JCR & Peer reviewed

JCR & Peer

2024

Juárez-Gabriel J., D. Alegría-Sánchez, D. Yáñez-Aguirre, E. Grostieta, L. Álvarez-Castillo, M. Torres-Castro, N. Aréchiga-Ceballo, D.A. Moo-Llanez, F. Moreira-Alves, C.D. Pérez-Brígido, G. Aguilar-Tipacamú, C.A. López-González, I. Becker, J.M. Pech-Canché, P. Colunga-Salas*, S. Sánchez-Montes. Unraveling the diversity of Trypanosoma species from Central Mexico: Molecular confirmation on the presence of Trypanosoma dionisii and novel Neobat linages. Acta Tropica 2024; 107113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.107113

Rodríguez-Vivas R.I., M.M. Ojeda-Chi, A.T. Thompson, M.J. Yabsley, P. Colunga Salas*, S. Sánchez-Montes. Population genetics of the Ixodes affinis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) complex in America: new findings and a host‐parasite review. Parasitology Research 2024; 123: 78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-023-08091-z

Suárez-Galaz A., E. Reyes-Novelo, S. Hernández-Betancourt, A. Panti-May, E. Estrella, S. Sánchez-Montes, ,H. Noh-Pech, C- Lugo-Caballero P. Colunga-Salas, R. Peláez-Sánchez, J Sosa-Escalante, B.G. Herrera-Flores, R.I. Rodrígez-Vivas, M. Torres-Castro. Study on the relation of the characteristics of the capture sites with the Leptospira spp. occurrence in bats and rodents from Yucatan, Mexico. Acta Tropica 2024; 249 107072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.107072

2023

Moo-Llanes D.A., S. Sánchez-Montes, T. López-Ordoñez, K. Dzul-Rosado, D. Segura-Trejo, B. Salceda-Sánchez, R. Danis-Lozano. Comparison of Climate Change Scenarios of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Latreille 1806) from México and the Boarders with Central America and the United States. Trop Med Infect Dis 2023: 8: 307. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8060307

Ballados-González G., J.L. Bravo-Ramos, E. Grostieta, A.N. Andrade-López, J.R. Ramos-Vázquez, L.A. Chong-Guzmán, L.A. Moctezuma-Díaz, P. Colunga-Salas, C.I. Miranda-Caballero, L. Álvarez-Castillo, A. Cruz-Romero, M. Aguilar-Domínguez, I. Becker, S. Sánchez-Montes. Confirmation of the presence of Rickettsia felis infecting Ornithodoros puertoricensis in Mexico. Med Vet Entomol 2023; 37: 219-227. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12624

Colunga-Salas P., T. Marines-Macías, G. Hernández-Canchola, S. Barbosa, C. Ramírez, J.B. Searle, L. León-Paniagua. Population genomics reveals differences in genetic structure between two endemic arboreal rodent species in threatened cloud forest habitat. Mammal Res 2023; 68: 223–235. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13364-022-00667-x

Becker I., H. Miranda-Ortiz, E.A. Fernández-Figueroa, S. Sánchez-Montes, P. Colunga-Salas, E. Grostieta, J. Juárez-Gabriel, Y.N. Lozano-Sardaneta, M. Arce-Fonseca, O. Rodríguez-Morales, G. Meneses-Ruíz, S. Pastén-Sánchez, I. López Martínez, S. González-Guzmán, V. Paredes-Cervantes, O. C. Moreira, P. Finamore-Araujo, J.C. Canseco-Méndez, U. Coquis-Navarrete, L. Rengifo-Correa, C. González-Salazar, M.M. Alfaro-Cortés, J.A. Falcón-Lezama, R. Tapia-Conyer, C.R. Stephens. The low variability of Tc24 in Trypanosoma cruzi TcI as an advantage for Chagas Disease prophylaxis and diagnosis in Mexico. Pathogens 2023; 12(3): 368. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/3/368

