Luís Afonso

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Luís Afonso is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Luís Afonso has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Epidemiology, 38 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 21 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Luís Afonso's work include Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (36 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (30 papers) and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (13 papers). Luís Afonso is often cited by papers focused on Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (36 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (30 papers) and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (13 papers). Luís Afonso collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Portugal. Luís Afonso's co-authors include Phillip Scott, Giorgio Trinchieri, Maria Wysocka, Leda Quércia Vieira, Tanya Scharton‐Kersten, Eduardo de Almeida Marques da Silva, Philip Scott, Gary S. Nabors, J P Farrell and Juliana Lopes Rangel Fietto and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Luís Afonso

83 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Adjuvant Effect of Interleukin-12 in a Vaccine Agains... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 200 400 600
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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.

  1. The Adjuvant Effect of Interleukin-12 in a Vaccine Against Leishmania major
    1994 603 citations Luís Afonso, Leda Quércia Vieira et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luís Afonso Brazil 29 1.6k 1.4k 987 420 284 88 3.1k
Marcela F. Lopes Brazil 25 1.1k 0.7× 986 0.7× 910 0.9× 503 1.2× 467 1.6× 53 2.2k
Roque Pacheco de Almeida Brazil 36 2.9k 1.8× 1.8k 1.3× 857 0.9× 827 2.0× 392 1.4× 130 4.0k
Iara Messias-Reason Brazil 31 978 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 329 0.8× 488 1.7× 185 3.4k
Manabu Ato Japan 33 939 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 261 0.6× 663 2.3× 127 3.7k
Zilton A. Andrade Brazil 34 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 261 0.3× 2.2k 5.2× 254 0.9× 204 4.5k
David J. Wyler United States 31 1.7k 1.1× 796 0.6× 709 0.7× 690 1.6× 365 1.3× 112 2.9k
Amélia Ribeiro de Jesus Brazil 31 2.2k 1.4× 1.4k 1.0× 655 0.7× 1.1k 2.6× 230 0.8× 94 3.4k
Martha M. Eibl Austria 31 357 0.2× 686 0.5× 1.8k 1.8× 131 0.3× 464 1.6× 175 3.5k
Alexander S. Davis United States 8 297 0.2× 1.6k 1.1× 863 0.9× 255 0.6× 766 2.7× 15 2.4k
Karen A. Norris United States 30 525 0.3× 2.0k 1.4× 368 0.4× 197 0.5× 311 1.1× 76 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luís Afonso

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All Works

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Afonso, Luís, et al.. (2026). Clinical Outcomes and Haemodynamics: High Output Heart Failure Versus Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Heart Lung and Circulation. 35(3). 356–365.
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Ando, Tomo, Tamim Nazif, Αlexandros Briasoulis, et al.. (2025). Clinical outcomes of direct oral anticoagulant versus warfarin after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: From the STS/ACC TVT registry. American Heart Journal. 285. 66–73.
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Figueiredo, Amanda Braga, Luís Afonso, Paolo Tieri, et al.. (2024). Expression of Network Medicine-Predicted Genes in Human Macrophages Infected with Leishmania major. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(22). 12084–12084.
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Figueiredo, Maria Marta, Pedro Augusto Carvalho Costa, Olindo Assis Martins‐Filho, et al.. (2023). Adenosine pathway regulates inflammation during Plasmodium vivax infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1193256–1193256. 1 indexed citations
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Figueiredo, Amanda Braga, et al.. (2023). Expression of SmATPDases 1 and 2 in Schistosoma mansoni eggs favours IL ‐10 production in infected individuals. Parasite Immunology. 46(1). e13017–e13017. 1 indexed citations
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Talvani, André, et al.. (2022). The Ecto‐5 ′nucleotidase/CD73 Mediates Leishmania amazonensis Survival in Macrophages. BioMed Research International. 2022(1). 9928362–9928362. 3 indexed citations
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Polêto, Marcelo D., et al.. (2020). ENTPDases from Pathogenic Trypanosomatids and Purinergic Signaling: Shedding Light towards Biotechnological Applications. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 21(3). 213–226. 7 indexed citations
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Carneiro, Matheus Batista Heitor, et al.. (2020). Regulation of macrophage subsets and cytokine production in leishmaniasis. Cytokine. 147. 155309–155309. 16 indexed citations
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Ando, Tomo, Emmanuel Akintoye, Mohit Pahuja, et al.. (2018). TRANSCATHETER VERSUS SURGICAL VALVE REPLACEMENT IN NON-ELDERLY (AGE LESS THAN 65): IN-HOSPITAL OUTCOMES FROM THE NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71(11). A998–A998.
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Figueiredo, Amanda Braga, et al.. (2016). Purinergic signaling and infection by Leishmania : A new approach to evasion of the immune response. Biomedical Journal. 39(4). 244–250. 22 indexed citations
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Lauridsen, Trine K., Lawrence Park, Steven Y. C. Tong, et al.. (2015). Echocardiographic Findings Predict In-Hospital and 1-Year Mortality in Left-Sided Native Valve Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 8(7). e003397–e003397. 42 indexed citations
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Lauridsen, Trine K., Lawrence Park, Christine Selton‐Suty, et al.. (2014). ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS PREDICT IN-HOSPITAL AND 1-YEAR MORTALITY IN LEFT-SIDED NATIVE VALVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ENDOCARDITIS: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON ENDOCARDITIS- PROSPECTIVE ECHO COHORT STUDY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(12). A974–A974. 3 indexed citations
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Veeranna, Vikas, et al.. (2013). ASSOCIATION OF CYSTATIN C WITH MEASURES OF OBESITY AND ITS IMPACT ON CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS AMONG HEALTHY U.S. ADULTS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61(10). E1420–E1420. 3 indexed citations
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Bharadwaj, Aditya, Ankit Rathod, Apurva O. Badheka, Sony Jacob, & Luís Afonso. (2011). AN EXTERNALLY VALIDATED CLINICAL MODEL FOR PREDICTING ASYMPTOMATIC PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION: THE HARD2C RISK SCORE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 57(14). E1229–E1229. 1 indexed citations
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Carneiro, Matheus Batista Heitor, Liliane Martins dos Santos, Tatiani Uceli Maioli, et al.. (2010). Low and high-dose intradermal infection with Leishmania majorand Leishmania amazonensis in C57BL/6 mice. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 105(6). 736–745. 28 indexed citations
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Guedes, Paulo Marcos da Matta, Vanja Maria Veloso, Luís Afonso, et al.. (2009). Development of chronic cardiomyopathy in canine Chagas disease correlates with high IFN-γ, TNF-α, and low IL-10 production during the acute infection phase. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 130(1-2). 43–52. 65 indexed citations
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Afonso, Luís, et al.. (2007). CD8+T cells are not required for vaccine-induced immunity against Leishmania amazonensis in IL-12/23P40−/− C57BL/6 mice. Microbes and Infection. 9(9). 1124–1134. 3 indexed citations
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Vieira, Leda Quércia, Brian D. Hondowicz, Luís Afonso, et al.. (1994). Infection with Leishmania major induces interleukin-12 production in vivo. Immunology Letters. 40(2). 157–161. 74 indexed citations
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Rumjanek, Franklin David, Élida G. Campos, & Luís Afonso. (1988). Evidence for the occurrence of LDL receptors in extracts of schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 28(2). 145–152. 44 indexed citations

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