Cláudio Pereira Figueira

The OmpA-Like Protein Loa22 Is Essential for Leptospiral Virulence

Paula Ristow, Pascale Bourhy, Flávia Weykamp da Cruz McBride et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2007 · 253 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +15

Zika virus infection induces mitosis abnormalities and apoptotic cell death of human neural progenitor cells

Bruno Solano de Freitas Souza, Gabriela Louise de Almeida Sampaio, Ciro Silveira Pereira et al. · Scientific Reports · 2016 · 220 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience +17

Targeted Mutagenesis in Pathogenic<i>Leptospira</i>Species: Disruption of the LigB Gene Does Not Affect Virulence in Animal Models of Leptospirosis

Júlio Croda, Cláudio Pereira Figueira, Elsio A. Wunder et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2008 · 109 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +13

A novel flagellar sheath protein, FcpA, determines filament coiling, translational motility and virulence for the <i>Leptospira</i> spirochete

Elsio A. Wunder, Cláudio Pereira Figueira, Nadia Benaroudj et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2016 · 92 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Real-Time PCR Reveals Rapid Dissemination of Leptospira interrogans after Intraperitoneal and Conjunctival Inoculation of Hamsters

Elsio A. Wunder, Cláudio Pereira Figueira, Gisele Rocha dos Santos et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2016 · 89 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Veterinary Microbiology +17