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José Rodrigues Coura

José Rodrigues Coura

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
13026
World Ranking
12493
National Ranking
57

José Rodrigues Coura publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Rodrigues Coura sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 198 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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José Rodrigues Coura D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Rodrigues Coura sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

José Rodrigues Coura is affiliated with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant body of work in epidemiology, public health, and parasitology.

The scientist's research explores topics including:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Parasites and Host Interactions

José Rodrigues Coura has contributed to several papers published mainly in the journal Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, with one publication in Check List. Key recent publications include:

  • Application of WHO International Biological Reference Standards to evaluate commercial serological tests for chronic Chagas disease, 2020, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
  • Human acute Chagas disease: changes in factor VII, activated protein C and hepatic enzymes from patients of oral outbreaks in Pará State (Brazilian Amazon), 2020, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
  • Geographical origin of chronic Chagas disease patients in Brazil impacts the performance of commercial tests for anti-T. cruzi IgG, 2021, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
  • Chagas disease in Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil: left ventricle aneurysm and the risk of death in the 24-year interval, 2020, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
  • Eratyrus mucronatus Stål, 1859 and Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first records in a riverside community of Rio Negro, Amazonas state, Brazil, 2021, Check List

Their frequent coauthors encompass a group of researchers collaborating multiple times, including:

  • Ângela Cristina Veríssimo Junqueira
  • Amadeo Sáez-Alquézar
  • Andressa M. Durans
  • André Valpassos Guimarães
  • José Abol Corrêa

José Rodrigues Coura's publication record shows a concentration of work in the fields of epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, parasitology, and insect science, contributing to an understanding of parasitic diseases and their diagnostics. Their research includes investigations into disease dynamics, diagnostic test evaluations, and vector biology.

Best Publications

  • A critical review on Chagas disease chemotherapy.

    José Rodrigues Coura;Solange L de Castro

  • Chagas disease: a new worldwide challenge

    José Rodrigues Coura;Pedro Albajar Viñas

  • Epidemiology, control and surveillance of Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery

    José Rodrigues Coura;João Carlos Pinto Dias

  • Emerging Chagas disease in Amazonian Brazil.

    José Rodrigues Coura;Angela C.V. Junqueira;Octavio Fernandes;Sebastiao A.S. Valente

  • 2 nd Brazilian Consensus on Chagas Disease, 2015.

    João Carlos Pinto Dias;Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr.;Eliane Dias Gontijo;Alejandro Luquetti

  • Chagas disease: what is known and what is needed - A background article

    José Rodrigues Coura

  • The main sceneries of Chagas disease transmission. The vectors, blood and oral transmissions - A comprehensive review

    José Rodrigues Coura

  • Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery. A systemic review.

    José Rodrigues Coura;José Borges-Pereira

  • [Acute phase of Chagas disease in the Brazilian Amazon region: study of 233 cases from Pará, Amapá and Maranhão observed between 1988 and 2005].

    Ana Yecê das Neves Pinto;Sebastião Aldo Valente;Vera da Costa Valente;Alberto Gomes Ferreira Junior

  • Chagas disease in the Amazon Region

    Hugo Marcelo Aguilar;Fernando Abad-Franch;João Carlos Pinto Dias;Angela Cristina Veríssimo Junqueira

  • A new challenge for malaria control in Brazil: asymptomatic Plasmodium infection - a review

    Jose Rodrigues Coura;Martha Cecilia Suarez-Mutis;Simone Ladeia-Andrade

  • A mini-exon multiplex polymerase chain reaction to distinguish the major groups of Trypanosoma cruzi and T. rangeli in the Brazilian Amazon.

    O. Fernandes;S. S. Santos;E. Cupolillo;B. Mendonca

  • Molecular epidemiology of American trypanosomiasis in Brazil based on dimorphisms of rRNA and mini-exon gene sequences.

    B. Zingales;R.P. Souto;R.H. Mangia;C.V. Lisboa

  • Present situation and new strategies for Chagas disease chemotherapy: a proposal

    José Rodrigues Coura

  • Brazilian isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi from humans and triatomines classified into two lineages using mini-exon and ribosomal RNA sequences.

    O Fernandes;R P Souto;J A Castro;J B Pereira

  • 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.

    F. Maia Da Silva;H. Noyes;M. Campaner;A. C. V. Junqueira

  • Should Trypanosoma cruzi be called "cruzi" complex? a review of the parasite diversity and the potential of selecting population after in vitro culturing and mice infection.

    Rodolfo Devera;Octavio Fernandes;José Rodrigues Coura

  • Trypanosoma cruzi in Brazilian Amazonia: Lineages TCI and TCIIa in wild primates, Rhodnius spp. and in humans with Chagas disease associated with oral transmission ☆

    Arlei Marcili;Vera C. Valente;Sebastião A. Valente;Angela C.V. Junqueira

  • An improved serodiagnostic test for Chagas' disease employing a mixture of Trypanosoma cruzi recombinant antigens

    Eufrosina S. Umezawa;Sueli F. Bastos;Jose R. Coura;Mariano J. Levin

  • Chronic phase of Chagas disease: why should it be treated? A comprehensive review.

    José Rodrigues Coura;José Borges-Pereira

Frequent Co-Authors

Octavio Fernandes
Octavio Fernandes Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Marta Campaner
Marta Campaner Universidade de São Paulo
Marta M.G. Teixeira
Marta M.G. Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo
Ana Maria Jansen
Ana Maria Jansen Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Bianca Zingales
Bianca Zingales Universidade de São Paulo
Egler Chiari
Egler Chiari Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Erney P. Camargo
Erney P. Camargo Universidade de São Paulo
David A. Campbell
David A. Campbell University of California, Los Angeles
Arlei Marcili
Arlei Marcili Universidade de São Paulo
Wilson Savino
Wilson Savino Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

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