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Heitor Miraglia Herrera

Heitor Miraglia Herrera

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
34
Citations
3627
World Ranking
1913
National Ranking
71

Overview

Heitor Miraglia Herrera is affiliated with Dom Bosco Catholic University in Brazil. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields within biomedical and ecological sciences, emphasizing parasitology, infectious diseases, and wildlife ecology.

The primary fields of study for Heitor Miraglia Herrera include medicine and immunology and microbiology. Their work notably focuses on several subfields:

  • Parasitology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Ecology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Bartonella species infections research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Heitor Miraglia Herrera has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Filipe Martins Santos
  • Marcos Rogério André
  • Rosangela Zacarias Machado
  • Gabriel Carvalho de Macedo
  • Carina Elisei de Oliveira

Key venues where Herrera has published work include:

  • Parasitology Research
  • Microorganisms
  • Pathogens
  • Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
  • Acta Tropica

Representative recent papers by Heitor Miraglia Herrera include:

  • First molecular detection of piroplasmids in non-hematophagous bats from Brazil, with evidence of putative novel species (2020, Parasitology Research)
  • Intra- and Inter-Host Assessment of Bartonella Diversity with Focus on Non-Hematophagous Bats and Associated Ectoparasites from Brazil (2020, Microorganisms)
  • Molecular detection of piroplasmids in synanthropic rodents, marsupials, and associated ticks from Brazil, with phylogenetic inference of a putative novel Babesia sp. from white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris) (2021, Parasitology Research)
  • Space use and activity of capybaras in an urban area (2021, Journal of Mammalogy)
  • Bartonella machadoae sp. nov. isolated from wild rodents in the Pantanal wetland (2022, Acta Tropica)

Best Publications

  • Enzootiology of Trypanosoma evansi in Pantanal, Brazil

    H.M. Herrera;A.M.R. Dávila;A. Norek;U.G. Abreu

  • Sustainability Agenda for the Pantanal Wetland: Perspectives on a Collaborative Interface for Science, Policy, and Decision-Making:

    Walfrido M. Tomas;Fabio de Oliveira Roque;Ronaldo G. Morato;Patricia Emilia Medici

  • Outbreak of trypanosomosis due to Trypanosoma evansi in horses of Pantanal Mato-grossense, Brazil

    R.A.M.S. Silva;N.A.E. Arosemena;H.M. Herrera;C.A. Sahib

  • Trypanosoma cruzi infection in neotropical wild carnivores (Mammalia: Carnivora): at the top of the T. cruzi transmission chain.

    Fabiana Lopes Rocha;André Luiz Rodrigues Roque;Juliane Saab de Lima;Carolina Carvalho Cheida

  • Using PCR for unraveling the cryptic epizootiology of livestock trypanosomosis in the Pantanal, Brazil

    A.M.R Dávila;H.M Herrera;T Schlebinger;S.S Souza

  • The role played by sympatric collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu), white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), and feral pig (Sus scrofa) as maintenance hosts for Trypanosoma evansi and Trypanosoma cruzi in a sylvatic area of Brazil

    H. M. Herrera;H. M. Herrera;U. G. P. Abreu;A. Keuroghlian;T. P. Freitas

  • Domestic and wild mammals infection by Trypanosoma evansi in a pristine area of the Brazilian Pantanal region

    Heitor M Herrera;Aneska Norek;Tatiana P. T. Freitas;Vitor Rademaker

  • The coati (Nasua nasua, Carnivora, Procyonidae) as a reservoir host for the main lineages of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Pantanal region, Brazil

    H.M. Herrera;H.M. Herrera;C.V. Lisboa;A.P. Pinho;N. Olifiers;N. Olifiers

  • Outcomes of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma evansi infections on health of Southern coati (Nasua nasua), crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), and ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in the Brazilian Pantanal.

    Filipe Martins Santos;Gabriel Carvalho de Macedo;Wanessa Teixeira Gomes Barreto;Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira-Santos

  • Food web connections and the transmission cycles of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma evansi (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) in the Pantanal Region, Brazil

    H.M. Herrera;H.M. Herrera;F.L. Rocha;C.V. Lisboa;V. Rademaker

  • Experimental Trypanosoma evansi infection in South American coati (Nasua nasua): hematological, biochemical and histopathological changes.

