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Cecilia H, Althouse BM, Azar SR, Moehn BA, Yun R, Rossi SiguL, Vasilakis N, Hanley KA. Aedes albopictus is not an arbovirus aficionado - Impacts of sylvatic flavivirus infection in vectors and hosts on mosquito engorgement on non-human primates. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Mar 11:2024.02.19.580944. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.19.580944

Corsini CA, Martins PFDS, Filgueiras PS, et al. Immunogenicity and safety of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (CoronaVac) using two-dose primary protocol in children and adolescents (Immunita-002, Brazil): A phase IV six-month follow up. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2024 Feb 29:rs.3.rs-3931021. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3931021/v1

da Costa VG, Saivish MV, Sinhorini PF, Nogueira ML, Rahal P. A meta-analysis of Chikungunya virus in neurological disorders. Infect Dis Now. 2024 Jun 15:104938. doi: 10.1016/j.idnow.2024.104938.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idnow.2024.104938

Dos Santos BF, Gandolfi FA, Milhim BHGA, Dourado FS, Silva GCD, Zini N, Gratão VHR, Mariani MP, Abbas TN, Garcia PHC, Rocha RS, Vasilakis N, Nogueira ML, Estofolete CF. Diabetes as risk factor to severity of dengue in naïve patients. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Apr 29:2024.04.27.24306485. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.27.24306485

Hanley KA, Cecilia H, Azar SR, Moehn BA, Gass JT, Oliveira da Silva NI, Yu W, Yun R, Althouse BM, Vasilakis N, Rossi SL. Trade-offs shaping transmission of sylvatic dengue and Zika viruses in monkey hosts. Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 27;15(1):2682. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46810-x

Hendy A, Fé NF, Pedrosa I, Girão A, Dos Santos TNF, Mendonça CR, Andes Júnior JT, Assunção FP, Costa ER, Sluydts V, Gordo M, Scarpassa VM, Buenemann M, de Lacerda MVG, Mourão MPG, Vasilakis N, Hanley KA. Forest edge landscape context affects mosquito community composition and risk of pathogen emergence. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 May 3:2024.04.30.591911. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.30.591911

Hill V, Cleemput S, Fonseca V, et al. A new lineage nomenclature to aid genomic surveillance of dengue virus. PLoS Biol. 2024 Sep 16;22(9):e3002834. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002834. PMID: 39283942; PMCID: PMC11426435. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002834

Lendino A, Castellanos AA, Pigott DM, Han BA. A review of emerging health threats from zoonotic New World mammarenaviruses. BMC Microbiol. 2024 Apr 4;24(1):115. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03257-w

Marques RE, Shimizu JF, Nogueira ML, Vasilakis N. Current challenges in the discovery of treatments against Mayaro fever. Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2024 May 8:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/14728222.2024.2351504

Peinado RDS, Martins LG, Pacca CC, et al. HR-MAS NMR Metabolomics Profile of Vero Cells under the Influence of Virus Infection and nsP2 Inhibitor: A Chikungunya Case Study. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jan 24;25(3):1414. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25031414  

Peinado RDS, Saivish MV, Menezes GL, Fulco UL, da Silva RA, Korostov K, Eberle RJ, Melo PA, Nogueira ML, Pacca CC, Arni RK, Coronado MA. The search for an antiviral lead molecule to combat the neglected emerging Oropouche virus. Curr Res Microb Sci. 2024 Apr 27;6:100238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmicr.2024.100238

Plante KS, Plante JA, Azar SR, Shinde DP, Scharton D, Versiani AF, Oliveira da Silva NI, Strange T, Sacchetto L, Fokam EB, Rossi SL, Weaver SC, Marques RE, Nogueira ML, Vasilakis N. Potential of Illhéus virus to emerge. Heliyon. 2024 Mar 16;10(6):e27934. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27934

Rivera LF, Lezcano-Coba C, Galué J, Rodriguez X, Juarez Y, de Souza WM, Capitan-Barrios Z, Valderrama A, Abrego L, Cedeño H, Jackman C, Waggoner JJ, Aguilar PV, Guzman H, Weaver SC, Tesh RB, López-Vèrges S, Donnelly CA, Estofolete CF, Nogueira ML, Faria NR, Vasilakis N, Vittor AY, Smith DR, Carrera JP. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of Madariaga and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus infections. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Feb 3:2024.02.02.24302220. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.02.24302220

