Dr Diogo Correa Mendonca
- Research Associate (Virology)
Publications
2026
Muscolino, E. et al. (2026) Coronaviruses reprogram the tRNA epitranscriptome to favor viral protein expression. Nature Communications, (doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69700-w) (PMID:41714626) (Early Online Publication)
Clarke, A. T. et al. (2026) Functional divergence of the Bhanja virus NSs protein modulates interferon antagonism and viral fitness across divergent lineages. PLoS Pathogens, 22(9), e1014645. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014645) (PMID:42784634) (PMCID:PMC13626475)
2025
Furnon, W. et al. (2025) Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Microbiology, 10, pp. 77-93. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01878-5) (PMID:39753670) (PMCID:PMC11726466)
2024
Rezende, I. M. et al. (2024) Sofosbuvir off-label treatment of yellow fever patients during an outbreak in Brazil, 2018: a cohort study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11(6), ofae312. (doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae312) (PMID:38933737) (PMCID:PMC11204906)
Samolej, Jerzy, Correa Mendonca, Diogo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-8750, Upfold, Nicole
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, McElwee, Marion, Landsberger, Mariann, Yakimovich, Artur, Patel, Arvind H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4600-2047, Strang, Blair L. and Mercer, Jason
(2024)
Bisbenzimide compounds inhibit the replication of prototype and pandemic potential poxviruses.
Microbiology Spectrum, 12(4),
e04072-23.
(doi: 10.1128/spectrum.04072-23)
(PMID:38376353)
(PMCID:PMC10986486)
2023
Meehan, G. R. et al. (2023) Phenotyping the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters by digital pathology and machine learning. PLoS Pathogens, 19(11), e1011589. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011589) (PMID:37934791) (PMCID:PMC10656012)
Valencia, Hugo José, Mendonça, Diogo Corrêa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-8750, Marinho, Paula Eillanny Silva, Henriques, Lethícia Ribeiro, Drumond, Betânia Paiva and Bonjardim, Cláudio Antônio
(2023)
MEK/ERK activation plays a decisive role in Zika virus morphogenesis and release.
Archives of Virology, 168(2),
47.
(doi: 10.1007/s00705-022-05632-2)
(PMID:36609616)
Mendonca, Diogo C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-8750, Reis, Erik V.S., Arias, Nídia E.C., Valencia, Hugo J. and Bonjardim, Cláudio A.
(2023)
A study of the MAYV replication cycle: correlation between the kinetics of viral multiplication and viral morphogenesis.
Virus Research, 323,
199002.
(doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.199002)
(PMID:36370917)
2022
Reis, Erik V.S., Damas, Beatriz M., Mendonca, Diogo C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-8750, Abrahao, J.S. and Bonjardim, Cláudio A.
(2022)
In-depth characterization of the chikungunya virus replication cycle.
Journal of Virology, 96(3),
e0173221.
(doi: 10.1128/jvi.01732-21)
(PMID:PMC8826905)
2021
Valencia, Hugo J., de Aguiar, Mara C. A. M., Costa, Mariana A., Mendonça, Diogo C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-8750, Reis, Erik V., Arias, Nídia E. C., Drumond, Betânia P. and Bonjardim, Cláudio A.
(2021)
Evaluation of kinase inhibitors as potential therapeutics for flavivirus infections.
Archives of Virology, 166(5),
pp. 1433-1438.
(doi: 10.1007/s00705-021-05021-1)
(PMID:33683474)
(PMCID:PMC7938686)
Abrahão, J. S. et al. (2021) 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. Science of the Total Environment, 766, 142645. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142645) (PMID:33069469) (PMCID:PMC7530625)
Articles
Muscolino, E. et al. (2026) Coronaviruses reprogram the tRNA epitranscriptome to favor viral protein expression. Nature Communications, (doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69700-w) (PMID:41714626) (Early Online Publication)
Clarke, A. T. et al. (2026) Functional divergence of the Bhanja virus NSs protein modulates interferon antagonism and viral fitness across divergent lineages. PLoS Pathogens, 22(9), e1014645. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014645) (PMID:42784634) (PMCID:PMC13626475)
Furnon, W. et al. (2025) Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Microbiology, 10, pp. 77-93. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01878-5) (PMID:39753670) (PMCID:PMC11726466)
Rezende, I. M. et al. (2024) Sofosbuvir off-label treatment of yellow fever patients during an outbreak in Brazil, 2018: a cohort study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11(6), ofae312. (doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae312) (PMID:38933737) (PMCID:PMC11204906)
Samolej, Jerzy, Correa Mendonca, Diogo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-8750, Upfold, Nicole
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, McElwee, Marion, Landsberger, Mariann, Yakimovich, Artur, Patel, Arvind H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4600-2047, Strang, Blair L. and Mercer, Jason
(2024)
Bisbenzimide compounds inhibit the replication of prototype and pandemic potential poxviruses.
