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Alexis Ribas is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in ecology and parasitology. Subfields of study also include public health, environmental and occupational health, small animals, and genetics.

Their scientific work covers a number of key topics related to parasite biology and host interactions, animal ecology and behavior studies, and helminth infection and control. Additional areas of research include zoonotic diseases and public health, primate behavior and ecology, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Alexis Ribas has published extensively in various scientific venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • Animals
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Acta Tropica
  • Folia Parasitologica
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent publications reflect a focus on parasitology, epidemiology, and ecological impacts on disease dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • "Infection rate of Opisthorchis viverrini metacercariae in cyprinoid fish from the markets and its association to human opisthorchiasis in the local community in the Northeast Thailand," 2021, Acta Tropica
  • "Linking Behavior, Co-infection Patterns, and Viral Infection Risk With the Whole Gastrointestinal Helminth Community Structure in Mastomys natalensis," 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Underestimation of Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum in an Endemic Area of the Mediterranean Basin (Balearic Islands)," 2023, Microorganisms
  • "Effects of Post-Fire Management on a Mediterranean Small Mammal Community," 2023, Fire
  • "Drivers behind co-occurrence patterns between pathogenic bacteria, protozoa, and helminths in populations of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis," 2023, Acta Tropica

Frequent collaborators of Alexis Ribas include Sergé Morand, Srisupaph Poonlaphdecha, Jordi Miquel, Kittipong Chaisiri, and Carlos Feliú. These co-authors have worked alongside Ribas in multiple research projects, contributing to the advancement of ecological parasitology and infectious disease studies.

Best Publications

  • Global parasite and Rattus rodent invasions: The consequences for rodent-borne diseases

    Serge Morand;Serge Morand;Frédéric Bordes;Hsuan-Wien Chen;Julien Claude

  • Geography and host biogeography matter for understanding the phylogeography of a parasite.

    Caroline Nieberding;Marie-Claude Durette-Desset;Alain Vanderpoorten;Juan Carlos Casanova

  • Helminth communities of the exotic introduced turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans in southwestern Spain: Transmission from native turtles

    J. Hidalgo-Vila;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;A. Ribas;Margarita Florencio

  • Where are the wormy mice? A reexamination of hybrid parasitism in the European house mouse hybrid zone.

    Stuart J. E. Baird;Alexis Ribas;Miloš Macholán;Tomáš Albrecht

  • Mitochondrial phylogeography of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) in the western Palearctic region

    Helene Hürner;Boris Krystufek;Maurizio Sarà;Alexis Ribas

  • Potentially zoonotic helminthiases of murid rodents from the Indo-Chinese peninsula: impact of habitat and the risk of human infection.

    Kittipong Chaisiri;Praphaiphat Siribat;Alexis Ribas;Serge Morand

  • Global spread of helminth parasites at the human-domestic animal-wildlife interface.

    Konstans Wells;David I. Gibson;Nicholas J. Clark;Alexis Ribas

  • Host-parasite network structure is associated with community-level immunogenetic diversity

    Shai Pilosof;Miguel A. Fortuna;Jean-François Cosson;Maxime Galan

  • Habitat fragmentation alters the properties of a host–parasite network: rodents and their helminths in South-East Asia

    Frédéric Bordes;Serge Morand;Serge Morand;Shai Pilosof;Julien Claude

  • Reappraisal of Hydatigera taeniaeformis (Batsch, 1786) (Cestoda: Taeniidae) sensu lato with description of Hydatigera kamiyai n. sp.

    Antti Lavikainen;Takashi Iwaki;Voitto Haukisalmi;Sergey V. Konyaev

  • The importance of parasite geography and spillover effects for global patterns of host–parasite associations in two invasive species

    Konstans Wells;Robert B. O'Hara;Serge Morand;Jean-Philippe Lessard;Jean-Philippe Lessard

  • Helminths of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) (Berkenhout, 1769) in the city of Palermo, Italy

    C. Milazzo;A. Ribas;J. C. Casanova;M. Cagnin

  • Parasites and invasions: changes in gastrointestinal helminth assemblages in invasive and native rodents in Senegal

    Christophe Diagne;Christophe Diagne;Christophe Diagne;Alexis Ribas;Nathalie Charbonnel;Ambroise Dalecky

  • Wild mammals as potential silent reservoirs of Leishmania infantum in a Mediterranean area.

    M. Magdalena Alcover;Alexis Ribas;M. Carmen Guillén;Diana Berenguer

  • Is there sex-biased resistance and tolerance in Mediterranean wood mouse ( Apodemus sylvaticus ) populations facing multiple helminth infections?

    Frédéric Bordes;Nicolas Ponlet;Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq;Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq;Alexis Ribas

  • First report of natural infection in hedgehogs with Leishmania major, a possible reservoir of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Algeria.

    Míriam Tomás-Pérez;Mourad Khaldi;Cristina Riera;Denis Mozo-León

  • Helminths of the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Macaronesia.

    P. Foronda;B. Valladares;J. Lorenzo-Morales;A. Ribas

  • Endoparasite Species Richness of Iberian Carnivores: Influences of Host Density and Range Distribution

    Jordi Torres;Jordi Miquel;Juan-Carlos Casanova;Alexis Ribas

  • Rodents as a Source of Salmonella Contamination in Wet Markets in Thailand.

    Alexis Ribas;Weerachai Saijuntha;Takeshi Agatsuma;Veronika Prantlová

  • Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Environmental Water Contamination in a Rural Village of Northern Lao PDR

    Alexis Ribas;Chloé Jollivet;Serge Morand;Boupha Thongmalayvong

  • Using scats of a generalist carnivore as a tool to monitor small mammal communities in Mediterranean habitats

    Ignasi Torre;Antoni Arrizabalaga;Lídia Freixas;Alexis Ribas

  • An invaded invader: high prevalence of entocytherid ostracods on the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) in the Eastern Iberian Peninsula

    J. A. Aguilar-Alberola;F. Mesquita-Joanes;S. López;A. Mestre

Frequent Co-Authors

Serge Morand
Serge Morand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jordi Miquel
Jordi Miquel University of Barcelona
Johan Michaux
Johan Michaux University of Liège
Voitto Haukisalmi
Voitto Haukisalmi University of Helsinki
Josef Bryja
Josef Bryja Czech Academy of Sciences
Juan Carrique-Mas
Juan Carrique-Mas University of Oxford
Guy E. Thwaites
Guy E. Thwaites University of Oxford
Takeshi Agatsuma
Takeshi Agatsuma Kōchi University
Boris R. Krasnov
Boris R. Krasnov Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Konstans Wells
Konstans Wells Swansea University

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