Francisco C. Ferreira

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey — United States

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Vector-borne infectious diseases(38), Bird parasitology and diseases(37), Viral Infections and Vectors(26), Mosquito-borne diseases and control(19), Avian ecology and behavior(9)

Publications84 total

Variation in pathogen load and the pathogen load–infectiousness relationship broaden avian malaria’s distribution
Nature Communications·2026Open Access
Haemoproteus syrnii and other haemosporidians infecting owls from North America
Malaria Journal·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
SARS-CoV-2 exposure in dogs before and after the largest COVID-19 wave in rural Guatemala, 2022
One Health·2025Open Access
Ectoparasite and blood parasite prevalence in birds: a comparative study between urbanized airport environments and natural habitats
Oecologia·2025Open Access
Transmission potential of <i>Culex</i> and <i>Aedes</i> species for Madariaga virus, a member of the eastern equine encephalitis virus complex
2025Open Access
Haemoproteus syrnii and other haemosporidians infecting owls from North America
2025Open Access
Household clusters of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants contemporaneously sequenced from dogs and their owners
mSphere·2025Open Access
Phylogenetic assessment of <i>Plasmodium</i> (<i>Saurocytozoon</i>) <i>tupinambi</i> comb. nov. (Haemosporida, Plasmodiidae) in golden tegu lizards: shedding light on a long-standing Haemosporida taxonomic puzzle
Parasitology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Teaching inequity in vector-borne diseases management through a socioscientific issue framework
One Health·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Active surveillance of cats and dogs from households with human COVID-19 cases reveals over one quarter of pets infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 2020-2021 in Texas, United States
2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Respiratory Shedding of Infectious SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.41.1 Lineage among Captive White-Tailed Deer, Texas, USA
Emerging infectious diseases·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
From the first descriptions to recent advances: 115 years of reptile Plasmodium research in the Neotropics
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Household clusters of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants contemporaneously sequenced from dogs and their owners
2024Open Access
Respiratory shedding of infectious SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.41.1 lineage with increased evolutionary rate among captive white-tailed deer
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Dog ectoparasites as sentinels for pathogenic Rickettsia and Bartonella in rural Guatemala
Acta Tropica·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Dog ectoparasites as sentinels for pathogenic Rickettsia and Bartonella in rural Guatemala
2024Open Access
Teaching Inequity in Vector-Borne Diseases Management Through a Socioscientific Issue Framework
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
Blood meal metabarcoding of the argasid tick (<i>Ornithodoros turicata</i> Dugès) reveals extensive vector‐host associations
Environmental DNA·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Diversity and host specificity of <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> ’s outer surface protein C ( <i>ospC</i> ) alleles in synanthropic mammals, with a notable <i>ospC</i> allele U absence from mixed infections
Infection and Immunity·2023Open Access
Linking avian malaria parasitemia estimates from quantitative PCR and microscopy reveals new infection patterns in Hawai'i
International Journal for Parasitology·2023· 9 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Érika Martins Braga(20), Nélson Rodrigo da Silva Martins(9), Marcus Vinícius Romero Marques(7), Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels(6), José Luiz Catão‐Dias(6), Daniela de Angeli Dutra(6), Dina M. Fonseca(6), Diego Santiago‐Alarcón(5), M. Andreína Pacheco(5), Ananías A. Escalante(5), Sabrina Epiphânio(4), Danielle de Assis Andery(4), José Sérgio de Resende(4), Ana María Bispo de Filippis(4), Hermann G. Schatzmayr(4), Cristiane K. M. Kolesnikovas(3), Patrícia de Abreu Moreira(3), Rogério Venâncio Donatti(3), M. Resende(3), Roselene Ecco(3)