Microbiology and Biotechnology Research Center at the University of Rosario (CIMBIUR)

Research output

Research output per year 1999 2019 2020 2021 2023

• 2283 Citations
• 23 h-index
• 113 Article
• 6 Review article
• 4 Comment/debate
• 3 Master's Thesis
• 7 More
  • 2 Chapter
  • 2 Editorial
  • 1 Scholarly edition
  • 1 Conference contribution
  • 1 Letter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Geography shapes the microbial community in Heliconius butterflies

  Luna, N., Herrera, G., Muñoz, M., Sánchez-Herrera, M., Brown, A., Khazan, E., Pardo-Diaz, C., Ramírez, J. D. & Salazar, C., Mar 23 2023, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 99, 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Heliconius 100%
  • Butterflies 94%
  • Geography 83%
  • butterfly 78%
  • geography 76%

• Molecular evidence of Borrelia spp. in bats from Córdoba Department, northwest Colombia

  López, Y., Muñoz-Leal, S., Martínez, C., Guzmán, C., Calderón, A., Martínez, J., Galeano, K., Muñoz, M., Ramírez, J. D., Faccini-Martínez, Á. A. & Mattar, S., Dec 2023, In: Parasites and Vectors. 16, 1, 5.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Borrelia 100%
  • Chiroptera 93%
  • Colombia 85%
  • rRNA Genes 31%
  • 16S Ribosomal RNA 30%
  2 Scopus citations
• 2022

  Amplicon-based next-generation sequencing reveals the co-existence of multiple Leishmania species in patients with visceral leishmaniasis

  Castillo-Castañeda, A., Patiño, L. H., Muñoz, M., Ayala, M. S., Segura, M., Bautista, J., Shaban, M. V., Paniz-Mondolfi, A. & Ramírez, J. D., 2022, In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 115, p. 35-38 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Leishmania 94%
  • Leishmania infantum 83%
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing 78%
  • Psychodidae 28%
  8 Scopus citations

• Interrogating the transmission dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi (Trypanosomatida, Trypanosomatidae) by Triatoma venosa (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) after the elimination of vector transmission by Rhodnius prolixus in Boyacá eastern Colombia

  Medina, M., Zuluaga, S., Martínez, M. F., Bermúdez, J. C., Hernández, C., Beltrán, V., Velásquez-Ortiz, N., Muñoz, M., Ramírez, J. D., Triana, O. & Cantillo-Barraza, O., Oct 6 2022, In: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. 12, 998202.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Reduviidae 100%
  • Trypanosomatina 90%
  • Rhodnius 89%
  • Hemiptera 88%
  • Triatoma 88%
  3 Scopus citations

• Safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma for severe COVID-19: a randomized, single blinded, parallel, controlled clinical study

  Rojas, M., Rodríguez, Y., Hernández, J. C., Díaz-Coronado, J. C., Vergara, J. A. D., Vélez, V. P., Mancilla, J. P., Araujo, I., Yepes, J. T., Ricaurte, O. B., Pardo-Oviedo, J. M., Monsalve, D. M., Acosta-Ampudia, Y., Ramírez-Santana, C., García, P. G., Landinez, L. A., Correales, L. D., Grass, J. S., Pérez, C. R., López, G. S., & 25 othersMateus, N., Mancera, L., Devia, R. R., Orjuela, J. E., Parra-Moreno, C. R., Buitrago, A. A., Ordoñez, I. E., Osorio, C. F., Ballesteros, N., Patiño, L. H., Castañeda, S., Muñoz, M., Ramírez, J. D., Bastard, P., Gervais, A., Bizien, L., Casanova, J. L., Camacho, B., Gallo, J. E., Gómez, O., Rojas-Villarraga, A., Pérez, C. E., Manrique, R., Mantilla, R. D. & Anaya, J. M., Jun 27 2022, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 22, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 575.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Coronavirus 100%
  • Clinical Studies 55%
  • SARS Virus 53%
  • Safety 46%
  • Viral Load 20%
  7 Scopus citations
• 2021

  Autoantibodies against the immunodominant sCha epitope discriminate the risk of sudden death in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy

