Alejandro Almanza
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Recent Articles
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Atencio L, Quintero I, Almanza A, Eskildsen G, Sanchez-Gallego J, Herrera M, et al.
Pathogens
. 2024 Aug;
13(8).
PMID: 39204216
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was the causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. While research on COVID-19 has mainly focused on its epidemiology, pathogenesis, and...
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Bennett K, McMillan W, Enriquez V, Barraza E, Diaz M, Baca B, et al.
Biol Invasions
. 2021 Nov;
23(6):1933-1948.
PMID: 34776763
Supplementary Information: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10530-021-02482-y).
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Gittens R, Almanza A, Bennett K, Mejia L, Sanchez-Galan J, Merchan F, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2020 Oct;
14(10):e0008849.
PMID: 33108372
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight mass spectrometry is an analytical method that detects macromolecules that can be used for proteomic fingerprinting and taxonomic identification in arthropods. The conventional MALDI approach...
4.
Bennett K, Almanza A, McMillan W, Saltonstall K, Vdovenko E, Vinda J, et al.
PLoS One
. 2019 Nov;
14(11):e0225226.
PMID: 31697776
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222145.].
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Bennett K, Almanza A, McMillan W, Saltonstall K, Vdovenko E, Vinda J, et al.
PLoS One
. 2019 Sep;
14(9):e0222145.
PMID: 31491005
The microbiome plays a key role in the biology, ecology and evolution of arthropod vectors of human pathogens. Vector-bacterial interactions could alter disease transmission dynamics through modulating pathogen replication and/or...
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Bennett K, Martinez C, Almanza A, Rovira J, McMillan W, Enriquez V, et al.
Parasit Vectors
. 2019 May;
12(1):264.
PMID: 31133041
Background: The long-distance dispersal of the invasive disease vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus has introduced arthropod-borne viruses into new geographical regions, causing a significant medical and economic burden. The...
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Tayler N, Boya C, Herrera L, Moy J, Ng M, Pineda L, et al.
PLoS One
. 2019 Apr;
14(4):e0214193.
PMID: 30939131
Cocos nucifera (C. nucifera) (the coconut palm tree) has been traditionally used to fight a number of human diseases, but only a few studies have tested its components against parasites...
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Loaiza J, Almanza A, Rojas J, Mejia L, Cervantes N, Sanchez-Galan J, et al.
Malar J
. 2019 Mar;
18(1):95.
PMID: 30902057
Background: Malaria control in Panama is problematic due to the high diversity of morphologically similar Anopheles mosquito species, which makes identification of vectors of human Plasmodium challenging. Strategies by Panamanian...
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Coronado L, Montealegre S, Chaverra Z, Mojica L, Espinosa C, Almanza A, et al.
PLoS One
. 2016 Aug;
11(8):e0161207.
PMID: 27537497
The development of resistance to insecticides by the vector of malaria and the increasingly faster appearance of resistance to antimalarial drugs by the parasite can dangerously hamper efforts to control...
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Durant A, Rodriguez C, Herrera L, Almanza A, Santana A, Spadafora C, et al.
Malar J
. 2014 Jan;
13:18.
PMID: 24410874
Background: Plinia cerrocampanensis is an endemic plant of Panama. The leaf essential oil of this plant has shown antibacterial activity. However, anti-malarial activity and chemical profiling by HS-SPME-GC-MS of this...