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Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira

Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira

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Immunology
Brazil
2025

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Immunology

D-Index
78
Citations
18844
World Ranking
1778
National Ranking
7

Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
18890
World Ranking
18163
National Ranking
50

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2016 - Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
  • 2014 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira is affiliated with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research includes multiple publications addressing public health, epidemiology, parasitology, immunology, and nutrition.

The scientist has authored papers focused on various topics, including:

  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation

Their frequently published venues include:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Trials
  • Vaccines
  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology

Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, such as:

  • Israel Molina
  • Leonardo Ferreira Matoso
  • Bruno Levecke
  • Piet Cools
  • Marco Albonico

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Hypertension Is Associated With Intestinal Microbiota Dysbiosis and Inflammation in a Brazilian Population," 2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • "Efficacy and safety assessment of different dosage of benznidazol for the treatment of Chagas disease in chronic phase in adults (MULTIBENZ study): study protocol for a multicenter randomized Phase II superiority clinical trial," 2020, Trials
  • "Immunotherapy for Cancer: Effects of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles on Polarization of Tumor-Associated Macrophages," 2021, Nanomedicine
  • "A Mechanism for Reviewing Investments in Health Research Capacity Strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries," 2020, Annals of Global Health
  • "Efficacy of three benznidazole dosing strategies for adults living with chronic Chagas disease (MULTIBENZ): an international, randomised, double-blind, phase 2b trial," 2024, The Lancet Infectious Diseases

The main fields of study in Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira's work are Medicine with 40 publications and Immunology and Microbiology with 20 publications. Subfields encompass Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Epidemiology; Parasitology; Immunology; and Nutrition and Dietetics.

They have received recognition such as the Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in 2016 and were named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Regulatory interactions between CD45RBhigh and CD45RBlow CD4+ T cells are important for the balance between protective and pathogenic cell-mediated immunity.

    Fiona Powrie;Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira;Smita Mauze;Robert L. Coffman

  • Tetraspanins on the surface of Schistosoma mansoni are protective antigens against schistosomiasis

    Mai H Tran;Mark S Pearson;Jeffrey M Bethony;Jeffrey M Bethony;Danielle J Smyth

  • Helminth Infections: Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis

    Peter J. Hotez;Donald A. P. Bundy;Kathleen Beegle;Simon Brooker

  • Evidence that development of severe cardiomyopathy in human Chagas' disease is due to a Th1-specific immune response.

    J. A. S. Gomes;L. M. G. Bahia-Oliveira;M. O. C. Rocha;O. A. Martins-Filho

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  • Experimental and Clinical Treatment of Chagas Disease: A Review.

    Policarpo Ademar Sales Junior;Israel Molina;Israel Molina;Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta;Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá

  • Parasite density and impaired biochemical/hematological status are associated with severe clinical aspects of canine visceral leishmaniasis

    Alexandre B. Reis;Alexandre B. Reis;Olindo A. Martins-Filho;Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho;Maria G. Carvalho

  • Systemic and compartmentalized immune response in canine visceral leishmaniasis.

    Alexandre Barbosa Reis;Olindo Assis Martins-Filho;Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho;Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho;Rodolfo Cordeiro Giunchetti;Rodolfo Cordeiro Giunchetti

  • Isotype patterns of immunoglobulins: hallmarks for clinical status and tissue parasite density in Brazilian dogs naturally infected by Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi.

    Alexandre B. Reis;Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho;Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho;André M. Vale;Marcos J. Marques

  • Antibodies against a secreted protein from hookworm larvae reduce the intensity of hookworm infection in humans and vaccinated laboratory animals

    Jeffrey Bethony;Alex Loukas;Michael Smout;Simon Brooker

  • Synergistic associations between hookworm and other helminth species in a rural community in Brazil.

    Fiona M. Fleming;Simon Brooker;Stefan M. Geiger;Stefan M. Geiger;Iramaya R. Caldas

  • Generalized urticaria induced by the Na-ASP-2 hookworm vaccine: implications for the development of vaccines against helminths

    David J. Diemert;David J. Diemert;Antonio G. Pinto;Janaina Freire;Amar Jariwala

  • PCR detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in oesophageal tissues of patients with chronic digestive Chagas' disease.

    Annamaria R Vago;Andrea M Macedo;Sheila J Adad;Débora d'Ávila Reis

  • Hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides infection and polyparasitism associated with poor cognitive performance in Brazilian schoolchildren.

    Anne Jardim-Botelho;Sophia Raff;Renato de Avila Rodrigues;Heather J Hoffman

  • Mixed inflammatory/regulatory cytokine profile marked by simultaneous raise of interferon-gamma and interleukin-10 and low frequency of tumour necrosis factor-alpha(+) monocytes are hallmarks of active human visceral Leishmaniasis due to Leishmania chagasi infection.

    V. Peruhype-Magalhães;O. A. Martins-Filho;A. Prata;L. De A. Silva

  • Human TLR1 deficiency is associated with impaired mycobacterial signaling and protection from leprosy reversal reaction.

    Elizabeth A. Misch;Murdo Macdonald;Charnan Ranjit;Bishwa R. Sapkota

  • Progress in the development of a recombinant vaccine for human hookworm disease: the Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative.

    Peter J Hotez;Bin Zhan;Jeffrey M Bethony;Alex Loukas

  • Age patterns in undernutrition and helminth infection in a rural area of Brazil: associations with ascariasis and hookworm.

    Anne Jardim-Botelho;Anne Jardim-Botelho;Simon Brooker;Stefan Michael Geiger;Stefan Michael Geiger;Fiona Fleming

  • Megacolon in Chagas disease: a study of inflammatory cells, enteric nerves, and glial cells

    Alexandre Barcelos Morais da Silveira;Elenice M. Lemos;Sheila J. Adad;Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira

  • Cellular responses and cytokine profiles in Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infected patients.

    Stefan M. Geiger;Stefan M. Geiger;Cristiano L. Massara;Jeffrey Bethony;Peter T. Soboslay

  • Contrasting patterns in the small-scale heterogeneity of human helminth infections in urban and rural environments in Brazil

    Simon Brooker;Neal Alexander;Neal Alexander;Stefan Geiger;Stefan Geiger;Rana A Moyeed

Frequent Co-Authors

Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho
Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Alexandre Barbosa Reis
Alexandre Barbosa Reis Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
Olindo Assis Martins-Filho
Olindo Assis Martins-Filho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Jeffrey M. Bethony
Jeffrey M. Bethony George Washington University
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Simon Brooker
Simon Brooker Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Philip T. LoVerde
Philip T. LoVerde The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Helmut Kloos
Helmut Kloos University of California, San Francisco
Wilson Mayrink
Wilson Mayrink Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Peter J. Hotez
Peter J. Hotez Baylor College of Medicine

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