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Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

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Microbiology
Brazil
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
76
Citations
20992
World Ranking
1416
National Ranking
9

Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 312 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2018 - Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

Overview

Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos is affiliated with the State University of Pará in Brazil. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a substantial focus on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Among their recent notable papers are:

  • Newborns with microcephaly in Brazil and potential vertical transmission of Oropouche virus: a case series (2024) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Reduction of Cardiac Autonomic Modulation and Increased Sympathetic Activity by Heart Rate Variability in Patients With Long COVID (2022) published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Risk of adverse outcomes in offspring with RT-PCR confirmed prenatal Zika virus exposure: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 13 cohorts in the Zika Brazilian Cohorts Consortium (2022) published in The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
  • First Genomic Evidence of a Henipa-like Virus in Brazil (2022) published in Viruses
  • Individual, household and environmental factors associated with arboviruses in rural human populations, Brazil (2021) published in Zoonoses and Public Health

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Lívia Carício Martins
  • Juarez Antônio Simões Quaresma
  • Ana Cecília Ribeiro Cruz
  • Luiz Fábio Magno Falcão
  • Jannifer Oliveira Chiang

Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos has published extensively in several scientific venues. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • Viruses
  • Preprints.org
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Pathogens
  • Journal of Medical Virology

In addition to journal articles, their contributions include a book titled Contar (multi)espécies - estará o futuro atrás de nós? (Re)ler arquivos e metodologias ambientais, published by Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto eBooks, expected in 2025.

Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos has been recognized with the Distinguished International Fellow award from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • In situ immune response and mechanisms of cell damage in central nervous system of fatal cases microcephaly by Zika virus

    Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo;Jorge R. de Sousa;Marialva Tereza Ferreira de Araújo;Arnaldo J Martins Filho

  • Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings

    Nuno Rodrigues Faria;Nuno Rodrigues Faria;Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Renato Souza

  • Emergence and potential for spread of Chikungunya virus in Brazil

    Marcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes;Nuno Rodrigues Faria;Janaina Mota de Vasconcelos;Nick Golding

  • Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC?

    David L Heymann;David L Heymann;Abraham Hodgson;Amadou Alpha Sall;David O Freedman

  • An evolutionary NS1 mutation enhances Zika virus evasion of host interferon induction.

    Hongjie Xia;Huanle Luo;Chao Shan;Antonio E Muruato

  • Dynamics of dengue virus circulation: a silent epidemic in a complex urban area

    Maria da Glória Lima Cruz Teixeira;Mauricio Lima Barreto;Maria da Conceição Nascimento Costa;Leila Denise Alves Ferreira

  • Vaccine Mediated Protection Against Zika Virus-Induced Congenital Disease

    Justin M. Richner;Brett W. Jagger;Chao Shan;Camila R. Fontes

  • Potential risk of re-emergence of urban transmission of Yellow Fever virus in Brazil facilitated by competent Aedes populations.

    Dinair Couto-Lima;Dinair Couto-Lima;Yoann Madec;Maria Ignez Bersot;Stephanie Silva Campos

  • A live-attenuated Zika virus vaccine candidate induces sterilizing immunity in mouse models

    Chao Shan;Antonio E. Muruato;Bruno T.D. Nunes;Bruno T.D. Nunes;Huanle Luo

  • New arenavirus isolated in Brazil

    T. L M Coimbra;E. S. Nassar;L. T M de Souza;I. B. Ferreira

  • Epidemic of jungle yellow fever in Brazil, 2000: Implications of climatic alterations in disease spread

    P.F.C. Vasconcelos;Z.G. Costa;E.S. Travassos da Rosa;E. Luna

  • Inadequate management of natural ecosystem in the Brazilian Amazon region results in the emergence and reemergence of arboviruses

    Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos;Amélia Paes de Andrade Travassos da Rosa;Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues;Elizabeth Salbé Travassos da Rosa

  • Febre amarela Yellow fever

    Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

  • Mayaro Fever Virus, Brazilian Amazon

    Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo;Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva;Valéria Lima Carvalho;Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues

  • Yellow fever virus in Haemagogus leucocelaenus and Aedes serratus mosquitoes, southern Brazil, 2008

    Jáder da C. Cardoso;Marco A.B. de Almeida;Edmilson dos Santos;Daltro F. da Fonseca

  • Experimental Yellow Fever Virus Infection in the Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus). I. Virologic, Biochemical, and Immunologic Studies

    Robert B Tesh;Hilda Guzman;Amélia Paes de Andrade Travassos da Rosa;Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

  • Bat-transmitted human rabies outbreaks, Brazilian Amazon.

    Elizabeth S.T. da Rosa;Ivanete Kotait;Taciana F.S. Barbosa;Maria L. Carrieri

  • Allergies and diabetes as risk factors for dengue hemorrhagic fever: results of a case control study.

    Maria Aparecida A. Figueiredo;Laura C. Rodrigues;Maurício L. Barreto;José Wellington O. Lima

  • Revisiting the liver in human yellow fever : Virus-induced apoptosis in hepatocytes associated with TGF-β, TNF-α and NK cells activity

    Juarez A.S. Quaresma;Vera L.R.S. Barros;Carla Pagliari;Elaine R. Fernandes

  • Genetic divergence and dispersal of yellow fever virus, Brazil.

    Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos;Juliet E Bryant;Amélia Paes de Andrade Travassos da Rosa;Robert B Tesh

  • Isolations of yellow fever virus from Haemagogus leucocelaenus in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.

    Pedro F.C. Vasconcelos;Alethéa F. Sperb;Hamilton A.O. Monteiro;Maria A.N. Torres

Frequent Co-Authors

Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes
Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes Instituto Evandro Chagas
Sueli Rodrigues
Sueli Rodrigues Universidade Federal do Ceará
Amelia P. A. Travassos da Rosa
Amelia P. A. Travassos da Rosa The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Robert B. Tesh
Robert B. Tesh The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Scott C. Weaver
Scott C. Weaver The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo
Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo Universidade de São Paulo
Mauricio Lima Barreto
Mauricio Lima Barreto Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Mitermayer G. Reis
Mitermayer G. Reis Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho
Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Alan D.T. Barrett
Alan D.T. Barrett The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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