Antonio RAlph Medeiros de Sousa

@sigaa.ufrn.br

Visitant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Epidemiology, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Modeling and Simulation
1267

Scholar Citations

22

Scholar h-index

32

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Mechanistic yellow fever modelling under climate change in Brazil and beyond: Information gaps and future steps
    L Abdalla, AS da Mata, KJ Fraser, S Jahn, E Krempser, A Pinter, ...
    Wellcome Open Research 10, 596 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Sabethes mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) associated with bamboo internodes in Pariquera-Açu and Cananeia, São Paulo State, Brazil
    R Oliveira-Christe, AR Medeiros-Sousa, MB Paula, HF Benar, JD Silva, ...
    Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 59, e0125-2025 , 2026
    2026
  • Zika virus does not alter locomotor activity of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
    PS Andrade, V Petersen, AR Medeiros-Sousa, AV Paula, PR Urbinatti, ...
    Revista de Saúde Pública 59, e33 , 2025
    2025
  • Linking abiotic conditions to mosquito assemblage structure in bromeliads
    AR Medeiros-Sousa, R de Oliveira-Christe, W Ceretti-Junior, ...
    Scientific Reports 15 (1), 30308 , 2025
    2025
  • DIVERSITY OF MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) FROM THE JOCKEY CLUB CONTROLLED LANDFILL IN BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL
    KC De Oliveira, VRN Cruvinel, AR Medeiros-Sousa, JA Scott, MT Obara
    Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental 19 (7), 1-24 , 2025
    2025
  • Species Composition and Ecological Aspects of Immature Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Phytotelmata in Cantareira State Park, São Paulo, Brazil
    W Ceretti-Junior, AR Medeiros-Sousa, MB de Paula, E Evangelista, ...
    Insects 16 (4), 376 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • The interplay of key abiotic factors with the occurrence and abundance of mosquito larvae in bromeliads
    AR Medeiros-Sousa, R Oliveira-Christe, W Ceretti-Junior, ...
    2025
  • Occurrence Of Limatus Durhamii In Artificial Containers In Atlantic Forest, São Paulo, Brazil
    KM Barrio-Nuevo, AR Medeiros-Sousa, E Evangelista, W Ceretti-Junior, ...
    Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 41 (1), 26-29 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Sand Fly Fauna in Urban Parks in the Brazilian Western Amazon: Potential Areas for American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Transmission: EP Barroso et al.
    EP Barroso, EA de Souza, ACG Carneiro, MM de Ávila, ...
    EcoHealth 22 (1), 42-54 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in urban green areas in the city of São Paulo, SP, Brazil
    MR Heinisch, AR Medeiros-Sousa, TN Lima-Camara
    Journal of Vector Ecology 50 (1), 48-59 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • DIVERSITY OF MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) IN URBAN AREAS OF THE FEDERAL DISTRICT, 2014-2018.
    K Cristina de Oliveira, VR Nogueira Cruvinel, AR Medeiros Sousa, ...
    Environmental & Social Management Journal/Revista de Gestão Social e … , 2024
    2024
  • Analysis of diversity and an updated catalog of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Capivari-Monos Environmental Protection Area, São Paulo, Brazil
    W Ceretti-Junior, AR Medeiros-Sousa, LF Mucci, AMR de Castro Duarte, ...
    Journal of Vector Ecology 49 (2), R50-R60 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Modelling the transmission and spread of yellow fever in forest landscapes with different spatial configurations
    AR Medeiros-Sousa, M Lange, LF Mucci, MT Marrelli, V Grimm
    Ecological Modelling 489, 110628 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • The role of forest fragmentation in yellow fever virus dispersal
    R Wilk-da-Silva, PR Prist, AR Medeiros-Sousa, GZ Laporta, LF Mucci, ...
    Acta Tropica 245, 106983 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 24
  • Genetic Structuring of One of the Main Vectors of Sylvatic Yellow Fever: Haemagogus ( Conopostegus ) leucocelaenus (Diptera: Culicidae)
    R Wilk-da-Silva, AR Medeiros-Sousa, LF Mucci, DP Alonso, MVN Alvarez, ...
    Genes 14 (9), 1671 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 3
  • Fauna and virological investigation of mosquitoes in urban parks in São Paulo, Brazil
    MR Heinisch, AR Medeiros-Sousa, PS Andrade, PR Urbinatti, ...
    Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 39 (2), 75-84 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 8
  • Intestinal parasite infections associated with sociodemographic and seasonal factors in the Western Amazon
    GH Sinhorin, ACG Carneiro, BES Farias, P de Almeida, ...
    Parasitology Research 122 (2), 419-423 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 9
  • Investigação da presença de ovos de Aedes sp.(Diptera: Culicidae) com uso da armadilha ovitrampa na área interna da Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, SP …
    JU Cordeiro, R Oliveira-Christe, AR Medeiros-Sousa, W Ceretti Junior, ...
    Brazilian Journal of Animal and Environmental Research 6 (4), 3412-3422 , 2023
    2023
  • The role of deforestation and fragmentation in yellow fever virus dispersal
    R Wilk-da-Silva, PR Prist, AR Medeiros-Sousa, GZ Laporta, LF Mucci, ...
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Body size does not affect locomotor activity of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus females (Diptera: Culicidae)
    TN Lima-Camara, AR Medeiros-Sousa, RR Coelho, MT Marrelli
    Acta tropica 231, 106430 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 4

