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Omar dos Santos Carvalho

Omar dos Santos Carvalho

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
21
Citations
1553
World Ranking
3145
National Ranking
167

Omar dos Santos Carvalho publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 78 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Omar dos Santos Carvalho D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

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Overview

Omar dos Santos Carvalho is affiliated with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil, focusing their research on environmental science, immunology, and microbiology. Their scientific work addresses various topics primarily related to parasites and host interactions, encompassing parasite biology, public health concerns, and mollusk-parasite studies.

The main research topics covered by Omar dos Santos Carvalho include:

  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Global Health and Epidemiology

The primary fields of study in their publications comprise:

  • Environmental Science
  • Immunology and Microbiology

The subfields of study that appear frequently in their research are:

  • Ecology
  • Parasitology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

Omar dos Santos Carvalho has contributed papers to several publication venues, with repeated appearances in:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Hematology Transfusion and Cell Therapy
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Their notable recent publications include:

  • "Assessment of the accuracy of 11 different diagnostic tests for the detection of Schistosomiasis mansoni in individuals from a Brazilian area of low endemicity using latent class analysis," 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "A loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for Schistosoma mansoni detection in Biomphalaria spp. from schistosomiasis-endemic areas in Minas Gerais, Brazil," 2021, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Diminished adherence of Biomphalaria glabrata embryonic cell line to sporocysts of Schistosoma mansoni following programmed knockout of the allograft inflammatory factor," 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "FioSchisto's expert perspective on implementing WHO guidelines for schistosomiasis control and transmission elimination in Brazil," 2023, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "DNA barcoding as a valuable tool for delimiting mollusk species of the genus Biomphalaria Preston, 1910 (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)," 2023, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include:

  • Roberta Lima Caldeira
  • Marina de Moraes Mourão
  • Cristina Toscano Fonseca
  • Lângia Colli Montresor
  • Crístiano Lara Massara

Best Publications

  • Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail.

    Coen M Adema;Ladeana W Hillier;Catherine S Jones;Eric S Loker

  • First record of molluscs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) in Brazil.

    Roberta Lima Caldeira;Cristiane L.G.F Mendonca;Cristiane L.G.F Mendonca;Christiane Oliveira Goveia;Henrique L Lenzi

  • Cellular responses and cytokine profiles in Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infected patients.

    Stefan M. Geiger;Stefan M. Geiger;Cristiano L. Massara;Jeffrey Bethony;Peter T. Soboslay

  • Biomphalaria glabrata: extensive genetic variation in Brazilian isolates revealed by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis.

    Teofânia Heloísa Dutra Amorim Vidigal;Emmanuel Dias Neto;Omar Dos Santos Carvalho;Andrew J.G. Simpson

  • 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

  • Comparison of antibody isotype responses to Schistosoma mansoni antigens by infected and putative resistant individuals living in an endemic area

    Iramaya R.C. Viana;Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira;Omar Dos Santos Carvalho;Cristiano Lara Massara

  • Phylogenetic relationships among Brazilian Biomphalaria species (Mollusca: Planorbidae) based upon analysis of ribosomal ITS2 sequences.

    T.H.D.A. Vidigal;J.C. Kissinger;R.L. Caldeira;E.C.R. Pires

  • Preliminary analysis of miRNA pathway in Schistosoma mansoni

    Matheus S. Gomes;Fernanda J. Cabral;Liana K. Jannotti-Passos;Omar Carvalho

  • Detection of Lymnaea columella infection by Fasciola hepatica through Multiplex-PCR

    Kelly Grace Magalhães;Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Passos;Omar dos Santos Carvalho

  • Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil

    Omar dos Santos Carvalho;Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho Scholte;Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho Scholte;Cristiane Lafeta Furtado de Mendonça;Cristiane Lafeta Furtado de Mendonça;Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Passos

  • Necator americanus infection: a possible cause of altered dendritic cell differentiation and eosinophil profile in chronically infected individuals.

    Ricardo T. Fujiwara;Ricardo T. Fujiwara;Ricardo T. Fujiwara;Guilherme G. L. Cançado;Paula A. Freitas;Helton C. Santiago

  • Molecular identification of similar species of the genus Biomphalaria (Mollusca: Planorbidae) determined by a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism

    Roberta Lima Caldeira;Teofânia Heloísa Dutra Amorim Vidigal;Sônia Torquato Paulinelli;Andrew J. G. Simpson

  • Avaliação da esquistossomose e de outras parasitoses intestinais, em escolares do município de Bambuí, Minas Gerais, Brasil

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  • Prevalence of intestinal helminths in three regions of Minas Gerais State

    Omar dos Santos Carvalho;Henrique Leonardo Guerra;Yoná Rose Campos;Roberta Lima Caldeira

  • Fasciola hepatica IN BOVINES IN BRAZIL: DATA AVAILABILITY AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION

    Sita C. Bennema;Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho Scholte;Marcelo Beltrao Molento;Camilla Medeiros

  • A bacterial artificial chromosome library for Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate snail host of Schistosoma mansoni

    Coen M Adema;Mei-Zhong Luo;Ben Hanelt;Lynn A Hertel

  • Potentiality of Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) as intermediate host of the Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Céspedes 1971.