  Rodríguez-Angulo, H. O., Lamsfus-Calle, A., Isoler-Alcaráz, J., Galán-Martínez, J., Herreros-Cabello, A., Callejas-Hernández, F., Chorro-de-Villaceballos, M. A., Maza, M. C., Santi-Rocca, J., Poveda, C., Moral-Salmoral, J. D., Marques, J., Mendoza, I., Ramírez, J. D., Guhl, F., Carrillo, I., Pérez-Tanoira, R., Górgolas, M., Pérez-Ayala, A., Monge-Maillo, B., & 5 othersNorman, F., Pérez-Molina, J. A., López-Vélez, R., Fresno, M. & Gironès, N., 2021, In: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1497, 1, p. 27-38 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chagas Cardiomyopathy 100%
  • Trypanosoma Cruzi 96%
  • Immunodominant Epitopes 79%
  • Sudden Death 62%
  • Chagas Disease 62%

• Cluster characterization of SARS-CoV-2 in military personnel deployed to Egypt and subsequent introduction of B.1.1.7 and C.36 lineages to Colombia

  Ballesteros, N., Castañeda, S., Muñoz, M., Patiño, L. H., Méndez, C., Oliveros, C., Pérez, J., Albarracín, L., Márquez, E. K., Alvarado, M. T., Santos Ortiz, F. D. L., Romero, Y., Correa-Cárdenas, C. A., Duque, M. C., Gutíerrez-Riveros, S., Paniz-Mondolfi, A. & Ramírez, J. D., Aug 2021, In: Journal of Travel Medicine. 28, 7, p. 1-4 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • SARS Virus 100%
  • military personnel 82%
  • Egypt 81%
  • Colombia 80%
  • Military Personnel 76%
  2 Scopus citations

• Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of nine commercial RT-PCR kits for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Colombia

  Hernández, C., Florez, C., Castañeda, S., Ballesteros, N., Martínez, D., Castillo, A., Muñoz, M., Gomez, S., Rico, A., Pardo, L., Paniz-Mondolfi, A. & Ramírez, J. D., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Medical Virology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 100%
  • Coronavirus 97%
  • Colombia 92%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 45%
  • Molecular Pathology 44%
  11 Scopus citations

• Evolution and epidemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Colombia: A year into the pandemic

  Castañeda, S., Patiño, L. H., Muñoz, M., Ballesteros, N., Guerrero-Araya, E., Paredes-Sabja, D., Flórez, C., Gomez, S., Ramírez-Santana, C., Salguero, G., Gallo, J. E., Paniz-Mondolfi, A. E. & Ramírez, J. D., Jul 3 2021, In: Vaccines. 9, 8, p. 2 18 p., 837.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • SARS Virus 100%
  • Colombia 80%
  • Pandemics 72%
  • Epidemics 58%
  • Molecular Cluster 43%
  7 Scopus citations

• FastMLST: A Multi-core Tool for Multilocus Sequence Typing of Draft Genome Assemblies

  Guerrero-Araya, E., Muñoz, M., Rodríguez, C. & Paredes-Sabja, D., Nov 2021, In: Bioinformatics and Biology Insights. 15

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing 100%
  • Genome 85%
  • Genomics 80%
  • Genome Size 73%
  • Fragmentation 63%
  15 Scopus citations

• Filling the gaps in Leishmania naiffi and Leishmania guyanensis genome plasticity

  Patiño, L. H., Muñoz, M., Pavia, P., Muskus, C., Shaban, M., Paniz-Mondolfi, A. & Ramírez, J. D., Nov 13 2021, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 12, 1, jkab377.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Leishmania guyanensis 100%
  • Leishmania 65%
  • Leishmaniasis 43%
  • Genome 37%
  • Guyana 31%
  2 Scopus citations

• Human urogenital myiasis caused by the ‘rat-tailed’ larvae of Palpada scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805) in Santander, eastern Colombia: A case report

  Ramirez Gonzalez, J. D., Nov 7 2021, In: Parasitology International. 87

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Myiasis 100%
  • myiasis 88%
  • Colombia 75%
  • Larva 67%
  • case studies 54%
  2 Scopus citations

• Microbial Communities’ Characterization in Urban Recreational Surface Waters Using Next Generation Sequencing

  Vega, L., Jaimes, J., Morales, D., Martínez, D., Cruz-Saavedra, L., Muñoz, M. & Ramírez, J. D., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Microbial Ecology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • surface water 100%
  • microbial communities 86%
  • pathogen 84%
  • microbial community 76%
  • lakes 74%
  9 Scopus citations

