Verónica Mixão

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 913 citations indexed

About

Verónica Mixão is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Verónica Mixão has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 913 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Infectious Diseases, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Verónica Mixão's work include Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (13 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (7 papers) and Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (6 papers). Verónica Mixão is often cited by papers focused on Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (13 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (7 papers) and Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (6 papers). Verónica Mixão collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Portugal and Netherlands. Verónica Mixão's co-authors include Toni Gabaldón, Vítor Borges, João Paulo Gomes, Miguel Pinto, Daniel Sobral, Sílvia Duarte, Joana Isidro, Daniela Santos, Isabel Lopes de Carvalho and Alexandra Nunes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Verónica Mixão

24 papers receiving 899 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Phylogenomic characterization and signs of microevolution in the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus

2022 501 citations Joana Isidro, Vítor Borges et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers

Verónica Mixão

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C. Rajendran India

Abdallah Harmache France

Scott A. Sammons United States

A. Carolin Frank Sweden

Rajesh Chahota India

Miriam T. Laker United States

Ian Wilkie Australia

Tatjana Franz Germany

James S. Beckstrom‐Sternberg United States

Paola Pilo Switzerland

C. Rajendran India

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Countries citing papers authored by Verónica Mixão

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Fields of papers citing papers by Verónica Mixão

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Verónica Mixão

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Veríssimo, Cristina, et al.. (2025). Phenotypic and genomic characterization of azole resistance in Portuguese Candida parapsilosis isolates. Frontiers in Fungal Biology. 6. 1713961–1713961.

Mixão, Verónica, Ester Saus, Ferry Hagen, et al.. (2024). A yeast love triangle: multiple hybridizations shape genome evolution in the Pichia cactophila species complex. Mycosphere. 15(1). 1083–1109. 4 indexed citations

Gabaldón, Toni, et al.. (2024). An inconspicuous identification: Isolation and identification of a novel Pichia species presenting as fungemia following cardiac surgery. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 143. 107040–107040. 2 indexed citations

Mixão, Verónica, Ewa Księżopolska, Ester Saus, et al.. (2023). Evolution of loss of heterozygosity patterns in hybrid genomes of Candida yeast pathogens. BMC Biology. 21(1). 105–105. 13 indexed citations

Mixão, Verónica, Rashmi Fotedar, Ester Saus, et al.. (2023). Origin of fungal hybrids with pathogenic potential from warm seawater environments. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6919–6919. 17 indexed citations

Henriques, João Antônio Pêgas, Verónica Mixão, Nuno Germano, et al.. (2023). Candida auris in Intensive Care Setting: The First Case Reported in Portugal. Journal of Fungi. 9(8). 837–837. 5 indexed citations

Mixão, Verónica, Miguel Pinto, Daniel Sobral, et al.. (2023). ReporTree: a surveillance-oriented tool to strengthen the linkage between pathogen genetic clusters and epidemiological data. Genome Medicine. 15(1). 43–43. 17 indexed citations

Theelen, Bart, Verónica Mixão, Giuseppe Ianiri, et al.. (2022). Multiple Hybridization Events Punctuate the Evolutionary Trajectory of Malassezia furfur. mBio. 13(2). e0385321–e0385321. 13 indexed citations

Isidro, Joana, Vítor Borges, Miguel Pinto, et al.. (2022). Phylogenomic characterization and signs of microevolution in the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus. Nature Medicine. 28(8). 1569–1572. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pista, Ângela, Carla Maia, Verónica Mixão, et al.. (2022). Pathogenic Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. in Two Natural Conservation Centers of Wildlife in Portugal: Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterization. Microorganisms. 10(11). 2132–2132. 6 indexed citations

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Coelho, Marco A., Verónica Mixão, Shelly Applen Clancey, et al.. (2021). Factors enforcing the species boundary between the human pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus deneoformans. PLoS Genetics. 17(1). e1008871–e1008871. 15 indexed citations

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Mixão, Verónica & Toni Gabaldón. (2020). Genomic evidence for a hybrid origin of the yeast opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans. BMC Biology. 18(1). 48–48. 46 indexed citations

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Mixão, Verónica, Ester Saus, Teun Boekhout, & Toni Gabaldón. (2020). Extreme diversification driven by parallel events of massive loss of heterozygosity in the hybrid lineage of Candida albicans. Genetics. 217(2). 13 indexed citations

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Sopeña‐Torres, Sara, Brisa Ramos, Gemma López, et al.. (2020). Differential Expression of Fungal Genes Determines the Lifestyle of Plectosphaerella Strains During Arabidopsis thaliana Colonization. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 33(11). 1299–1314. 10 indexed citations

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Mixão, Verónica, et al.. (2019). Whole-Genome Sequencing of the Opportunistic Yeast Pathogen Candida inconspicua Uncovers Its Hybrid Origin. Frontiers in Genetics. 10. 383–383. 33 indexed citations

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Pegueroles, Cinta, et al.. (2019). HaploTypo: a variant-calling pipeline for phased genomes. Bioinformatics. 36(8). 2569–2571. 11 indexed citations

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Mixão, Verónica, et al.. (2018). Misidentification of genome assemblies in public databases: The case of Naumovozyma dairenensis and proposal of a protocol to correct misidentifications. Yeast. 35(6). 425–429. 24 indexed citations

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Mixão, Verónica & Toni Gabaldón. (2017). Hybridization and emergence of virulence in opportunistic human yeast pathogens. Yeast. 35(1). 5–20. 63 indexed citations

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Mixão, Verónica, Daniel Bravo‐Barriga, Ricardo Parreira, et al.. (2016). Comparative morphological and molecular analysis confirms the presence of the West Nile virus mosquito vector, Culex univittatus, in the Iberian Peninsula. Parasites & Vectors. 9(1). 601–601. 24 indexed citations

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Mixão, Verónica, et al.. (2015). First molecular identification of mosquito vectors of Dirofilaria immitis in continental Portugal. Parasites & Vectors. 8(1). 139–139. 48 indexed citations

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