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Jonas Moraes-Filho

Jonas Moraes-Filho

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
31
Citations
3245
World Ranking
2321
National Ranking
96

Jonas Moraes-Filho publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jonas Moraes-Filho sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 76 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Jonas Moraes-Filho D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jonas Moraes-Filho sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jonas Moraes-Filho is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. They have contributed extensively to the subfields of Parasitology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Epidemiology.

Their scholarly output has focused primarily on topics such as Vector-borne infectious diseases, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Viral Infections and Vectors, Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies, Veterinary Oncology Research, and Dermatology and Skin Diseases.

Jonas Moraes-Filho has published research in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Brazilian Journal of Global Health
  • Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
  • Brazilian Journal of Development
  • Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

The following recent papers demonstrate the scope of their work:

  • Domestic dogs as amplifying hosts of Rickettsia rickettsii for Amblyomma aureolatum ticks (2021), published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Ornithodoros cf. mimon infected with a spotted fever group Rickettsia in Brazil (2022), published in Acta Tropica
  • Rickettsial infection in equids, opossums and ticks in the municipality of Monte Mor, state of São Paulo, Brazil (2020), published in Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
  • Implications of domestic dogs in the epidemiology of Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest and Rangelia vitalii in Southeastern Brazil (2020), published in Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
  • Detecção de anticorpos anti-Rickettsia rickettsii em cães residentes em área negligenciada no município de São Paulo, SP, Brasil (2020), published in Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia

Their frequent collaborators include Marcelo B. Labruna, Arlei Marcili, Adriana Cortéz, Tânia Regina Vieira de Carvalho, and Thiago Fernandes Martins.

Best Publications

  • Genetic analysis of ticks belonging to the Rhipicephalus sanguineus group in Latin America

    Jonas Moraes-Filho;Arlei Marcili;Fernanda A. Nieri-Bastos;Leonardo J. Richtzenhain

  • Experimental infection of capybaras Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris by Rickettsia rickettsii and evaluation of the transmission of the infection to ticks Amblyomma cajennense.

    Celso E. Souza;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Maria Ogrzewalska;Franscisco C. Uchoa

  • Epidemiology of Brazilian spotted fever in the Atlantic Forest, state of São Paulo, Brazil.

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Danilo G. Saraiva;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Thiago F. Martins

  • Comparative Evaluation of the Vector Competence of Four South American Populations of the Rhipicephalus sanguineus Group for the Bacterium Ehrlichia canis, the Agent of Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis

    Jonas Moraes-Filho;Felipe S. Krawczak;Francisco B. Costa;João Fábio Soares

  • Serosurvey of Rickettsia spp. in dogs and humans from an endemic area for Brazilian spotted fever in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

    Adriano Pinter;Maurício C. Horta;Richard C. Pacheco;Jonas Moraes-Filho

  • Rickettsial infection in Amblyomma cajennense ticks and capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in a Brazilian spotted fever-endemic area

    Felipe S Krawczak;Fernanda A Nieri-Bastos;Fernanda P Nunes;João F Soares

  • Experimental infection of opossums Didelphis aurita by Rickettsia rickettsii and evaluation of the transmission of the infection to ticks Amblyomma cajennense.

    Maurício Cláudio Horta;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Renata Assis Casagrande;Taís Berelli Saito

  • Rickettsial infection in domestic mammals and their ectoparasites in El Valle de Antón, Coclé, Panamá.

    C. Sergio E. Bermúdez;A. Yamitzel Zaldívar;Mariana G. Spolidorio;Jonas Moraes-Filho

  • New epidemiological data on Brazilian spotted fever in an endemic area of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

    Jonas Moraes-Filho;Adriano Pinter;Richard C. Pacheco;Thais B. Gutmann

  • Rickettsial infection in capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris from São Paulo, Brazil: serological evidence for infection by Rickettsia bellii and Rickettsia parkeri

    Richard de Campos Pacheco;Maurício Cláudio Horta;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Alexandre Camargo Ataliba

  • Experimental Infection of Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks with Rickettsia rickettsii

    Marcelo B. Labruna;Maria Ogrzewalska;João F. Soares;Thiago F. Martins

  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs, Brazil.

    Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Orson Kamakura;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Maurício Cláudio Horta

  • Rickettsial infections of dogs, horses and ticks in Juiz de Fora, southeastern Brazil, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks

    R. C. Pacheco;J. Moraes-Filho;E. Guedes;I. Silveira

  • Seroprevalence and risk factors to Ehrlichia spp. and Rickettsia spp. in dogs from the Pantanal Region of Mato Grosso State, Brazil.

    Andréia L.T. Melo;Thiago F. Martins;Maurício C. Horta;Jonas Moraes-Filho

  • Detection of a novel spotted fever group rickettsia in Amblyomma parvum ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Argentina

    Richard C. Pacheco;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Santiago Nava;Paulo E. Brandão

  • Rickettsial infection in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected on birds in southern Brazil.

    Richard C. Pacheco;Márcia Arzua;Fernanda A. Nieri-Bastos;Jonas Moraes-Filho

  • Experimental infection of the opossum Didelphis aurita by Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia bellii, and Rickettsia parkeri and evaluation of the transmission of the infection to ticks Amblyomma cajennense and Amblyomma dubitatum.

    Maurício Cláudio Horta;Guilherme Sakae Sabatini;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Maria Ogrzewalska

  • Survey for Tick-Borne Zoonoses in the State of Espirito Santo, Southeastern Brazil

    Mariana G. Spolidorio;Marcelo B. Labruna;Rosangela Z. Machado;Jonas Moraes-Filho

  • Rickettsia monteiroi sp. nov., Infecting the Tick Amblyomma incisum in Brazil

    Richard C. Pacheco;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Arlei Marcili;Leonardo J. Richtzenhain

  • Rickettsia sp. Strain Atlantic Rainforest Infection in a Patient from a Spotted Fever-Endemic Area in Southern Brazil.

    Felipe S. Krawczak;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Ana Carolina Guztzazky;Stefan V. Oliveira

  • Febre maculosa brasileira

    Jonas Moraes-Filho

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Richard C. Pacheco
Richard C. Pacheco Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Mauricio Claudio Horta
Mauricio Claudio Horta Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
Thiago F. Martins
Thiago F. Martins Universidade de São Paulo
Felipe da Silva Krawczak
Felipe da Silva Krawczak Federal University of Sao Paulo
Arlei Marcili
Arlei Marcili Universidade de São Paulo
Adriano Pinter
Adriano Pinter Universidade de São Paulo
Maria Ogrzewalska
Maria Ogrzewalska Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Matias Pablo Juan Szabó
Matias Pablo Juan Szabó Federal University of Uberlândia
Daniel Moura de Aguiar
Daniel Moura de Aguiar Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

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