of SARS-CoV-2 display impaired innate resistance but increased high-affinity anti-spike antibodies E Montes-Cobos, VC Bastos, C Monteiro, JCR de Freitas, ... Iscience 26 (7) , 2023 2023 Citations: 2
Action potential variability in human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes obtained from healthy donors AB Carvalho, KCS Coutinho, RAQ Barbosa, DBP Campos, IC Leitão, ... Frontiers in Physiology 13, 1077069 , 2022 2022 Citations: 9
Oligosymptomatic long-term carriers of SARS-CoV-2 display impaired innate resistance and high Spike-specific neutralizing antibodies E Montes-Cobos, VC Bastos, C Monteiro, JCR de Freitas, ... medRxiv, 2022.11. 19.22282546 , 2022 2022
From a recombinant key antigen to an accurate, affordable serological test: Lessons learnt from COVID-19 for future pandemics RGF Alvim, TM Lima, DAS Rodrigues, FF Marsili, VBT Bozza, LM Higa, ... Biochemical Engineering Journal 186, 108537 , 2022 2022 Citations: 51
A SARS-CoV-2 negative antigen rapid diagnostic in RT-qPCR positive samples correlates with a low likelihood of infectious viruses in the nasopharynx IA Corrêa, DS Faffe, RM Galliez, CCA Gonçalves, RA Maia, GP da Silva, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 912138 , 2022 2022 Citations: 4
Evaluation of the Panbio COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic test in subjects infected with Omicron using different specimens RM Galliez, L Bomfim, D Mariani, IC Leitao, ACP Castiñeiras, ... Microbiology spectrum 10 (3), e01250-22 , 2022 2022 Citations: 27
Evaluation of the Panbio™ COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test in subjects infected with Omicron using different specimens (preprint) RM Galiez, LM Bomfim, D Mariani, IC Leitao, ACP Castineiras, ... 2022
Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 positivity in immunocompetent patients: virus isolation, genomic integrity, and transmission risk IC Leitao, PT Calil, RM Galliez, FRR Moreira, D Mariani, ACP Castiñeiras, ... Microbiology spectrum 9 (3), e00855-21 , 2021 2021 Citations: 14
Performance of an alternative RT-PCR procedure using residual sample from the Panbio™ Ag COVID-19 test TMPP Castineiras, ÉRS Nascimento, DS Faffe, RM Galliez, D Mariani, ... Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 25, 101630 , 2021 2021 Citations: 10
Intra-host evolution during SARS-CoV-2 prolonged infection CM Voloch, R da Silva Francisco Jr, LGP de Almeida, OJ Brustolini, ... Virus Evolution 7 (2), veab078 , 2021 2021 Citations: 78
COVID-19 diagnosis by RT-qPCR in alternative specimens CCA Gonçalves, SPC Barroso, AL Herlinger, RM Galliez, TB de Almeida, ... Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 116, e210085 , 2021 2021 Citations: 5
Genomic characterization of a novel SARS-CoV-2 lineage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil CM Voloch, R da Silva Francisco Jr, LGP de Almeida, CC Cardoso, ... Journal of virology 95 (10), 10.1128/jvi. 00119-21 , 2021 2021 Citations: 466
IS IT POSSIBLE TO MODEL JERVELL AND LANGE-NIELSEN SYNDROME (JLNS) USING PATIENT-SPECIFIC INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS (IPSC)? JO Fraga, DS dos Santos, RP Ferreira, KCS Coutinho, IC Leitão, ... Cytotherapy 23 (4), 21 , 2021 2021
Epidemiological dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 VOC Gamma in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil FRR Moreira, M D’arc, D Mariani, AL Herlinger, FB Schiffler, ÁD Rossi, ... Virus evolution 7 (2), veab087 , 2021 2021 Citations: 41
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Genomic characterization of a novel SARS-CoV-2 lineage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil CM Voloch, R da Silva Francisco Jr, LGP de Almeida, CC Cardoso, ... Journal of virology 95 (10), 10.1128/jvi. 00119-21 , 2021 2021 Citations: 466
Intra-host evolution during SARS-CoV-2 prolonged infection CM Voloch, R da Silva Francisco Jr, LGP de Almeida, OJ Brustolini, ... Virus Evolution 7 (2), veab078 , 2021 2021 Citations: 78
From a recombinant key antigen to an accurate, affordable serological test: Lessons learnt from COVID-19 for future pandemics RGF Alvim, TM Lima, DAS Rodrigues, FF Marsili, VBT Bozza, LM Higa, ... Biochemical Engineering Journal 186, 108537 , 2022 2022 Citations: 51
