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Eric Dumonteil is a researcher affiliated with Tulane University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science, Infectious Diseases, and Parasitology.

Their research concentrates heavily on Trypanosoma species and the implications of this research. Other main topics include:

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
  • Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy

Eric Dumonteil has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed publications, frequently appearing in specialized journals. Common publication venues include:

  • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Acta Parasitologica
  • Pathogens
  • Scientific Reports

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Interactions among Triatoma sanguisuga blood feeding sources, gut microbiota and Trypanosoma cruzi diversity in southern Louisiana," 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • "The Case for the Development of a Chagas Disease Vaccine: Why? How? When?," 2021, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • "Assessing Trypanosoma cruzi Parasite Diversity through Comparative Genomics: Implications for Disease Epidemiology and Diagnostics," 2021, Pathogens
  • "Short-course Benznidazole treatment to reduce Trypanosoma cruzi parasitic load in women of reproductive age (BETTY): a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial study protocol," 2020, Reproductive Health
  • "Genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi parasites infecting dogs in southern Louisiana sheds light on parasite transmission cycles and serological diagnostic performance," 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Throughout their career, Eric Dumonteil has frequently collaborated with other researchers. Their most common co-authors are:

  • Claudia Herrera
  • Weihong Tu
  • Etienne Waleckx
  • Liliana Villanueva-Lizama
  • Hans Desale

Best Publications

  • Chagas Disease: “The New HIV/AIDS of the Americas”

    Peter J. Hotez;Eric Dumonteil;Laila Woc-Colburn;Jose A. Serpa

  • Geographic distribution of Triatoma dimidiata and transmission dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico.

    Eric Dumonteil;Sebastien Gourbière;Mario Barrera-Pérez;Eugenia Rodriguez-Félix

  • An unfolding tragedy of Chagas disease in North America.

    Peter J. Hotez;Peter J. Hotez;Eric Dumonteil;Miguel Betancourt Cravioto;Maria Elena Bottazzi

  • Accelerating the development of a therapeutic vaccine for human Chagas disease: rationale and prospects

    Eric Dumonteil;Maria Elena Bottazzi;Bin Zhan;Michael J Heffernan

  • Detailed ecological associations of triatomines revealed by metabarcoding and next-generation sequencing: implications for triatomine behavior and Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycles.

    Eric Dumonteil;Maria-Jesus Ramirez-Sierra;Silvia Pérez-Carrillo;Christian Teh-Poot

  • Intrusive versus domiciliated triatomines and the challenge of adapting vector control practices against Chagas disease

    Etienne Waleckx;Sébastien Gourbière;Eric Dumonteil

  • Genetics and evolution of triatomines: from phylogeny to vector control

    S Gourbière;P Dorn;F Tripet;E Dumonteil

  • Update on Chagas' disease in Mexico

    Eric Dumonteil

  • Immunotherapy of Trypanosoma cruzi infection with DNA vaccines in mice.

    Eric Dumonteil;Javier Escobedo-Ortegon;Norma Reyes-Rodriguez;Arletty Arjona-Torres

  • Cross-Protective Efficacy of a Prophylactic Leishmania donovani DNA Vaccine against Visceral and Cutaneous Murine Leishmaniasis

    Ingrid Aguilar-Be;Renata da Silva Zardo;Edilma Paraguai de Souza;Gulnara Patrícia Borja-Cabrera

  • Mother-to-child transmission of Chagas' disease in North America: why don't we do more?

    Pierre Buekens;Olivia Almendares;Yves Carlier;Yves Carlier;Eric Dumonteil;Eric Dumonteil

  • Eco-Bio-Social Determinants for House Infestation by Non-domiciliated Triatoma dimidiata in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Eric Dumonteil;Eric Dumonteil;Pierre Nouvellet;Pierre Nouvellet;Pierre Nouvellet;Kathryn Rosecrans;Maria Jesus Ramirez-Sierra

  • Re-infestation of houses by Triatoma dimidiata after intra-domicile insecticide application in the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico

    Eric Dumonteil;Hugo Ruiz-Piña;Eugenia Rodriguez-Félix;Mario Barrera-Pérez

  • Advances and challenges towards a vaccine against Chagas disease

    Israel Quijano-Hernandez;Eric Dumonteil

  • Leishmanicidal evaluation of extracts from native plants of the Yucatan peninsula.

    S.R. Peraza-Sánchez;F. Cen-Pacheco;A. Noh-Chimal;F. May-Pat

  • Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase and ryanodine receptor in cold-acclimated ducklings and thermogenesis

    E. Dumonteil;H. Barre;G. Meissner

  • Two Distinct Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811) Taxa Are Found in Sympatry in Guatemala and Mexico

    Patricia L. Dorn;Claudia Calderon;Sergio Melgar;Barbara Moguel

  • The Improbable Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi to Human: The Missing Link in the Dynamics and Control of Chagas Disease

    Pierre Nouvellet;Eric Dumonteil;Sébastien Gourbière;Sébastien Gourbière

  • A cellular automata model for Chagas disease

    R. Slimi;S. El Yacoubi;E. Dumonteil;S. Gourbière

  • Public street lights increase house infestation by the Chagas disease vector Triatoma dimidiata.

    Freddy Santiago Pacheco-Tucuch;Maria Jesus Ramirez-Sierra;Sébastien Gourbière;Sébastien Gourbière;Eric Dumonteil

  • Assessment of Triatoma dimidiata dispersal in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico by morphometry and microsatellite markers.

    Eric Dumonteil;Frédéric Tripet;Maria Jesus Ramirez-Sierra;Vincent Payet

  • Use of a rapid test on umbilical cord blood to screen for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in pregnant women in Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, and Mexico.

    Sergio Sosa-Estani;Miriam Rubi Gamboa-León;Jaime del Cid-Lemus;Fernando Althabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Elena Bottazzi
Maria Elena Bottazzi Baylor College of Medicine
Peter J. Hotez
Peter J. Hotez Baylor College of Medicine
Yves Carlier
Yves Carlier Université Libre de Bruxelles
Bin Zhan
Bin Zhan Baylor College of Medicine
Jesus G. Valenzuela
Jesus G. Valenzuela National Institutes of Health
Preston A. Marx
Preston A. Marx Tulane University
Gerhard Meissner
Gerhard Meissner University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Shaden Kamhawi
Shaden Kamhawi National Institutes of Health
Alejandro G. Schijman
Alejandro G. Schijman National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Daria Mochly-Rosen
Daria Mochly-Rosen Stanford University

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