Alberto Novaes Ramos

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Alberto Novaes Ramos is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Novaes Ramos has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Infectious Diseases, 45 papers in Epidemiology and 38 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Alberto Novaes Ramos's work include Leprosy Research and Treatment (43 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (35 papers) and Trypanosoma species research and implications (26 papers). Alberto Novaes Ramos is often cited by papers focused on Leprosy Research and Treatment (43 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (35 papers) and Trypanosoma species research and implications (26 papers). Alberto Novaes Ramos collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, Australia and United States. Alberto Novaes Ramos's co-authors include Jörg Heukelbach, Carlos Henrique Alencar, Francisco Rogerlândio Martins‐Melo, Luiza Harunari Matida, Mauricélia da Silveira Lima, Jaqueline Caracas Barbosa, Eliana Amorim de Souza, Norman Hearst, Anderson Fuentes Ferreira and Dalmo Correia and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Novaes Ramos

138 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Chagas disease

2023 83 citations Andréa Silvestre de Sousa, Alberto Novaes Ramos et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers

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Carlos Henrique Alencar Brazil

Gundel Harms Germany

Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch Denmark

Chaturaka Rodrigo Sri Lanka

Maria Rita Donalísio Brazil

André M. Siqueira Brazil

Francesca Little South Africa

Celina Maria Turchi Martelli Brazil

Philip E. Thuma United States

Jacques Pépin Canada

Carlos Henrique Alencar Brazil

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643 ×0.7

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967 ×1.2

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442 ×0.7

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249 ×0.7

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alberto Novaes Ramos

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20 of 20 papers shown

Magno, Laio, et al.. (2025). Epidemiology in health policies, programs, and services in Brazil: The trajectories and perspectives from ABRASCO's Fifth Strategic Plan for the Development of Epidemiology in Brazil (2025–2029). Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia. 28(suppl 1). e250005supl1–e250005supl1.

Ramos, Alberto Novaes. (2024). Long COVID challenges in Brazil: an unfinished agenda for the Brazilian Unified National Health System. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 40(2). 3 indexed citations

Souza, Eliana Amorim de, et al.. (2024). The impact of COVID-19 on persons affected by leprosy and leprosy control in the North and Northeast of Brazil. Leprosy Review. 95(1). 97–112.

Ramos, Alberto Novaes, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness and Safety of Direct-Acting Antivirals in the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C: A Real-life Study in Northeastern Brazil. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. 57. 1 indexed citations

Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes, et al.. (2023). Judicialização do direito à saúde com foco em doenças tropicais negligenciadas: dimensões e desafios no Estado do Piauí, Nordeste do Brasil, 2000-2020. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. 28(1). 7–22.

Ramos, Alberto Novaes, Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Paulo César de Almeida, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of trachoma in the non-indigenous Baixo Jaguaribe micro-region, Ceará State, Northeast Brazil. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 117(12). 844–851.

Ramos, Alberto Novaes, Kátia Vergetti Bloch, Thiago Luiz Nogueira da Silva, et al.. (2023). Sociodemographic and environmental factors associated with dengue, Zika, and chikungunya among adolescents from two Brazilian capitals. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 17(3). e0011197–e0011197. 7 indexed citations

Sousa, Andréa Silvestre de, et al.. (2023). Chagas disease. The Lancet. 403(10422). 203–218. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes, José Alexandre Menezes da Silva, Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues, et al.. (2022). High schistosomiasis-related mortality in Northeast Brazil: trends and spatial patterns. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. 55. e0431–e0431. 4 indexed citations

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Souza, Eliana Amorim de, et al.. (2022). Território, doenças negligenciadas e ação de agentes comunitários e de combate a endemias. Revista de Saúde Pública. 56. 27–27. 4 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes, et al.. (2022). Limites e possibilidades para desenvolvimento de pesquisas em saúde pública no judiciário. Revista de Saúde Pública. 56. 76–76. 2 indexed citations

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Souza, Eliana Amorim de, et al.. (2021). Fatores sociodemográficos e clínicos de casos de hanseníase associados ao desempenho da avaliação de seus contatos no Ceará, 2008-2019. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 5 indexed citations

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Braga, José Ueleres, et al.. (2020). Propensity for COVID-19 severe epidemic among the populations of the neighborhoods of Fortaleza, Brazil, in 2020. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 1486–1486. 12 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes, et al.. (2020). Mortalidade relacionada à hanseníase no Estado do Piauí, Brasil: tendências temporais e padrões espaciais, 2000-2015. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 36(9). e00093919–e00093919. 2 indexed citations

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Teixeira, Camila Silveira Silva, Danielle Souto de Medeiros, Carlos Henrique Alencar, Alberto Novaes Ramos, & Jörg Heukelbach. (2019). Aspectos nutricionais de pessoas acometidas por hanseníase, entre 2001 e 2014, em municípios do semiárido brasileiro. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. 24(7). 2431–2441. 8 indexed citations

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Souza, Eliana Amorim de, et al.. (2018). Epidemiology and Spatiotemporal Patterns of Leprosy Detection in the State of Bahia, Brazilian Northeast Region, 2001–2014. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 3(3). 79–79. 19 indexed citations

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Bezerra, Fernando Schemelzer de Moraes, et al.. (2017). Community-Based Entomological Surveillance Reveals Urban Foci of Chagas Disease Vectors in Sobral, State of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0170278–e0170278. 20 indexed citations

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Martins‐Melo, Francisco Rogerlândio, et al.. (2012). Mortality of Chagas’ disease in Brazil: spatial patterns and definition of high‐risk areas. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 17(9). 1066–1075. 37 indexed citations

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Barbosa, Jaqueline Caracas, et al.. (2008). Pós-alta em Hanseníase no Ceará: limitação da atividade funcional, consciência de risco e participação social. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 9 indexed citations

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Zambelli, A., et al.. (1992). Cytogenetics and karyosystematics of phyllotine rodents (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae). III : New data on the distribution and variability of karyomorphs of the genus Eligmodontia. 57(3). 155–162. 6 indexed citations

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