Alexandre Leitão

2.5k total citations
62 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Alexandre Leitão is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Parasitology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandre Leitão has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 26 papers in Parasitology and 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Alexandre Leitão's work include Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (27 papers), Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (23 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (21 papers). Alexandre Leitão is often cited by papers focused on Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (27 papers), Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (23 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (21 papers). Alexandre Leitão collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Switzerland and Belgium. Alexandre Leitão's co-authors include Carlos Martins, Afonso P. Basto, Hélder Cortes, Andrew Hemphill, R. M. E. Parkhouse, Fernando Ferreira, Raquel Portugal, Clara Cartaxeiro, Ferdinando B. Freitas and Bruno Gottstein and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature Biotechnology and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Alexandre Leitão

61 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexandre Leitão Portugal 26 1.0k 846 579 416 397 62 1.9k
A.C. Odeón Argentina 25 765 0.7× 641 0.8× 762 1.3× 135 0.3× 573 1.4× 114 2.0k
C. van Maanen Netherlands 28 826 0.8× 717 0.8× 778 1.3× 158 0.4× 470 1.2× 63 2.0k
Simon P. Graham United Kingdom 30 683 0.7× 565 0.7× 381 0.7× 280 0.7× 1.1k 2.7× 101 2.3k
Ryô Harasawa Japan 27 554 0.5× 432 0.5× 564 1.0× 259 0.6× 888 2.2× 139 2.3k
Yuzi Luo China 29 1.5k 1.4× 986 1.2× 391 0.7× 922 2.2× 847 2.1× 88 2.8k
M. Daniel Givens United States 26 1.6k 1.5× 1.2k 1.5× 152 0.3× 222 0.5× 802 2.0× 99 2.1k
Rongliang Hu China 27 941 0.9× 695 0.8× 120 0.2× 473 1.1× 759 1.9× 105 2.2k
Waithaka Mwangi United States 24 589 0.6× 459 0.5× 163 0.3× 243 0.6× 456 1.1× 56 1.7k
Ricardo Pérez–Sánchez Spain 27 411 0.4× 728 0.9× 1.3k 2.2× 160 0.4× 749 1.9× 82 2.0k
Aruna Ambagala Canada 22 601 0.6× 415 0.5× 102 0.2× 309 0.7× 331 0.8× 81 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alexandre Leitão

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexandre Leitão

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandre Leitão

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gonçalves, João, et al.. (2024). Balancing Act: Tubulin Glutamylation and Microtubule Dynamics in Toxoplasma gondii. Microorganisms. 12(3). 488–488. 2 indexed citations
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Moura, Pedro Luís, et al.. (2023). I329L: A Dual Action Viral Antagonist of TLR Activation Encoded by the African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV). Viruses. 15(2). 445–445. 11 indexed citations
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Istrate, Cláudia, Pedro Bule, Frederico Aires‐da‐Silva, et al.. (2022). In Silico Characterization of African Swine Fever Virus Nucleoprotein p10 Interaction with DNA. Viruses. 14(11). 2348–2348. 3 indexed citations
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Aguado-Martínez, Adriana, Afonso P. Basto, Telmo Nunes, et al.. (2018). Immunization with a cocktail of antigens fused with OprI reduces Neospora caninum vertical transmission and postnatal mortality in mice. Vaccine. 37(3). 473–483. 19 indexed citations
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Wang, Junhua, et al.. (2018). Modulation of cis- and trans- Golgi and the Rab9A-GTPase during infection by Besnoitia besnoiti, Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum. Experimental Parasitology. 187. 75–85. 6 indexed citations
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Vaz, Yolanda, et al.. (2016). Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestations in cattle along Geba River basin in Guinea-Bissau. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 8(1). 161–169. 7 indexed citations
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Aguado-Martínez, Adriana, Afonso P. Basto, Joachim Müller, et al.. (2016). N-terminal fusion of a toll-like receptor 2-ligand to aNeospora caninumchimeric antigen efficiently modifies the properties of the specific immune response. Parasitology. 143(5). 606–616. 20 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Fernando, et al.. (2016). Functional characterization and inhibition of the type II DNA topoisomerase coded by African swine fever virus. Virology. 493. 209–216. 25 indexed citations
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Waap, Helga, Telmo Nunes, Yolanda Vaz, & Alexandre Leitão. (2016). Serological survey of Toxoplasma gondii and Besnoitia besnoiti in a wildlife conservation area in southern Portugal. Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports. 3-4. 7–12. 20 indexed citations
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Martins, Carlos, et al.. (2014). African swine fever virus ORF P1192R codes for a functional type II DNA topoisomerase. Virology. 474. 82–93. 32 indexed citations
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Waap, Helga, Telmo Nunes, Hélder Cortes, Alexandre Leitão, & Yolanda Vaz. (2014). Prevalence and geographic distribution of Besnoitia besnoiti infection in cattle herds in Portugal. Parasitology Research. 113(10). 3703–3711. 23 indexed citations
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Basto, Afonso P., Marina Badenes, S. C. P. Almeida, et al.. (2014). Immune response profile elicited by the model antigen ovalbumin expressed in fusion with the bacterial OprI lipoprotein. Molecular Immunology. 64(1). 36–45. 22 indexed citations
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Mottola, Carla, Ferdinando B. Freitas, Margarida Simões, et al.. (2013). In vitro antiviral activity of fluoroquinolones against African swine fever virus. Veterinary Microbiology. 165(1-2). 86–94. 43 indexed citations
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Waap, Helga, et al.. (2011). A modified agglutination test for the diagnosis of Besnoitia besnoiti infection. Veterinary Parasitology. 178(3-4). 217–222. 15 indexed citations
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Portugal, Raquel, Alexandre Leitão, & Carlos Martins. (2009). Characterization of African swine fever virus IAP homologue expression in porcine macrophages infected with different virulence isolates. Veterinary Microbiology. 139(1-2). 140–146. 11 indexed citations
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Cortes, Hélder, Norbert Mueller, M. Esposito, et al.. (2007). In vitro efficacy of nitro- and bromo-thiazolyl-salicylamide compounds (thiazolides) against Besnoitia besnoiti infection in Vero cells. Parasitology. 134(7). 975–985. 33 indexed citations
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Cortes, Hélder, et al.. (2006). Microtubule cytoskeleton behavior in the initial steps of host cell invasion by Besnoitia besnoiti. FEBS Letters. 580(19). 4673–4682. 15 indexed citations
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Cortes, Hélder, Helga Waap, Rubén Vidal, et al.. (2006). Isolation of Besnoitia besnoiti from infected cattle in Portugal. Veterinary Parasitology. 141(3-4). 226–233. 77 indexed citations
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Basto, Afonso P., Rebecca Nix, Fernando Boinas, et al.. (2006). Kinetics of African swine fever virus infection in Ornithodoros erraticus ticks. Journal of General Virology. 87(7). 1863–1871. 32 indexed citations
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Leitão, Alexandre, Achut G. Malur, Pierre Cornélis, & Carlos Martins. (1998). Identification of a 25-aminoacid sequence from the major African swine fever virus structural protein VP72 recognised by porcine cytotoxic T lymphocytes using a lipoprotein based expression system. Journal of Virological Methods. 75(1). 113–119. 34 indexed citations

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