UPENN- Tulane- UPCH Zoonotic Disease Research Lab Center
Below are peer-reviewed publications written by members of our team. Contact us for full-text articles when not available in the links below.
2022
Incentivizing Multiple Objectives in Active Surveillance for Urban Disease Vectors.
Arevalo-Nieto C, Sheen J, Condori-Luna GF, Condori-Pino C, Shinnick J, Peterson JK, Castillo-Neyra R, Levy MZ. medRxiv. 2021 Jan 1.
2021
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rabies reemergence in Latin America: The case of Arequipa, Peru.
Raynor B, D az EW, Shinnick J, Zegarra E, Monroy Y, Mena C, De la Puente-Le n M, Levy MZ, and Castillo-Neyra R.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021;15:e0009414.
Misuse, perceived risk, and safety issues of household insecticides: Qualitative findings from focus groups in Arequipa, Peru.
Larson AJ, Paz-Sold n VA, Arevalo-Nieto C, Brown J, Condori-Pino C, Levy MZ, and Castillo-Neyra R.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
2021;15:e0009251.
2020
Movement patterns of free-roaming dogs on heterogeneous urban landscapes: Implications for rabies control.
Raynor B, De la Puente-Le n M, Johnson A, D az EW, Levy MZ, Recuenco SE, and Castillo-Neyra R.
Prev Vet Med 2020;178:104978.
Spatial Inequality Hides the Burden of Dog Bites and the Risk of Dog-Mediated Human Rabies.
De la Puente-Leon M, Levy MZ, Toledo AM, Recuenco S, Shinnick J, and Castillo-Neyra R.
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020;103:1247–57.
Behavioral and structural barriers to accessing human post-exposure prophylaxis and other preventive practices in Arequipa, Peru, during a canine rabies epidemic.
Castillo-Neyra R, Buttenheim AM, Brown J, Ferrara JF, Arevalo-Nieto C, Borrini-Mayor K, Levy MZ, Becerra V, and Paz-Soldan VA. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020;14:e0008478.
2019
Socio-spatial heterogeneity in participation in mass dog rabies vaccination campaigns, Arequipa, Peru.
Castillo-Neyra R, Toledo AM, Arevalo-Nieto C, MacDonald H, De la Puente-Leon M, Naquira-Velarde C, Paz-Soldan VA, Buttenheim AM, and Levy MZ.PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019;13:e0007600.
A behavioral design approach to improving a Chagas disease vector control campaign in Peru.
Buttenheim AM, Levy, M. Z., Castillo-Neyra R, McGuire M, Toledo Vizcarra AM, Mollesaca Riveros LM, Meza J, Borrini-Mayori K, Naquira C, Behrman J, and Paz-Soldan VA. BMC Public Health 2019;19:1272.
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Risk maps for cities: Incorporating streets into geostatistical models.
Rose EB, Lee K, Roy JA, Small D, Ross ME, Castillo-Neyra R, and Levy, M. Z.
Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol 2018;27:47–59.
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Sexual reproduction in a natural Trypanosoma cruzi population.
Berry ASF, Salazar-Sanchez R, Castillo-Neyra R, Borrini-Mayori K, Chipana-Ramos C, Vargas-Maquera M, Ancca-Juarez J,
Naquira-Velarde C, Levy MZ, and Brisson D. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019;13:e0007392.
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Immigration and establishment of Trypanosoma cruzi in Arequipa
Berry ASF, Salazar-Sanchez R, Castillo-Neyra R, Borrini-Mayori K, Chipana-Ramos C, Vargas-Maquera M, Ancca-Juarez J, Naquira-Velarde C, Levy MZ, and Brisson D. Peru. PLoS ONE 2019;14:e0221678.
2018
Integrating evidence, models and maps to enhance Chagas disease vector surveillance.
Gutfraind Alexander, Peterson Jennifer K, Billig Rose Erica, Arevalo-Nieto Claudia, Sheen Justin, Condori-Luna Gian Franco, Tankasala Narender, Castillo-Neyra Ricardo, Condori-Pino Carlos, Anand Priyanka, Naquira-Velarde Cesar, Levy Michael Z.
Journal: PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Increasing participation in a vector control campaign: a cluster randomised controlled evaluation of behavioural economic interventions in Peru
Buttenheim AM, Paz-Soldán VA, Castillo-Neyra R, Vizcarra AM, Borrini-Mayori K, McGuire M, Arevalo-Nieto C, Volpp KG, Small DS, Behrman JR, Naquira-Verlarde C, Levy MZ.