Saivish MV, Nogueira ML, Rossi SL, Vasilakis N. Beyond Borders: Investigating the Mysteries of Cacipacoré, a Lesser-Studied Arbovirus in Brazil. Viruses. 2024; 16(3):336. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16030336

Saivish MV, Nogueira ML, Rossi SL, Vasilakis N. Exploring Iguape Virus—A Lesser-Known Orthoflavivirus. Viruses. 2024 June; 16(6):960. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v16060960

Santos FM, Costa VRdM, Araújo Sd, et al. Essential role of the CCL2-CCR2 axis in Mayaro virus-induced disease. J Virol. 2024 Jan 23;98(1):e0110223. doi: 10.1128/jvi.01102-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01102-23

Shinde DP, Plante JA, Scharton D, Mitchell B, Walker J, Azar SR, Campos RK, Sacchetto L, Drumond BP, Vasilakis N, Plante KS, Weaver SC. Yellow Fever Emergence: Role of Heterologous Flavivirus Immunity in Preventing Urban Transmission. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Mar 3:2024.03.03.583168. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.03.583168

Zini N, Ávila MHT, Cezarotti NM, et al. Cryptic circulation of chikungunya virus in São Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil, 2015-2019. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024 Mar 14;18(3):e0012013. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012013

2023

Assato PA, Clemente LG, Giovanetti M, et al. Retrospective Insights of the COVID-19 Epidemic in the Major Latin American City, São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil. Viruses. 2023;15(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15020327

Azevedo LS de, França Y, Viana E, et al. Lack of molecular evidence of fecal-borne viruses in capybaras from São Paulo state, Brazil, 2018–2020: a minor public health issue. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 2023;54(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42770-022-00859-2

Cândido SL, de Assis Pereira N, de Oliveira Rosa Fonseca MJ, et al. Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Ehrlichia canis and Ehrlichia sp. in neotropical primates from Brazil. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2023;14(4):102179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102179

Carrera JP, Araúz D, Rojas A, et al. Real-time RT-PCR for Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex, Madariaga, and Eastern equine encephalitis viruses: application in human and mosquito public health surveillance in Panama. J Clin Microbiol. 2023;e0015223. https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00152-23

Costa VG da, Gomes AJC, Bittar C, et al. Burden of Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Viruses in Suspected COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional and Meta-Analysis Study. Viruses. 2023;15(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15030665

Estofolete CF, Banho CA, Verro AT, et al. Clinical Characterization of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Adults: A Neglected Disease? Viruses. 2023;15(9):1848. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15091848

Estofolete CF, Versiani AF, Dourado FS, et al. Influence of previous Zika virus infection on acute dengue episode. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2023 Nov 9;17(11):e0011710. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011710

de Andrade Gandolfi F, Estofolete CF, Wakai MC, et al. Yellow Fever Vaccine-Related Neurotropic Disease in Brazil Following Immunization with 17DD. Vaccines (Basel). 2023;11(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020445

de Carvalho AC, Dias CSB, Coimbra LD, et al. Characterization of Systemic Disease Development and Paw Inflammation in a Susceptible Mouse Model of Mayaro Virus Infection and Validation Using X-ray Synchrotron Microtomography. Int J Mol Sci. 2023;24(5). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054799

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Garcia-Oliveira GF, Guimarães ACDS, Moreira GD, et al. YELLOW ALERT: Persistent Yellow Fever Virus Circulation among Non-Human Primates in Urban Areas of Minas Gerais State, Brazil (2021-2023). Viruses. 2023 Dec 23;16(1):31. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16010031  

Gomes EO, Sacchetto L, Teixeira M, et al. Detection of Zika Virus in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes Collected in Urban Forest Fragments in the Brazilian Amazon. Viruses. 2023;15(6). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15061356

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Hendy A, Hernandez-Acosta E, Valério D, et al. Where boundaries become bridges: Mosquito community composition, key vectors, and environmental associations at forest edges in the central Brazilian Amazon. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011296