Microbiology Spectrum, 12(4),
e04072-23.
(doi: 10.1128/spectrum.04072-23)
(PMID:38376353)
(PMCID:PMC10986486)
Meehan, G. R. et al. (2023) Phenotyping the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters by digital pathology and machine learning. PLoS Pathogens, 19(11), e1011589. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011589) (PMID:37934791) (PMCID:PMC10656012)
Valencia, Hugo José, Mendonça, Diogo Corrêa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-8750, Marinho, Paula Eillanny Silva, Henriques, Lethícia Ribeiro, Drumond, Betânia Paiva and Bonjardim, Cláudio Antônio
(2023)
MEK/ERK activation plays a decisive role in Zika virus morphogenesis and release.
Archives of Virology, 168(2),
47.
(doi: 10.1007/s00705-022-05632-2)
(PMID:36609616)
Mendonca, Diogo C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-8750, Reis, Erik V.S., Arias, Nídia E.C., Valencia, Hugo J. and Bonjardim, Cláudio A.
(2023)
A study of the MAYV replication cycle: correlation between the kinetics of viral multiplication and viral morphogenesis.
Virus Research, 323,
199002.
(doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.199002)
(PMID:36370917)
Reis, Erik V.S., Damas, Beatriz M., Mendonca, Diogo C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-8750, Abrahao, J.S. and Bonjardim, Cláudio A.
(2022)
In-depth characterization of the chikungunya virus replication cycle.
Journal of Virology, 96(3),
e0173221.
(doi: 10.1128/jvi.01732-21)
(PMID:PMC8826905)
Valencia, Hugo J., de Aguiar, Mara C. A. M., Costa, Mariana A., Mendonça, Diogo C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-8750, Reis, Erik V., Arias, Nídia E. C., Drumond, Betânia P. and Bonjardim, Cláudio A.
(2021)
Evaluation of kinase inhibitors as potential therapeutics for flavivirus infections.
Archives of Virology, 166(5),
pp. 1433-1438.
(doi: 10.1007/s00705-021-05021-1)
(PMID:33683474)
(PMCID:PMC7938686)
Abrahão, J. S. et al. (2021) 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. Science of the Total Environment, 766, 142645. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142645) (PMID:33069469) (PMCID:PMC7530625)
Research datasets
2026
Clarke, A. T. , Davies, K., Fares, M., Szemiel, A., Correa Mendonca, D. , Kerr, K., Herder, V. , Bell-Sakyi, L., Willett, B. J. , Patel, A. H., Kohl, A. and Brennan, B. (2026) Functional divergence of the NSs protein defines interferon antagonism and viral fitness across Bhanja virus lineages. [Data Collection]
Clarke, A. T. , Davies, K., Fares, M., Szemiel, A., Correa Mendonca, D. , Kerr, K., Herder, V. , Bell-Sakyi, L., Willett, B. J. , Patel, A. H., Kohl, A. and Brennan, B. (2026) Functional divergence of the NSs protein defines interferon antagonism and viral fitness across Bhanja virus lineages. [Data Collection]
2024
Furnon, W. , Cowton, V. M., De Lorenzo, G. , Orton, R. , Herder, V. , Cantoni, D. , Ilia, G., Correa Mendonca, D. , Kerr, K., Allan, J., Upfold, N. , Meehan, G. R. , Bakshi, S., Das, U. R., Molina Arias, S., McElwee, M., Little, S., Logan, N., Kwok, K. , Smollett, K. , Willett, B. , Da Silva Filipe, A. , Robertson, D. L. , Grove, J. , Patel, A. H. and Palmarini, M. (2024) Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. [Data Collection]
2023
Meehan, G. , Herder, V. , Allan, J., Huang, X., Kerr, K., Correa Mendonca, D. , Ilia, G., Wright, D. , Nomikou, K., Gu, Q. , Molina Arias, S., Hansmann, F., Hardas, A., Attipa, C., De Lorenzo, G. , Cowton, V., Upfold, N. , Palmalux, N., Brown, J., Barclay, W., Da Silva Filipe, A. , Furnon, W. , Patel, A. and Palmarini, M. (2023) Phenotyping the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters by digital pathology and machine learning. [Data Collection]