• Poverty, Migration, and Chagas Disease

  Ramirez Gonzalez, J. D., Jan 11 2021, In: Current Tropical Medicine Reports. 8, p. 52-58 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  23 Scopus citations

• Repeat-Driven Generation of Antigenic Diversity in a Major Human Pathogen, Trypanosoma cruzi

  Talavera-López, C., Messenger, L. A., Lewis, M. D., Yeo, M., Reis-Cunha, J. L., Matos, G. M., Bartholomeu, D. C., Calzada, J. E., Saldaña, A., Ramírez, J. D., Guhl, F., Ocaña-Mayorga, S., Costales, J. A., Gorchakov, R., Jones, K., Nolan, M. S., Teixeira, S. M. R., Carrasco, H. J., Bottazzi, M. E., Hotez, P. J., & 6 othersMurray, K. O., Grijalva, M. J., Burleigh, B., Grisard, E. C., Miles, M. A. & Andersson, B., Mar 3 2021, In: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. 11, 614665.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Antigenic Variation 100%
  • Trypanosoma cruzi 90%
  • Genome 43%
  • Parasites 35%
  • Immune Evasion 26%
  18 Scopus citations

• Robust clinical detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants by RT-PCR/MALDI-TOF multitarget approach

  Hernandez, M. M., Banu, R., Gonzalez-Reiche, A. S., van de Guchte, A., Khan, Z., Shrestha, P., Cao, L., Chen, F., Shi, H., Hanna, A., Alshammary, H., Fabre, S., Amoako, A., Obla, A., Alburquerque, B., Patiño, L. H., Ramírez, J. D., Sebra, R., Gitman, M. R., Nowak, M. D., & 6 othersCordon-Cardo, C., Schutzbank, T. E., Simon, V., van Bakel, H., Sordillo, E. M. & Paniz-Mondolfi, A. E., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Medical Virology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 100%
  • Coronavirus 97%
  • Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Mass Spectrometry 92%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 45%
  • Binding Sites 35%
  9 Scopus citations

• SARS-CoV-2 in Transit: Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from Venezuelan migrants in Colombia

  Patiño, L. H., Ballesteros, N., Muñoz, M., Castañeda, S., Hernández, C., Gomez, S., Florez, C., Rico, A., Pardo, L., Hernandez-Pereira, C. E., Delgado-Noguera, L., Grillet, M. E., Hernandez, M. M., Khan, Z., van de Guchte, A., Dutta, J., Gonzalez-Reiche, A. S., Simon, V., van Bakel, H., Sordillo, E. M., & 2 othersRamírez, J. D. & Paniz-Mondolfi, A. E., Sep 2021, In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 110, p. 410-416 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • SARS Virus 100%
  • Colombia 80%
  • Genome 46%
  • Venezuela 36%
  • Phylogeny 16%
  3 Scopus citations

• Striking lineage diversity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from non-human sources

  Muñoz, M., Patiño, L. H., Ballesteros, N., Castañeda, S., Luna, N., Delgado, L., Hernandez-Pereira, C., Shaban, M. V., Muñoz, S. A., Paniz-Mondolfi, A. & Ramírez, J. D., Dec 15 2021, In: One Health. 14, 100363.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 100%
  • Coronavirus 97%
  • Chiroptera 40%
  • divergence 37%
  • Viral Genome 35%
  3 Scopus citations

• The Constant Threat of Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Emerging Tropical Diseases: Living on the Edge

  Rodriguez-Morales, A. J., Paniz-Mondolfi, A. E., Faccini-Martínez, Á. A., Henao-Martínez, A. F., Ruiz-Saenz, J., Martinez-Gutierrez, M., Alvarado-Arnez, L. E., Gomez-Marin, J. E., Bueno-Marí, R., Carrero, Y., Villamil-Gomez, W. E., Bonilla-Aldana, D. K., Haque, U., Ramirez, J. D., Navarro, J. C., Lloveras, S., Arteaga-Livias, K., Casalone, C., Maguiña, J. L., Escobedo, A. A., & 5 othersHidalgo, M., Bandeira, A. C., Mattar, S., Cardona-Ospina, J. A. & Suárez, J. A., May 4 2021, In: Frontiers in Tropical Diseases. 2, p. 1 8 p., 676905.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Dengue 100%
  • Zoonoses 94%
  • contagious disease 85%
  • threat 57%
  • Oropouche orthobunyavirus 57%
  13 Scopus citations