Cruz-Valdés T., E. Grostieta, J.L. Chagoya-Fuentes, J.L. Bravo-Ramos, M. Ojeda-Chi, M.A. Lammoglia-Villagómez, R. Rojas-Ronquillo, A. Cabrera-Núñez, G. Aguilar-Tipacamú, P. Colunga-Salas, I. Becker, S. Sánchez- Montes. Identification of the G184C, C190A and T2134A mutations in the para-sodium channel gene of the southern cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus associated with resistance to cypermethrin in northern Veracruz, Mexico. Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 2023; 39: 100838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2023.100838

Lozano-Sardaneta Y.N., V. Viveros-Santos, P. Colunga-Salas, J.J. Rodríguez-Rojas, I. Becker. Is Psathyromyia shannoni (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) a species complex? Retrospective study of genetic diversity of COI gene, pathogens and geographic distribution. Acta Tropica 2023; 238: 106807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106807

Torres-Castro M., A. Suárez-Galaz, A. Yeh-Gorocica, S. Sánchez-Montes, M. Arjona-Torres, A. Panti-May, P. Colunga-Salas, A. Cruz-Romero, P. Manrique-Saide. A case of natural infection with Dirofilaria immitis in a coati (Nasua narica) from Mexico. Helminthologia 2023; 1: 106-111. https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2023-0010

Torres-Castro M., Reyes-Novelo E., Noh-Pech H., Sánchez-Montes S., Colunga-Salas P., Lugo-Caballero C., Rodríguez-Vivas R.I. Rickettsia rickettsii y Rickettsia typhi en habitantes de una comunidad rural del sureste de México. Rev Per Med Exper Salud Pub 2022; 39(1): 124–125. http://dx.doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2022.391.10519

2022

Serrano A., P. Colunga-Salas*, S. Sánchez-Montes, B. Zapata-Nájera, D. Vidal-Muñiz. Molecular detection of Vibrio paraheamolyticus in a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) stranding in northern Veracruz, Mexico. Vet Res Commun 2022; 46: 1303–1309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-022-10007-8

Torres-Castro M., E. Reyes-Novelo, M. Bolio-González, C. Lugo-Caballero, K. Dzul-Rosado, P. Colunga-Salas, S. Sánchez-Montes, H. Noh-Pech, F.I. Puerto, R.I. Rodríguez- Vivas. Epidemiological study of the occurrence of Typhus group Rickettsia natural infection in domiciliated dogs from a rural community in South-Eastern Mexico. Animals 2022; 12: 2885. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12202885

Sánchez-Montes S., G.G. Ballados-González, J. Gamboa-Prieto, A. Cruz-Romero, D. Romero-Salas, C.D. Pérez-Brígido, M.J. Austría-Ruíz, A. Guerrero-Reyes, M.A. Lammoglia-Villagómez, I.P. Camacho-Peralta, J.A. Morales-Narcia, J.L. Bravo-Ramos, M. Barrientos-Villeda, L.A. Blanco-Velaszo, I. Becker. No molecular evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in companion animals from Veracruz, Mexico. Transbound Emerg Dis 2022; 69(4): 2398-2403. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14153

Ballados-González G., J.L. Bravo-Ramos, E. Grostieta-Rojas, A.N. Andrade-López, J.R. Ramos-Vázquez, L.A. Chong-Guzmán, L.A. Moctezuma-Díaz, P. Colunga-Salas, C.I. Miranda-Caballero, L. Álvarez-Castillo, A. Cruz-Romero, M. Aguilar-Domínguez, I. Becker, S. Sánchez-Montes. Confirmation of the presence of Rickettsia felis infecting Ornithodoros puertoricensis in Mexico. Med Vet Entomol 2022; 37: 219 – 227. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12624

Colunga-Salas P., D. Segura-Trejo, C.I. Miranda-Caballero, S. Sánchez-Montes, M. Arteaga-Vázquez, I. Becker. The SARS-CoV-2 early infections phylogeny as an example of the misinterpreting of phylogenies in epidemiology. Rev Biomédica 2022; 33(3): 85–87. https://doi.org/10.32776/revbiomed.v33i3.1050

Bravo-Ramos J.L., S. Sánchez-Montes, G.G. Ballados-González, D. Romero-Salas, J. Gamboa-Prieto, A. Olivares-Muñoz. An atypical case of Babesia bigemina parasitising a dog from a rural area of eastern Mexico. Braz J Vet Parasitol 2022; 31(3): e006622. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-29612022039