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Lima, AKS, Banho CA, Sacchetto, L. et al. Seasonal respiratory virus trends in pediatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Braz J Microbiol. 54, 2023;1827-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-023-01087-y

Mandova T, Saivish MV, La Serra L, et al. Identification of Potential Antiviral Hops Compounds against Chikungunya Virus. Int J Mol Sci. 2023;24(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24043333

Mandova T, Saivish MV, Menezes GL, et al. Antiviral Activity and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Hops Compounds against Oropouche Virus (Peribunyaviridae). Pharmaceutics. 2023 Dec 13;15(12):2769. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15122769

Menezes GdL, Saivish MV, Sacchetto L, et al. Exploring Quercetin Hydrate’s Potential as an Antiviral Treatment for Oropouche Virus. Biophysica. 2023; 3(3):485-500. https://doi.org/10.3390/biophysica3030032

Olmo RP, Todjro YMH, Aguiar ERGR, et al. Mosquito vector competence for dengue is modulated by insect-specific viruses. Nat Microbiol. 2023;8(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01289-4

Plante JA, Plante KS, Popov VL, et al. Morphologic and Genetic Characterization of Ilheus Virus, a Potential Emergent Flavivirus in the Americas. Viruses. 2023;15(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15010195

Saivish MV, Pacca CC, da Costa VG, et al. Caffeic Acid Has Antiviral Activity against Ilhéus Virus In Vitro. Viruses. 2023;15(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15020494

Saivish MV, Menezes GdL, Costa VGd, et al. Structural Insights into Plasticity and Discovery of Flavonoid Allosteric Inhibitors of Flavivirus NS2B–NS3 Protease. Biophysica. 2023; 3(1):71-92. https://doi.org/10.3390/biophysica3010006

Saivish MV, Menezes GL, da Silva RA, et al. Acridones as promising drug candidates against Oropouche virus. Curr Res Microb Sci. 2023 Dec 23;6:100217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmicr.2023.100217

Saivish MV, Menezes GdL, da Silva RA, et al. Antiviral Activity of Quercetin Hydrate against Zika Virus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(8):7504. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24087504

Salomão MLM, Queiroz F, Mendes LM, et al. COVID-19-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adult: the first death in Brazil. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2023 Oct 9;65:e50. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202365050

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Stoffella-Dutra AG, de Campos BH, Bastos E Silva PH, et al. SARS-CoV-2 Spillback to wild coatis in sylvatic-urban hotspot, Brazil. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(3):664-667. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.221339

Taques IIGG, Melo ALT, Horta MC, et al. Serological Evidence Supporting the Occurrence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis or a Closely Related Species in Brazilian Dogs. Pathogens. 2023;12(8):1024. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12081024

Vadmal GM, Glidden CK, Han BA, et al. Data-driven predictions of potential Leishmania vectors in the Americas. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17(2):e0010749. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010749

Vasilakis N, Hanley KA. The Coordinating Research on Emerging Arboviral Threats Encompassing the Neotropics (CREATE-NEO). Zoonoses. 2023;3(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.15212/zoonoses-2022-0047

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Yeh SC, Strilets T, Tan WL, et al. The anti-immune dengue subgenomic flaviviral RNA is present in vesicles in mosquito saliva and is associated with increased infectivity. PLoS Pathog. 2023 Mar 30;19(3):e1011224. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011224

2022

Banho CA, Sacchetto L, Campos GRF, et al. Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Gamma lineage introduction and COVID-19 vaccination on the epidemiological landscape of a Brazilian city. Communications Medicine. 2022;2(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00108-5

Campos GRF, Almeida NBF, Filgueiras PS, et al. Booster dose of BNT162b2 after two doses of CoronaVac improves neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. Commun Med 2, 76 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00141-4

da Costa VG, Saivish MV, Lino NAB, et al. Clinical Landscape and Rate of Exposure to Ilheus Virus: Insights from Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Viruses. 2022;15(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15010092

de Puig H, Bosch I, Salcedo N, et al. Multiplexed rapid antigen tests developed using multicolored nanoparticles and cross-reactive antibody pairs: Implications for pandemic preparedness. Nano Today. 2022;47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nantod.2022.101669

