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Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo

Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
41
Citations
6921
World Ranking
5437
National Ranking
72

Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 167 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as infectious diseases. Additional areas of research include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, epidemiology, and immunology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, and virology and viral diseases. Other studied subjects include neutrophil, myeloperoxidase and oxidative mechanisms, inflammasome and immune disorders, neonatal and maternal infections, and malaria research and control.

Frequent publication venues for Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo include:

  • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cell Host & Microbe
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Journal of Nephrology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo are:

  • Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Effectively Control Acute Chikungunya Virus Infection, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Pathophysiology of chikungunya virus infection associated with fatal outcomes, 2024, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Serological evidence of Mayaro virus infection in blood donors from São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil, 2020, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Linear and Continuous Flavivirus Epitopes From Naturally Infected Humans, 2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Two Cases of Natural Infection of Dengue-2 Virus in Bats in the Colombian Caribbean, 2021, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Marcílio Jorge Fumagalli
  • Víctor Hugo Aquino
  • William Marciel de Souza
  • Alfonso Calderón
  • Camilo Guzmán

Best Publications

  • A Global Perspective on Hantavirus Ecology, Epidemiology, and Disease

    Colleen B. Jonsson;Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo;Olli Vapalahti

  • Duplex Reverse Transcription-PCR Followed by Nested PCR Assays for Detection and Identification of Brazilian Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses

    Roberta Vieira de Morais Bronzoni;Flávia Graciela Baleotti;Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira;Márcio Nunes

  • Emergent arboviruses in Brazil.

    Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo

  • The Brazilian flaviviruses.

    Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo

  • Hantaviruses—Globally emerging pathogens

    Detlev H. Kruger;Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo;Jin Won Song;Boris Klempa

  • Emerging alphaviruses in the Americas: Chikungunya and Mayaro

    Mario Luis Garcia de Figueiredo;Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo

  • Mayaro Fever in the City of Manaus, Brazil, 2007–2008

    Maria Paula Gomes Mourão;Michele de Souza Bastos;Regina Pinto de Figueiredo;João Bosco Lima Gimaque

  • Detection of dengue virus in saliva and urine by real time RT-PCR.

    Telma R Poloni;Anibal S Oliveira;Helda L Alfonso;Larissa R Galvão

  • Domain III peptides from flavivirus envelope protein are useful antigens for serologic diagnosis and targets for immunization.

    Juliana Helena Chávez;Jaqueline Raymondi Silva;Alberto Anastacio Amarilla;Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo

  • High Rates of Molecular Evolution in Hantaviruses

    Cadhla Ramsden;Fernando L. Melo;Luiz. M. Figueiredo;Edward C. Holmes;Edward C. Holmes

  • Hantaviruses and cardiopulmonary syndrome in South America.

    Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo;William Marciel de Souza;Marcela Ferrés;Delia Alcira Enria

  • Saint Louis encephalitis virus, Brazil

    Adriano Mondini;Izabela Lídia Soares Cardeal;Eduardo Lázaro;Silva H. Nunes

  • Identification of Oropouche Orthobunyavirus in the cerebrospinal fluid of three patients in the Amazonas, Brazil.

    Michele de Souza Bastos;Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo;Felipe Gomes Naveca;Rossicleia Lins Monte

  • Multiplex nested PCR for Brazilian Alphavirus diagnosis.

    Roberta V.M. Bronzoni;Marcos L. Moreli;Ana Cecı́lia R. Cruz;Luiz Tadeu M. Figueiredo

  • Mosquitoes infected with dengue viruses in Brazil

    Mario L G de Figueiredo;Almério de C Gomes;Alberto A Amarilla;André de S Leandro

  • Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, central plateau, southeastern, and southern Brazil.

    Luiz T M Figueiredo;Marcos L Moreli;Ricardo L M de-Sousa;Alessandra A Borges

  • Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Effectively Control Acute Chikungunya Virus Infection.

    Carlos H. Hiroki;Juliana E. Toller-Kawahisa;Marcilio J. Fumagalli;David F. Colon

  • Usefulness of blood and urine samples collected on filter paper in detecting cytomegalovirus by the polymerase chain reaction technique.

    Aparecida Yulie Yamamoto;Marisa Márcia Mussi-Pinhata;P. C. G. Pinto;Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo

  • Crotoxin and phospholipases A₂ from Crotalus durissus terrificus showed antiviral activity against dengue and yellow fever viruses.

    Vanessa Danielle Menjon Muller;Raquel Rinaldi Russo;Adelia Cristina Oliveira Cintra;Marco Aurélio Sartim

  • Identification of Brazilian flaviviruses by a simplified reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction method using Flavivirus universal primers.

    Luiz Tadeu M. Figueiredo;Weber Chelli Batista;Simone Kashima;Elza Da Silva Nassar

  • Zika Virus Meningoencephalitis in an Immunocompromised Patient

    Pedro V. Schwartzmann;Leandra N.Z. Ramalho;Luciano Neder;Fernando C. Vilar

  • Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome: immune response and pathogenesis

    Alessandra A. Borges;Gelse M. Campos;Marcos L. Moreli;Ricardo L.M. Souza

  • MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DENGUE TYPE 3 VIRUS IN BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY, 2002–2004

    Victor H. Aquino;Elen Anatriello;Paula F. Gonçalves;Eliana V. Da Silva

  • Report on ticks collected in the Southeast and Mid-West regions of Brazil: analyzing the potential transmission of tick-borne pathogens to man

    Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo;Soraya Jabur Badra;Luiz Eloy Pereira;Matias Pablo Juan Szabó

  • Phospholipase A2 Isolated from the Venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus Inactivates Dengue virus and Other Enveloped Viruses by Disrupting the Viral Envelope

    Vanessa Danielle Muller;Ricardo Oliveira Soares;Nilton Nascimento dos Santos-Junior;Amanda Cristina Trabuco

Frequent Co-Authors

Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes
Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes Instituto Evandro Chagas
Edison Luiz Durigon
Edison Luiz Durigon Universidade de São Paulo
Maurício Lacerda Nogueira
Maurício Lacerda Nogueira Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto
Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos
Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos State University of Pará
Alexander A. Khromykh
Alexander A. Khromykh University of Queensland
Amelia P. A. Travassos da Rosa
Amelia P. A. Travassos da Rosa The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Colleen B. Jonsson
Colleen B. Jonsson University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Nuno Rodrigues Faria
Nuno Rodrigues Faria Imperial College London
Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira
Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
João S. Silva
João S. Silva Universidade de São Paulo

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