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Luis García-Prieto is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant contribution to subfields such as ecology, parasitology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, small animals, and insect science.

The scientist's work explores various topics including parasite biology and host interactions, helminth infection and control, parasitic infections in humans and animals, bat biology and ecology studies, primate behavior and ecology, animal ecology and behavior studies, and parasites and host interactions.

Among recent publications, the following papers have been authored or coauthored by Luis García-Prieto:

  • Worldwide overview of human infections with Hymenolepis diminuta, 2020, Parasitology Research
  • Temporal variation in helminth infracommunities of the Gafftopsail pompano, Trachinotus rhodopus (Pisces: Carangidae) off the Pacific coast of Mexico, 2023, Parasitology International
  • Survey on helminths of bats in the Yucatan Peninsula: infection levels, molecular information and host-parasite networks, 2022, Parasitology
  • Gastrointestinal helminths of waterfowl (Anatidae: Anatinae) in the Lerma marshes of central Mexico: Some pathological aspects, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
  • Effects of latitude, host body size, and host trophic guild on patterns of diversity of helminths associated with humans, wild and domestic mammals of Mexico, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife

Luis García-Prieto has frequently published in several academic venues, including:

  • Parasitology International
  • Zootaxa
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
  • Helminthologia

They have collaborated extensively with various coauthors, such as:

  • Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa
  • Jesús Alonso Panti-May
  • Wilson I. Moguel-Chin
  • David I. Hernández-Mena
  • David Osorio-Sarabia

Best Publications

  • Trematode parasites (Platyhelminthes) of wildlife vertebrates in Mexico

    Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De León;Luis García-Prieto;Berenit Mendoza-Garfias

  • Metazoan parasites of Mexican amphibians and reptiles

    Ricardo Paredes-León;Luis García-Prieto;Carmen Guzmán-Cornejo;Virginia León-Règagnon

  • Catalogo de la Coleccion Nacional de Helmintos

    Daniel R. Brooks;Rafael Lamothe-Argumedo;Luis Garcia-Prieto;David Osorio-Sarabia

  • Checklist of the helminth parasites of vertebrates in Costa Rica.

    Beatriz Rodríguez-Ortíz;Luis García-Prieto;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León

  • Helminth parasites of wild Mexican mammals: list of species, hosts and geographical distribution

    Luis García-Prieto;Jorge Falcón-Ordaz;Carmen Guzmán-Cornejo

  • Checklist of the Acanthocephala in wildlife vertebrates of Mexico

    Luis García-Prieto;Martín Garcia-Varela;Berenit Mendoza-Garfias;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De León

  • Morphological and molecular differentiation of Parastrigea (Trematoda: Strigeidae) from Mexico, with the description of a new species.

    David Iván Hernández-Mena;Luís García-Prieto;Martín García-Varela

  • Helminth parasites of freshwater fishes, Nazas River basin, northern Mexico

    Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León;Rogelio Rosas-Valdez;Rogelio Aguilar-Aguilar;Berenit Mendoza-Garfias

  • Digenean fauna of amphibians from central Mexico: nearctic and neotropical influences.

    G. Pérez-Ponce de León;V. León-Règagnon;L. García-Prieto;U. Razo-Mendivil

  • Study of the ethiological agent of gnathostomosis in Nayarit, Mexico.

    Virginia León-Règagnon;David Osorio-Sarabia;Luis Garcı́a-Prieto;Hiroshige Akahane

  • Checklist of the monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in mexican aquatic vertebrates

    Berenit Mendoza-Garfias;Luis García-Prieto;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De León

  • HELMINTH INFRACOMMUNITIES OF RANA VAILLANTI BROCCHI (ANURA: RANIDAE) IN LOS TUXTLAS, VERACRUZ, MEXICO

    Laura Paredes-Calderón;Virginia León-Règagnon;Luis García-Prieto

  • Worldwide overview of human infections with Hymenolepis diminuta.

    Jesús Alonso Panti-May;Roger Iván Rodríguez-Vivas;Luis García-Prieto;Andrea Servián

  • Checklist of the adult nematode parasites of fishes in freshwater localities from Mexico

    Lorena Garrido-Olvera;Luis García-Prieto;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De León

  • Checklist of Helminth Parasites of the Cane Toad Bufo marinus (Anura: Bufonidae) From Mexico

    Arlett Espinoza-Jiménez;Luis García-Prieto;David Osorio-Sarabia;Virginia León-Règagnon

  • Describing Parasite Biodiversity: The Case of the Helminth Fauna of Wildlife Vertebrates in Mexico

    Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León;Luis García-Prieto;Berenit Mendoza-Garfias

  • Nestedness in colonization-dominated systems: helminth infracommunities of Rana vaillanti Brocchi (Anura: Ranidae) in Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico.

    Derek A. Zelmer;Laura Paredes-Calderón;Virginia León-Règagnon;Luis García-Prieto

  • Parasites of Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from arid regions of Mexico

    Carmen Guzmán-Cornejo;Luis García-Prieto;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León;Juan B. Morales-Malacara

  • A reevaluation of the specimens of Mesocoelium (Trematoda: Mesocoeliidae) in the Colección Nacional de Helmintos, Mexico

    Ashley Samara López-García;Luis García-Prieto

  • Helminth Parasites of the Leopard Frog Rana cf. forreri (Amphibia: Ranidae) in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

    Elisa Cabrera-Guzmán;Virginia León-Règagnon;Luis García-Prieto

  • A new species of Gnathostoma (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) in Procyon lotor hernandezii from Mexico.

    Florencia Bertoni-Ruiz;Luis García-Prieto;David Osorio-Sarabia;Virginia León-Règagnon

  • Species richness of helminth parasites in Mexican amphibians and reptiles

    Gerardo Pérez‐Ponce de León;Luis García‐Prieto;Ulises Razo‐Mendivil

  • HELMINTH COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF CHIROSTOMA ATTENUATUM (OSTEICHTHYES: ATHERINIDAE) IN TWO MEXICAN LAKES

    Elsa Espinosa-Huerta;Luis Garcia-Prieto;Gerardo Perez-Ponce De Leon;Eduardo Caballero

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León
Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León National Autonomous University of Mexico
Martín García-Varela
Martín García-Varela National Autonomous University of Mexico
Daniel R. Brooks
Daniel R. Brooks University of Toronto
Alejandro Estrada
Alejandro Estrada National Autonomous University of Mexico
José M. Venzal
José M. Venzal University of the Republic
Robert M. Timm
Robert M. Timm University of Kansas
Marcos Tavares
Marcos Tavares Universidade de São Paulo
Edson A. Adriano
Edson A. Adriano Federal University of Sao Paulo
Santiago Nava
Santiago Nava National Institute of Agricultural Technology
Scott Lyell Gardner
Scott Lyell Gardner University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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