Estofolete CF, de Andrade Gandolfi F, de Aguiar Milhim BH, et al. Reduced Prevalence of Measles Antibodies in a Cohort of Brazilian Children under 15 Years of Age. Vaccines (Basel). 2022;10(10). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10101570

Estofolete CF, Fares GF, Banho CA, et al. Predictors of death in COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infections in Brazil. Journal of Infection. 2022;84(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2022.01.040

Giovanetti M, Slavov SN, Fonseca V, et al. Genomic epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Brazil. Nat Microbiol 7, 1490–1500 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01191-z

Grenfell RFQ, Almeida NBF, Filgueiras PS, et al. Immunogenicity, Effectiveness, and Safety of Inactivated Virus (CoronaVac) Vaccine in a Two-Dose Primary Protocol and BNT162b2 Heterologous Booster in Brazil (Immunita-001): A One Year Period Follow Up Phase 4 Study. Front Immunol. 2022;13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.918896

Hendy A, Fé NF, Valério D, et al. Towards the Laboratory Maintenance of Haemagogus janthinomys (Dyar, 1921), the Major Neotropical Vector of Sylvatic Yellow Fever. Viruses. 2022;15(1):45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15010045

Milhim BHGA, da Rocha LC, Terzian ACB, et al. Arboviral Infections in Neurological Disorders in Hospitalized Patients in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Viruses. 2022;14(7). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v14071488

Parra MCP, Lorenz C, de Aguiar Milhim BHG, et al. Detection of Zika RNA virus in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, São Paulo, Brazil. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2022;98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2022.105226

Parra MCP, Lorenz C, Dibo MR, et al. Association between densities of adult and immature stages of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in space and time: implications for vector surveillance. Parasit Vectors. 2022;15(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05244-4

2021

Estofolete CF, Banho CA, Campos GRF, et al. Case study of two post vaccination SARS-CoV-2 infections with P1 variants in CoronaVac vaccinees in Brazil. Viruses. 2021;13(7). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13071237

Estofolete CF, Machado LF, Zini N, et al. Presentation of fatal stroke due to SARS-CoV-2 and dengue virus coinfection. J Med Virol. 2021;93(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26476

Hendy A, Valério D, Fé NF, et al. Microclimate and the vertical stratification of potential bridge vectors of mosquito-borne viruses captured by nets and ovitraps in a central Amazonian forest bordering Manaus, Brazil. Sci Rep. 2021;11(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00514-0

Fischhoff IR, Castellanos AA, Rodrigues JPGLM, et al. Predicting the zoonotic capacity of mammals to transmit SARS-CoV-2. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2021;288(1963). http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1651

Saivish MV, da Costa VG, Menezes G de L, et al. Rocio virus: An updated view on an elusive flavivirus. Viruses. 2021;13(11). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13112293

Sacchetto L, Chaves BA, Costa ER, et al. Lack of evidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spillover in free-living neotropical non-human primates, Brazil. Viruses. 2021;13(10). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13101933

2020

Estofolete CF, Milhim BHGA, Zini N, Scamardi SN, Selvante JD, Vasilakis N, Nogueira ML. Flavivirus Infection Associated with Cerebrovascular Events. Viruses. 2020 Jun 22;12(6):671. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12060671

Hendy A, Hernandez-Acosta E, Valério D, et al. The vertical stratification of potential bridge vectors of mosquito-borne viruses in a central Amazonian forest bordering Manaus, Brazil. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):18254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75178-3

Hendy A, Hernandez-Acosta E, Chaves BA, et al. Into the woods: Changes in mosquito community composition and presence of key vectors at increasing distances from the urban edge in urban forest parks in Manaus, Brazil. Acta Trop. 2020;206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105441

Milhim BHGA, Estofolete CF, Rocha LCD, Liso E, Brienze VMS, Vasilakis N, Terzian ACB, Nogueira ML. Fatal Outcome of Ilheus Virus in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of a Patient Diagnosed with Encephalitis. Viruses. 2020 Aug 29;12(9):957. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12090957

Sacchetto L, Drumond BP, Han BA, Nogueira ML, Vasilakis N. Re-emergence of yellow fever in the neotropics - quo vadis? Emerg Top Life Sci. 2020 Dec 11;4(4):399-410. https://doi.org/10.1042/etls20200187