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Richard C. Pacheco is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions to Medicine. The main subfields of their work include Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Epidemiology, as well as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's research topics cover several areas related to vector-borne and parasitic infections. Key topics addressed in their work include Vector-borne infectious diseases, Viral Infections and Vectors, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, and Helminth infection and control.

Richard C. Pacheco has published extensively in various peer-reviewed venues. The following are some of the frequent publication outlets:

  • Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
  • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • Acta Tropica
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • International Journal of Acarology

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Natural SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Free-Ranging Black-Tailed Marmoset (Mico melanurus) from an Urban Area in Mid-West Brazil" (2022) published in Journal of Comparative Pathology
  • "Relapsing Fever Group Borreliae in Human-Biting Soft Ticks, Brazil" (2020) published in Emerging infectious diseases
  • "Isolation and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in the Midwestern Brazil revealed high genetic diversity and new genotypes" (2020) published in Acta Tropica
  • "Small mammals, ticks and rickettsiae in natural and human-modified landscapes: Diversity and occurrence of Brazilian spotted fever in Brazil" (2021) published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • "Endoparasites of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) from anthropized and natural areas of Brazil" (2021) published in Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of Richard C. Pacheco's research methodology. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Maerle Oliveira Maia
  • Daniel Moura de Aguiar
  • Victória Luiza de Barros Silva
  • Marcelo B. Labruna
  • Dirceu Guilherme de Souza Ramos

Best Publications

  • Detection of Rickettsia rickettsii in the tick Amblyomma cajennense in a new Brazilian spotted fever-endemic area in the state of Minas Gerais

    Elizangela Guedes;Romario C. Leite;Marcia C. A. Prata;Richard C. Pacheco

  • Geographical distribution of Amblyomma cajennense (sensu lato) ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodidae) in Brazil, with description of the nymph of A. cajennense (sensu stricto).

    Thiago F. Martins;Amália R. M. Barbieri;Francisco B. Costa;Flávio A. Terassini

  • Rickettsia parkeri in Brazil.

    Iara Silveira;Richard C. Pacheco;Matias P. J. Szabó;Hernani G. C. Ramos

  • Serosurvey of Rickettsia spp. in dogs and humans from an endemic area for Brazilian spotted fever in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

    Adriano Pinter;Maurício C. Horta;Richard C. Pacheco;Jonas Moraes-Filho

  • Experimental infection of dogs with a Brazilian strain of Rickettsia rickettsii: clinical and laboratory findings

    E. M Piranda;João Luiz Horácio Faccini;Adriano Pinter;Taís Berelli Saito

  • Isolation of Rickettsia rhipicephali and Rickettsia bellii from Haemaphysalis juxtakochi ticks in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

    Marcelo B. Labruna;Richard C. Pacheco;Leonardo J. Richtzenhain;Matias P. J. Szabó

  • Infection by Rickettsia bellii and Candidatus "Rickettsia amblyommii" in Amblyomma neumanni ticks from Argentina.

    Marcelo B. Labruna;Richard C. Pacheco;Santiago Nava;Paulo E. Brandão

  • Experimental infection of Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks with the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, using experimentally infected dogs.

    Eliane M. Piranda;João Luiz H. Faccini;Adriano Pinter;Richard C. Pacheco

  • Epidemiology of capybara-associated Brazilian spotted fever

    Hermes R. Luz;Hermes R. Luz;Francisco B. Costa;Hector R. Benatti;Vanessa N. Ramos;Vanessa N. Ramos

  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Infesting Birds in an Atlantic Rain Forest Region of Brazil

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Richard de Campos Pacheco;Alexandre Uezu;Leonardo José Richtzenhain

  • Ecological aspects of the free-living ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on animal trails within Atlantic rainforest in south–eastern Brazil

    M. P. J. Szabó;M. B. Labruna;M. V. Garcia;A. Pinter

  • Canine infection by rickettsiae and ehrlichiae in southern Brazil

    Taís B. Saito;Nilton A. Cunha-Filho;Richard C. Pacheco;Fernando Ferreira

  • New epidemiological data on Brazilian spotted fever in an endemic area of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

    Jonas Moraes-Filho;Adriano Pinter;Richard C. Pacheco;Thais B. Gutmann

  • A novel Ehrlichia genotype strain distinguished by the TRP36 gene naturally infects cattle in Brazil and causes clinical manifestations associated with ehrlichiosis.

    Daniel M. Aguiar;Daniel M. Aguiar;Thayza F. Ziliani;Xiaofeng Zhang;Andreia L.T. Melo

  • Rickettsial infection in capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris from São Paulo, Brazil: serological evidence for infection by Rickettsia bellii and Rickettsia parkeri

    Richard de Campos Pacheco;Maurício Cláudio Horta;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Alexandre Camargo Ataliba

  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs, Brazil.

    Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Orson Kamakura;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Maurício Cláudio Horta

  • Rickettsial infections of dogs, horses and ticks in Juiz de Fora, southeastern Brazil, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks

    R. C. Pacheco;J. Moraes-Filho;E. Guedes;I. Silveira

  • Coxiella burnetii in ticks, Argentina.

    Richard C. Pacheco;Ignacio Eduardo Echaide;Rosiane N. Alves;Marcelo E. Beletti

  • Rickettsial infection in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of wild animals in midwestern Brazil

    Rute Witter;Thiago F. Martins;Artur K. Campos;Andréia L.T. Melo

  • Seroprevalence and risk factors to Ehrlichia spp. and Rickettsia spp. in dogs from the Pantanal Region of Mato Grosso State, Brazil.

    Andréia L.T. Melo;Thiago F. Martins;Maurício C. Horta;Jonas Moraes-Filho

  • Rickettsial infection in Amblyomma nodosum ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Brazil

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Richard de Campos Pacheco;Alexandre Uezu;Leonardo José Richtzenhain

  • Detection of a novel spotted fever group rickettsia in Amblyomma parvum ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Argentina

    Richard C. Pacheco;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Santiago Nava;Paulo E. Brandão

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Daniel Moura de Aguiar
Daniel Moura de Aguiar Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Thiago F. Martins
Thiago F. Martins Universidade de São Paulo
Jonas Moraes-Filho
Jonas Moraes-Filho Universidade de São Paulo
Mauricio Claudio Horta
Mauricio Claudio Horta Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
Adriano Pinter
Adriano Pinter Universidade de São Paulo
Arlei Marcili
Arlei Marcili Universidade de São Paulo
Matias Pablo Juan Szabó
Matias Pablo Juan Szabó Federal University of Uberlândia
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal University of Concepción
Maria Ogrzewalska
Maria Ogrzewalska Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

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