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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Edgar M. Carvalho is affiliated with the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research spans across several subfields, including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology, Epidemiology, Rheumatology, and Parasitology.

Their research focuses largely on infectious diseases, particularly leishmaniasis, with significant contributions to understanding the disease's pathogenesis and immune response mechanisms. Main topics explored by Carvalho include Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, Trypanosoma species research and implications, T-cell and Retrovirus Studies, Parasites and Host Interactions, Urticaria and Related Conditions, Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes, and Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins.

Frequent co-authors in Carvalho's work include:

  • Lucas P. Carvalho
  • Paulo Roberto Lima Machado
  • Phillip Scott
  • Camila Farias Amorim
  • Sérgio Arruda

Carvalho has published frequently in several journals, with notable numbers of publications in these venues:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Pathogens
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Some recent papers by Edgar M. Carvalho, illustrating their research focus and contributions, include:

  • A Genome-wide Association Study Identifies SERPINB10, CRLF3, STX7, LAMP3, IFNG-AS1, and KRT80 As Risk Loci Contributing to Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Brazil, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Multiomic profiling of cutaneous leishmaniasis infections reveals microbiota-driven mechanisms underlying disease severity, 2023, Science Translational Medicine
  • Clinical Presentation and Response to Therapy in Children with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, 2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Human CD8+ T Cells Release Extracellular Traps Co-Localized With Cytotoxic Vesicles That Are Associated With Lesion Progression and Severity in Human Leishmaniasis, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Blockade of TLR2 and TLR4 Attenuates Inflammatory Response and Parasite Load in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology

Carvalho's research combines clinical, molecular, and immunological methods to uncover both genetic and microbiota-related factors impacting cutaneous leishmaniasis outcomes. Their collaborative efforts show multidisciplinary engagement in addressing infectious disease mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets.

Best Publications

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Leishmaniasis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)*

    Naomi Aronson;Barbara L. Herwaldt;Michael Libman;Richard Pearson

  • New Perspectives on a Subclinical Form of Visceral Leishmaniasis

    R. Badaro;T. C. Jones;E. M. Carvalho;D. Sampaio

  • A Prospective Study of Visceral Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area of Brazil

    R. Badaró;T. C. Jones;R. Lorenço;B. J. Cerf

  • Up-Regulation of Th1-Type Responses in Mucosal Leishmaniasis Patients

    Olívia Bacellar;Hélio Lessa;Albert Schriefer;Paulo Machado

  • Leishmaniasis in Bahia, Brazil: evidence that Leishmania amazonensis produces a wide spectrum of clinical disease.

    Barral A;Pedral-Sampaio D;Grimaldi Júnior G;Momen H

  • Absence of gamma interferon and interleukin 2 production during active visceral leishmaniasis.

    Edgar M. Carvalho;Roberto Badaro;Steven G. Reed;Thomas C. Jones

  • Impairment of Tetanus Toxoid-Specific Thl-like Immune Responses in Humans Infected with Schistosoma mansoni

    Elizabeth A. Sabin;Maria Ilma Araujo;Edgar M. Carvalho;Edward J. Pearce

  • Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis with pentavalent antimony and interferon gamma.

    Roberto Badaro;Ernesto Falcoff;Fernando S. Badaro;Edgar M. Carvalho

  • Cytokine profile and pathology in human leishmaniasis

    A Ribeiro-de-Jesus;R P Almeida;H Lessa;O Bacellar

  • Restoration of IFN-gamma production and lymphocyte proliferation in visceral leishmaniasis.

    E M Carvalho;O Bacellar;C Brownell;T Regis

  • Clinical and Immunologic Evaluation of 31 Patients with Acute Schistosomiasis mansoni

    Amelia Ribeiro de Jesus;Angela Silva;Luciana B Santana;Andrea Magalhães

  • Epidemiological and clinical interaction between HTLV‐1 and Strongyloides stercoralis

    E. M. Carvalho;A. Da Fonseca Porto

  • Miltefosine in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Brazil: a randomized and controlled trial.

    Paulo R. Machado;Julia Ampuero;Luiz H. Guimarães;Leonardo Villasboas

  • Cell mediated immunity in American cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis.

    E. M. Carvalho;W. D. Johnson;E. Barreto;P. D. Marsden

  • Cell-mediated immunity in American visceral leishmaniasis: reversible immunosuppression during acute infection.

    E M Carvalho;R S Teixeira;W D Johnson

  • Cutaneous Manifestations of Human and Murine Leishmaniasis.

    Breanna M Scorza;Edgar M Carvalho;Mary E Wilson

  • Inverse association between skin response to aeroallergens and Schistosoma mansoni infection.

    Maria Ilma Araujo;Antônio Alberto Lopes;Manoel Medeiros;Álvaro A. Cruz

  • Disseminated Leishmaniasis: A New and Emerging Form of Leishmaniasis Observed in Northeastern Brazil

    Meredith L. Turetz;Paulo R. Machado;Albert I. Ko;Albert I. Ko;Fábio Alves

  • Decreased in situ expression of interleukin-10 receptor is correlated with the exacerbated inflammatory and cytotoxic responses observed in mucosal leishmaniasis.

    Daniela R. Faria;Kenneth J. Gollob;José Barbosa;José Barbosa;Albert Schriefer

  • Comparação da propensão de quedas entre idosos que praticam atividade física e os idosos sedentários

    Lhct. Guimarães;Dca Galdino;Flm Martins;Dfm Vitorino

  • Schistosoma mansoni infection is associated with a reduced course of asthma.

    Manoel Medeiros;Joanemile P. Figueiredo;Maria C. Almeida;Maria Analia Matos

Frequent Co-Authors

Aldina Barral
Aldina Barral Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Manoel Barral-Netto
Manoel Barral-Netto Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Roberto Badaró
Roberto Badaró Federal University of Bahia
Warren D. Johnson
Warren D. Johnson Cornell University
Marshall J. Glesby
Marshall J. Glesby Cornell University
Mary E. Wilson
Mary E. Wilson University of California, San Francisco
Phillip Scott
Phillip Scott University of Pennsylvania
Alvaro A. Cruz
Alvaro A. Cruz Federal University of Bahia
Sergio C. Oliveira
Sergio C. Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo
Jenefer M. Blackwell
Jenefer M. Blackwell Telethon Kids Institute

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