    Omar dos Santos Carvalho;Horacio M.S Teles;Ester Maria Mota;Cristiane Lafeta Gomes Furtado de Mendonca;Cristiane Lafeta Gomes Furtado de Mendonca

  • Microarray analysis of gene expression induced by sexual contact in Schistosoma mansoni.

    Michael Waisberg;Francisco P. Lobo;Gustavo C. Cerqueira;Liana K.J. Passos

  • Molecular epidemiology of Brazilian Biomphalaria: A review of the identification of species and the detection of infected snails

    Roberta L. Caldeira;Liana K. Jannotti-Passos;Omar S. Carvalho

  • SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LYMNAEIDAE (MOLLUSCA, BASOMMATOPHORA), INTERMEDIATE HOST OF Fasciola hepatica LINNAEUS, 1758 (TREMATODA, DIGENEA) IN BRAZIL

    Camilla Medeiros;Camilla Medeiros;Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho Scholte;Sthefane D'ávila;Roberta Lima Caldeira

  • Biomphalaria tenagophila/Schistosoma mansoni interaction: premises for a new approach to biological control of schistosomiasis

    P. M. Z. Coelho;O. S. Carvalho;Z. A. Andrade;R. L. Martins-Sousa

  • Identification of planorbids from Venezuela by polymerase chain reaction amplification and restriction fragment length polymorphism of internal transcriber spacer of the RNA ribosomal gene.

    Roberta Lima Caldeira;Teofânia Heloísa Dutra Amorim Vidigal;Liboria Matinella;Andrew J. G. Simpson

  • FIRST REPORT OF BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA IN THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL

    Omar dos Santos Carvalho;Izabel Michelin Nunes;Roberta Lima Caldeira

  • Factors associated with schistosomiasis mansoni in a population from the municipality of Jaboticatubas, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Cristiano Lara Massara;Sérgio Viana Peixoto;Héliton da Silva Barros;Martin Johannes Enk

  • Infection with Schistosoma mansoni correlates with altered immune responses to Ascaris lumbricoides and hookworm

    Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira;Denise B Golgher;Guilherme C Oliveira;Omar S Carvalho

  • Occurrence of Biomphalaria cousini (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Brazil and its susceptibility to Schistosoma mansoni (Platyhelminths: Trematoda)

    Tatiana Maria Teodoro;Liana Konovalloff Janotti-Passos;Omar dos Santos Carvalho;Roberta Lima Caldeira

  • Use of Molecular Methods for the Rapid Mass Detection of Schistosoma mansoni (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) in Biomphalaria spp. (Gastropoda: Planorbidae).

    Roberta Lima Caldeira;Liana Konovaloffi Jannotti-Passos;Omar Dos Santos Carvalho

  • [Evaluation of schistosomiasis mansoni control measures in Sabará, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 1980-2007].

    Cíntia Honório Vasconcelos;Paula Cristina Marques Cardoso;Wesley Caldeira Quirino;Cristiano Lara Massara

  • Geographical distribution of Biomphalaria snails in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Cecília Pereira de Souza;Roberta Lima Caldeira;Sandra Costa Drummond;Alan Lane Melo

  • In vitro study on thiabendazole action on viability of Ascaris lumbricoides (Lineu, 1758) eggs.

    Cristiano Lara Massara;Rafaela Salgado Ferreira;Henrique Leonardo Guerra;Omar dos Santos Carvalho

Frequent Co-Authors

Naftale Katz
Naftale Katz Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Andrew J.G. Simpson
Andrew J.G. Simpson Ludwig Cancer Research
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Daniel G. Colley
Daniel G. Colley University of Georgia
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Jeffrey M. Bethony
Jeffrey M. Bethony George Washington University
Paul J. Brindley
Paul J. Brindley George Washington University
Jessica C. Kissinger
Jessica C. Kissinger University of Georgia
Anthony T. Papenfuss
Anthony T. Papenfuss Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Deborah Negrão-Corrêa
Deborah Negrão-Corrêa Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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