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Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Parasitology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas centered on host-parasite interactions and infectious diseases. Key themes include Parasites and Host Interactions, Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Trypanosoma species research and implications, Helminth infection and control, Vector-borne infectious diseases, and Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies.

Frequent publication venues for Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara include journals and platforms such as PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, SSRN Electronic Journal, Acta Tropica, Vaccine, and Frontiers in Immunology.

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Fujiwara's academic work, with frequent co-authors being Lilian Lacerda Bueno, Daniella Castanheira Bartholomeu, Ana Laura Grossi de Oliveira, Ramayana Morais de Medeiros Brito, and Fabrício Marcus Silva Oliveira.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara demonstrate involvement in various research areas and are listed as follows:

  • Whipworm and roundworm infections, 2020, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Point of Care Diagnostics in Resource-Limited Settings: A Review of the Present and Future of PoC in Its Most Needed Environment, 2020, Biosensors
  • Epidemiological and diagnostic aspects of feline leishmaniasis with emphasis on Brazil: a narrative review, 2021, Parasitology Research
  • Comprehensive analysis of the secreted proteome of adult Necator americanus hookworms, 2020, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Host Immunity and Inflammation to Pulmonary Helminth Infections, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Whipworm and roundworm infections

    Kathryn J. Else;Jennifer Keiser;Jennifer Keiser;Celia V. Holland;Richard K. Grencis

  • Participation of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the epidemiology of canine visceral leishmaniasis

    Maria Teresa Zanatta Coutinho;Lilian Lacerda Bueno;Annelise Sterzik;Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara

  • Vaccination with recombinant aspartic hemoglobinase reduces parasite load and blood loss after hookworm infection in dogs.

    Alex Loukas;Jeffrey M Bethony;Susana Mendez;Ricardo T Fujiwara

  • The aerosol rabbit model of TB latency, reactivation and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

    Yukari C. Manabe;Anup K. Kesavan;Javier Lopez-Molina;Christine L. Hatem

  • Genomic Analyses, Gene Expression and Antigenic Profile of the Trans-Sialidase Superfamily of Trypanosoma cruzi Reveal an Undetected Level of Complexity

    Leandro M. Freitas;Sara Lopes dos Santos;Gabriela F. Rodrigues-Luiz;Tiago A. O. Mendes

  • Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of the Na-ASP-2 hookworm vaccine in unexposed adults.

    Jeffrey M. Bethony;Gary Simon;David J. Diemert;David Parenti

  • Biochemical characterization and vaccine potential of a heme-binding glutathione transferase from the adult hookworm Ancylostoma caninum.

    Bin Zhan;Sen Liu;Samirah Perally;Jian Xue

  • Expression of the Necator americanus hookworm larval antigen Na-ASP-2 in Pichia pastoris and purification of the recombinant protein for use in human clinical trials.

    Gaddam Narsa Goud;Maria Elena Bottazzi;Bin Zhan;Susana Mendez

  • Plasmodium vivax: Induction of CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ Regulatory T Cells during Infection Are Directly Associated with Level of Circulating Parasites

    Lilian Lacerda Bueno;Cristiane Guimarães Morais;Fernanda Fortes de Araújo;Juliana Assis Silva Gomes;Juliana Assis Silva Gomes

  • Hookworm products ameliorate dextran sodium sulfate‐induced colitis in BALB/c mice

    Guilherme Grossi Lopes Cançado;Jacqueline Araújo Fiuza;Jacqueline Araújo Fiuza;Nivia Carolina Nogueira de Paiva;Lucas de Carvalho Dhom Lemos

  • Brazil's neglected tropical diseases: an overview and a report card.

    Peter J. Hotez;Peter J. Hotez;Peter J. Hotez;Ricardo T. Fujiwara

  • Immunogenicity in dogs of three recombinant antigens (TSA, LeIF and LmSTI1) potential vaccine candidates for canine visceral leishmaniasis

    Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara;Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara;André Macedo Vale;João Carlos França da Silva;Roberto Teodoro da Costa

  • Vaccination using live attenuated Leishmania donovani centrin deleted parasites induces protection in dogs against Leishmania infantum

    Jacqueline Araújo Fiuza;Sreenivas Gannavaram;Helton da Costa Santiago;Angamuthu Selvapandiyan

  • Evaluation of an immunochemotherapeutic protocol constituted of N-methyl meglumine antimoniate (Glucantime ® ) and the recombinant Leish-110f ® + MPL-SE ® vaccine to treat canine visceral leishmaniasis

    Jorge Miret;Evaldo Nascimento;Weverton Sampaio;João Carlos França

  • The MASP family of Trypanosoma cruzi: changes in gene expression and antigenic profile during the acute phase of experimental infection.

    Sara Lopes dos Santos;Leandro Martins Freitas;Francisco Pereira Lobo;Gabriela Flávia Rodrigues-Luiz

  • Cell recruitment and cytokines in skin mice sensitized with the vaccine adjuvants: saponin, incomplete Freund's adjuvant, and monophosphoryl lipid A.

    Juliana Vitoriano-Souza;Juliana Vitoriano-Souza;Nádia das Dores Moreira;Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho;Cláudia Martins Carneiro

  • Vaccination with irradiated Ancylostoma caninum third stage larvae induces a Th2 protective response in dogs.

    Ricardo T. Fujiwara;Alex Loukas;Alex Loukas;Susana Mendez;Angela L. Williamson

  • Profile of central and effector memory T cells in the progression of chronic human chagas disease.

    Jacqueline Araújo Fiuza;Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara;Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara;Juliana Assis Silva Gomes;Manoel Otávio das Costa Rocha

  • Comparative immunology of human and animal models of hookworm infection

    R. T. Fujiwara;S. M. Geiger;S. M. Geiger;J. Bethony;J. Bethony;S. Mendez

  • A family of cathepsin B cysteine proteases expressed in the gut of the human hookworm, Necator americanus.

    Najju Ranjit;Bin Zhan;Deborah J. Stenzel;Jason Mulvenna

  • Comparative genomics of canine-isolated Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis from an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, southeastern Brazil

    Hugo O. Valdivia;Laila V. Almeida;Bruno M. Roatt;João Luís Reis-Cunha

  • Virus-like Particle Display of the α-Gal Carbohydrate for Vaccination against Leishmania Infection

    Anna Paula V. Moura;Luiza C. B. Santos;Carlos Ramon Nascimento Brito;Edward Valencia

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Hotez
Peter J. Hotez Baylor College of Medicine
Jeffrey M. Bethony
Jeffrey M. Bethony George Washington University
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Bin Zhan
Bin Zhan Baylor College of Medicine
Maria Elena Bottazzi
Maria Elena Bottazzi Baylor College of Medicine
Alexandre Barbosa Reis
Alexandre Barbosa Reis Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
Alex Loukas
Alex Loukas James Cook University
Maria Norma Melo
Maria Norma Melo Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Renato L. Santos
Renato L. Santos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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