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List of works by Luiz Carlos Alcantara

A computational method for the identification of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya virus species and genotypes

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A public HTLV-1 molecular epidemiology database for sequence management and data mining

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A standardized framework for accurate, high-throughput genotyping of recombinant and non-recombinant viral sequences

scientific article (publication date: July 2009)

A32 Genomic surveillance of Zika virus transmission in the Amazonas State, Brazil

scholarly article by Marta Giovanetti et al published 22 August 2019 in Virus Evolution

Acute Vector-Borne Viral Infection: Zika and MinION Surveillance

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Amino- and Carboxyl-Terminal CCR5 Mutations in Brazilian HIV-1-Infected Women and Homology Model of p.L55Q CCR5 Mutant

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

An overview of the molecular and epidemiological features of HIV-1 infection in two major cities of Bahia state, Brazil

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Analyses of HTLV-1 sequences suggest interaction between ORF-I mutations and HAM/TSP outcome

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Anti-ganglioside antibodies in patients with Zika virus infection-associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Brazil

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

Antihelminthic therapy and antimony in cutaneous leishmaniasis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in patients co-infected with helminths and Leishmania braziliensis.

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Assessment of Genetic Diversity of HTLV-1 ORF-I Sequences Collected from Patients with Different Clinical Profiles

scientific article published on 10 July 2019

Associations between preoperative functional status and functional outcomes of total joint replacement in the Dominican Republic ⬇️

scientific article published on 07 June 2013

Both orf-I isoforms, p12 and p8, are required for efficient HTLV-1 infection and persistence

scientific article published on 7 January 2014

Brazilian HTLV type 2a strains from intravenous drug users (IDUs) appear to have originated from two sources: Brazilian Amerindians and European/North American IDUs

scientific article published on June 2003

CD4+ T-cell Count may not be a Useful Strategy to Monitor Antiretroviral Therapy Response in HTLV-1/HIV Co-infected Patients

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Chikungunya virus outbreak in the Amazon region: replacement of the Asian genotype by an ECSA lineage

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Circulation of chikungunya virus East/Central/South African lineage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

scientific article published in 2019

Co-Circulation of Two Independent Clades and Persistence of CHIKV-ECSA Genotype during Epidemic Waves in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Co-dependence of HTLV-1 p12 and p8 functions in virus persistence

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Correction for Giovanetti et al., "Yellow Fever Virus Reemergence and Spread in Southeast Brazil, 2016-2019"

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Cytokine and Chemokine Profile in Individuals with Different Degrees of Periportal Fibrosis due to Schistosoma mansoni Infection.

scientific article published on 25 December 2012

Deep Sequencing Analysis of Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Long Terminal Repeat 5' Region from Patients with Tropical Spastic Paraparesis/Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1-Associated Myelopathy and Asymptomatic Carriers

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Detection of distinct human immunodeficiency virus type 1 circulating recombinant forms in northeast Brazil

scientific article published in December 2011

Development of HTLV-1 Database for data management and datamining HTLV-1 sequences

scientific article published on 6 June 2011

Distribuição espacial de dengue, chikungunya e Zika e os determinantes socioeconômicos em um município da Bahia

scientific article published in 2022

Distribution of human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) subtypes in Brazil: genetic characterization of LTR and tax region

scientific article published on October 2006

Early identification of dengue virus lineage replacement in Brazil using portable genomic surveillance

scientific article published on 28 July 2019

Early transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa: An epidemiological and phylogenetic report

scientific article published on 30 May 2020

Early transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa: An epidemiological and phylogenetic report

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Emergence of the Asian lineage of Zika virus in Angola: an outbreak investigation

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Emergence of the Zika virus Asian lineage in Angola

scientific article published on 18 January 2019

Enhancing the quality of international orthopedic medical mission trips using the blue distinction criteria for knee and hip replacement centers.