• The potential risk of enzootic Trypanosoma cruzi transmission inside four training and re-training military battalions (BITER) in Colombia

  Cantillo-Barraza, O., Torres, J., Hernández, C., Romero, Y., Zuluaga, S., Correa-Cárdenas, C. A., Herrera, G., Rodríguez, O., Alvarado, M. T., Ramírez, J. D. & Méndez, C., Dec 2021, In: Parasites and Vectors. 14, 1, 519.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Triatominae 100%
  • Trypanosoma cruzi 93%
  • Chagas Disease 92%
  • Colombia 92%
  • Rhodnius 64%
  7 Scopus citations
• 2020

  An interactive database of Leishmania species distribution in the Americas

  Herrera, G., Barragán, N., Luna, N., Martínez, D., De Martino, F., Medina, J., Niño, S., Páez, L., Ramírez, A., Vega, L., Velandia, V., Vera, M., Zúñiga, M. F., Bottin, M. J. & Ramírez, J. D., Apr 3 2020, In: Scientific data. 7, 1, p. 1-7 7 p., 110.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Epidemiological Surveillance 100%
  • epidemiology 64%
  • Data Base 56%
  • Parasites 44%
  • Epidemiology 43%
  38 Scopus citations

• Complex ecological interactions across a focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Eastern Colombia: Novel description of Leishmania species, hosts and phlebotomine fauna: Ecological of cutaneous Leishmaniasis

  Sandoval-Ramírez, C. M., Hernández, C., Teherán, A. A., Gutierrez-Marin, R., Martínez-Vega, R. A., Morales, D., Hoyos-Lopez, R., Araque-Mogollón, A. & Ramírez, J. D., Jul 8 2020, In: Royal Society Open Science. 7, 7, 200266.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • cutaneous leishmaniasis 100%
  • Phlebotominae 89%
  • Leishmania 87%
  • Lutzomyia 79%
  • Colombia 76%
  10 Scopus citations

• Culture-free genome-wide locus sequence typing (GLST) provides new perspectives on Trypanosoma cruzi dispersal and infection complexity

  Schwabl, P., Maiguashca Sánchez, J., Costales, J. A., Ocaña-Mayorga, S., Segovia, M., Carrasco, H. J., Hernández, C., Ramírez, J. D., Lewis, M. D., Grijalva, M. J. & Llewellyn, M. S., Dec 16 2020, In: PLoS Genetics. 16, 12, e1009170.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chagas Disease 100%
  • Trypanosoma cruzi 95%
  • genome 78%
  • infection 78%
  • Genome 56%
  6 Scopus citations

• Development of a multilocus sequence typing scheme for giardia intestinalis

  Higuera, A., Muñoz, M., López, M. C., Reyes, P., Urbano, P., Villalobos, O. & Ramírez, J. D., Jul 8 2020, In: Genes. 11, 7, p. 1-20 20 p., 764.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Giardia lamblia 100%
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing 98%
  • Triose-Phosphate Isomerase 58%
  • Glutamate Dehydrogenase 52%
  • Genetic Structures 51%
  5 Scopus citations

• Distribution, treatment outcome and genetic diversity of Leishmania species in military personnel from Colombia with cutaneous leishmaniasis

  Correa-Cárdenas, C. A., Pérez, J., Patino, L. H., Ramírez, J. D., Duque, M. C., Romero, Y., Cantillo-Barraza, O., Rodríguez, O., Alvarado, M. T., Cruz, C. & Méndez, C., Dec 9 2020, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 20, 1, p. 1 11 p., 938.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Cutaneous Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Colombia 94%
  • Leishmania 92%
  • Military Personnel 88%
  • Genetic Variation 76%
  13 Scopus citations

• Epidemiological characterisation of asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 in Colombia: A cross-sectional study

  Teherán, A. A., Camero Ramos, G., Prado De La Guardia, R., Hernández, C., Herrera, G., Pombo, L. M., Avila, A. A., Flórez, C., Barros, E. C., Perez-Garcia, L., Paniz-Mondolfi, A. & Ramírez, J. D., Dec 7 2020, In: BMJ Open. 10, 12, e042122.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Colombia 100%
  • SARS Virus 62%
  • Carrier State 57%
  • Venezuela 56%
  • Puerto Rico 56%
  7 Scopus citations

• Genetic diversity among sars-cov2 strains in South America may impact performance of molecular detection

