Fernando Tobias Sílveira

The dermal leishmaniases of Brazil, with special reference to the eco-epidemiology of the disease in Amazonia

R. Lainson, Jeffrey Jon Shaw, Fernando Tobias Sílveira et al. · Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 1994 · 153 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Biology, Infectious Diseases +17

Evidence for a cluster of genes on chromosome 17q11–q21 controlling susceptibility to tuberculosis and leprosy in Brazilians

Scott Jamieson, E. Nancy Miller, Gillian F. Black et al. · Genes and Immunity · 2004 · 147 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +8

Evidence that genetic susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a brazilian population is under oligogenic control: Linkage study of the candidate genes NRAMP1 and TBFA

M.‐A. Shaw, Andrew Collins, Christopher S. Peacock et al. · Tubercle and Lung Disease · 1997 · 135 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +8

An outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis among soldiers in Belém, Pará State, Brazil, caused by<i>Leishmania (Viannia) lindenbergi</i>n. sp.

Fernando Tobias Sílveira, Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa, Adelson Alcimar Almeida de Souza et al. · Parasite · 2002 · 123 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Biology, Infectious Diseases +17

American visceral leishmaniasis: on the origin of Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi

R. Lainson, J. J. Shaw, Fernando Tobias Sílveira et al. · Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1987 · 110 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Infectious Diseases +14