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Epidemic establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

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Epidemiological and ecological determinants of Zika virus transmission in an urban setting

scientific article published on 20 January 2017

Epidemiological and ecological determinants of Zika virus transmission in an urban setting.

scientific article published on 9 September 2017

Epidemiology of Chikungunya Virus in Bahia, Brazil, 2014-2015

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Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

scientific article (publication date: 24 May 2017)

Fas 670 promoter polymorphism is associated to susceptibility, clinical presentation, and survival in adult T cell leukemia.

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Field and classroom initiatives for portable sequence-based monitoring of dengue virus in Brazil

scientific article published on 16 April 2021

Frequency distribution of XbaIG > T and HaeIIIT > C GLUT1 polymorphisms among different Brazilian ethnic groups.

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Genetic and biologic characterization of HIV type 1 subtype C isolates from south Brazil

scientific article published in January 2007

Genetic characterisation of Langerin gene in human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected women from Bahia, Brazil

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Genetic diversity in HTLV-1 envelope (gp46), HBZ And LTR region from assymptomatic And TSP/HAM individuals

Genetic evidence of Zika virus in mother's breast milk and body fluids of a newborn with severe congenital defects.

scientific article published on 12 June 2018

Genetic variability of human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Bahia state, Northeast, Brazil: high diversity of HIV genotypes.

scientific article published on March 2009

Genome Detective Coronavirus Typing Tool for rapid identification and characterization of novel coronavirus genomes

scientific article

Genome Detective Coronavirus Typing Tool for rapid identification and characterization of novel coronavirus genomes

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Genome Detective: An Automated System for Virus Identification from High-throughput sequencing data

article by Michael Vilsker et al published 16 August 2018 in Computer applications in the biosciences : CABIOS

Genomic Comparison Among Global Isolates of L. interrogans Serovars Copenhageni and Icterohaemorrhagiae Identified Natural Genetic Variation Caused by an Indel.

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

Genomic Surveillance of Yellow Fever Virus Epizootic in São Paulo, Brazil, 2016 - 2018

scientific article published on 07 August 2020

Genomic Surveillance of Yellow Fever Virus Epizootic in São Paulo, Brazil, 2016 – 2018

scientific article published on 22 May 2019

Genomic and Epidemiological Surveillance of Zika Virus in the Amazon Region

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Genomic and epidemiological monitoring of yellow fever virus transmission potential

scientific article published in Science

Genomic and epidemiological monitoring of yellow fever virus transmission potential

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Genomic detection of a virus lineage replacement event of dengue virus serotype 2 in Brazil, 2019

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Genomic, epidemiological and digital surveillance of Chikungunya virus in the Brazilian Amazon

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Globin haplotypes of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-infected individuals in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, suggest a post-Columbian African origin of this virus.

scientific article published in August 2003

HTLV in the Americas: challenges and perspectives.

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HTLV type 1 molecular study in Brazilian villages with African characteristics giving support to the post-Columbian introduction hypothesis

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HTLV-1 in pregnant women from the Southern Bahia, Brazil: a neglected condition despite the high prevalence

scientific article published on 13 February 2014

HTLV-1 infection in blood donors from the Western Brazilian Amazon region: seroprevalence and molecular study of viral isolates

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HTLV-1 modifies the clinical and immunological response to schistosomiasis.

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HTLV-1aA introduction into Brazil and its association with the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

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HTLV-I in the general population of Salvador, Brazil: a city with African ethnic and sociodemographic characteristics

scientific article published on December 2003

Human Retrovirus Codon Usage from tRNA Point of View: Therapeutic Insights

scientific article published on 10 October 2013

Human infection by Trichostrongylus spp. in residents of urban areas of Salvador city, Bahia, Brazil.

scientific article published on July 2013

Human retroviruses (HIV and HTLV) in Brazilian Indians: seroepidemiological study and molecular epidemiology of HTLV type 2 isolates

scientific article published on January 2002

Identification and characterization of previously described epitopes in HIV-1 subtypes B, C, F and BF in Brazil

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Impaired T helper 2 response to aeroallergen in helminth-infected patients with asthma

scientific article published on 12 October 2004

In silico analysis of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 complete genomes from patients with different clinical outcomes

scientific article published in 2022

Inferences about the global scenario of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection using data mining of viral sequences.