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Mosquitoes in urban green spaces: using an island biogeographic approach to identify drivers of species richness and composition
    AR Medeiros-Sousa, A Fernandes, W Ceretti-Junior, ABB Wilke, ...
    Scientific reports 7 (1), 17826 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 123
  • Mosquito populations dynamics associated with climate variations
    ABB Wilke, AR Medeiros-Sousa, W Ceretti-Junior, MT Marrelli
    Acta tropica 166, 343-350 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 110
  • Diversity and abundance of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in an urban park: larval habitats and temporal variation
    AR Medeiros-Sousa, W Ceretti-Júnior, GC de Carvalho, MS Nardi, ...
    Acta tropica 150, 200-209 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 109
  • Influence of water's physical and chemical parameters on mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) assemblages in larval habitats in urban parks of Sao Paulo, Brazil
    AR Medeiros-Sousa, R de Oliveira-Christe, AA Camargo, CA Scinachi, ...
    Acta tropica 205, 105394 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 68
  • Mosquito fauna in municipal parks of São Paulo City, Brazil: a preliminary survey
    AR Medeiros-Sousa, W Ceretti, PR Urbinatti, GC De Carvalho, ...
    Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 29 (3), 275-279 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 59
  • Species composition and ecological aspects of immature mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in bromeliads in urban parks in the city of São Paulo, Brazil
    W Ceretti-Junior, R de Oliveira Christe, M Rizzo, RC Strobel, ...
    Journal of arthropod-borne diseases 10 (1), 102 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 56
  • The influence of the pH and salinity of water in breeding sites on the occurrence and community composition of immature mosquitoes in the Green Belt of the city of São Paulo …
    LC Multini, R Oliveira-Christe, AR Medeiros-Sousa, E Evangelista, ...
    Insects 12 (9), 797 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 48
  • Detection of Zika and dengue viruses in wild-caught mosquitoes collected during field surveillance in an environmental protection area in São Paulo, Brazil
    KM Barrio-Nuevo, MS Cunha, A Luchs, A Fernandes, IM Rocco, LF Mucci, ...
    PLoS One 15 (10), e0227239 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 47
  • Reemergence of yellow fever in Brazil: The role of distinct landscape fragmentation thresholds
    RC Ilacqua, AR Medeiros-Sousa, DG Ramos, MT Obara, W Ceretti-Junior, ...
    Journal of environmental and public health 2021 (1), 8230789 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 39
  • Haemagogus leucocelaenus and other mosquitoes potentially associated with sylvatic yellow fever in Cantareira State Park in the São Paulo metropolitan area, Brazil
    LF Mucci, AR Medeiros-Sousa, W Ceretti-Júnior, A Fernandes, ...
    Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 32 (4), 329-332 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 39
  • Influence of landscape composition and configuration on the richness and abundance of potential sylvatic yellow fever vectors in a remnant of Atlantic Forest in the city of São …
    R Wilk-da-Silva, LF Mucci, W Ceretti-Junior, AMR de Castro Duarte, ...
    Acta Tropica 204, 105385 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 37
  • Immature mosquitoes in bamboo internodes in municipal parks, city of São Paulo, Brazil
    W Ceretti-Júnior, AR Medeiros-Sousa, LC Multini, PR Urbinatti, ...
    Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 30 (4), 268-274 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 37
  • Composition and diversity of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in urban parks in the South region of the city of São Paulo, Brazil
    GC Carvalho, W Ceretti-Junior, KM Barrio-Nuevo, R Wilk-da-Silva, ...
    Biota Neotropica 17, e20160274 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 34
  • Effects of anthropogenic landscape changes on the abundance and acrodendrophily of Anopheles ( Kerteszia ) cruzii , the main vector of malaria parasites in the …
    AR Medeiros-Sousa, R de Oliveira Christe, AMR de Castro Duarte, ...
    Malaria Journal 18 (1), 110 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 33
  • Biodiversidade de mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) nos parques da cidade de São Paulo I
    AR Medeiros-Sousa, W Ceretti-Junior, PR Urbinatti, D Natal, GC Carvalho, ...
    Biota Neotropica 13 (1), 317-321 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 30
  • Remarkable diversity, new records and Leishmania detection in the sand fly fauna of an area of high endemicity for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Acre state, Brazilian Amazonian Forest
    AF Brilhante, L Lima, MM de Ávila, AR Medeiros-Sousa, JF de Souza, ...
    Acta tropica 223, 106103 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 27
  • Attractiveness of black and white modified Shannon traps to phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in the Brazilian Amazon Basin, an area of intense transmission of …
    AF Brilhante, MM de Ávila, JF de Souza, AR Medeiros-Sousa, PB Sábio, ...
    Parasite 24, 20 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 27
  • The role of forest fragmentation in yellow fever virus dispersal
    R Wilk-da-Silva, PR Prist, AR Medeiros-Sousa, GZ Laporta, LF Mucci, ...
    Acta Tropica 245, 106983 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 24
  • Mosquito faunal survey in a central park of the city of São Paulo, Brazil
    W Ceretti-Júnior, AR Medeiros-Sousa, ABB Wilke, RC Strobel, LD Orico, ...
    Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 31 (2), 172-176 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 23
  • The influence of landscape structure on the dispersal pattern of yellow fever virus in the state of São Paulo
    R Wilk-da-Silva, AR Medeiros-Sousa, GZ Laporta, LF Mucci, PR Prist, ...
    Acta tropica 228, 106333 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 22