Journal: BMJ Global Health
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To spray or not to spray? Understanding participation in an indoor residual spray campaign in Arequipa, Peru.
Paz-Soldán VA, Bauer KM, Hunter GC, Castillo-Neyra R, Arriola VD, Rivera-Lanas D, Rodriguez GH, Toledo Vizcarra AM, Mollesaca Riveros LM, Levy MZ, Buttenheim AM.
Journal: Global public health
Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Does Not Decrease Survival or Reproduction of the Common Bed Bug, Cimex lectularius.
Peterson JK, Salazar R, Castillo-Neyra R, Borrini-Mayori K, Condori C, Bartow-McKenney C, Tracy D, Náquira C, Levy MZ.
Journal: AJTMH
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Risk maps for cities: Incorporating streets into geostatistical models
Rose EB, Lee K, Roy JA, Small D, Ross ME, Castillo-Neyra R, Levy MZ.
Journal: Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology
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2017
Barriers to dog rabies vaccination during an urban rabies outbreak: Qualitative findings from Arequipa, Peru.
Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo, Joanna Brown, Katty Borrini, Claudia Arevalo, Michael Z. Levy, Alison Buttenheim, Gabrielle C. Hunter, Victor Becerra, Jere Behrman, and Valerie A. Paz-Soldan.
Journal: PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Spatial association of canine rabies outbreak and ecological urban corridors, Arequipa, Peru.
Castillo-Neyra R, Zegarra E, Monroy Y, Bernedo RF, Cornejo-Rosello I, Paz-Soldan VA, Levy MZ.
Journal: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease.
Two‐scale dispersal estimation for biological invasions via synthetic likelihood.
Barbu CM, Sethuraman K, Billig EM, Levy MZ.
Journal: Ecography
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2016
To spray or not to spray? Understanding participation in an indoor residual spray campaign in Arequipa, Peru.
Paz-Soldán VA, Bauer KM, Hunter GC, Castillo-Neyra R, Arriola VD, Rivera-Lanas D, Rodriguez GH, Toledo Vizcarra AM, Mollesaca Riveros LM, Levy MZ, Buttenheim AM.
Journal: Global Public Health
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Heterogeneous infectiousness in guinea pigs experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi.
Castillo-Neyra R, Borrini Mayorí K, Salazar Sánchez R, Ancca Suarez J, Xie S, Náquira Velarde C, Levy MZ.
Journal: Parasitology International
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Effect of free-roaming dog culling on the control of canine rabies.
Castillo-Neyra R, Levy MZ, Náquira C.
Journal: Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
Use of a Chagas Urine Nanoparticle Test (Chunap) to Correlate with Parasitemia Levels in T. cruzi/HIV Co-infected Patients.
Castro-Sesquen YE, Gilman RH, Mejia C, Clark DE, Choi J, Reimer-McAtee MJ, Castro R, Valencia-Ayala E, Flores J, Bowman N, Castillo-Neyra R, Torrico F, Liotta L, Bern C, Luchini A; Chagas/HIV Working Group in Bolivia and Peru.
Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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2015
The potential of canine sentinels for reemerging Trypanosoma cruzi transmission.
Castillo-Neyra R, Chou Chu L, Quispe-Machaca V, Ancca-Juarez J, Malaga Chavez FS, Bastos Mazuelos M, Naquira C, Bern C, Gilman RH, Levy MZ.
Journal: Preventive Veterinary Medicine
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Prevalence and Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in People of Rural Communities of the High Jungle of Northern Peru.
Alroy KA, Huang C, Gilman RH, Quispe-Machaca VR, Marks MA, Ancca-Juarez J, Hillyard M, Verastegui M, Sanchez G, Cabrera L, Vidal E, Billig EM, Cama VA, Náquira C, Bern C, Levy MZ; Working Group on Chagas Disease in Peru.
Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Bottlenecks in domestic animal populations can facilitate the emergence of Trypanosoma cruzi, the aetiological agent of Chagas disease.
Levy MZ, Tustin A, Castillo-Neyra R, Mabud TS, Levy K, Barbu CM, Quispe-Machaca VR, Ancca-Juarez J, Borrini-Mayori K, Naquira-Velarde C, Ostfeld RS; Chagas Disease Working Group in Arequipa.
Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B
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Population Structure of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in an Urban Environment.