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Influence of helminth infections on the clinical course of and immune response to Leishmania braziliensis cutaneous leishmaniasis

scientific article published on 22 November 2006

Interfamilial transmission of HTLV-1 in the South of Bahia, Brazil.

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Lack of high-level resistance mutations in HIV type 1 BF recombinant strains circulating in northeast Brazil

scientific article published on 15 January 2011

Lipidomic Analysis Reveals Serum Alteration of Plasmalogens in Patients Infected With ZIKA Virus

scientific article published on 12 April 2019

Lower prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Brazilian subtype B found in northeastern Brazil with slower progression to AIDS.

scientific article published on 21 September 2010

Mapping the molecular characteristics of Brazilian human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 Env (gp46) and Pol amino acid sequences for vaccine design

scientific article published in September 2007

Measuring Mosquito-borne Viral Suitability in Myanmar and Implications for Local Zika Virus Transmission

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Mobile real-time surveillance of Zika virus in Brazil

scientific article published on 29 September 2016

Molecular Characterization of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Women and Their Vertically Infected Children

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Molecular Epidemiology Database for Sequence Management and Data Mining

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Molecular characterization of HTLV-1 gp46 glycoprotein from health carriers and HAM/TSP infected individuals

scientific article published on 6 March 2013

Molecular characterization of long terminal repeat sequences from Brazilian human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates

scientific article published on 16 December 2012

Molecular characterization of the human T cell lymphotropic virus type 2 long terminal repeat region: A discussion about possible influences at viral gene expression.

scientific article published on 2 August 2013

Molecular epidemiology and clinical features of human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection in Spain

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Molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in Santa Catarina State confirms increases of subtype C in Southern Brazil

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Molecular epidemiology of endemic Human T-Lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) in a community in rural Guinea-Bissau.

scientific article published on 6 June 2011

Molecular epidemiology of endemic human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 in a rural community in Guinea-Bissau.

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Multi-epitope based vaccine against yellow fever virus applying immunoinformatics approaches

scientific article published on 06 January 2020

Multiplex PCR method for MinION and Illumina sequencing of Zika and other virus genomes directly from clinical samples

scientific article (publication date: 9 January 2017)

Multiplex PCR method for MinION and Illumina sequencing of Zika and other virus genomes directly from clinical samples.

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Natural selection versus creation: a review on the origin of SARS-COV-2 ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Neonatal surveillance for congenital Zika infection during the 2016 microcephaly outbreak in Salvador, Brazil: Zika virus detection in asymptomatic newborns

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Neurodevelopmental delay in normocephalic children with in utero exposure to Zika virus

scientific article published on 05 July 2019

ORFI genetic polymorphisms in geographically distinct HTLV-1 infections.

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On the ultrastructural organization of Trypanosoma cruzi using cryopreparation methods and electron tomography.

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Opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome associated with chikungunya and dengue virus co-infection

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Oral health profile in patients infected with HTLV-1: clinical findings, proviral load, and molecular analysis from HTLV-1 in saliva

scientific article published on September 2012

Palmitoylation and p8-mediated human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 transmission

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Participation in physical activity in patients 1-4 years post total joint replacement in the Dominican Republic.