    H.M Herrera;A.C Alessi;L.C Marques;A.E Santana

  • Diversity of piroplasmids among wild and domestic mammals and ectoparasites in Pantanal wetland, Brazil

    Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa;Marina Pugnaghi Fernandes;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Carla Roberta Freschi

  • Variables that modulate the spatial distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma evansi in the Brazilian Pantanal

    H.M. Herrera;H.M. Herrera;V. Rademaker;U.G.P. Abreu;P.S. D‘Andrea

  • Co-Infection and Wild Animal Health: Effects of Trypanosomatids and Gastrointestinal Parasites on Coatis of the Brazilian Pantanal.

    Natalie Olifiers;Ana Maria Jansen;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Rita de Cassia Bianchi

  • Molecular detection of Hepatozoon spp. in domestic dogs and wild mammals in southern Pantanal, Brazil with implications in the transmission route.

    Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa;Marina Pugnaghi Fernandes;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Jyan Lucas Benevenute

  • Trypanosoma cruzi (kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) genotypes in neotropical bats in Brazil

    Cristiane Varella Lisboa;Ana Paula Pinho;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Marconny Gerhardt

  • Tick-borne agents in domesticated and stray cats from the city of Campo Grande, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, midwestern Brazil

    Marcos Rogério André;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Simone de Jesus Fernandes;Keyla Cartens Marques de Sousa

  • Assessment of a quantitative 5' nuclease real-time polymerase chain reaction using the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase gamma subunit (nuoG) for Bartonella species in domiciled and stray cats in Brazil

    Marcos Rogério André;John Stephen Dumler;John Stephen Dumler;Heitor M. Herrera;Luiz R. Gonçalves

  • Uncovering Trypanosoma spp. diversity of wild mammals by the use of DNA from blood clots.

    Marina Silva Rodrigues;Luciana Lima;Samanta Cristina das Chagas Xavier;Heitor Miraglia Herrera

  • NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

    Mariana Nagy-Reis;Júlia Emi de Faria Oshima;Claudia Zukeran Kanda;Francesca Belem Lopes Palmeira

  • Association of Bartonella Species with Wild and Synanthropic Rodents in Different Brazilian Biomes

    Luiz Ricardo Gonçalves;Alexsandra Rodrigues de Mendonça Favacho;André Luiz Rodrigues Roque;Natalia Serra Mendes

  • Occurrence and molecular characterization of hemoplasmas in domestic dogs and wild mammals in a Brazilian wetland

    Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Caroline Tostes Secato;André do Vale Oliveira

  • Anaplasmataceae agents among wild mammals and ectoparasites in Brazil.

    K C M De Sousa;A C Calchi;H M Herrera;J S Dumler

  • Molecular and serological detection of tick-borne pathogens in dogs from an area endemic for Leishmania infantum in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa;Marcos Rogério André;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Gisele Braziliano de Andrade

  • Maintenance of Trypanosoma cruzi , T. evansi and Leishmania spp. by domestic dogs and wild mammals in a rural settlement in Brazil-Bolivian border.

    Grasiela Edith de Oliveira Porfirio;Filipe Martins Santos;Gabriel Carvalho de Macedo;Wanessa Teixeira Gomes Barreto

  • Detection of Leishmania spp. in Bats from an Area of Brazil Endemic for Visceral Leishmaniasis

    M B de Rezende;Heitor M Herrera;C M E Carvalho;E A Carvalho Anjos;E A Carvalho Anjos

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcos Rogério André
Marcos Rogério André Sao Paulo State University
Ana Maria Jansen
Ana Maria Jansen Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Rosangela Zacarias Machado
Rosangela Zacarias Machado Sao Paulo State University
Paulo Sérgio D'Andrea
Paulo Sérgio D'Andrea Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Carlos Fonseca
Carlos Fonseca University of Aveiro
Matthew E. Gompper
Matthew E. Gompper New Mexico State University
Shimon Harrus
Shimon Harrus Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Thiago F. Martins
Thiago F. Martins Universidade de São Paulo
Yaarit Nachum-Biala
Yaarit Nachum-Biala Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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