Khatchikian CE, Foley EA, Barbu CM, Hwang J, Ancca-Juárez J, Borrini-Mayori K, Quıspe-Machaca VR, Naquira C, Brisson D, Levy MZ, The Chagas Disease Working Group in Arequipa.
Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Host-seeking behavior and dispersal of Triatoma infestans, a vector of Chagas disease, under semi-field conditions.
Castillo-Neyra R, Barbu CM, Salazar R, Borrini K, Naquira C, Levy MZ
Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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2014
Residual infestation and recolonization during urban Triatoma infestans Bug Control Campaign, Peru.
Barbu CM, Buttenheim AM, Pumahuanca ML, Calderón JE, Salazar R, Carrión M, Rospigliossi AC, Chavez FS, Alvarez KO, Cornejo del Carpio J, Náquira C,Levy MZ.
Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) as vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi
Salazar R, Castillo-Neyra R, Tustin AW, Borrini-Mayorí K , Náquira C, Levy MZ.
Journal: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Urbanization, land tenure security and vector-borne Chagas disease
Levy MZ, Barbu CM, Castillo-Neyra R, Quispe-Machaca VR, Ancca-Juarez J, Escalante-Mejia P, Borrini-Mayori K, Niemierko M, Mabud TS, Behrman JR, Naquira-Velarde C; Chagas Disease Working Group in Arequipa, Peru.
Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B
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Regional variation in the correlation of antibody and T-cell responses to Trypanosoma cruzi.
Martin DL, Marks M, Galdos-Cardenas G, Gilman RH, Goodhew B, Ferrufino L, Halperin A, Sanchez G, Verastegui M, Escalante P, Naquira C, Levy MZ, Bern C.
Journal: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygien
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Characterization of Guinea Pig Antibody Responses to Salivary Proteins of for the Development of a Triatomine Exposure Marker.
Dorňáková V, Salazar-Sanchez R, Borrini-Mayori K, Carrion-Navarro O, Levy MZ, Schaub GA, Schwarz A.
Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
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Is participation contagious? Evidence from a household vector control campaign in urban Peru
Buttenheim AM, Paz-Soldan V, Barbu C, Skovira C, Quintanilla Calderón J, Mollesaca Riveros LM, Cornejo JO, Small DS, Bicchieri C, Naquira C, Levy MZ.
Journal: Epidemiology & Community Health
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2013
A country bug in the city: urban infestation by the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in Arequipa, Peru
Delgado S, Ernst KC, Hancco Pumahuanca ML, Yool SR, Comrie AC, Sterling CR, Gilman RH, Náquira C, Levy MZ and the Chagas Disease Working Group in Arequipa, Peru.
Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
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Population structure of the Chagas disease vector, Triatoma infestans, at the urban–rural interface
Foley, EA, Khatchikian CE, Hwang J, Ancca-Juárez J, Borrini-Mayori K, Quıspe-Machaca VR, Levy MZ, Brisson D, and the Chagas Disease Working Group in Arequipa.
Journal: Molecular Ecology
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Epidemiology of and Impact of Insecticide Spraying on Chagas Disease in Communities in the Bolivian Chaco
Samuels AM, Clark EH, Galdos-Cardenas G, Wiegand RE, Ferrufino L, Menacho S, Gil J, Spicer J, Budde J, Levy MZ, Bozo RW, Gilman RH, Bern C, the Working Group on Chagas Disease in Bolivia and Peru.
Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
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Comparison of insecticidal paint and deltamethrin against Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) feeding and mortality in simulated natural conditions
Maloney KM, Ancca-Juarez J, Salazar R, Borrini-Mayori K, Niemierko M, Yukich JO, Naquira C, Keating JA, Levy MZ.
Journal : Journal of Vector Ecology
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The effects of city streets on an urban disease vector.
Barbu CM, Hong A, Manne JM, Small DS, Quintanilla Calderón JE, Sethuraman K, Quispe-Machaca V, Ancca-Juárez J, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Málaga Chavez FS, Náquira C, Levy MZ.
Journal: PLoS Computational Biology
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2012
Use of Individual-level Covariates to Improve Latent Class Analysis of Trypanosoma cruzi Diagnostic Tests
Tustin AW, Small DS, Delgado S, Castillo Neyra R, Verastegui MR, Ancca Juárez JM, Quispe Machaca VR, Gilman RH, Bern C, Levy MZ.
Journal: Epidemiologic Methods
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A field trial of alternative targeted screening strategies for Chagas disease in Arequipa, Peru.
