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Roque P. Almeida
Researcher at Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Publications - 119
Citations - 5049
Roque P. Almeida is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal de Sergipe. The author has contributed to research in topics: Visceral leishmaniasis & Leishmania. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 112 publications receiving 4433 citations. Previous affiliations of Roque P. Almeida include Cornell University & Federal University of Bahia.
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Leishmaniasis in Bahia, Brazil: evidence that Leishmania amazonensis produces a wide spectrum of clinical disease.
Aldina Barral,Diana Pedral-Sampaio,Grimaldi Júnior G,Hooman Momen,Diane McMahon-Pratt,Ribeiro de Jesus A,Roque P. Almeida,Roberto Badaró,Manoel Barral-Netto,Edgar M. Carvalho +9 more
TL;DR: In situ tissue parasite characterization, by immunoperoxidase assay and employing anti-L.
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Cytokine profile and pathology in human leishmaniasis
TL;DR: Although production of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha might be involved in the control of parasite multiplication in the early phases of Leishmania infection, these cytokines might also be involvement in the tissue damage seen in tegumentary leishmaniasis.
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Clinical and Immunologic Evaluation of 31 Patients with Acute Schistosomiasis mansoni
Amélia Ribeiro de Jesus,Angela Maria da Silva,Luciana B Santana,Andréa Magalhães,Adriana Almeida de Jesus,Roque P. Almeida,Marco Antônio Vasconcelos Rêgo,Marcelo Nascimento Burattini,Edward J. Pearce,Edgar M. Carvalho +9 more
TL;DR: Proinflammatory cytokines and immune complexes with low Th2 responses might explain the immunopathogenesis of acute schistosomiasis.
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The epidemiology of sepsis in Brazilian intensive care units (the Sepsis PREvalence Assessment Database, SPREAD): an observational study
Flávia Ribeiro Machado,Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti,Fernando A. Bozza,Elaine Maria Ferreira,Fernanda Sousa Angotti Carrara,Juliana Lubarino Sousa,Noemi Caixeta,Reinaldo Salomão,Derek C. Angus,Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo,S R Zajac,M V Bley,A Scazufca,P Rosateli,T Reis,A Nogueira Junior,P A Nunes Neto,I L S Filho,H Lima,Marcelo L. C. Vieira,M Zanchet,I Ferreira,R Miguita,G M Petisco,Glauco Adrieno Westphal,J R P Santos,V Damasceno,J T dos Santos,Fábio Fernandes,EP Almeida,Maria Cristina Ferreira Lemos,Mariza F. A. Lima,R Camacho,Andreza Alice Feitosa Ribeiro,M O G Douglas,G A Mattei,E A Junior,Paulo Roberto Abrão Ferreira,H R M P Rabelo,S P S Pinto,L E Fontes,Daisy Maria Machado,M Guitzel,M Lucio,Catarina Conceição,Ariane Aparecida A. Barros,Doris M. Salgado,Viviane C Veiga,Salomón Soriano Ordinola Rojas,KM de Paula,R Hatum,L Fraenkel,William N. Viana,A P G Santos,Ligia S.C.F. Rabello,L Tanaka,M Uchoa,M D Moura,H Gneco,M F Buarque,K Monteiro,Antonio Paulo Nassar,E Koterba,Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira,Antonio Luis Eiras Falcão,V G S Pinto,J M M Junior,Ana Lúcia Gut,Laercio Martins De Stefano,M Damasceno,M V Lontra,C Cozzani,E B Sobrinho,Silvia G. Lage,Liliane Kopel,Nazah Cherif Mohamad Youssef,Luciana Coelho Sanches,Cristina Prata Amendola,C Kmohan,C B Silva,L Schifelbain,E Bellotto,P Viecili,Lcp Azevedo,L Monteiro,Silvia Regina Rios Vieira,A M Abrão,Ana Paula Moraes,H Insaurrale,Mônica R. Gadelha,D Marisa,R N Diniz,Edson Romano,S Luzzi,E Rezende,Milton Caldeira Filho,R H F C Martins,Frederico Bruzzi de