  Ramírez, J. D., Muñoz, M., Hernández, C., Flórez, C., Gomez, S., Rico, A., Pardo, L., Barros, E. C. & Paniz-Mondolfi, A. E., Jul 2020, In: Pathogens. 9, 7, p. 1-14 14 p., 580.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • South America 100%
  • Genetic Variation 79%
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 63%
  • Coronavirus 61%
  • Nucleotides 39%
  30 Scopus citations

• Genomic Diversification, Structural Plasticity, and Hybridization in Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis

  Patino, L. H., Muñoz, M., Cruz-Saavedra, L., Muskus, C. & Ramírez, J. D., Oct 16 2020, In: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. 10, p. 1-17 17 p., 582192.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Leishmania braziliensis 100%
  • Genome 44%
  • Colombia 34%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 18%
  • Leishmania 16%
  16 Scopus citations

• Human Chagas-Flow ATE-IgG1 for advanced universal and Trypanosoma cruzi Discrete Typing Units-specific serodiagnosis of Chagas disease

  Alessio, G. D., de Araújo, F. F., Silva, J. S., Júnior, P. A. S., de Souza Gomes, M., do Amaral, L. R., Ramírez, J. D., Flórez, C., Teixeira-Carvalho, A., de Barros Pinheiro, M., de Lana, M. & Martins-Filho, O. A., Aug 6 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, p. 1-14 14 p., 13296.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Trypanosoma cruzi 100%
  • Chagas Disease 98%
  • Serologic Tests 90%
  • Immunoglobulin G 62%
  • Epidemiologic Methods 18%
  5 Scopus citations

• Human papillomavirus (HPV69/HPV73) coinfection associated with simultaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the anus and presumed lung metastasis

  Shea, S., Muñoz, M., Ward, S. C., Beasley, M. B., Gitman, M. R., Nowak, M. D., Houldsworth, J., Sordillo, E. M., Ramirez, J. D. & Paniz Mondolfi, A. E., Mar 22 2020, In: Viruses. 12, 3, 349.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Anal Canal 100%
  • Coinfection 86%
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma 74%
  • Neoplasm Metastasis 55%
  • Lung 47%
  3 Scopus citations

• Identification of Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) Species and Arboviruses Circulating in Arauca, Eastern Colombia

  Martínez, D., Hernández, C., Muñoz, M., Armesto, Y., Cuervo, A. & Ramírez, J. D., Nov 26 2020, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8, 602190.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • arboviruses 100%
  • Chikungunya virus 96%
  • Aedes 96%
  • Dengue virus 84%
  • Aedes aegypti 83%
  9 Scopus citations

• Identification of blood-feeding sources in Panstrongylus, Psammolestes, Rhodnius and Triatoma using amplicon-based next-generation sequencing

  Arias-Giraldo, L. M., Muñoz, M., Hernández, C., Herrera, G., Velásquez-Ortiz, N., Cantillo-Barraza, O., Urbano, P., Cuervo, A. & Ramírez, J. D., Aug 31 2020, In: Parasites & vectors. 13, 1, p. 434 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Panstrongylus 100%
  • Rhodnius 87%
  • Triatoma 86%
  • Triatominae 67%
  • ribosomal RNA 12S 51%
  24 Scopus citations

• Intraspecific genomic divergence and minor structural variations in leishmania (Viannia) panamensis

  Patino, L. H., Muñoz, M., Muskus, C., Méndez, C. & Ramírez, J. D., Feb 27 2020, In: Genes. 11, 3, 252.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Leishmania 100%
  • Panama 51%
  • Genome 46%
  • Cutaneous Leishmaniasis 43%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 28%
  10 Scopus citations

• Microbiota characterization in Blastocystis-colonized and Blastocystis-free school-age children from Colombia

  Castañeda, S., Muñoz, M., Villamizar, X., Hernández, P. C., Vásquez, L. R., Tito, R. Y. & Ramírez, J. D., Oct 16 2020, In: Parasites and Vectors. 13, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., 521.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Blastocystis 100%
  • Colombia 73%
  • Microbiota 61%
  • microbiome 59%
  • Child 26%
  13 Scopus citations

• Minor temperature shifts do not affect chromosomal ploidy but cause transcriptomic changes in Leishmania braziliensis promastigotes in vitro

