Manuela B. Pucca

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Manuela B. Pucca is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manuela B. Pucca has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Genetics, 44 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Manuela B. Pucca's work include Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies (74 papers), Rabies epidemiology and control (26 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (22 papers). Manuela B. Pucca is often cited by papers focused on Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies (74 papers), Rabies epidemiology and control (26 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (22 papers). Manuela B. Pucca collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, Denmark and Belgium. Manuela B. Pucca's co-authors include Felipe A. Cerni, Eliane Candiani Arantes, Karla de Castro Figueiredo Bordon, Isadora Sousa de Oliveira, Andreas H. Laustsen, José Elpídio Barbosa, Jan Tytgat, Shirin Ahmadi, Fernanda Gobbi Amorim and Steve Peigneur and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Manuela B. Pucca

87 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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From Animal Poisons and Venoms to Medicines: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives in Drug Discovery

2020 205 citations Karla de Castro Figueiredo Bordon, Ernesto Lopes Pinheiro-Júnior et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manuela B. Pucca Brazil	25	1.4k	945	446	411	297	97	1.8k
Felipe A. Cerni Brazil	22	1.1k 0.8×	757 0.8×	326 0.7×	360 0.9×	246 0.8×	58	1.5k
Kavi Ratanabanangkoon Thailand	24	1.0k 0.7×	612 0.6×	611 1.4×	177 0.4×	120 0.4×	78	1.7k
Gustavo Rojas Costa Rica	26	1.8k 1.3×	709 0.8×	1.1k 2.5×	329 0.8×	173 0.6×	42	2.0k
Fernando Z. Zamudio Mexico	33	2.3k 1.6×	2.4k 2.5×	187 0.4×	212 0.5×	391 1.3×	110	3.1k
M. Goyffon France	18	1.3k 1.0×	962 1.0×	370 0.8×	149 0.4×	165 0.6×	78	1.9k
Oldemir C. Mangili Brazil	29	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	96 0.2×	768 1.9×	310 1.0×	33	2.0k
Karla de Castro Figueiredo Bordon Brazil	22	1.1k 0.8×	923 1.0×	208 0.5×	312 0.8×	175 0.6×	59	1.4k
Marietta Flores-Dı́az Costa Rica	24	1.2k 0.9×	838 0.9×	766 1.7×	108 0.3×	108 0.4×	38	2.0k
Isadora Sousa de Oliveira Brazil	13	550 0.4×	320 0.3×	207 0.5×	239 0.6×	173 0.6×	48	824
Fábio Carlos Magnoli Brazil	16	673 0.5×	403 0.4×	110 0.2×	236 0.6×	98 0.3×	31	846

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Giometti, Inês Cristina, Francis Lopes Pacagnelli, Stephen Hyslop, et al.. (2025). Comparative Analysis of the Enzymatic, Coagulant, and Neuromuscular Activities of Two Variants of Crotalus durissus ruruima Venom and Antivenom Efficacy. Pharmaceuticals. 18(1). 54–54. 2 indexed citations

Pucca, Manuela B., et al.. (2025). Africanized honeybee stings envenoming in Brazil: A neglected tropical disease!. Toxicon. 261. 108327–108327. 1 indexed citations

Nardini, Viviani, Nathalia Santos Carvalho, Adeline Maciel, et al.. (2025). Lipidomics of Bothrops atrox and Crotalus durissus ruruima venoms, the two major viperids involved in human envenomings in the Brazilian Amazon. Archives of Toxicology. 100(1). 355–366.

Pinto, Thiago Serrão, Fan Hui Wen, Manuela B. Pucca, et al.. (2024). Capacity of community health centers to treat snakebite envenoming in indigenous territories of the Brazilian Amazon. Toxicon. 241. 107681–107681. 2 indexed citations

Cerni, Felipe A., et al.. (2024). Beauty’s Betrayal: Mycobacterium abscessus Case Series Following Aesthetic Procedures in the Brazilian Amazon. Infectious Disease Reports. 16(4). 724–734. 1 indexed citations

Cerni, Felipe A., et al.. (2024). Clinical complications in envenoming by Apis honeybee stings: insights into mechanisms, diagnosis, and pharmacological interventions. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1437413–1437413. 8 indexed citations

Oliveira, Isadora Sousa de, Isabela Gobbo Ferreira, Felipe A. Cerni, et al.. (2023). Harnessing the Power of Venomous Animal-Derived Toxins against COVID-19. Toxins. 15(2). 159–159.

Oliveira, Isadora Sousa de, et al.. (2023). Acute mesenteric ischemia following lancehead snakebite: an unusual case report in the Northernmost Brazilian Amazon. Frontiers in Medicine. 10. 1197446–1197446. 5 indexed citations

Sartim, Marco Aurélio, Isadora Sousa de Oliveira, Manuela B. Pucca, et al.. (2023). Toxins from Animal Venoms as a Potential Source of Antimalarials: A Comprehensive Review. Toxins. 15(6). 375–375. 5 indexed citations

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Pucca, Manuela B., et al.. (2023). Unveiling the Pain Relief Potential: Harnessing Analgesic Peptides from Animal Venoms. Pharmaceutics. 15(12). 2766–2766. 6 indexed citations

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Alves, Eliane Campos, Mônica Colombini, Suely Vilela Sampaio, et al.. (2023). Inflammatory Profile Associated with Secondary Infection from Bothrops atrox Snakebites in the Brazilian Amazon. Toxins. 15(9). 524–524. 1 indexed citations

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Pucca, Manuela B.. (2023). "Leprosy Overview: Pathophysiology, Immune Responses, and Epidemiology in Brazil". Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research. 48(4). 1 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Isadora Sousa de, Manuela B. Pucca, Isabela Gobbo Ferreira, et al.. (2022). State-of-the-art review of snake venom phosphodiesterases (svPDEs). Toxicon. 217. 121–130. 4 indexed citations

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Pucca, Manuela B., et al.. (2021). Evaluation of Legal Medicine knowledge by medical students in a public university in Brazil’s northernmost estate. 1 indexed citations

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Pucca, Manuela B., Isadora Sousa de Oliveira, Shirin Ahmadi, et al.. (2020). Chronic kidney failure following lancehead bite envenoming: a clinical report from the Amazon region. The Journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases. 26. e20200083–e20200083. 10 indexed citations

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Ahmadi, Shirin, Karla de Castro Figueiredo Bordon, Manuela B. Pucca, et al.. (2020). Scorpion Venom: Detriments and Benefits. Biomedicines. 8(5). 118–118. 103 indexed citations

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Pucca, Manuela B., Cecilie Knudsen, Isadora Sousa de Oliveira, et al.. (2020). Current Knowledge on Snake Dry Bites. Toxins. 12(11). 668–668. 46 indexed citations

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Boldrini-França, Johara, Ernesto Lopes Pinheiro-Júnior, Steve Peigneur, et al.. (2020). Beyond hemostasis: A potassium channel blocker snake venom serine protease with potential antitumor activity. Toxicon. 177. S8–S9.

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Cerni, Felipe A., et al.. (2017). Epidemiological profile of accidents caused by venomous animals in Amazonas state. A Revista Agroambiente On-line (Universidade Federal de Roraima, UFRR). 1(2). 96–103. 1 indexed citations

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Pucca, Manuela B., et al.. (2016). Human scFv antibodies (Afribumabs) against Africanized bee venom: Advances in melittin recognition. Toxicon. 112. 59–67. 14 indexed citations

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