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Thiago F. Martins is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has an extensive research portfolio focused primarily on parasitology and vector-borne infectious diseases. Their work spans several interconnected fields including immunology and microbiology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's research topics predominantly cover vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, mosquito-borne diseases and control, vector-borne animal diseases, parasite biology and host interactions, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and bird parasitology and diseases.

Thiago F. Martins has contributed to a number of recent papers, including:

  • Soft and hard ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodida) on humans: A review of Brazilian biomes and the impact of environmental change, 2022, 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
  • Ticks and rickettsial exposure in lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) of three Brazilian biomes, 2021, published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Description of a new soft tick species (Acari: Argasidae: Ornithodoros) parasite of Octodon degus (Rodentia: Octodontidae) in northern Chile, 2020, published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Associations between wild birds and hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia, 2020, published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Thiago F. Martins include Marcelo B. Labruna, Hermes Ribeiro Luz, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, João Luiz Horácio Faccini, and Richard de Campos Pacheco. These collaborations are reflected in multidisciplinary studies emphasizing ticks, rickettsial diseases, and ecological impacts on vector dynamics.

The scientist's publications have appeared most often in the following venues:

  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
  • International Journal of Acarology
  • Experimental and Applied Acarology
  • Systematic and Applied Acarology

In terms of academic focus, the subfields of study represented in their work include parasitology, infectious diseases, public health with an environmental and occupational health perspective, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. This variety indicates a broad approach to understanding vector-borne pathogens and their hosts within ecological and epidemiological frameworks.

Best Publications

  • Nymphs of the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) of Brazil: descriptions, redescriptions, and identification key

    Thiago F. Martins;Valeria C. Onofrio;Darci M. Barros-Battesti;Marcelo B. Labruna

  • Tick-borne infections in human and animal population worldwide

    José Brites-Neto;Keila Maria Roncato Duarte;Thiago Fernandes Martins

  • 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

  • In vitro isolation from Amblyomma ovale (Acari: Ixodidae) and ecological aspects of the Atlantic rainforest Rickettsia, the causative agent of a novel spotted fever rickettsiosis in Brazil.

    M. P. J. Szabó;F. A. Nieri-Bastos;M. G. Spolidorio;T. F. Martins

  • Epidemiology of Brazilian spotted fever in the Atlantic Forest, state of São Paulo, Brazil.

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Danilo G. Saraiva;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Thiago F. Martins

  • Ticks and rickettsial infection in the wildlife of two regions of the Brazilian Amazon

    Herbert Sousa Soares;Amália Regina Mar Barbieri;Thiago Fernandes Martins;Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino

  • Ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Brazil: Updated species checklist and taxonomic keys.

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Thiago Fernandes Martins;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Valeria Castilho Onofrio

  • 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

  • Acquisition and transmission of Hepatozoon canis (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) by the tick Amblyomma ovale (Acari: Ixodidae).

    A. S. Rubini;K. S. Paduan;T. F. Martins;M. B. Labruna

  • Experimental Infection of Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks with Rickettsia rickettsii

    Marcelo B. Labruna;Maria Ogrzewalska;João F. Soares;Thiago F. Martins

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

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

  • Ticks and rickettsiae from wildlife in Belize, Central America.

    Marcos G. Lopes;Joares May Junior;Rebecca J Foster;Rebecca J Foster;Bart J Harmsen;Bart J Harmsen

  • Comparative susceptibility of larval stages of Amblyomma aureolatum, Amblyomma cajennense, and Rhipicephalus sanguineus to infection by Rickettsia rickettsii.

    Marcelo Bahia Labruna;Maria Halina Ogrzewalska;Thiago Fernandes Martins;Adriano Pinter

  • 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 agents in avian ixodid ticks in northeast Brazil

    Camile Lugarini;Thiago Fernandes Martins;Maria Ogrzewalska;Nathália Costa Teixeira de Vasconcelos

  • New tick records from the state of Rondônia, western Amazon, Brazil

    Thiago F. Martins;José M. Venzal;Flávio A. Terassini;Francisco B. Costa

  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with small terrestrial mammals in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

    Danilo G. Saraiva;Gislene F. S. R. Fournier;Thiago F. Martins;Karla P. G. Leal

  • Experimental infection of the opossum Didelphis aurita by Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia bellii, and Rickettsia parkeri and evaluation of the transmission of the infection to ticks Amblyomma cajennense and Amblyomma dubitatum.

    Maurício Cláudio Horta;Guilherme Sakae Sabatini;Jonas Moraes-Filho;Maria Ogrzewalska

  • Molecular detection of Hepatozoon spp. in domestic dogs and wild mammals in southern Pantanal, Brazil with implications in the transmission route.

    Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa;Marina Pugnaghi Fernandes;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Jyan Lucas Benevenute

  • A human case of spotted fever caused by Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest and its association to the tick Amblyomma ovale.

    Anaiá da Paixão Sevá;Thiago Fernandes Martins;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Ana Carla Rodrigues

  • Survey of Rickettsia spp in the ticks Amblyomma cajennense and Amblyomma dubitatum in the State of São Paulo

    Richard Campos Pacheco;Maurício Cláudio Horta;Adriano Pinter;Jonas Moraes-Filho

  • Contributions to the knowledge of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia.

    Fredy A. Rivera-Páez;Marcelo B. Labruna;Thiago F. Martins;Jorge E. Perez

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal University of Concepción
Richard C. Pacheco
Richard C. Pacheco Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Arlei Marcili
Arlei Marcili Universidade de São Paulo
Herbert Sousa Soares
Herbert Sousa Soares Universidade de Santo Amaro
D. Toback
D. Toback Texas A&M University

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