Constança Britto

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Constança Britto is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Constança Britto has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Epidemiology, 85 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 26 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Constança Britto's work include Trypanosoma species research and implications (80 papers), Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (72 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (16 papers). Constança Britto is often cited by papers focused on Trypanosoma species research and implications (80 papers), Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (72 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (16 papers). Constança Britto collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Argentina. Constança Britto's co-authors include Patrick Wincker, Carlos Morel, Otacílio C. Moreira, Maria Angélica Cardoso, Daniela de Pita-Pereira, Carlos Roberto Alves, Micaela Cardoso, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil, Walter Oelemann and Sergio Sosa‐Estáni and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, PLoS ONE and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Constança Britto

122 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Randomized Trial of Benznidazole for Chronic Chagas’ Cardiomyopathy

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Constança Britto Brazil	37	3.4k	3.1k	1.0k	746	603	124	4.6k
Alejandro G. Schijman Argentina	36	4.6k 1.3×	3.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	678 1.1×	122	5.0k
Andréa Mara Macedo Brazil	38	4.3k 1.3×	3.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	466 0.8×	112	5.0k
Eric Dumonteil United States	46	3.9k 1.2×	2.8k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	1.7k 2.3×	235 0.4×	171	5.1k
Bianca Zingales Brazil	41	5.2k 1.5×	3.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.8×	765 1.3×	100	5.6k
Antônio R. L. Teixeira Brazil	30	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	554 0.5×	354 0.5×	260 0.4×	101	2.8k
Elsa L. Segura Argentina	28	2.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	413 0.4×	515 0.7×	244 0.4×	84	2.6k
Philippe Büscher Belgium	45	5.1k 1.5×	4.0k 1.3×	2.1k 2.0×	797 1.1×	198 0.3×	234	6.7k
Denis Séréno France	37	2.4k 0.7×	3.5k 1.1×	818 0.8×	605 0.8×	438 0.7×	122	4.6k
Álvaro Acosta-Serrano United Kingdom	28	1.8k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	284 0.3×	418 0.6×	314 0.5×	79	2.7k
Pere P. Simarro Switzerland	30	2.9k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	614 0.8×	233 0.4×	59	3.6k

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Mendonça, Ivete Lopes de, Jacenir Reis dos Santos Mallet, Clarissa Teixeira, et al.. (2024). Characterisation of an area of coexistent visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis transmission in the State of Piauí, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 119. e230181–e230181. 1 indexed citations

Schijman, Alejandro G., et al.. (2024). Retrospect, advances and challenges in Chagas disease diagnosis: a comprehensive review. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 36. 100821–100821. 15 indexed citations

Pita-Pereira, Daniela de, et al.. (2024). Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum DNA detection in Nyssomyia neivai in Vale do Ribeira, Paraná, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 119. e230173–e230173. 3 indexed citations

Pinto, Israel de Souza, et al.. (2023). DNA barcoding of sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) from the western Brazilian Amazon. PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0281289–e0281289. 9 indexed citations

Mallet, Jacenir Reis dos Santos, et al.. (2020). Vector competence and feeding-excretion behavior of Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) infected with Trypanosoma cruzi TcVI. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(9). e0008712–e0008712. 15 indexed citations

Moreira, Otacílio C., Lilian Motta Cantanhêde, Renato Porrozzi, et al.. (2020). Comparison and clinical validation of qPCR assays targeting Leishmania 18S rDNA and HSP70 genes in patients with American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(10). e0008750–e0008750. 23 indexed citations

Wiśniewski, Jacek R., et al.. (2018). In-Depth Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Trophozoites and Pseudocysts of Trichomonas vaginalis. Journal of Proteome Research. 17(11). 3704–3718. 12 indexed citations

Sabóia‐Vahia, Leonardo, et al.. (2015). In-depth characterization of trypsin-like serine peptidases in the midgut of the sugar fed Culex quinquefasciatus. Parasites & Vectors. 8(1). 373–373. 10 indexed citations

Sabóia‐Vahia, Leonardo, et al.. (2015). Expression of active trypsin-like serine peptidases in the midgut of sugar-feeding female Anopheles aquasalis. Parasites & Vectors. 8(1). 296–296. 11 indexed citations

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Moreira, Otacílio C., et al.. (2015). New approaches for the standardization and validation of a real-time qPCR assay using TaqMan probes for quantification of yellow fever virus on clinical samples with high quality parameters. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 11(7). 1865–1871. 29 indexed citations

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Sabóia‐Vahia, Leonardo, et al.. (2014). The midgut of Aedes albopictus females expresses active trypsin-like serine peptidases. Parasites & Vectors. 7(1). 253–253. 11 indexed citations

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Pereira, Bernardo Acácio Santini, Constança Britto, & Carlos Roberto Alves. (2011). Expression of infection-related genes in parasites and host during murine experimental infection with Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis. Microbial Pathogenesis. 52(2). 101–108. 10 indexed citations

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Pita-Pereira, Daniela de, et al.. (2011). Lutzomyia (Pintomyia) fischeri (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), a probable vector of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Detection of natural infection by Leishmania (Viannia) DNA in specimens from the municipality of Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil, using multiplex PCR assay. Acta Tropica. 120(3). 273–275. 31 indexed citations

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Batista, Denise da Gama Jaén, Marcos Meuser Batista, Gabriel Melo de Oliveira, et al.. (2011). Combined Treatment of Heterocyclic Analogues and Benznidazole upon Trypanosoma cruzi In Vivo. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e22155–e22155. 25 indexed citations

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Britto, Constança, Bernardo Acácio Santini Pereira, Daniela de Pita-Pereira, et al.. (2010). Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis: Influence of successive in vitro cultivation on the expression of promastigote proteinases. Experimental Parasitology. 126(4). 570–576. 13 indexed citations

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Antunes, Sérgio Luiz Gomes, Rosane M. B. Teles, Ana Caroline Costa-da-Silva, et al.. (2009). Schwann Cells Producing Matrix Metalloproteinases UnderMycobacterium lepraeStimulation May Play a Role in the Outcome of Leprous Neuropathy. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 69(1). 27–39. 28 indexed citations

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Cardoso, Maria Angélica, Constança Britto, Kátia Luz Torres, et al.. (2007). Real-time PCR versus conventional PCR for malaria parasite detection in low-grade parasitemia. Experimental Parasitology. 116(4). 427–432. 53 indexed citations

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Pita-Pereira, Daniela de, Carlos Roberto Alves, Marcos Barbosa de Souza, et al.. (2005). Identification of naturally infected Lutzomyia intermedia and Lutzomyia migonei with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) revealed by a PCR multiplex non-isotopic hybridisation assay. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 99(12). 905–913. 143 indexed citations

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Ravel, Christophe, Patrick Wincker, Christine Blaineau, et al.. (1996). Medium-Range Restriction Maps of Five Chromosomes ofLeishmania infantumand Localization of Size-Variable Regions. Genomics. 35(3). 509–516. 28 indexed citations

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Britto, Constança, Simone C. Cardoso, Chiara Vanni, et al.. (1995). Polymerase chain reaction detection ofTrypanosoma cruziin human blood samples as a tool for diagnosis and treatment evaluation. Parasitology. 110(3). 241–247. 129 indexed citations

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