| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Emerging Chagas disease in Amazonian Brazil | Trends in Parasitology | 2002 | 238 |
| 2 | Phylogeny, taxonomy and grouping of Trypanosoma rangeli isolates from man, triatomines and sylvatic mammals from widespread geographical origin based on SSU and ITS ribosomal sequences | Parasitology | 2004 | 111 |
| 3 | The complexity of the sylvatic cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi in Rio de Janeiro state (Brazil) revealed by the non-transcribed spacer of the mini-exon gene | Parasitology | 1999 | 99 |
| 4 | Trypanosoma cruzi infection in wild mammals of the National Park ‘Serra da Capivara’ and its surroundings (Piauí, Brazil), an area endemic for Chagas disease | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2005 | 87 |
| 5 | Proteolytic activation of canatoxin, a plant toxic protein, by insect cathepsin-like enzymes | Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology | 2000 | 78 |
| 6 | Interleukin-10 promoter single-nucleotide polymorphisms as markers for disease susceptibility and disease severity in leprosy | Genes and Immunity | 2004 | 69 |
| 7 | Age-dependent acquisition of protective immunity to malaria in riverine populations of the Amazon Basin of Brazil | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2009 | 63 |
| 8 | Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of Trypanosoma rangeli and allied species from human, monkeys and other sylvatic mammals of the Brazilian Amazon disclosed a new group and a species-specific marker | Parasitology | 2004 | 62 |
| 9 | Multicenter evaluation of reverse line blot assay for detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates | Journal of Microbiological Methods | 2004 | 52 |
| 10 | Leprosy and AIDS: two cases of increasing inflammatory reactions at the start of highly active antiretroviral therapy | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 2004 | 49 |
| 11 | In vivo and in vitro metacyclogenesis tests of two strains of Trypanosoma cruzi in the triatomine vectors Triatoma pseudomaculata and Rhodnius neglectus: short/long-term and comparative study | Experimental Parasitology | 2003 | 44 |
| 12 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa induces apoptosis in human endothelial cells | Microbial Pathogenesis | 2000 | 41 |
| 13 | Haematogenous dissemination of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in human American tegumentary leishmaniasis | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2006 | 39 |
| 14 | Landscape, Environmental and Social Predictors of Hantavirus Risk in São Paulo, Brazil | PLoS ONE | 2016 | 38 |
| 15 | Morphologic, karyotypic, and molecular evidence of a new form ofChiropotes(primates, pitheciinae) | American Journal of Primatology | 2003 | 35 |
| 16 | DC-SIGN association with the Th2 environment of lepromatous lesions: cause or effect? | Journal of Pathology | 2006 | 35 |
| 17 | New insights on the spread of Triatoma infestans from Bolivia—Implications for Chagas disease emergence in the Southern Cone | Infection, Genetics and Evolution | 2010 | 32 |
| 18 | Landscape, Climate and Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome Outbreaks | EcoHealth | 2017 | 32 |
| 19 | New Staphylococcus aureus Genotyping Method Based on Exotoxin (set) Genes | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2006 | 29 |
| 20 | Clinical, electroneuromyographic and morphological studies of pure neural leprosy in a Brazilian referral centre | Leprosy Review | 2004 | 27 |
| 21 | Rapid detection of resistance against rifampicin in isolates of from Brazilian patients using a reverse-phase hybridization assay | Journal of Microbiological Methods | 2003 | 25 |
| 22 | Leishmania (Viannia): genetic analysis of cutaneous and mucosal strains isolated from the same patient | Experimental Parasitology | 2004 | 19 |
| 23 | infection of human Schwann cells depends on selective host kinases and pathogen-modulated endocytic pathways | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 2004 | 18 |
| 24 | Trypanosoma cruzi: Mutations in the 3′ untranslated region of calmodulin gene are specific for lineages T. cruzi I, T. cruzi II, and the Zymodeme III isolates | Experimental Parasitology | 2006 | 18 |
| 25 | Population genetic studies ofAlouatta caraya (Alouattinae, Primates): inferences on geographic distribution and ecology | American Journal of Primatology | 2007 | 18 |
| 26 | Evaluation of PCR mediated DNA amplification in non-invasive biological specimens for subclinical detection ofMycobacterium leprae | FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology | 1995 | 17 |
| 27 | The genetic diversity of Brazilian Trypanosoma cruzi isolates and the phylogenetic positioning of zymodeme 3, based on the internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal gene | Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology | 2002 | 15 |
| 28 | Mycobacterium lepraeinfection of human Schwann cells depends on selective host kinases and pathogen-modulated endocytic pathways | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 2004 | 14 |
| 29 | Use of the polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of leprosy | Journal of Medical Microbiology | 1997 | 10 |
| 30 | Use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in leprosy research | Indian Journal of Leprosy | 1999 | 5 |
| 31 | Distinct patterns of microvasculature in the cutaneous lesions of leprosy | International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases | 2000 | 3 |
| 32 | Robinson Crusoe's Illness: Literature and Medicine | European Legacy | 2008 | 0 |
| 33 | The ecology of herd immunity | Journal of Tropical Pathology | 2021 | 0 |
| 34 | Genetic Diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi | World Class Parasites | 2003 | 0 |