Epidemiological dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 VOC Gamma in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil FRR Moreira, M D’arc, D Mariani, AL Herlinger, FB Schiffler, ÁD Rossi, ... Virus evolution 7 (2), veab087 , 2021 2021 Citations: 41
R534C mutation in hERG causes a trafficking defect in iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes from patients with type 2 long QT syndrome FCP Mesquita, PC Arantes, TH Kasai-Brunswick, DS Araujo, F Gubert, ... Scientific reports 9 (1), 19203 , 2019 2019 Citations: 38
An affordable anti-SARS-COV-2 spike ELISA test for early detection of IgG seroconversion suited for large-scale surveillance studies in low-income countries RGF Alvim, TM Lima, DAS Rodrigues, FF Marsili, VBT Bozza, LM Higa, ... MedRxiv, 2020.07. 13.20152884 , 2020 2020 Citations: 34
Evaluation of the Panbio COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic test in subjects infected with Omicron using different specimens RM Galliez, L Bomfim, D Mariani, IC Leitao, ACP Castiñeiras, ... Microbiology spectrum 10 (3), e01250-22 , 2022 2022 Citations: 27
Intra-host evolution during SARS-CoV-2 persistent infection CM Voloch, R da Silva F Jr, LGP de Almeida, OJ Brustolini, CC Cardoso, ... medRxiv, 2020.11. 13.20231217 , 2020 2020 Citations: 15
Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 positivity in immunocompetent patients: virus isolation, genomic integrity, and transmission risk IC Leitao, PT Calil, RM Galliez, FRR Moreira, D Mariani, ACP Castiñeiras, ... Microbiology spectrum 9 (3), e00855-21 , 2021 2021 Citations: 14
Development and large-scale validation of a highly accurate SARS-COV-2 serological test using regular test strips for autonomous and affordable finger-prick sample collection … RGF Alvim, TM Lima, DAS Rodrigues, FF Marsili, VBT Bozza, LM Higa, ... medRxiv, 2020.07. 13.20152884 , 2020 2020 Citations: 11
Performance of an alternative RT-PCR procedure using residual sample from the Panbio™ Ag COVID-19 test TMPP Castineiras, ÉRS Nascimento, DS Faffe, RM Galliez, D Mariani, ... Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 25, 101630 , 2021 2021 Citations: 10
Action potential variability in human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes obtained from healthy donors AB Carvalho, KCS Coutinho, RAQ Barbosa, DBP Campos, IC Leitão, ... Frontiers in Physiology 13, 1077069 , 2022 2022 Citations: 9
Mpox outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A translational approach GS Lira, VA Ota, MQS Melo, ACP Castiñeiras, IC Leitão, BO Silva, ... Journal of Medical Virology 96 (5), e29621 , 2024 2024 Citations: 7
COVID-19 diagnosis by RT-qPCR in alternative specimens CCA Gonçalves, SPC Barroso, AL Herlinger, RM Galliez, TB de Almeida, ... Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 116, e210085 , 2021 2021 Citations: 5
A SARS-CoV-2 negative antigen rapid diagnostic in RT-qPCR positive samples correlates with a low likelihood of infectious viruses in the nasopharynx IA Corrêa, DS Faffe, RM Galliez, CCA Gonçalves, RA Maia, GP da Silva, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 912138 , 2022 2022 Citations: 4
Oligosymptomatic long-term carriers of SARS-CoV-2 display impaired innate resistance but increased high-affinity anti-spike antibodies E Montes-Cobos, VC Bastos, C Monteiro, JCR de Freitas, ... Iscience 26 (7) , 2023 2023 Citations: 2
Atypical presentation of occupational mpox: a case report from Brazil GS Lira, MQS Melo, IC Leitão, MV Andrade, AC Castiñeiras, D Mariani, ... ASM Case Reports, e00104-24 , 2025 2025
P-1421. A socioeconomic index of Brazilian municipalities correlates with dengue cases severity status but not with lethality G Lira, M Takahashi, V Ota, I Leitão Open Forum Infectious Diseases 12 (Supplement_1), ofae631. 1596 , 2025 2025
P-898. Reproducible profiling of eight Brazilian infectious diseases specialist training sites through open databases G Lira, V Ota, Y Calzolari, I Leitão Open Forum Infectious Diseases 12 (Suppl 1), ofae631. 1089 , 2025 2025
Mpox outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a translational approach. TM Castiñeiras, GS Lira, VA Ota, MQS Melo, ACP Castiñeiras, IC Leitão, ... Authorea Preprints , 2024 2024
