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Animal Science and Veterinary
Brazil
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
59
Citations
12711
World Ranking
345
National Ranking
7

Microbiology

D-Index
58
Citations
12449
World Ranking
3414
National Ranking
30

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Renato L. Santos is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil and specializes in the field of medicine with a significant focus on veterinary science and related disciplines. Their research spans across several subfields including small animals, epidemiology, parasitology, infectious diseases, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Brucella diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment; rabies epidemiology and control; veterinary oncology research; microbial infections and disease; Toxoplasma gondii studies; gut microbiota and health; and veterinary medicine and surgery.

Their frequent collaborators include Ayisa Rodrigues Oliveira, Tatiane A. Paíxão, Daniel Oliveira dos Santos, Thaynara Parente de Carvalho, and Herlandes Penha Tinoco.

Renato L. Santos' publication record shows a number of recent papers, including:

  • Canine Brucellosis: An Update, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Epithelial-Derived Reactive Oxygen Species Enable AppBCX-Mediated Aerobic Respiration of Escherichia coli during Intestinal Inflammation, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Colonocyte-derived lactate promotes E. coli fitness in the context of inflammation-associated gut microbiota dysbiosis, 2022, Microbiome
  • International Guidelines for Veterinary Tumor Pathology: A Call to Action, 2021, Veterinary Pathology
  • If You're Not Confused, You're Not Paying Attention: Ochrobactrum Is Not Brucella, 2023, Journal of Clinical Microbiology

These articles highlight work primarily related to infectious diseases, inflammation mechanisms, and veterinary pathology.

The scientist's work has appeared frequently in several publication venues, such as:

  • Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
  • Journal of Medical Primatology
  • Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology
  • Journal of Comparative Pathology
  • Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Renato L. Santos has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Editora Pascal LTDA eBooks:

  • Anais da III Jornada Acadêmica de Odontologia da Estácio, 2024

Best Publications

  • Simian immunodeficiency virus-induced mucosal interleukin-17 deficiency promotes Salmonella dissemination from the gut

    Manuela Raffatellu;Renato L Santos;David E Verhoeven;Michael D George

  • Animal models of Salmonella infections: enteritis versus typhoid fever

    Renato L. Santos;Shuping Zhang;Renée M. Tsolis;Robert A. Kingsley

  • Lipocalin-2 resistance confers an advantage to Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium for growth and survival in the inflamed intestine.

    Manuela Raffatellu;Manuela Raffatellu;Michael D. George;Yuko Akiyama;Michael J. Hornsby

  • Molecular Pathogenesis of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium-Induced Diarrhea

    Shuping Zhang;Robert A. Kingsley;Renato L. Santos;Helene Andrews-Polymenis

  • Pathogenesis of bovine brucellosis.

    Alcina V. Carvalho Neta;Juliana P.S. Mol;Mariana N. Xavier;Tatiane A. Paixão

  • Microbial Respiration and Formate Oxidation as Metabolic Signatures of Inflammation-Associated Dysbiosis

    Elizabeth R. Hughes;Maria G. Winter;Breck A. Duerkop;Luisella Spiga

  • The Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium effector proteins SipA, SopA, SopB, SopD, and SopE2 act in concert to induce diarrhea in calves

    Shuping Zhang;Renato L. Santos;Renee M Tsolis;Silke Stender

  • Pathogenesis and pathobiology of brucellosis in livestock

    Poester Fp;Samartino Le;Santos Rl

  • Dysbiosis-Associated Change in Host Metabolism Generates Lactate to Support Salmonella Growth.

    Caroline C. Gillis;Elizabeth R. Hughes;Luisella Spiga;Maria G. Winter

  • Life in the inflamed intestine, Salmonella style

    Renato L. Santos;Manuela Raffatellu;Charles L. Bevins;L. Garry Adams

  • Venereal transmission of canine visceral leishmaniasis

    Fabiana L. Silva;Raquel G. Oliveira;Teane M.A. Silva;Mariana N. Xavier

  • An alternative immunohistochemical method for detecting Leishmania amastigotes in paraffin-embedded canine tissues.