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Persistence of chikungunya ECSA genotype and local outbreak in an upper medium class neighborhood in Northeast Brazil

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

Phylogenesys and homology modeling in Zika virus epidemic: food for thought

scientific article published on 27 September 2016

Phylogenetic and molecular analysis of HTLV-1 isolates from a medium sized town in northern of Brazil: tracing a common origin of the virus from the most endemic city in the country

scientific article published in November 2008

Potential chimeric peptides to block the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain

scientific article published on 09 June 2020

Re-mapping the molecular features of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 Brazilian sequences using a bioinformatics unit established in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, to give support to the viral epidemiology

scientific article published on May 2007

RegaDB: community-driven data management and analysis for infectious diseases

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Retrospective Investigation in Horses with Encephalitis Reveals Unnoticed Circulation of West Nile Virus in Brazil

scientific article published on 15 July 2022

Return of the founder Chikungunya virus to its place of introduction into Brazil is revealed by genomic characterization of exanthematic disease cases

scientific article published on 27 December 2019

Reversible sensory polyneuropathy during an arboviral outbreak in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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Role of dimerization and palmitoylation on the function of HTLV-1 p12 and p8.

scientific article published on 6 June 2011

SARS-CoV-2 shifting transmission dynamics and hidden reservoirs potentially limit efficacy of public health interventions in Italy

scientific article published on 21 April 2021

Schistosoma mansoni infection alters co-stimulatory molecule expression and cell activation in asthma

scientific article published on 27 December 2008

Seroprevalence and molecular epidemiology of HTLV-1 isolates from HIV-1 co-infected women in Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil

scientific article published on 7 October 2010

Severe airport sanitarian control could slow down the spreading of COVID-19 pandemics in Brazil

scientific article (preprint)

Severe airport sanitarian control could slow down the spreading of COVID-19 pandemics in Brazil

scientific article published on 25 June 2020

Short communication: phylodynamics analysis of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope gene in mother and child pairs

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

Sickle red cells as danger signals on proinflammatory gene expression, leukotriene B4 and interleukin-1 beta production in peripheral blood mononuclear cell.

scientific article published on 2 April 2016

Structural Transformation to Attain Responsible BIOSciences (STARBIOS2): Protocol for a Horizon 2020 Funded European Multicenter Project to Promote Responsible Research and Innovation

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The close relationship between South African and Latin American HTLV type 1 strains corroborated in a molecular epidemiological study of the HTLV type 1 isolates from a blood donor cohort

scientific article published in April 2007

The global spread of 2019-nCoV: a molecular evolutionary analysis

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

The low evolutionary rate of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 confirmed by analysis of vertical transmission chains.

scientific article published on 22 January 2004

The ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais, Brazil: insights from epidemiological data and SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequencing

scientific article published on 29 July 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais, Brazil: insights from epidemiological data and SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequencing.

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

The origin of HTLV-1 in the South Bahia by phylogenetic, mitochondrial DNA and β-globin analysis.

scientific article published on 7 January 2014

The reverse genetics of HTLV-1 infected patients

scientific article published on 6 June 2011

The three-dimensional structure of the cytostome-cytopharynx complex of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes.

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Time to Harmonize Dengue Nomenclature and Classification

scientific article published on 18 October 2018

Tracing the origin of Brazilian HTLV-1 as determined by analysis of host and viral genes

scientific article published in March 2006

Untargeted Metabolomics Insights into Newborns with Congenital Zika Infection

scientific article published in 2021

Whole Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2: Adapting Illumina Protocols for Quick and Accurate Outbreak Investigation during a Pandemic

scientific article published on 17 August 2020

Yellow Fever Virus Reemergence and Spread in Southeast Brazil, 2016-2019

scientific article published on 12 December 2019

Yellow fever transmission in non-human primates, Bahia, Northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

Yellow fever virus spread in Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, 2016-2019: Phylodynamic assessment to improve intervention strategies

scientific article published on 23 July 2019

Zika Virus spreading in South America: Evolutionary analysis of emerging neutralizing resistant Phe279Ser strains

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Zika virus complete genome from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

scientific article (publication date: July 2016)

Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings

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[Genetic diversity of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) in infected women from a northeast city of Brazil]

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

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