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Researcher
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Brazil
Tel: +55 71 3176-2295
Email: theolis.bessa@fiocruz.br
VALIDATE Role:
Network Investigator
Research Keywords:
Immunopathology, Epidemiology, Vaccines
Biography:
I'm a Biologist and my main focus are the immunopathology and molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis, and the immune response to BCG vaccine. I am interested in the role of mesenchymal stem cells in TB disease and the immune response elicited by different strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Related Websites:
ResearchGate
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Key Publications:
- OLIVEIRA, E. ; CARNEIRO, R. T. ; MONTES, F. F. ; CONCEICAO, E. C. ; BARTHOLOMAY, P. ; MARINHO, J. M. ; LIMA, K. V. B. ; NATIVIDADE, M. ; ARAUJO, W. N. ; MATOS, E. ; BARBOSA, T. . Laboratory-based study of drug resistance and genotypic profile of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis isolates in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MEDICINA TROPICAL. REVISTA, v. 55, p. e0013-2022, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0013-2022
- PINHO, SUANI T.R. ; PEREIRA, SUSAN M. ; MIRANDA, JOSÉ G.V. ; DUARTE, TONYA A. ; NERY, JOILDA S. ; DE OLIVEIRA, MAELI G. ; FREITAS, M. YANA G.S. ; DE ALMEIDA, NAILA A. ; MOREIRA, FABIO B. ; GOMES, RAONI B.C. ; KERR, LIGIA ; KENDALL, CARL ; GOMES, M. GABRIELA M. ; BESSA, THEOLIS C.B. ; ANDRADE, ROBERTO F.S. ; BARRETO, MAURICIO L. . Investigating extradomiciliary transmission of tuberculosis: An exploratory approach using social network patterns of TB cases and controls and the genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TUBERCULOSIS, v. 125, p. 102010, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2020.102010
- COLL, FRANCESC ; PHELAN, JODY ; HILL-CAWTHORNE, GRANT A. ; NAIR, MRIDUL B. ; MALLARD, KIM ; ALI, SHAHJAHAN ; ABDALLAH, ABDALLAH M. ; ALGHAMDI, SAAD ; ALSOMALI, MONA ; AHMED, ABDALLAH O. ; PORTELLI, STEPHANIE ; OPPONG, YAA ; ALVES, ADRIANA ; BESSA, THEOLIS BARBOSA; CAMPINO, SUSANA ; CAWS, MAXINE ; CHATTERJEE, ANIRVAN ; CRAMPIN, AMELIA C. ; DHEDA, KEERTAN ; FURNHAM, NICHOLAS . Genome-wide analysis of multi- and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. NATURE GENETICS (ONLINE), v. 50, p. 307-316, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41588-017-0029-0
- OLIVEIRA, EVELIN S. ; MARINHO, JAMOCYR M. ; RODRIGUES, JAQUELINE S ; CONCEIÇÃO, ELISABETE L ; PEDROSA, MAURICIO R ; PETERSEN, ANTONIO LUIS DE O A ; MENEZES, JULIANA P BEZERRA ; ARRUDA, SERGIO ; BARRAL-NETTO, MANOEL; BARBOSA, THEOLIS. Interferon-gamma production by mononuclear cells in Bacille Calmette-Guérin-revaccinated healthy volunteers predicted long-term antimycobacterial responses in a randomized controlled trial. Vaccine (Guildford), v. 31, p. 3778-3782, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.04.079
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