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Naftale Katz is affiliated with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil, contributing to research at the intersection of environmental science, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. Their academic output reflects a focus on microbial interactions with bacteriophages and related genomic and phylogenetic studies.

The scientist's recent publication is titled Towards Clinical Phage Microbiology for Biofilm Infections: A Comparative Study and a Suggested Protocol, published in 2025 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). This work addresses biofilm infections in the context of phage microbiology, emphasizing a comparative study alongside proposing clinical protocols.

Naftale Katz collaborates with several researchers across related fields. Frequent co-authors include Amit Rimon, Ron Braunstein, Ortal Yerushalmy, Leen abu Yosef, and Yitzchak Gvili, each contributing to similar scientific areas.

The scientist's research spans several interdisciplinary fields:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these fields, their subfields of study cover:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Microbiology

Key topics addressed in their work involve:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial infections and disease research

Publications by Naftale Katz have appeared notably in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), which serves as a platform for early scientific communication in biological sciences.

Best Publications

  • Comparison of a polymerase chain reaction and the Kato-Katz technique for diagnosing infection with Schistosoma mansoni.

    Luis A. Pontes;Maria C. Oliveira;Naftale Katz;Emmanuel Dias-Neto

  • Critical analysis of the estimated number of Schistosomiasis mansoni carriers in Brazil

    Naftale Katz;Sérgio Viana Peixoto

  • Schistosoma mansoni: a method for inducing resistance to praziquantel using infected Biomphalaria glabrata snails

    Flávia F.B Couto;Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho;Neusa Araujo;John R Kusel

  • Evaluation of Kato's quantitative method through the recovery of Schistosoma mansoni eggs added to human feces.

    Naftale Katz;Paulo Marcos Z. Coelho;J. Pellegrino

  • Immune responses during human schistosomiasis. XII. Differential responsiveness in patients with hepatosplenic disease.

    Daniel G. Colley;Alvaro A. Garcia;José R. Lambertucci;Juçara C. Parra

  • Schistosoma mansoni: vaccination with adult worm antigens.

    Miriam Tendler;R.Magalhães Pinto;A.Oliveira Lima;Gisèle Gebara

  • The human immune response to defined immunogens of Schistosoma mansoni: elevated antibody levels to paramyosin in stool-negative individuals from two endemic areas in Brazil

    R. Correa-Oliveira;E.J. Pearce;G.C. Oliveira;D.B. Golgher

  • Immune responses during human Schistosomiasis mansoni. XI. Immunologic status of patients with acute infections and after treatment.

    G Gazzinelli;J R Lambertucci;N Katz;R S Rocha

  • Analysis of anti-keyhole limpet haemocyanin antibody in Brazilians supports its use for the diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis mansoni

    C.F. Alves-Brito;A.J.G. Simpson;L.M.G. Bahia-Oliveira;A.L.T. Rabello

  • Lack of evidence for an antischistosomal activity of myrrh in experimental animals.

    Sanaa Botros;Samia William;Fatma Ebeid;Donato Cioli

  • Use of a saline gradient for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis

    Paulo Marcos Z Coelho;Arnon D Jurberg;Áureo A Oliveira;Naftale Katz

  • Evaluation of a 25-Year-Program for the Control of Schistosomiasis Mansoni in an Endemic Area in Brazil

    Ana K. Sarvel;Áureo A. Oliveira;Alexandre R. Silva;Anna C. L. Lima

  • Low specificity of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) diagnostic test in a non-endemic area for schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil

    Carlos Graeff-Teixeira;Carlos Graeff-Teixeira;Vivian Favero;Vanessa Fey Pascoal;Renata Perotto de Souza

  • Granulomatous hypersensitivity to Schistosoma mansoni egg antigens in human schistosomiasis. III. In vitro granuloma modulation induced by immune complexes.

    Alfredo M. Goes;Giovanni Gazzinelli;Roberto Rocha;Naftale Katz

  • A multivariate analysis of socio-demographic factors, water contact patterns and Schistosoma mansoni infection in an endemic area in Brazil

    Maria Fernanda F. Lima e Costa;Roberto S. Rocha;Maria Léa Correa Leite;Rogério G. Carneiro

  • Immune responses during human Schistosomiasis mansoni. VIII. Differential in vitro cellular responsiveness to adult worm and schistosomular tegumental preparations.

    G Gazzinelli;N Katz;R S Rocha;D G Colley

  • Building a global schistosomiasis alliance: an opportunity to join forces to fight inequality and rural poverty

    Lorenzo Savioli;Marco Albonico;Daniel G. Colley;Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira

  • Schistosomiasis in America

    Oscar Noya;Oscar Noya;Naftale Katz;Jean Pierre Pointier;André Theron

  • Improvement of POC-CCA Interpretation by Using Lyophilization of Urine from Patients with Schistosoma mansoni Low Worm Burden: Towards an Elimination of Doubts about the Concept of Trace.

    Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho;Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira;Rafaella Fortini Queiroz Grenfell;Rafaella Fortini Queiroz Grenfell;Nathalie Bonatti Franco Almeida

  • Evaluating a point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen test (POC-CCA) to detect Schistosoma mansoni infections in a low endemic area in north-eastern Brazil.

    Fernando Schemelzer Moraes Bezerra;Joames Kauffimann Freitas Leal;Mariana Silva Sousa;Marta Cristhiany Cunha Pinheiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Omar dos Santos Carvalho
Omar dos Santos Carvalho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Gerald C. Coles
Gerald C. Coles University of Bristol
André Théron
André Théron University of Perpignan

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