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Marcelo B. Labruna

Marcelo B. Labruna

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Brazil
2026
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Microbiology
Brazil
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
90
Citations
34128
World Ranking
34
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Marcelo B. Labruna is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil, where their research contributions primarily focus on the study of ticks and tick-borne diseases. Their work spans several fields including Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant publication record in parasitology and infectious diseases.

Their research topics include:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Vector-borne animal diseases
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Parasite biology and host interactions
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

Marcelo B. Labruna has authored papers published in several key scientific venues, notably:

  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
  • Experimental and Applied Acarology
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Veterinary Research Communications

Some recent published works include:

  • Perception of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases Worldwide, 2023, Pathogens
  • Amplification and sequencing of entire tick mitochondrial genomes for a phylogenomic analysis, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Historical overview and update on relapsing fever group Borrelia in Latin America, 2022, Parasites & Vectors
  • Risk factors associated with tick infestations on equids in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, with notes on Rickettsia massiliae detection, 2021, Parasites & Vectors
  • Coxiella burnetii and Related Tick Endosymbionts Evolved from Pathogenic Ancestors, 2021, Genome Biology and Evolution

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with researchers such as:

  • Thiago Fernandes Martins
  • Sebastián Muñoz-Leal
  • Hermes Ribeiro Luz
  • Francisco Borges Costa
  • Maria Carolina de Azevedo Serpa

Marcelo B. Labruna has contributed to book publications as well, including a chapter in the book Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia published by IntechOpen in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach

    Philippe Parola;Christopher D. Paddock;Cristina Socolovschi;Marcelo B. Labruna

  • Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus: biologia, controle e resistência

    Marcelo de Campos Pereira;Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Matias Pablo Juan Szabó;Guilherme Marcondes Klafke

  • Rickettsia Species Infecting Amblyomma cooperi Ticks from an Area in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Where Brazilian Spotted Fever Is Endemic

    Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Ted Whitworth;Maurício C. Horta;Donald H. Bouyer

  • Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) with the description of three new species, Amblyomma tonelliae n. sp., Amblyomma interandinum n. sp. and Amblyomma patinoi n. sp., and reinstatement of Amblyomma mixtum Koch, 1844, and Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae)

    Santiago Nava;Lorenza Beati;Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Abraham G. Cáceres

  • Ecology of rickettsia in South America.

    Marcelo B. Labruna

  • Nymphs of the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) of Brazil: descriptions, redescriptions, and identification key

    Thiago F. Martins;Valeria C. Onofrio;Darci M. Barros-Battesti;Marcelo B. Labruna

  • Rickettsial Infection in Animals and Brazilian Spotted Fever Endemicity

    Luis Antônio Sangioni;Maurício Claudio Horta;Manoella Campostrini Barreto Vianna;Solange Maria Gennari

  • Ticks (Ixodidae) on humans in South America

    A. A. Guglielmone;L. Beati;D. M. Barros-Battesti;M. B. Labruna

  • Rickettsia bellii and Rickettsia amblyommii in Amblyomma ticks from the State of Rondônia, Western Amazon, Brazil.

    Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Ted Whitworth;Donald H. Bouyer;Jere McBride

  • Ecology, biology and distribution of spotted-fever tick vectors in Brazil

    Matias Pablo Juan Szabó;Adriano Pinter;Marcelo Bahia Labruna

  • Detection of medically important Ehrlichia by quantitative multicolor TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction of the dsb gene.

    C. Kuyler Doyle;Marcelo B. Labruna;Edward B. Breitschwerdt;Yi Wei Tang

  • Ehrlichiosis in Brazil

    Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira;Alexander Welker Biondo;Alexander Welker Biondo;Ana Marcia Sá Guimarães;Andrea Pires dos Santos

  • Detection of Rickettsia rickettsii in the tick Amblyomma cajennense in a new Brazilian spotted fever-endemic area in the state of Minas Gerais

    Elizangela Guedes;Romario C. Leite;Marcia C. A. Prata;Richard C. Pacheco

  • Rickettsioses in Latin America, Caribbean, Spain and Portugal

    Marcelo B. Labruna;Salim Mattar V;Santiago Nava;Sergio Bermudez

  • Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia bellii in cell culture from the tick Amblyomma aureolatum in Brazil.

    Adriano Pinter;Marcelo Bahia Labruna

  • Novel spotted fever group rickettsiosis, Brazil.

    Mariana G. Spolidorio;Marcelo B. Labruna;Elenice Mantovani;Paulo E. Brandão

  • PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODIES TO SPOTTED FEVER GROUP RICKETTSIAE IN HUMANS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN A BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER-ENDEMIC AREA IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL: SEROLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR INFECTION BY RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII AND ANOTHER SPOTTED FEVER GROUP RICKETTSIA

    Maurício Cláudio Horta;Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Luis Antônio Sangioni;Manoella Campostrini Barreto Vianna

  • Rickettsia infection in five areas of the state of São Paulo, Brazil

    Maurício C. Horta;Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Adriano Pinter;Pedro M. Linardi

  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on wild carnivores in Brazil.

    Marcelo B. Labruna;Rodrigo S. P. Jorge;Dênis A. Sana;Anah Tereza A. Jácomo

  • Seasonal dynamics of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on horses in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

    Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Nobuko Kasai;Fernando Ferreira;João L.H. Faccini

  • 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

  • In vitro isolation from Amblyomma ovale (Acari: Ixodidae) and ecological aspects of the Atlantic rainforest Rickettsia, the causative agent of a novel spotted fever rickettsiosis in Brazil.

    M. P. J. Szabó;F. A. Nieri-Bastos;M. G. Spolidorio;T. F. Martins

Frequent Co-Authors

Thiago F. Martins
Thiago F. Martins Universidade de São Paulo
Richard C. Pacheco
Richard C. Pacheco Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Solange Maria Gennari
Solange Maria Gennari Universidade de São Paulo
Jonas Moraes-Filho
Jonas Moraes-Filho Universidade de São Paulo
Daniel Moura de Aguiar
Daniel Moura de Aguiar Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Adriano Pinter
Adriano Pinter Universidade de São Paulo
Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo
Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo Universidade de São Paulo
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal University of Concepción
Matias Pablo Juan Szabó
Matias Pablo Juan Szabó Federal University of Uberlândia

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