Area of research
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Infectious Diseases
Research interest
Research interests include Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Viral Infections and Vectors, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Malaria Research and Control.
Epidemiological, virological and clinical characterization of a Dengue/Zika outbreak in the Caribbean region of Costa Rica 2017–2018
Seasonal changes in the diversity, host preferences and infectivity of mosquitoes in two arbovirus-endemic regions of Costa Rica
Serological Positivity against Selected Flaviviruses and Alphaviruses in Free-Ranging Bats and Birds from Costa Rica Evidence Exposure to Arboviruses Seldom Reported Locally in Humans
Experimental infection of <i>Artibeus lituratus</i> bats and no detection of Zika virus in neotropical bats from French Guyana, Peru, and Costa Rica, suggest a limited role of bats in Zika transmission
Seasonal changes of mosquito communities structure in two endemic regions for arboviruses in Costa Rica: Species richness, diversity, bloodmeal preferences and viral positivity
SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Costa Rica: Evidence of a divergent population and an increased detection of a spike T1117I mutation