Marines-Macías T., P. Colunga-Salas, L. León-Paniagua. Reithrodontomys microdon (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mamm Species 2022; 54(1020): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/seac005

Colunga-Salas P., S. Sánchez-Montes, M. Torres-Castro, A. Andrade-Torres, C.A. López-González, G. Aguilar-Tipacamú. Is vertical transmission the only pathway for Rickettsia felis?. Transbound Emerg Dis 2022; 69(5): e3352–e3356. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14626

Torres-Castro M., S. Sánchez-Montes, P. Colunga-Salas, H. Noh-Pech, E. Reyes-Novelo, R.I. Rodríguez-Vivas. Molecular confirmation of Rickettsia parkeri in humans from Southern Mexico. Zoonoses Public Health 2022; 69(4): 382–386. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12927

2021

Sánchez-Montes S., V. Santoyo‐Colín, A. Zapata-Marín, A.M. López-Pérez, G. Gil-Alarcón, P. Arenas, H.M. Zazueta-Islas, M. Solís-Cortés, B. Salceda-Sánchez, P. Colunga-Salas, I. Becker, F. Gual-Sill. Rediscovering an old friend: the case of Ixodes dampfi in a protected natural reserve in central Mexico. Parasitol Res 2021; 120: 3899–3905. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07318-1

Sánchez-Montes S., B. Salceda-Sánchez, S.E. Bermúdez, G. Aguilar-Tipacamú, G.G. Ballados-González, H. Huerta, M. Aguilar-Domínguez, J. Delgado-de la Mora, J.D. Licona-Enríquez, D. Delgado-de la Mora, A.M. López-Pérez, M.A. Torres-Castro, V. Alcántara-Rodríguez, I. Becker, P. Colunga-Salas*. Rhipicephalus sanguineus Complex in the Americas: Systematic, Genetic Diversity, and Geographic Insights. Pathogens 2021; 10: 1118. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10091118

Sánchez-Montes S., S. Blum-Domínguez, Y.N. Lozano-Sardaneta, H.M. Zazueta-Islas, M. Solís-Cortés, O. Ovando-Márquez, P. Colunga-Salas, P. Tamay-Segovia, I. Becker, E. Fernández-Figueroa, C. Rangel-Escareño. Molecular detection of Rickettsia sp. cf. Rickettsia monacensis in Ixodes sp. cf. Ixodes affinis collected from white-tailed deer in Campeche, Mexico. Parasitol Res 2021; 120: 1891–1895. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07128-5

Lozano-Sardaneta Y.N., A. Valderrama, S. Sánchez-Montes, E. Grostieta, P. Colunga-Salas, V. Sánchez-Cordero, I. Becker. Rickettsial agents detected in the genus Psathromyia (Diptera: Phlebotominae) from a Biosphere Reserve of Veracruz, Mexico. Parasitol Int 2021; 82: 102286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2021.102286

Colunga-Salas P., S. Sánchez-Montes, L. León-Paniagua, I. Becker. Borrelia in Neotropical bats: Detection of two new phylogenetic lineages. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2021; 12: 101642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101642

Colunga-Salas P., S. Sánchez-Montes, L.M. Ochoa-Ochoa, E. Grostieta, I. Becker. Molecular detection of the reptile-associated Borrelia group in Amblyomma dissimile, Mexico. Med Vet Entomol 2021; 35(2): 202–206. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12478

Colunga-Salas P., G. Hernández-Canchola, S. Sánchez-Montes, Y.N. Lozano-Sardaneta, I. Becker. Genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto: Novel strains from Mexican wild rodents. Transbound Emerg Dis 2021; 68(3): 1263–1274. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13780

