Publications

Fuertes, M., Faria, A., Gonçalves, J.L., Antunes, S. & Dionisio, F. (2023) The Association between Prematurity, Antibiotic Consumption, and Mother-Infant Attachment in the First Year of Life.

Antibiotics-Basel, 12(2), 309. DOI:10.3390/antibiotics12020309 (IF2021 5,222; Infectious Diseases)

Dionisio, F., Domingues, C.P.F., Rebelo, J.S., Monteiro, F. & Nogueira, T. (2023) The Impact of Non-Pathogenic Bacteria on the Spread of Virulence and Resistance Genes.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(3), 1967. DOI:10.3390/ijms24031967 (IF2021 6,208; Q1 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

Dionisio, F., Baquero, F. & Fuertes, M. (2023) Psychological and cultural factors influencing antibiotic prescription.

Trends in Microbiology, 31(6), 559-570. DOI:10.1016/j.tim.2022.12.010 (IF2021 18,230; Q1 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

Darmancier, H., Domingues, C.P.F., Rebelo, J.S., Amaro, A., Dionísio, F., Pothier, J., Serra, O. & Nogueira, T. (2022) Are Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance Genes Linked? A Comprehensive Analysis of Bacterial Chromosomes and Plasmids.

Antibiotics-Basel, 11(6), 706. DOI:10.3390/antibiotics11060706 (IF2021 5,222; Q1 Infectious Diseases)

Fuertes, M., Antunes, S., Martelo, I. & Dionisio, F. (2022) The Impact of Low Birthweight in Infant Patterns of Regulatory Behavior, Mother-Infant Quality of Interaction, and Attachment.

Early Human Development, 172, 105633. DOI:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105633 (IF2021 2,699; Q2 Obstretrics & Gynecology)

Dionisio, F. & Fuertes, M. (2022) Maternal Emotions Increase the Desire for Antibiotic Use and Pressure on Health Professionals to Prescribe Antibiotics to Their Infants. Evid Based Nurs, 103616. DOI:10.1136/ebnurs-2022-103616.

Silva, D.G., Domingues, C.P.F., Figueiredo, J.F., Dionisio, F., Botelho, A. & Nogueira, T. (2022) Estuarine Aquacultures at the Crossroads of Animal Production and Antibacterial Resistance: A Metagenomic Approach to the Resistome.

Biology-Basel, 11(11), 1681. DOI:10.3390/biology11111681 (IF2021 5,168; Q1 Biology)

Domingues, C.P.F., Rebelo, J.S., Monteiro, F., Nogueira, T. & Dionisio, F. (2022) Harmful Behaviour through Plasmid Transfer: A Successful Evolutionary Strategy of Bacteria Harbouring Conjugative Plasmids.

Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 377, 1842. DOI:10.1098/rstb.2020.0473 (IF2021 6,671; Q1 Biology)

Rebelo, J.S., Domingues, C.P.F., Dionisio, F., Gomes, M.C., Botelho, A. & Nogueira, T. (2021) COVID-19 Lockdowns May Reduce Resistance Genes Diversity in the Human Microbiome and the Need for Antibiotics.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(13), 6891. DOI:10.3390/ijms22136891 (IF2021 6,208; Q1 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

Rebelo, J.S., Domingues, C.P.F., Monteiro, F., Nogueira, T. & Dionisio, F. (2021) Bacterial persistence is essential for susceptible cell survival in indirect resistance, mainly for lower cell densities.

PLOS One, 16(9), e0246500. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0246500 (IF2021 3,752; Q1 Multidisciplinary Sciences)

Domingues, C.P.F., Rebelo, J.S., Pothier, J., Monteiro, F., Nogueira, T. & Dionisio, F. (2021) The perfect condition for the rising of superbugs: person-to-person contact and antibiotic use are the key factors responsible for the positive correlation between antibiotic resistance gene diversity and virulence gene diversity in human metagenomes.

Antibiotics-Basel, 10(5), 605. DOI:10.3390/antibiotics10050605 (IF2021 5,222; Q1 Pharmacology & Pharmacy)

Domingues C.P.F., Rebelo J.S., Dionisio F., Botelho A., & Nogueira T. (2020) The social distancing imposed to contain COVID-19 can affect our microbiome: a double-edged sword in Human Health.

mSphere, 5(5), e00716-20. DOI:10.1128/mSphere.00716-20 (IF2020 4,389; Q1 Microbiology)

Fuertes, M., Gonçalves, J.L., Faria, A., Lopes-dos-Santos, P., Conceição, I.C. & Dionisio, F. (2020) Maternal sensitivity and mother-infant attachment are associated with antibiotic uptake in infancy.

Journal of Health Psychology, , 1359105320941245. DOI:10.1177/1359105320941245 (IF2020 3,231; Q2 Psychology, Clinical)

Gama, J.A., Fredheim, E.G.A., Cléon, F., Reis, A.M., Zilhão, R. & Dionisio, F. (2020) Dominance between plasmids determines the extent of biofilm formation.

Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 2070. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2020.02070 (IF2020 5,640; Q1 Microbiology)

Gama, J.A., Zilhão, R. & Dionisio, F. (2020) Plasmid interactions can improve plasmid persistence in bacterial populations.

Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 2033. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2020.02033 (IF2020 5,640; Q1 Microbiology)

Dionisio, F., Zilhão, R. & Gama, J.A. (2019) Interactions between plasmids and other mobile genetic elements affect their transmission and persistence.

Plasmid, 102, 29-36. DOI:10.1016/j.plasmid.2019.01.003 (IF2019 2,805; Q3 Microbiology)

Escudeiro, P., Pothier, J., Dionisio, F. & Nogueira, T. (2019) Antibiotic resistance gene diversity and virulence gene diversity are correlated in human gut and environmental microbiomes.

mSphere, 4(3), e00135-19. DOI:10.1128/mSphere.00135-19 (IF2019 4,282; Q1 Microbiology)

Gama, J.A., Zilhão, R. & Dionisio, F. (2018) Impact of plasmid interactions with the chromosome and other plasmids on the spread of antibiotic resistance.

Plasmid, 99, 82-88. DOI:10.1016/j.plasmid.2018.09.009 (IF2018 2,577; Q3 Microbiology)

Domingues, I.L., Gama, J.A., Carvalho, L.M. & Dionisio, F. (2017) Social behaviour involving drug resistance: the role of initial density, initial frequency and population structure in shaping the effect of antibiotic resistance as a public good.

Heredity, 119(5), 295-301. DOI:10.1038/hdy.2017.33 (IF2017 3,872; Q1 Ecology)

Gaivão, M., Dionisio, F. & Gjini, E. (2017) Transmission Fitness in Co-Colonization and the Persistence of Bacterial Pathogens.

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 93, 24-29. DOI:10.1007/s11538-017-0320-3 (IF2017 1,484; Q3 Biology)

Francisco Dionísio

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