  Ballesteros, N., Vásquez, N. M., Patiño, L. H., Cruz-Saavedra, L. & Ramírez, J. D., Apr 27 2020, In: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 115, 2, e190413.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Leishmania braziliensis 100%
  • Ploidies 78%
  • Temperature 46%
  • Gene Dosage 31%
  • Leishmania 30%
  1 Scopus citations

• Molecular detection and genotyping of intestinal protozoa from different biogeographical regions of Colombia

  Higuera, A., Villamizar, X., Herrera, G., Giraldo, J. C., Vasquez-A, L. R., Urbano, P., Villalobos, O., Tovar, C. & Ramírez, J. D., Mar 9 2020, In: PeerJ. 8, 3, e8554.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Blastocystis 100%
  • Triose 91%
  • Parasitic 75%
  • Colombia 73%
  • Cryptosporidium 71%
  42 Scopus citations

• Occurrence of blastocystis in patients with clostridioides difficile infection

  Vega, L., Herrera, G., Muñoz, M., Patarroyo, M. A. & Ramírez, J. D., Apr 2020, In: Pathogens. 9, 4, 8 p., 283.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Blastocystis 100%
  • Dysbiosis 57%
  • Blastocystis Infections 53%
  • Coinfection 29%
  • Infections 29%
  13 Scopus citations

• Persistence of clonal azole-resistant isolates of Candida albicans from a patient with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis in Colombia

  Ceballos-Garzon, A., Wintaco-Martínez, L. M., Velez, N., Hernandez-Padilla, C., De La Hoz, A., Valderrama-Beltran, S. L., Alvarez-Moreno, C. A., Pape, P. L., Ramírez, J. D. & Parra-Giraldo, C. M., Feb 19 2020, In: Journal of Global Infectious Diseases. 12, 1, p. 16-20 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis 100%
  • Azoles 78%
  • Colombia 73%
  • Candida albicans 62%
  • Virulence 53%
  6 Scopus citations

• SARS-CoV-2 in the Amazon region: A harbinger of doom for Amerindians

  Ramírez, J. D., Sordillo, E. M., Gotuzzo, E., Zavaleta, C., Caplivski, D., Navarro, J. C., Crainey, J. L., Luz, S. L. B., Delgado Noguera, L. A., Schaub, R., Rousseau, C., Herrera, G., Oliveira-Miranda, M. A., Quispe-Vargas, M. T., Hotez, P. J. & Mondolfi, A. P., Oct 2020, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14, 10, p. 1-10 10 p., e0008686.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Amazon region 100%
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 87%
  • Coronavirus 85%
  • Rainforest 36%
  • South America 27%
  19 Scopus citations

• SARS-CoV-2 spread across the Colombian-Venezuelan border

  Paniz-Mondolfi, A., Muñoz, M., Florez, C., Gomez, S., Rico, A., Pardo, L., Barros, E. C., Hernández, C., Delgado, L., Jaimes, J. E., Pérez, L., Teherán, A. A., Alshammary, H. A., Obla, A., Khan, Z., Dutta, J., van de Guchte, A., Gonzalez-Reiche, A. S., Hernandez, M. M., Sordillo, E. M., & 4 othersSimon, V., van Bakel, H., Llewellyn, M. S. & Ramírez, J. D., Nov 4 2020, In: Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 86, 104616.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • severe acute respiratory syndrome 100%
  • SARS Virus 96%
  • Venezuela 63%
  • genome 61%
  • border 55%
  14 Scopus citations

• Slight temperature changes cause rapid transcriptomic responses in Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic trypomastigotes

  Cruz-Saavedra, L., Muñoz, M., Patiño, L. H., Vallejo, G. A., Guhl, F. & Ramírez, J. D., May 14 2020, In: Parasites and Vectors. 13, 1, p. 1-16 16 p., 255.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • trypomastigotes 100%
  • Trypanosoma cruzi 89%
  • transcriptomics 65%
  • Temperature 53%
  • temperature 29%
  11 Scopus citations

• Species-dependent variation of the gut bacterial communities across Trypanosoma cruzi insect vectors

  Arias-Giraldo, L. M., Muñoz, M., Hernández, C., Herrera, G., Velásquez-Ortiz, N., Cantillo-Barraza, O., Urbano, P. & Ramírez, J. D., Nov 12 2020, In: PLOS ONE. 15, 11, e0240916.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Insect Vectors 100%
  • insect vectors 78%
  • Trypanosoma cruzi 78%
  • Chagas Disease 77%
  • Triatominae 66%
  6 Scopus citations

