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Maria Ogrzewalska

Maria Ogrzewalska

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
30
Citations
2926
World Ranking
2492
National Ranking
105

Overview

Maria Ogrzewalska is affiliated with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil and has contributed to research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Animal Science and Zoology, Parasitology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research spans several key topics, including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, animal virus infection studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, viral infections and vectors, vector-borne infectious diseases, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, and influenza virus research studies.

Maria Ogrzewalska has published in frequent collaboration with a group of coauthors, among them Marilda Mendonça Siqueira, Paola Cristina Resende, Luciana Appolinario, Gabriel Luz Wallau, and Martha Lima Brandão.

The scientist's work has appeared in a variety of publication venues, with multiple papers published in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Selected recent papers include:

  • Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in dogs and cats of humans diagnosed with COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Evolutionary Dynamics and Dissemination Pattern of the SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.33 During the Early Pandemic Phase in Brazil, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Neutralizing antibodies for SARS-CoV-2 in stray animals from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 reveals community transmission of a major lineage during the early pandemic phase in Brazil, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome after reinfection and vaccine breakthrough by the SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant in Brazil, 2021, International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in dogs and cats of humans diagnosed with COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    Guilherme Amaral Calvet;Sandro Antonio Pereira;Maria Ogrzewalska;Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa;Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa;Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa

  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting wild birds in the eastern Amazon, northern Brazil, with notes on rickettsial infection in ticks.

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Alexandre Uezu;Marcelo B. Labruna

  • 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

  • ATLANTIC BIRD TRAITS: a data set of bird morphological traits from the Atlantic forests of South America

    Rodolpho Credo Rodrigues;Érica Hasui;Julia Camara Assis;João Carlos Castro Pena;João Carlos Castro Pena

  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Infesting Birds in an Atlantic Rain Forest Region of Brazil

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Richard de Campos Pacheco;Alexandre Uezu;Leonardo José Richtzenhain

  • Babesia microti: prevalence in wild rodents and Ixodes ricinus ticks from the Mazury Lakes District of North-Eastern Poland.

    Edward Siński;Anna Bajer;Renata Welc;Agnieszka Pawełczyk

  • Experimental Infection of Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks with Rickettsia rickettsii

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

  • Effect of Forest Fragmentation on Tick Infestations of Birds and Tick Infection Rates by Rickettsia in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Alexandre Uezu;Clinton N. Jenkins;Marcelo B. Labruna

  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting wild birds in the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil, with notes on rickettsial infection in ticks.

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Alexandre Uezu;Marcelo B. Labruna

  • Comparative susceptibility of larval stages of Amblyomma aureolatum, Amblyomma cajennense, and Rhipicephalus sanguineus to infection by Rickettsia rickettsii.

    Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Maria Halina Ogrzewalska;Thiago Fernandes Martins;Adriano Pinter

  • Rickettsial agents in avian ixodid ticks in northeast Brazil

    Camile Lugarini;Thiago Fernandes Martins;Maria Ogrzewalska;Nathália Costa Teixeira de Vasconcelos

  • Rickettsial infection in Amblyomma nodosum ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Brazil

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Richard de Campos Pacheco;Alexandre Uezu;Leonardo José Richtzenhain

  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Infesting Wild Birds in an Atlantic Forest Area in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, with Isolation of Rickettsia from the Tick Amblyomma longirostre

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Richard de Campos Pacheco;Alexandre Uezu;Fernando Ferreira

  • 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

  • Rickettsia felis in Chile

    Marcelo B. Labruna;Maria Ogrzewalska;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Paulina Lepe

  • Rickettsial infections in ticks from reptiles, birds and humans in Honduras.

    Marketa Novakova;Ivan Literak;Luis Chevez;Thiago F. Martins

  • Bacteria of the genus Rickettsia in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from birds in Costa Rica.

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Ivan Literák;Miroslav Capek;Oldřich Sychra

  • Carrapatos (Acari: Ixodidae) como ectoprasitos de aves Brasileiras e sua associação com doenças riquetsiais

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Adriano Pinter

  • New Records and Human Parasitism by Ornithodoros mimon (Acari: Argasidae) in Brazil

    Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Arlei Marcili;Maria Halina Ogrzewalska;Darci M. Barros-Battesti

  • Genetic Identification of Rickettsial Isolates from Fatal Cases of Brazilian Spotted Fever and Comparison with Rickettsia rickettsii Isolates from the American Continents

    Marcelo B. Labruna;Fabiana C. P. Santos;Maria Ogrzewalska;Elvira M. M. Nascimento

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Thiago F. Martins
Thiago F. Martins Universidade de São Paulo
Adriano Pinter
Adriano Pinter Universidade de São Paulo
Richard C. Pacheco
Richard C. Pacheco Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Fernando Ferreira
Fernando Ferreira Universidade de São Paulo
Jonas Moraes-Filho
Jonas Moraes-Filho Universidade de São Paulo
Mauricio Claudio Horta
Mauricio Claudio Horta Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal University of Concepción
Herbert Sousa Soares
Herbert Sousa Soares Universidade de Santo Amaro
Matias Pablo Juan Szabó
Matias Pablo Juan Szabó Federal University of Uberlândia

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