Sánchez-Montes S., P. Colunga-Salas, Y.N. Lozano-Sardaneta, H.M. Zazueta-Islas, G.G. Ballados-González, B. Salceda-Sánchez, H. Huerta-Jiménez, M. Torres-Castro, J.A. Panti-May, G. Peniche-Lara, C.I. Muñoz-García, E. Rendón-Franco, M.M. Ojeda-Chi, R.I. Rodríguez-Vivas, J. Zavala-Castro, K. Dzul-Rosado, C. Lugo-Caballero, V.E. Alcántara-Rodríguez, J. Delgado-de la Mora, J.D. Licona-Enríquez, D. Delgado-de la Mora, A.M. López-Pérez, G. Álvarez-Hernández, L. Tinoco-Gracia, M. Rodríguez-Lomelí, A. Ulloa-García, S. Blum-Domínguez, P. Tamay-Segovia, G. Aguilar-Tipacamú, A. Cruz-Romero, D. Romero-Salas, M.A. Martínez-Medina, I. Becker. The genus Rickettsia in Mexico: current knowledge and perspectives. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2021; 12: 101633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101633

2020

Alcántara-Rodríguez V.E., S. Sánchez-Montes, H. Contreras, P. Colunga-Salas, Laura Fierro-Flores, S. Avalos, F. Rodríguez-Rangel, I. Becker, D.H. Walker. Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis, Mexico City, Mexico. Emerg Infect Dis 2020; 26: 3016–3019. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.200520

Colunga-Salas P., S. Sánchez-Montes, P. Volkow, A. Ruíz-Remigio, I Becker. Lyme disease and relapsing fever in Mexico: An overview of human and wildlife infections. PLoS ONE 2020; 15: e0238496. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238496

Colunga-Salas P., G. Hernández-Canchola. Bats and humans during the SARS‐CoV‐2 outbreak: The case of bat‐coronaviruses from Mexico. Transbound Emerg Dis 2020; 68(3):987–992. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13751

Morales-Diaz J., P. Colunga-Salas*, D. Romero-Salas, S. Sánchez-Montes, I.M. Estrada Souza, L. M. Ochoa-Ochoa, I. Becker, A. Primo-Salas, A. Cruz-Romero. Molecular detection of reptile-associated Borrelia in Boa constrictor (Squamata: Boidae) from Veracruz, Mexico. Acta Trop 2020; 205: 105422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105422

Colunga-Salas P., S. Sánchez-Montes, E. Grostieta, L.D. Verde-Arregoitia, M.Y. Cabrera Garrido, I. Becker, L. León-Paniagua. What do studies in wild mammals tell us about human emerging viral diseases in Mexico?. Transbound Emerg Dis 2020; 67: 33–45. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13336

Sánchez-Montes S., G.G. Ballados-González, A. Hernández-Velasco, H.M. Zazueta-Islas, M. Solis-Cortés, H. Miranda-Ortiz, J. C. Canseco-Méndez, E.A. Fernández-Figueroa, P. Colunga-Salas, A.M. López-Pérez, J. Delgado-de la Mora, J.D. Licona-Enriquez, D. Delgado-de la Mora, S.E. Karpathy, C.D. Paddock, C. Rangel-Escareño. Molecular confirmation of Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma ovale ticks, Veracruz, Mexico. Emerg Infect Dis 2019; 25: 2315–2317. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.190964

2019

Lozano-Sardaneta Y.N., P. Colunga-Salas, S. Sánchez-Montes, A.G. Cáceres, I. Becker. First report of Bartonella sp. in sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from Southern Mexico. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 2019; 35: 224–227. https://doi.org/10.2987/19-6854.1

López-Pérez A.M., S. Sánchez-Montes, J. Foley, C. Guzmán-Cornejo, P. Colunga-Salas, E. Pascoe, I. Becker, J. Delgado-de la Mora, J. Delgado-de la Mora, J.D. Licona-Enriquez, G. Suzán. Molecular evidence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Rickettsia massiliae in ticks collected from a domestic-wild carnivore interface in Chihuahua, Mexico. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2019; 10: 1118–1123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.05.018

Sánchez-Montes S., A.B. Isaak-Delgado, C. Guzmán-Cornejo, E. Rendón-Franco, C.I. Muñoz-García, S. Bermúdez, J. Morales-Diaz, A. Cruz-Ramírez, D. Romero-Salas, K. Dzul-Rosado, C. Lugo-Caballero, P. Colunga-Salas, I. Becker. Rickettsia species in ticks that parasitize amphibians and reptiles: Novel report from Mexico and review of the worldwide record. Ticks Tick Borne Dis2019; 10: 987–994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.04.013

