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Manoel Barral-Netto

Manoel Barral-Netto

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Immunology
Brazil
2026

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Immunology

D-Index
72
Citations
15336
World Ranking
2254
National Ranking
11

Medicine

D-Index
72
Citations
15373
World Ranking
19900
National Ranking
60

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

Manoel Barral-Netto is affiliated with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. Their academic work is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a specific focus on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Health, and Modeling and Simulation. This multidisciplinary approach addresses pressing health challenges, often related to infectious agents and public health dynamics.

The scientist's research topics cover several major areas, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Manoel Barral-Netto has contributed to a number of notable publications in high-impact venues. Some of their recent papers are:

  • Medidas de distanciamento social no controle da pandemia de COVID-19: potenciais impactos e desafios no Brasil, 2020, published in Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
  • Three-quarters attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 in the Brazilian Amazon during a largely unmitigated epidemic, 2021, published in Science
  • Vaccine effectiveness of heterologous CoronaVac plus BNT162b2 in Brazil, 2022, published in Nature Medicine
  • Influence of age on the effectiveness and duration of protection of Vaxzevria and CoronaVac vaccines: A population-based study, 2021, published in The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
  • Vaccine effectiveness of two-dose BNT162b2 against symptomatic and severe COVID-19 among adolescents in Brazil and Scotland over time: a test-negative case-control study, 2022, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases

The scientist frequently publishes in several key venues, which include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Collaborative work is an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors such as Viviane Boaventura, Thiago Cerqueira-Silva, Maurício L. Barreto, Gerson Oliveira Penna, and Ricardo Khouri. These collaborations have contributed to advancing knowledge in epidemiological modeling, vaccine effectiveness, and infectious disease surveillance, particularly in the Brazilian public health context.

Best Publications

  • Transforming growth factor-beta in leishmanial infection: a parasite escape mechanism

    Manoel Barral-Netto;Aldina Maria Prado Barral;Aldina Maria Prado Barral;Cari E. Brownell;Yasir A. W. Skeiky

  • Three-quarters attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 in the Brazilian Amazon during a largely unmitigated epidemic.

    Lewis F Buss;Carlos A Prete;Claudia M M Abrahim;Alfredo Mendrone

  • 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

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

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

  • Severe Plasmodium vivax malaria exhibits marked inflammatory imbalance

    Bruno B. Andrade;Bruno B. Andrade;Antonio Reis-Filho;Antonio Reis-Filho;Sebastião M. Souza-Neto;Sebastião M. Souza-Neto;Jorge Clarêncio;Jorge Clarêncio

  • Transforming growth factor beta as a virulence mechanism for Leishmania braziliensis

    Aldina Barral;Manoel Barral-Netto;Elenita C. Yong;Cari E. Brownell

  • CD4+CD25+ T Cells in Skin Lesions of Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Exhibit Phenotypic and Functional Characteristics of Natural Regulatory T Cells

    Ana P. Campanelli;Ana M. Roselino;Karen A. Cavassani;Marcelo S. F. Pereira

  • Vaccine effectiveness of heterologous CoronaVac plus BNT162b2 in Brazil

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  • Neutrophils and macrophages cooperate in host resistance against Leishmania braziliensis infection

    Fernanda O. Novais;Rômulo C. Santiago;André Báfica;Ricardo Khouri

  • Immunologic Markers of Clinical Evolution in Children Recently Infected with Leishmania donovani chagasi

    Edgar M. Carvalho;Aldina Barral;Diana Pedral-Sampaio;Manoel Barral-Netto

  • Human immune response to sand fly salivary gland antigens: a useful epidemiological marker?

    Aldina Barral;Eduardo Honda;Arlene Caldas;Jackson Costa

  • Balance of IL-10 and Interferon-γ plasma levels in human visceral leishmaniasis: Implications in the pathogenesis

    Arlene Caldas;Arlene Caldas;Cecília Favali;Dorlene Aquino;Dorlene Aquino;Vera Vinhas

  • Human mucosal leishmaniasis: neutrophils infiltrate areas of tissue damage that express high levels of Th17-related cytokines.

    Viviane S. Boaventura;Claire S. Santos;Cristina Ribeiro de Barros Cardoso;José de Andrade

  • Chemokines in host–parasite interactions in leishmaniasis

    Maria Jania Teixeira;Maria Jania Teixeira;Clarissa Romero Teixeira;Clarissa Romero Teixeira;Bruno Bezerril Andrade;Bruno Bezerril Andrade;Manoel Barral-Netto;Manoel Barral-Netto

  • Leishmanial infection: analysis of its first steps. A review

    M. C. de Almeida;V. Vilhena;A. Barral;Manoel Barral-Netto

  • Flow cytometric determination of cellular sources and frequencies of key cytokine-producing lymphocytes directed against recombinant LACK and soluble Leishmania antigen in human cutaneous leishmaniasis.

    R. L. A. Bottrel;W. O. Dutra;F. A. Martins;B. Gontijo

  • Revisiting proteus: do minor changes in lectin structure matter in biological activity? Lessons from and potential biotechnological uses of the Diocleinae subtribe lectins

    B. S. Cavada;T. Barbosa;S. Arruda;T. B. Grangeiro

  • Seroconversion against Lutzomyia longipalpis Saliva Concurrent with the Development of Anti–Leishmania chagasi Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity

    Regis B. Gomes;Cláudia Brodskyn;Cláudia Brodskyn;Camila I. de Oliveira;Jackson Costa

  • CD8(+) Granzyme B(+)-Mediated Tissue Injury vs. CD4(+)IFNγ(+)-Mediated Parasite Killing in Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

    Claire da Silva Santos;Claire da Silva Santos;Viviane Boaventura;Viviane Boaventura;Cristina Ribeiro Cardoso;Natalia Tavares;Natalia Tavares

  • Haematophagous arthropod saliva and host defense system: a tale of tear and blood

    Bruno Bezerril Andrade;Clarissa Romero Teixeira;Clarissa Romero Teixeira;Aldina Maria Prado Barral;Aldina Maria Prado Barral;Manoel Barral-Netto;Manoel Barral-Netto

  • Lymphadenopathy as the First Sign of Human Cutaneous Infection by Leishmania braziliensis

    Aldina Barral;Jaqueline Guerreiro;Gloria Bomfim;D. Correia

Frequent Co-Authors

Aldina Barral
Aldina Barral Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Cláudia Brodskyn
Cláudia Brodskyn Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Bruno B. Andrade
Bruno B. Andrade Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Edgar M. Carvalho
Edgar M. Carvalho Federal University of Bahia
Manuel Soto
Manuel Soto Autonomous University of Madrid
Roberto Badaró
Roberto Badaró Federal University of Bahia
João S. Silva
João S. Silva Universidade de São Paulo
Benildo Sousa Cavada
Benildo Sousa Cavada Universidade Federal do Ceará
Jesus G. Valenzuela
Jesus G. Valenzuela National Institutes of Health
Warren D. Johnson
Warren D. Johnson Cornell University

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