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87
Citations
40437
World Ranking
779
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Brazil Leader Award
  • 1990 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Wanderley de Souza is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Their research spans across Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on several subfields including Epidemiology, Parasitology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, and Molecular Biology.

Their main research topics cover:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Wanderley de Souza are:

  • "Membrane-bound extracellular vesicles secreted by parasitic protozoa: cellular structures involved in the communication between cells," 2020, Parasitology Research
  • "The life-cycle of Toxoplasma gondii reviewed using animations," 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Ultrastructural analysis of SARS-CoV-2 interactions with the host cell via high resolution scanning electron microscopy," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Toxoplasma gondii Mechanisms of Entry Into Host Cells," 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • "Antifungal promising agents of zinc(II) and copper(II) derivatives based on azole drug," 2021, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wanderley de Souza include:

  • Marlene Benchimol
  • Kildare Miranda
  • Márcia Attias
  • Emile Barrias
  • Carolina de Lima Alcantara

Wanderley de Souza's work has been published extensively in venues such as:

  • Experimental Parasitology
  • Parasitology Research
  • Pathogens
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

In addition to journal articles, Wanderley de Souza has contributed to book literature, including the publication titled Lifecycles of Pathogenic Protists in Humans released by Springer Nature in 2022.

Wanderley de Souza is also recognized as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences, an award received in 1990.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Acidocalcisomes ? conserved from bacteria to man

    Roberto Docampo;Roberto Docampo;Wanderley de Souza;Kildare Miranda;Kildare Miranda;Peter Rohloff

  • Basic cell biology of Trypanosoma cruzi.

    Wanderley De Souza

  • Review on Trypanosoma cruzi: Host Cell Interaction.

    Wanderley de Souza;Tecia Maria Ulisses de Carvalho;Emile Santos Barrias

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Antileishmanial Activity of Parthenolide, a Sesquiterpene Lactone Isolated from Tanacetum parthenium

    Tatiana Shioji Tiuman;Tânia Ueda-Nakamura;Diógenes Aparício Garcia Cortez;Benedito Prado Dias Filho

  • Binding of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis to laminin through surface glycoprotein gp43 leads to enhancement of fungal pathogenesis.

    A P Vicentini;J L Gesztesi;M F Franco;W de Souza

  • The life-cycle of Toxoplasma gondii reviewed using animations

    Márcia Attias;Dirceu E. Teixeira;Marlene Benchimol;Rossiane C. Vommaro

  • Human antibodies against a purified glucosylceramide from Cryptococcus neoformans inhibit cell budding and fungal growth.

    Marcio L. Rodrigues;Luiz R. Travassos;Kildare R. Miranda;Anderson J. Franzen

  • Trypanosoma cruzi: parasite shed vesicles increase heart parasitism and generate an intense inflammatory response.

    Ana Claudia Trocoli Torrecilhas;Renata Rosito Tonelli;Wander Rogério Pavanelli;João Santana da Silva

  • Cell biology of Leishmania spp.: invading and evading.

    M. A. Vannier-Santos;A. Martiny;W. De Souza

  • Sterol Biosynthesis Pathway as Target for Anti-trypanosomatid Drugs.

    Wanderley de Souza;Juliany Cola Fernandes Rodrigues

  • Cysteine proteinase in Trypanosoma cruzi: immunocytochemical localization and involvement in parasite-host cell interaction

    Thais Souto-Padron;O. E. Campetella;J. J. Cazzulo;W. De Souza

  • Structural and functional identification of GP57/51 antigen of Trypanosoma cruzi as a cysteine proteinase.

    A. C. M. Murta;P. M. Persechini;T. de Souto Padrón;W. de Souza

  • Partial Purification and Immunohistochemical Localization of ATP Diphosphohydrolase from Schistosoma mansoni IMMUNOLOGICAL CROSS-REACTIVITIES WITH POTATO APYRASE AND TOXOPLASMA GONDII NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE HYDROLASE

    Eveline G. Vasconcelos;Sérgio T. Ferreira;Técia M. U. de Carvalho;Wanderley de Souza

  • Interaction of Trypanosoma cruzi with heart muscle cells: ultrastructural and cytochemical analysis of endocytic vacuole formation and effect upon myogenesis in vitro.

    M. Z. L. Meirelles;T. C. De Araujo-Jorge;C. F. Miranda;W. De Souza

  • Characterization of a novel organelle in Toxoplasma gondii with similar composition and function to the plant vacuole

    Kildare Miranda;Douglas A. Pace;Roxana Cintron;Juliany C. F. Rodrigues;Juliany C. F. Rodrigues

  • Claudins upregulation in human colorectal cancer.

    Silvia Souza de Oliveira;Ivanir Martins de Oliveira;Wanderley De Souza;José Andrés Morgado-Díaz

  • Extracellular vesicles shed by Trypanosoma cruzi are linked to small RNA pathways, life cycle regulation, and susceptibility to infection of mammalian cells.

    Maria R. Garcia-Silva;Roberta Ferreira Cura das Neves;Florencia Cabrera-Cabrera;Julia Sanguinetti

  • Haem detoxification by an insect.

    Marcus F. Oliveira;José R. Silva;Marílvia Dansa-Petretski;Wanderley de Souza

Frequent Co-Authors

Julio A. Urbina
Julio A. Urbina Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
Roberto Docampo
Roberto Docampo University of Georgia
Celuta S. Alviano
Celuta S. Alviano Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Susana Frases
Susana Frases Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Marta M.G. Teixeira
Marta M.G. Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo
Ian H. Gilbert
Ian H. Gilbert University of Dundee
Erney P. Camargo
Erney P. Camargo Universidade de São Paulo
Eloi S. Garcia
Eloi S. Garcia Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Helmut Plattner
Helmut Plattner University of Konstanz
Celso Vataru Nakamura
Celso Vataru Nakamura State University of Maringa

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