2026 Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos: Microbiology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Microbiology	76	1416	1280	9	9	312	20992

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

3213
Citations
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

1247
Citations
Emergence and potential for spread of Chikungunya virus in Brazil

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

604
Citations
Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC?

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

482
Citations
An evolutionary NS1 mutation enhances Zika virus evasion of host interferon induction.

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

327
Citations
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

324
Citations
Vaccine Mediated Protection Against Zika Virus-Induced Congenital Disease

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

290
Citations
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

264
Citations
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

262
Citations
New arenavirus isolated in Brazil

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

252
Citations
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

216
Citations
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

215
Citations
Febre amarela Yellow fever

Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

195
Citations
Mayaro Fever Virus, Brazilian Amazon

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

191
Citations
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

189
Citations
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

188
Citations
Bat-transmitted human rabies outbreaks, Brazilian Amazon.

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

177
Citations
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

177
Citations
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

168
Citations
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

158
Citations
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

157
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes Instituto Evandro Chagas

Sueli Rodrigues Universidade Federal do Ceará

Amelia P. A. Travassos da Rosa The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Robert B. Tesh The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Scott C. Weaver The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo Universidade de São Paulo

Mauricio Lima Barreto Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Mitermayer G. Reis Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Alan D.T. Barrett The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

External Links

Personal website of Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

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