| Tailed giant Tupanvirus possesses the most complete translational apparatus of the known virosphere J Abrahão, L Silva, LS Silva, JYB Khalil, R Rodrigues, T Arantes, F Assis, ... Nature communications 9 (1), 749, 2018 | 261 | 2018 |
| Samba virus: a novel mimivirus from a giant rain forest, the Brazilian Amazon RK Campos, PV Boratto, FL Assis, ERGR Aguiar, LCF Silva, JD Albarnaz, ... Virology journal 11, 1-11, 2014 | 101 | 2014 |
| Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus and other giant viruses: an open field to outstanding discoveries JS Abrahão, FP Dornas, LCF Silva, GM Almeida, PVM Boratto, P Colson, ... Virology journal 11, 1-12, 2014 | 67 | 2014 |
| Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on public surfaces in a densely populated urban area of Brazil: A potential tool for monitoring the circulation of infected patients JS Abrahão, L Sacchetto, IM Rezende, RAL Rodrigues, APC Crispim, ... Science of The Total Environment 766, 142645, 2021 | 66 | 2021 |
| Yaravirus: A novel 80-nm virus infecting Acanthamoeba castellanii PVM Boratto, GP Oliveira, TB Machado, ACSP Andrade, JP Baudoin, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (28), 16579-16586, 2020 | 49 | 2020 |
| Oysters as hot spots for mimivirus isolation KR Andrade, PPVM Boratto, FP Rodrigues, LCF Silva, FP Dornas, ... Archives of virology 160, 477-482, 2015 | 48 | 2015 |
| An anthropocentric view of the virosphere-host relationship RAL Rodrigues, ACSP Andrade, PVM Boratto, GS Trindade, EG Kroon, ... Frontiers in microbiology 8, 1673, 2017 | 44 | 2017 |
| New isolates of pandoraviruses: contribution to the study of replication cycle steps ACS Pereira Andrade, P Victor de Miranda Boratto, RAL Rodrigues, ... Journal of virology 93 (5), 10.1128/jvi. 01942-18, 2019 | 40 | 2019 |
| Pan-genome analysis of Brazilian lineage A amoebal mimiviruses FL Assis, L Bajrai, JS Abrahao, EG Kroon, FP Dornas, KR Andrade, ... Viruses 7 (7), 3483-3499, 2015 | 32 | 2015 |
| Mimivirus circulation among wild and domestic mammals, Amazon Region, Brazil FP Dornas, FP Rodrigues, PVM Boratto, LCF Silva, PCP Ferreira, ... Emerging infectious diseases 20 (3), 469, 2014 | 31 | 2014 |
| Niemeyer virus: a new mimivirus group A isolate harboring a set of duplicated aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase genes PVM Boratto, TS Arantes, LCF Silva, FL Assis, EG Kroon, B La Scola, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 6, 1256, 2015 | 28 | 2015 |
| Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus prevents amoebal encystment-mediating serine proteinase expression and circumvents cell encystment P Boratto, JD Albarnaz, GMF Almeida, L Botelho, ACL Fontes, AO Costa, ... Journal of Virology 89 (5), 2962-2965, 2015 | 27 | 2015 |
| Amoebas as mimivirus bunkers: increased resistance to UV light, heat and chemical biocides when viruses are carried by amoeba hosts PVM Boratto, FP Dornas, KR Andrade, R Rodrigues, F Peixoto, LCF Silva, ... Archives of virology 159, 1039-1043, 2014 | 24 | 2014 |
| Promoter motifs in NCLDVs: an evolutionary perspective GP Oliveira, ACSP Andrade, RAL Rodrigues, TS Arantes, PVM Boratto, ... Viruses 9 (1), 16, 2017 | 22 | 2017 |
| Acanthamoeba and mimivirus interactions: the role of amoebal encystment and the expansion of the ‘Cheshire Cat’theory LK dos Santos Silva, PVM Boratto, B La Scola, CA Bonjardim, JS Abrahão Current opinion in microbiology 31, 9-15, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus Stability in Environmental and Clinical Substrates: Implications for Virus Detection and Isolation FP Dornas, LCF Silva, GM De Almeida, RK Campos, PVM Boratto, ... PloS one 9 (2), e87811, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
| Modulation of the expression of mimivirus-encoded translation-related genes in response to nutrient availability during Acanthamoeba castellanii infection LCF Silva, GMF Almeida, FL Assis, JD Albarnaz, PVM Boratto, FP Dornas, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 6, 539, 2015 | 17 | 2015 |
| Amoebae: hiding in plain sight: unappreciated hosts for the very large viruses VF Queiroz, RAL Rodrigues, PV de Miranda Boratto, B La Scola, ... Annual Review of Virology 9 (1), 79-98, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
| Analyses of the Kroon virus major capsid gene and its transcript highlight a distinct pattern of gene evolution and splicing among Mimiviruses PVM Boratto, FP Dornas, LCF da Silva, RAL Rodrigues, GP Oliveira, ... Journal of virology 92 (2), 10.1128/jvi. 01782-17, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| High positivity of mimivirus in inanimate surfaces of a hospital respiratory-isolation facility, Brazil LK dos Santos Silva, TS Arantes, KR Andrade, RAL Rodrigues, ... Journal of Clinical Virology 66, 62-65, 2015 | 13 | 2015 |