Hunter GC, Borrini-Mayorí K, Ancca Juárez J, Castillo Neyra R, Verastegui MR, Malaga Chavez FS, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Córdova Benzaquen E, Náquira C,Gilman RH, Bern C, Levy MZ.
Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
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2011
Retracing Micro-Epidemics of Chagas Disease Using Epicenter Regression
Levy MZ, Small DS, Vilhena DA, Bowman NM, Kawai V, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cordova-Benzaquen E, Gilman RH, Bern C, Plotkin JB.
Journal: PLoS Computational Biology
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Secondary kill effect of deltamethrin on Triatoma infestans.
Maloney KM, Ancca-Juarez J, Salazar R, Borrini-Mayori K, Pamo-Tito D, Keating JA, Levy MZ.
Journal: Medical Entomology
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Anti-triatomine saliva immunoassays for the evaluation of impregnated netting trials against Chagas disease transmission.
Schwarz A, Juarez JA, Richards J, Rath B, Machaca VQ, Castro YE, Málaga ES, Levy K, Gilman RH, Bern C, Verastegui M, Levy MZ.
Journal: International journal for Parasitology
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A history of chagas disease transmission, control, and re-emergence in peri-rural La Joya, Peru.
Delgado S, Castillo Neyra R, Quispe Machaca VR, Ancca Juárez J, Chou Chu L, Verastegui MR, Moscoso Apaza GM, Bocángel CD, Tustin AW, Sterling CR,Comrie AC, Náquira C, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Gilman RH, Bern C, Levy MZ.
Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Autonomic dysfunction and risk factors associated with Trypanosoma cruzi infection among children in Arequipa, Peru.
Bowman NM, Kawai V, Gilman RH, Bocangel C, Galdos-Cardenas G, Cabrera L, Levy MZ, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Delgado F, Rosenthal L, Pinedo-Cancino VV,Steurer F, Seitz AE, Maguire JH, Bern C.
Journal: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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2010
Rational spatio-temporal strategies for controlling a Chagas disease vector in urban environments.
Levy MZ, Malaga Chavez FS, Cornejo Del Carpio JG, Vilhena DA, McKenzie FE, Plotkin JB.
Journal: The Royal Society Interface
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Chagas disease, migration and community settlement patterns in Arequipa, Peru.
Bayer AM, Hunter GC, Gilman RH, Cornejo Del Carpio JG, Naquira C, Bern C, Levy MZ.
Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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2009
Spatial patterns in discordant diagnostic test results for Chagas disease: links to transmission hotspots.
Levy MZ, Bowman NM, Kawai V, Plotkin JB, Waller LA, Cabrera L, Steurer F, Seitz AE, Pinedo-Cancino VV, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cordova Benzaquen E,McKenzie FE, Maguire JH, Gilman RH, Bern C.
Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases
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Geographic variation in the sensitivity of recombinant antigen-based rapid tests for chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection.
Verani JR, Seitz A, Gilman RH, LaFuente C, Galdos-Cardenas G, Kawai V, de LaFuente E, Ferrufino L, Bowman NM, Pinedo-Cancino V, Levy MZ, Steurer F,Todd CW, Kirchhoff LV, Cabrera L, Verastegui M, Bern C.
Journal: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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2008
Impregnated netting slows infestation by Triatoma infestans.
Levy MZ, Quíspe-Machaca VR, Ylla-Velasquez JL, Waller LA, Richards JM, Rath B, Borrini-Mayori K, del Carpio JG, Cordova-Benzaquen E, McKenzie FE, Wirtz RA, Maguire JH, Gilman RH, Bern C.
Journal: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Chagas disease transmission in periurban communities of Arequipa, Peru.
Bowman NM, Kawai V, Levy MZ, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cabrera L, Delgado F, Malaga F, Cordova Benzaquen E, Pinedo VV, Steurer F, Seitz AE, Gilman RH,Bern C.
Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases
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2007
Targeted screening strategies to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in children.
Levy MZ, Kawai V, Bowman NM, Waller LA, Cabrera L, Pinedo-Cancino VV, Seitz AE, Steurer FJ, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cordova-Benzaquen E, Maguire JH,Gilman RH, Bern C.
Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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2006
Periurban Trypanosoma cruzi–infected Triatoma infestans, Arequipa, Peru
Levy MZ, Bowman NM, Kawai V, Waller LA, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cordova Benzaquen E, Gilman RH, Bern C.
Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
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