• Succinate dehydrogenase gene as a marker for studying Blastocystis genetic diversity

  Higuera, A., Muñoz, M., López, M. C., Reyes, P., Urbano, P., Villalobos, O. & Ramírez, J. D., Nov 1 2020, In: Heliyon. 6, 11, e05387.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Blastocystis 100%
  • Succinate Dehydrogenase 77%
  • Genetic Variation 59%
  • rRNA Genes 38%
  • Genes 24%
  4 Scopus citations

• Temporal Variation of the Presence of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Into Rural Dwellings in the Department of Casanare, Eastern Colombia

  Rincón-Galvis, H. J., Urbano, P., Hernández, C., Ramírez, J. D. & Florin, D., Sep 27 2020, In: Journal of Medical Entomology. 57, 1, p. 173-180 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Reduviidae 100%
  • Rhodnius 89%
  • Hemiptera 88%
  • Rhodnius prolixus 71%
  • Trypanosoma cruzi 64%
  7 Scopus citations

• The arrival and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Colombia

  Ramírez, J. D., Florez, C., Muñoz, M., Hernández, C., Castillo, A., Gomez, S., Rico, A., Pardo, L., Barros, E. C., Castañeda, S., Ballesteros, N., Martínez, D., Vega, L., Jaimes, J. E., Cruz-Saavedra, L., Herrera, G., Patiño, L. H., Teherán, A. A., Gonzalez-Reiche, A. S., Hernandez, M. M., & 4 othersSordillo, E. M., Simon, V., van Bakel, H. & Paniz-Mondolfi, A., Aug 6 2020, In: Journal of Medical Virology. 93, 2, p. 1158-1163 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • SARS Virus 100%
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 87%
  • Coronavirus 85%
  • Phylogeny 81%
  • Colombia 80%
  24 Scopus citations

• Transcriptional remodeling during metacyclogenesis in Trypanosoma cruzi I

  Cruz-Saavedra, L., Vallejo, G. A., Guhl, F., Messenger, L. A. & Ramírez, J. D., Jul 27 2020, In: Virulence. 11, 1, p. 969-980 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • trypomastigotes 100%
  • Trypanosoma cruzi 89%
  • epimastigotes 74%
  • Life Cycle Stages 53%
  • Gene Expression 44%
  10 Scopus citations

• Transcriptomic changes across the life cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi II

  Cruz-Saavedra, L., Vallejo, G. A., Guhl, F. & Ramírez, J. D., May 14 2020, In: PeerJ. 8, 3, e8947.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Trypanosoma cruzi 100%
  • Life Cycle Stages 89%
  • trypomastigotes 74%
  • transcriptomics 73%
  • life cycle (organisms) 70%
  8 Scopus citations

• Usefulness of autocidal gravid ovitraps for the surveillance and control of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in eastern Colombia

  Montenegro, D., Martinez, L., Tay, K., Hernandez, T., Noriega, D., Barbosa, L., Muñoz, J., Mateus, H., Daza, J., Teherán, A. & Ramírez, J. D., Mar 31 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 34, 4, p. 379-384 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ovitraps 100%
  • Aedes 84%
  • Colombia 80%
  • Diptera 73%
  • Culicidae 72%
  4 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Comparative genomics identifies potential virulence factors in Clostridium tertium and C. paraputrificum

  Muñoz, M., Restrepo-Montoya, D., Kumar, N., Iraola, G., Herrera, G., Ríos-Chaparro, D. I., Díaz-Arévalo, D., Patarroyo, M. A., Lawley, T. D. & Ramírez, J. D., Jan 1 2019, In: Virulence. 10, 1, p. 657-676 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Clostridium tertium 100%
  • Clostridium paraputrificum 94%
  • Virulence Factors 51%
  • Genomics 50%
  • virulence 40%
  12 Scopus citations

• Dissecting the Heterogeneous Population Genetic Structure of Candida albicans: Limitations and Constraints of the Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme

  Muñoz, C. M., Wintaco Martinez, L. M., Muñoz, S. & Ramirez Gonzalez, J. D., May 10 2019, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 10, 1052, p. 1-16 16 p., 1052.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Genetic Structures 100%
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing 95%
  • Population Genetics 90%
  • Candida albicans 74%
  • Diploidy 53%
  35 Scopus citations