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Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos

Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
28
Citations
2395
World Ranking
2736
National Ranking
124

Overview

Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos is affiliated with the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco in Brazil. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's subfields of study focus primarily on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Insect Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Ecology. Their work covers various main topics such as Vector-borne infectious diseases, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, Viral Infections and Vectors, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, Helminth infection and control, and Parasites and Host Interactions.

Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos has published extensively, with frequent appearances in venues including Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports, Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Acta Parasitologica, Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology, and Medicina Veterinária (UFRPE).

Recent published papers include:

  • Didelphis spp. opossums and their parasites in the Americas: A One Health perspective, 2021, Parasitology Research
  • Leishmania infantum Infection in a Domestic Cat: A Real Threat or an Occasional Finding?, 2020, Acta Parasitologica
  • Gastrointestinal parasites in dogs and cats in line with the One Health' approach, 2022, Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
  • Epidemiology and spatial distribution of Echinococcus granulosus in sheep and goats slaughtered in a hyperendemic European Mediterranean area, 2021, Parasites & Vectors
  • Gastrointestinal parasites in captive wild animals from two Brazilian Zoological Gardens, 2022, Research Society and Development

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos include Gílcia Aparecida de Carvalho, Lêucio Câmara Alves, Lucia Oliveira de Macedo, Guilherme G. Verocai, and Carlos Alberto do Nascimento Ramos.

Best Publications

  • Molecular survey and genetic characterization of tick-borne pathogens in dogs in metropolitan Recife (north-eastern Brazil)

    Rafael Ramos;Carlos Ramos;Flábio Araújo;Renato Oliveira

  • Efficacy of an imidacloprid/flumethrin collar against fleas, ticks and tick-borne pathogens in dogs

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Gioia Capelli;Alessio Giannelli;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos

  • Release of lungworm larvae from snails in the environment: potential for alternative transmission pathways.

    Alessio Giannelli;Vito Colella;Francesca Abramo;Rafael Antonio do Nascimento Ramos

  • Didelphis spp. opossums and their parasites in the Americas: A One Health perspective.

    Marcos Antônio Bezerra-Santos;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Artur Kanadani Campos;Filipe Dantas-Torres

  • Detection of Anaplasma platys in dogs and Rhipicephalus sanguineus group ticks by a quantitative real-time PCR.

    Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Maria Stefania Latrofa;Alessio Giannelli;Vita Lacasella

  • Development of the feline lungworms Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior in Helix aspersa snails.

    Alessio Giannelli;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Giada Annoscia;Angela Di Cesare

  • Simultaneous detection of the feline lungworms Troglostrongylus brevior and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus by a newly developed duplex-PCR.

    Giada Annoscia;Maria Stefania Latrofa;Bronwyn Evelyn Campbell;Alessio Giannelli

  • A comparison of mini-FLOTAC and FLOTAC with classic methods to diagnosing intestinal parasites of dogs from Brazil

    Victor Fernando Santana Lima;Giuseppe Cringoli;Laura Rinaldi;Maria Fernanda Melo Monteiro

  • Comparação de nested-PCR com o diagnóstico direto na detecção de Ehrlichia canis e Anaplasma platys em cães

    Carlos A N Ramos;Rafael A N Ramos;Flábio R Araújo;Daniel S Guedes

  • Transstadial transmission of Hepatozoon canis from larvae to nymphs of Rhipicephalus sanguineus.

    Alessio Giannelli;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Giancarlo Di Paola;Norbert Mencke

  • Detection of antibodies against Leishmania infantum in cats (Felis catus) from the State of Pernambuco, Brazil

    Rita de Cássia Nascimento Silva;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Danillo de Souza Pimentel;Gênova Maria de Azevedo Oliveira

  • First report and molecular characterization of Trypanosoma vivax in cattle from state of Pernambuco, Brazil

    Danillo de Souza Pimentel;Carlos Alberto do Nascimento Ramos;Rafael Antônio do Nascimento Ramos;Flábio Ribeiro de Araújo

  • Feline lungworms unlock a novel mode of parasite transmission.

    Vito Colella;Alessio Giannelli;Emanuele Brianti;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos

  • Experimental evidence against transmission of Hepatozoon canis by Ixodes ricinus.

    Alessio Giannelli;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Norbert Mencke

  • Biological compatibility between two temperate lineages of brown dog ticks, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu lato).

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Maria Stefania Latrofa;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Riccardo Paolo Lia

  • Prevalence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in dogs in an endemic area of Brazil

    Danillo de Souza Pimentel;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Marília de Andrade Santana;Carina Scanoni Maia

  • Native strains of Beauveria bassiana for the control of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato.

    Claudia Cafarchia;Davide Immediato;Roberta Iatta;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos

  • Risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women from the State of Tocantins, Northern Brazil.

    Élvio Machado da Rocha;Carlos Wilson Gomes Lopes;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Leucio Câmara Alves

  • Filarioids infecting dogs in northeastern Brazil.

    Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Ana Gabriela de Oliveira do Rêgo;Everton Diogo de Farias Firmino;Carlos Alberto do Nascimento Ramos

  • Gastrointestinal parasites of cats in Brazil: frequency and zoonotic risk

    Maria Fernanda Melo Monteiro;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Andréa Maria Campos Calado;Victor Fernando Santana Lima

  • Cutaneous distribution and localization of Cercopithifilaria sp. microfilariae in dogs

    Domenico Otranto;Emanuele Brianti;Francesca Abramo;Gabriella Gaglio

  • Eimeria spp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in Didelphis aurita Wied-Neuwied, 1826 (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) and description of a new species infecting this opossum.

    Marcos Antônio Bezerra-Santos;Bárbara Cristina Félix Nogueira;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Donald W. Duszynski

  • Laboratory evaluation of a native strain of Beauveria bassiana for controlling Dermanyssus gallinae (De Geer, 1778) (Acari: Dermanyssidae).

    Davide Immediato;Antonio Camarda;Roberta Iatta;Maria Rita Puttilli

Frequent Co-Authors

Filipe Dantas-Torres
Filipe Dantas-Torres Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Alessio Giannelli
Alessio Giannelli University of Bari Aldo Moro
Emanuele Brianti
Emanuele Brianti University of Messina
Riccardo Paolo Lia
Riccardo Paolo Lia University of Bari Aldo Moro
Maria Stefania Latrofa
Maria Stefania Latrofa University of Bari Aldo Moro
Laura Rinaldi
Laura Rinaldi University of Naples Federico II
Giuseppe Cringoli
Giuseppe Cringoli University of Naples Federico II
Gad Baneth
Gad Baneth Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Giada Annoscia
Giada Annoscia University of Bari Aldo Moro

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