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  • 2011 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Felipe Guhl is a researcher affiliated with Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia, with a primary focus on Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work predominantly explores epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, insect science, infectious diseases, and molecular biology.

The main topics of Felipe Guhl's research include:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation

Their recent scientific contributions encompass several publications with a focus on tropical diseases and vector-borne infections. Some notable papers by or involving Felipe Guhl are:

  • Poverty, Migration, and Chagas Disease, 2021, Current Tropical Medicine Reports
  • Chagas disease control-surveillance in the Americas: the multinational initiatives and the practical impossibility of interrupting vector-borne Trypanosoma cruzi transmission, 2022, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
  • Repeat-Driven Generation of Antigenic Diversity in a Major Human Pathogen, Trypanosoma cruzi, 2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Target product profile for a test for the early assessment of treatment efficacy in Chagas disease patients: An expert consensus, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Systematic review on the biology, ecology, genetic diversity and parasite transmission potential of Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille 1811) in Latin America, 2021, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Felipe Guhl frequently publishes in venues including:

  • Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales
  • Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Acta Tropica
  • Current Tropical Medicine Reports

Their collaborations involve frequent coauthors such as Juan David Ramírez, Gustavo Adolfo Vallejo, Mario J. Grijalva, Carolina Hernández, and Julio César Carranza.

Felipe Guhl was awarded the fellowship of The World Academy of Sciences in 2011.

Best Publications

  • A new consensus for Trypanosoma cruzi intraspecific nomenclature: second revision meeting recommends TcI to TcVI.

    B Zingales;SG Andrade;Briones;DA Campbell

  • Randomized Trial of Benznidazole for Chronic Chagas’ Cardiomyopathy

    Carlos A. Morillo;Jose Antonio Marin-Neto;Alvaro Avezum;Sergio Sosa-Estani

  • A 9,000-year record of Chagas' disease

    Arthur C. Aufderheide;Wilmar Salo;Michael Madden;John M Streitz

  • International study to evaluate PCR methods for detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in blood samples from Chagas disease patients.

    Alejandro G. Schijman;Margarita Bisio;Liliana Orellana;Mariela Sued

  • Towards a paradigm shift in the treatment of chronic Chagas disease

    R. Viotti;B. Alarcón de Noya;T. Araujo-Jorge;M. J. Grijalva

  • Analytical Validation of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Methods for Quantification of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients

    Juan Carlos Ramírez;Carolina Inés Cura;Otacilio da Cruz Moreira;Eliane Lages-Silva

  • Phylogeography and Genetic Variation of Triatoma dimidiata, the Main Chagas Disease Vector in Central America, and Its Position within the Genus Triatoma

    María Dolores Bargues;Debora R. Klisiowicz;Fernando Gonzalez-Candelas;Janine M. Ramsey

  • Triatominae-Trypanosoma cruzi/T. rangeli: Vector-parasite interactions.

    G.A. Vallejo;F. Guhl;G.A. Schaub

  • Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) rangeli Tejera, 1920: an updated review.

    Felipe Guhl;Gustavo Adolfo Vallejo

  • Isolation of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in 4,000-year-old mummified human tissue from northern Chile.

    F. Gu̧hl;C. Jaramillo;G.A. Vallejo;R. Yockteng

  • Chagas Cardiomyopathy Manifestations and Trypanosoma cruzi Genotypes Circulating in Chronic Chagasic Patients

    Juan David Ramírez;Felipe Guhl;Lina María Rendón;Fernando Rosas

  • Actualización de la distribución geográfica y ecoepidemiología de la fauna de triatominos (Reduviidae: Triatominae) en Colombia

    Felipe Guhl;Germán Aguilera;Néstor Pinto;Daniela Vergara

  • Sylvatic triatominae: a new challenge in vector control transmission.

    Felipe Guhl;Nestor Pinto;Germán Aguilera

  • Identifying four Trypanosoma cruzi I isolate haplotypes from different geographic regions in Colombia

    Claudia Herrera;M. Dolores Bargues;Anabella Fajardo;Marleny Montilla

  • Towards the establishment of a consensus real-time qPCR to monitor Trypanosoma cruzi parasitemia in patients with chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy: a substudy from the BENEFIT trial.

    Otacilio C. Moreira;Juan David Ramírez;Elsa Velázquez;Myllena F. A. Dias Melo

  • Chagas disease in Andean countries.

    Felipe Guhl

  • Species specific detection of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli in vector and mammalian hosts by polymerase chain reaction amplification of kinetoplast minicircle DNA.

    Gustavo A Vallejo;Felipe Guhl;Egler Chiari;Andréa M Macedo

  • Value of microscopy in the diagnosis of dysentery associated with invasive Entamoeba histolytica.

    A González-Ruiz;R Haque;A Aguirre;G Castañón

  • Drug discovery for Chagas disease should consider Trypanosoma cruzi strain diversity

    Bianca Zingales;Michael A. Miles;Carolina B. Moraes;Alejandro Luquetti

  • Haplotype identification within Trypanosoma cruzi I in Colombian isolates from several reservoirs, vectors and humans.

    Alejandra Falla;Claudia Herrera;Anabella Fajardo;Marleny Montilla

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Jaramillo
Carlos Jaramillo Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Michael A. Miles
Michael A. Miles London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Alejandro G. Schijman
Alejandro G. Schijman National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Carlos A. Morillo
Carlos A. Morillo University of Calgary
Clive R. Davies
Clive R. Davies London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Rashidul Haque
Rashidul Haque International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum
Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum World Health Organization
Manuel Fresno
Manuel Fresno Autonomous University of Madrid
Bianca Zingales
Bianca Zingales Universidade de São Paulo
Joaquim Gascon
Joaquim Gascon University of Barcelona

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