Delgado-de la Mora J., S. Sánches-Montes, J.D. Delgado-de la Mora, C.D. Paddock, L. Beati, P. Colunga- Salas, C. Guzmán-Cornejo, M.L. Zambrano, S.E. Karpathy, A.M. López-Pérez, G. Álvarez-Hernández. Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in ticks of the Amblyomma maculatum group, Mexico. Emerg Infect Dis 2019; 25: 836–838. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.181507

Sánchez-Montes S., P. Colunga-Salas, E.A. Fernández-Figueroa, M.L. Hernández-Medel, C. Rivera- Benítez, I. Becker. Murine typhus in Mexico City: report of an imported case. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2019; 61: e16. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201961016

Sánchez-Montes S., M.Y. Cabrera-Garrido, C.A. Ríos-Muñoz, A.Z. Lara-Olguín, R. Acosta-Gutiérrez, M. Mata-Galindo, K. Hernández-Vilchis, D.M. Navarrete-Sotelo, P. Colunga-Salas, L. León-Paniagua, I. Becker. Detection of Bartonella and Rickettsia in small mammals and their ectoparasites in México. Therya 2019; 10: 69–79. https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-19-722

2018

Ballados-González G.G., S. Sánchez-Montes, D. Romero-Salas, P. Colunga-Salas, R. Gutiérrez-Molina, L. León-Paniagua, I. Becker, C. Barrientos-Salcedo, R. Serna-Lagunes, A. Cruz-Romero. Detection of pathogenic Leptospira species associated with Phyllostomid bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Veracruz, Mexico. Transbound Emerg Dis 2018; 65: 773–781. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12802

Martínez-Hernández, G.G. Ballados-González, D. Fernández-Bandala, S. Martínez-Soto, V. Velazquez-Osorio, P.B. Martínez-Rodríguez, A. Cruz-Romero, E. Grostieta, Y.N. Lozano-Sardaneta, P. Colunga-Salas, I. Becker, S. Sánchez-Montes. Molecular detection of Mycoplasma ovis in an outbreak of hemolytic anemia in sheep from Veracruz, Mexico. Trop Anim Health Prod 2018; 51: 243–248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-018-1648-x

Marines-Macías T., P. Colunga-Salas, L.D. Verde-Arregoitia, E.J. Naranjo, L. León-Paniagua. Space use by two rodent species in a Neotropical cloud forest. J Nat Hist 2018; 52: 1417–1431. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1459921

Sánchez-Montes S., A.M. López-Pérez, C. Guzmán-Cornejo, P. Colunga-Salas, I. Becker, J. Delgado-de la Mora, J.D. Licona-Enríquez, D. Delgado-de la Mora, S.E. Karpathy, C.D. Paddock, G. Suzán. Rickettsia parkeri in Dermacentor parumapertus ticks, Mexico. Emerg Infect Dis 2018; 24: 1108–1111. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2406.180058

Sánchez-Montes S., P. Colunga-Salas, L. Álvarez-Castillo, C. Guzmán-Cornejo, G. Montiel-Parra. Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) associated with vertebrates in Mexico. Zootaxa 2018; 4372: 1–109. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4372.1.1

Colunga-Salas P., Y.C. Betancur-Garcés, L.M. Ochoa-Ochoa, C. Guzmán-Cornejo, S. Sánchez-Montes, I. Becker. Borrelia spp. asociadas con anfibios y reptiles: hospederos y distribución mundial. Rev Latinoam Herpetol 2018; 1: 23–33. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2018.1.6

Lozano-Sardaneta Y.N., P. Colunga-Salas*, L. Sánchez-Pineda, S. Sánchez-Montes, L.M. Ochoa-Ochoa, I. Becker. Sauroleishmania, protozoarios asociados con reptiles: distribución, vectores y hospederos. Rev Latinoam Herpetol 2018; 1: 43–52. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2018.1.8