    Wagner Luiz Tafuri;Renato de Lima Santos;Rosa Maria Esteves Arantes;Ricardo Gonçalves

  • Pathological, immunohistochemical and bacteriological study of tissues and milk of cows and fetuses experimentally infected with Brucella abortus.

    M.N. Xavier;T.A. Paixão;F.P. Poester;A.P. Lage

  • An Oxidative Central Metabolism Enables Salmonella to Utilize Microbiota-Derived Succinate.

    Luisella Spiga;Maria G. Winter;Tatiane Furtado de Carvalho;Wenhan Zhu

  • Morphologic and molecular characterization of Salmonella typhimurium infection in neonatal calves.

    R. L. Santos;S. Zhang;Renee M Tsolis;Andreas J Baumler

  • Interleukin-23 Orchestrates Mucosal Responses to Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium in the Intestine

    Ivan Godinez;Manuela Raffatellu;Hiutung Chu;Tatiane A. Paixão;Tatiane A. Paixão

  • How To Become a Top Model: Impact of Animal Experimentation on Human Salmonella Disease Research

    Renée M. Tsolis;Mariana N. Xavier;Renato L. Santos;Andreas J. Bäumler

  • T Cells Help To Amplify Inflammatory Responses Induced by Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium in the Intestinal Mucosa

    Ivan Godinez;Takeshi Haneda;Manuela Raffatellu;Michael D. George

  • PPARγ-Mediated Increase in Glucose Availability Sustains Chronic Brucella abortus Infection in Alternatively Activated Macrophages

    Mariana N. Xavier;Maria G. Winter;Alanna M. Spees;Andreas B. den Hartigh

  • Pathogenesis of Salmonella-induced enteritis.

    R. L. Santos;Renee M Tsolis;Andreas J Baumler;L. G. Adams

  • Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Bovine Milk and Feces by a Combination of Immunomagnetic Bead Separation-Conventional PCR and Real-Time PCR

    Sangeeta Khare;Thomas A. Ficht;Renato L. Santos;Juan Romano

  • Brucella requires a functional Type IV secretion system to elicit innate immune responses in mice

    Christelle M. Roux;Hortensia G. Rolán;Renato L. Santos;Renato L. Santos;Phillip D. Beremand

  • Genome degradation in Brucella ovis corresponds with narrowing of its host range and tissue tropism.

    Renee M. Tsolis;Rekha Seshadri;Renato L. Santos;Renato L. Santos;Felix J. Sangari

  • Pathogenesis of Brucella spp.

    Mariana N. Xavier;Tatiane A. Paixao;Andreas B. den Hartigh;Renee M. Tsolis

  • Laboratory Animal Models for Brucellosis Research

    Teane M. A. Silva;Erica A. Costa;Tatiane A. Paixão;Renée M. Tsolis

  • Genital Lesions Associated with Visceral Leishmaniasis and Shedding of Leishmania sp. in the Semen of Naturally Infected Dogs

    S. A. Diniz;M. S. Melo;A. M. Borges;R. Bueno

Frequent Co-Authors

Renée M. Tsolis
Renée M. Tsolis University of California, Davis
Andreas J. Bäumler
Andreas J. Bäumler University of California, Davis
L. Garry Adams
L. Garry Adams Texas A&M University
Andrey Pereira Lage
Andrey Pereira Lage Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sebastian E. Winter
Sebastian E. Winter University of California, Davis
Manuela Raffatellu
Manuela Raffatellu University of California, San Diego
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Olindo Assis Martins-Filho
Olindo Assis Martins-Filho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Satya Dandekar
Satya Dandekar University of California, Davis
Lora V. Hooper
Lora V. Hooper The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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