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Animal Science and Veterinary
Portugal
2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
41
Citations
5504
World Ranking
1106
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Carla Maia is affiliated with Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal. Their primary area of work focuses on Medical research, with a particular emphasis on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Parasitology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research covers multiple topics, notably:

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Carla Maia has published extensively in several academic journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Microorganisms
  • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Trends in Parasitology

Among their recent papers are:

  • The 2024 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: unprecedented warming demands unprecedented action (2024) - The Lancet Public Health
  • The estimated distribution of autochthonous leishmaniasis by Leishmania infantum in Europe in 2005-2020 (2023) - PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Dipylidium caninum in the twenty-first century: epidemiological studies and reported cases in companion animals and humans (2022) - Parasites & Vectors
  • Leishmania infection in cats and feline leishmaniosis: An updated review with a proposal of a diagnosis algorithm and prevention guidelines (2021) - Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
  • Parasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs (2020) - Parasites & Vectors

Carla Maia frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, including:

  • André Pereira
  • Rafael Rocha
  • José Manuel Cristóvão
  • Cláudia Conceição
  • Gad Baneth

Best Publications

  • Methods for diagnosis of canine leishmaniasis and immune response to infection

    C. Maia;L. Campino

  • Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe

    Gioia Capelli;Claudio Genchi;Gad Baneth;Patrick Bourdeau

  • Seasonal Dynamics of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species Proven Vectors of Mediterranean Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum.

    Bulent Alten;Carla Maia;Maria Odete Afonso;Lenea Campino

  • Importance of Cats in Zoonotic Leishmaniasis in Portugal

    Carla Maia;Mónica Nunes;Lenea Campino

  • Risk factors for canine leishmaniasis in an endemic Mediterranean region.

    Sofia Cortes;Yolanda Vaz;Rodolfo Neves;Carla Maia

  • Lungworms and gastrointestinal parasites of domestic cats: a European perspective

    Alessio Giannelli;Gioia Capelli;Anja Joachim;Barbara Hinney

  • Feline Leishmania infection in a canine leishmaniasis endemic region, Portugal.

    C. Maia;J. Gomes;J. Cristóvão;M. Nunes

  • Diagnosis of canine leishmaniasis: conventional and molecular techniques using different tissues.

    Carla Maia;João Ramada;José M. Cristóvão;Luzia Gonçalves

  • Spread of Leishmania infantum in Europe with dog travelling.

    Carla Maia;Luís Cardoso

  • Bacterial and protozoal agents of feline vector-borne diseases in domestic and stray cats from southern Portugal

    Carla Maia;Carla Maia;Cláudia Ramos;Mónica Coimbra;Filipa Bastos

  • Can domestic cats be considered reservoir hosts of zoonotic leishmaniasis

    Carla Maia;Carla Maia;Lenea Campino

  • Epidemiology of leishmaniases in Portugal

    Lenea Maria da Graça Campino;Carla Maia

  • Parasitic zoonoses associated with dogs and cats: a survey of Portuguese pet owners' awareness and deworming practices.

    André Pereira;Ângela Martins;Hugo Brancal;Hugo Brancal;Hugo Vilhena

  • Canine Leishmaniasis Control in the Context of One Health.

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Guadalupe Miró;Gad Baneth;Patrick Bourdeau

  • Novozym 435 Activity in Compressed Gases. Water Activity and Temperature Effects

    M.Conceição Almeida;Rui Ruivo;Carla Maia;Luı́s Freire

  • Theileria infection in domestic ruminants in northern Ethiopia

    Hagos Gebrekidan;Asrat Hailu;Aysheshm Kassahun;Iva Rohoušová

  • Biomarkers Associated With Leishmania infantum Exposure, Infection, and Disease in Dogs.

    Carla Maia;Lenea Campino

  • Cytokine and Phenotypic Cell Profiles of Leishmania infantum Infection in the Dog.

    Carla Maia;Lenea Campino;Lenea Campino

  • The first detection of Leishmania major in naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta in Portugal

    Lenea Campino;Sofia Cortes;Lídia Dionísio;Luís Neto

  • Molecular detection of bacterial and parasitic pathogens in hard ticks from Portugal.

    Carla Maia;Carla Maia;Andreia Ferreira;Mónica Nunes;Maria Luísa Vieira

  • Experimental canine leishmaniasis: clinical, parasitological and serological follow-up.

    Carla Maia;Mónica Nunes;José Cristóvão;Lenea Campino

Frequent Co-Authors

Luís Cardoso
Luís Cardoso University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Petr Volf
Petr Volf Charles University
Gad Baneth
Gad Baneth Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Maria Stefania Latrofa
Maria Stefania Latrofa University of Bari Aldo Moro
Giada Annoscia
Giada Annoscia University of Bari Aldo Moro
Filipe Dantas-Torres
Filipe Dantas-Torres Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Vito Colella
Vito Colella University of Melbourne
Luigi Gradoni
Luigi Gradoni Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Gioia Capelli
Gioia Capelli Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie

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