Carvalho,G C Moreira,J Paula,F Haag,FS Lucena,Ricardo Silverio Machado,W O Filho,L O Cavalcante,H Carvalho Filho,G S Lima,J N Trombka,Eduardo Caruso Machado,M P Bainy,Carlos H.I. Ramos,C Hoppe,G D Luckmeyer,C Vogas,M M Thompson,R K Sousa,Rômulo Araújo Fernandes,E Lourenço,G L Peixoto,A Mocelin,M M L Silva,J S A Neto,C Villela,S L Mendonça,S C Prado,R Goulart,Joana Duarte,H A O Junior,J N Andrade,L F Souza,L Fernandes,M L Neto,S S Fernandes,F Amâncio,J C Versiani,F Pitanga,M B Alcantara,C C Reiff,R Rosenblat,M S Nobrega,M L F S Nobrega,Gerson Costa,Nilson Antonio Assunção,Luciano Neder,Roque P. Almeida,J Fuck,R M Souza,Acl Ribeiro,A A G Alves,S H C Carvalho,M Arbex,E C Oliveira,Ralph Melo,K Conde,N Q Abreu,C L T Melo,A A Carvalho,Roberto Lannes,H Missaka,A H Furtado,A A Peixoto,Israel Silva Maia,M P Pincelli,M P Yunes,A N Pessoa,Suely G. Figueiredo,F A Botoni,C T Cunha,F A Olson,Roberto Jorge da Silva Franco,A F Bemfica,A D F Junior,E L A Ferreira,Octavio Messeder,R Passos,J A Lira,C A Vilela,S M D Junior,C S Ferreira,O P J A Muller,R Perreira dos Santos,P Rubini,D Monteiro,L E Rodrigues,G F Ruivo,M C Gomes,E Egito,M G Assef,M A M Lima,A F Borges,S Jezler,C Mendes,P C Gottardo,Roclides Castro de Lima,C M F Filho,Valquiria Pelisser Campagnucci,I Solino,A P Lorca,G M Rodrigues,Karine Gerent,O Barbosa,G T Henriques Filho,E Troncoso,A Ventura,Marcos Alexandre Nunes da Silva,J G Houly,J. Pimentel,Ricardo Alan Verdú Ramos,F Gianini,B Casemiro,E M Pinto,G A Silva,M Sebold,Eduardo Guimarães Vieira,Raphael Einsfeld Simões Ferreira,L A Gomes,Wilson José Lovato,W Dantas,L Ishy,Joao Vitor da Silva Moreira,I Gagliardi,L O Goes,Letícia Sandre Vendrame,Hélio Penna Guimarães,Aécio Flávio Teixeira de Góis,F R Machado,M Rodrigues,P C B Vieira,W Bittencourt,E Melnick,M Schneider,L Rezegue,N J M Nogueira,E P Godinho,Bruno Franco Mazza,L E Paciencia,S Ferraz,C R A Imamura,Josean Fechine Tavares,Júlio César dos Santos,E Vale,J Mugait Filho,Luana Alves Tannous,P G D João,C T I Geral,A P Matera,M Matsui,E Eberhart Neto,Bruno do Valle Pinheiro,Edmar Vinícius de Carvalho,H Matos,M Lippi,A L Campos,Denilson Campos de Albuquerque,D Castiglioni,Gisele Sampaio Silva,Selma Freire de Carvalho da Cunha,E Novello,M E B Silva,Cintia Magalhães Carvalho Grion,J Festti,C R A Souza,G C Mecatti,E B Junqueira,R S Dutra,G B Mirachi,D A Mendes,E M F Moura,I F Silva,M G P Mota,T Carneiro,A Celso,Álvaro Réa-Neto,Oliveira Mc,André M. Japiassú,P P Castro,H J M Costa,A V Rolim,D Rocha,Cassia Righy,Vitorino Modesto dos Santos,B Fernandino,A L Pereira,V L D Rego,L A Melo,Luiza Guilherme,H Chagas Ferro,Fabiana Lima Silva,H V C J Carrasco,S El-Fakouri,J Alvarez,D de Castro,P M Shiavetto,S R Gallate,E Thomé Filho,S G Veneziano,P Antoniazzi,W H Filho,P Sadala,C Balbino,G Moreno,M S F Dias,R P Lopez,M L Rodrigues,J Terceiro,M F Serpa,Lister Arruda Modesto dos Santos,M M Lippi +307 more
TL;DR: The results show the burden of sepsis in resource-limited settings, highlighting the need to establish programmes aiming for sepsi prevention, early diagnosis, and adequate treatment.
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Disseminated Leishmaniasis: A New and Emerging Form of Leishmaniasis Observed in Northeastern Brazil
Meredith Turetz,Paulo Roberto Lima Machado,Albert I. Ko,Albert I. Ko,Fábio Aguiar Alves,Achiléa L. Bittencourt,Roque P. Almeida,Niloufar Mobashery,Niloufar Mobashery,Warren D. Johnson,Edgar M. Carvalho +10 more
TL;DR: DL is an emerging clinical distinct form of leishmaniasis associated with agricultural activities and host immunological response and has lower levels of interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-alpha production than patients with LCL.