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Mar Siles-Lucas is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has an extensive publication record in the fields of medicine, immunology, microbiology, and veterinary sciences. Their research primarily focuses on parasitology, exploring helminth infections, parasite-host interactions, and parasitic infections affecting both humans and animals.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including parasitology, small animal studies, ecology, pathology and forensic medicine, and surgery. Key topics addressed in their research include helminth infection and control, parasites and host interactions, parasite biology, parasitic infections and diagnostics, congenital anomalies and fetal surgery, as well as coccidia and coccidiosis research.

Recent papers by Mar Siles-Lucas showcase this broad research scope. Notable publications include:

  • Fascioliasis and fasciolopsiasis: Current knowledge and future trends (2020) in Research in Veterinary Science
  • Potential Influence of Helminth Molecules on COVID-19 Pathology (2020) in Trends in Parasitology
  • Human dirofilariosis in the 21st century: A scoping review of clinical cases reported in the literature (2021) in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Serology for the diagnosis of human hepatic cystic echinococcosis and its relation with cyst staging: A systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis (2021) in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • The European Register of Cystic Echinococcosis, ERCE: state-of-the-art five years after its launch (2020) in Parasites & Vectors

Mar Siles-Lucas frequently publishes in several key scientific journals, including:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • Pathogens

Collaborations have been a significant part of their work, with frequent co-authors including Javier González-Miguel, David Becerro-Recio, Judit Serrat, Fernando Simón, and Francesca Tamarozzi.

Best Publications

  • Human and Animal Dirofilariasis: the Emergence of a Zoonotic Mosaic

    Fernando Simón;Mar Siles-Lucas;Rodrigo Morchón;Javier González-Miguel

  • Laboratory Diagnosis of Echinococcus spp. in Human Patients and Infected Animals.

    M Siles-Lucas;A Casulli;F J Conraths;Norbert Müller

  • A new PCR-based approach for the specific amplification of DNA from different Schistosoma species applicable to human urine samples

    N. Sandoval;M. Siles-Lucas;J. L. Pérez-Arellano;C. Carranza

  • The geographical distribution and prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in animals in the European Union and adjacent countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Antti Oksanen;Mar Siles-Lucas;Jacek Karamon;Alessia Possenti

  • What is new about animal and human dirofilariosis

    Fernando Simón;Rodrigo Morchón;Javier González-Miguel;Cristina Marcos-Atxutegi

  • Serological Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Human Cystic Echinococcosis: A New Hope for the Future?

    Raúl Manzano-Román;Carlos Sánchez-Ovejero;Ana Hernández-González;Adriano Casulli

  • Prevalence of abdominal cystic echinococcosis in rural Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey: a cross-sectional, ultrasound-based, population study from the HERACLES project

    Francesca Tamarozzi;Okan Akhan;Carmen Michaela Cretu;Kamenna Vutova

  • Challenges for diagnosis and control of cystic hydatid disease

    T S Barnes;P Deplazes;Bruno Gottstein;D J Jenkins;D J Jenkins

  • Progress in the pharmacological treatment of human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis: Compounds and therapeutic targets.

    Mar Siles-Lucas;Adriano Casulli;Roberto Cirilli;David Carmena

  • Review: Molecular tools for the diagnosis of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis

    M M Siles-Lucas;Bruno Gottstein

  • Stage-specific expression of the 14-3-3 gene in Echinococcus multilocularis.

    Mar Siles-Lucas;Richard S.J Felleisen;Andrew Hemphill;Williamina Wilson

  • Breeding systems in Echinococcus granulosus (Cestoda; Taeniidae): selfing or outcrossing?

    Karen Luisa Haag;Aldo Mellender de Araujo;Bruno Gottstein;M. Siles-Lucas

  • MicroRNAs in parasitic diseases: Potential for diagnosis and targeting

    Raúl Manzano-Román;Mar Siles-Lucas

  • Isolation and characterization of exosomes derived from fertile sheep hydatid cysts

    Mar Siles-Lucas;Carlos Sánchez-Ovejero;María González-Sánchez;Esperanza González

  • Cestode parasites: application of in vivo and in vitro models for studies on the host-parasite relationship.

    Mar Siles-Lucas;Andrew Hemphill

  • Usefulness of Four Different Echinococcus granulosus Recombinant Antigens for Serodiagnosis of Unilocular Hydatid Disease (UHD) and Postsurgical Follow-Up of Patients Treated for UHD

    Ana Hernández-González;Antonio Muro;Inmaculada Barrera;Guillermo Ramos

  • Cystic Echinococcosis in Spain: Current Situation and Relevance for Other Endemic Areas in Europe

    Francisco A. Rojo-Vazquez;Javier Pardo-Lledias;Marcelo Francos-Von Hunefeld;Miguel Cordero-Sanchez

  • Cloning and characterization of a plasminogen-binding surface-associated enolase from Schistosoma bovis.

    Eduardo de la Torre-Escudero;Raúl Manzano-Román;Ricardo Pérez-Sánchez;Mar Siles-Lucas

  • The Echinococcus multilocularis 14-3-3 protein protects mice against primary but not secondary alveolar echinococcosis

    M Siles-Lucas;M Merli;U Mackenstedt;Bruno Gottstein

  • Improved serodiagnosis of cystic echinococcosis using the new recombinant 2B2t antigen.

    Ana Hernández-González;Saúl Santivañez;Héctor H. García;Silvia Rodríguez

  • Echinococcus metacestodes as laboratory models for the screening of drugs against cestodes and trematodes.

    A. Hemphill;B. Stadelmann;S. Scholl;J. Müller

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriano Casulli
Adriano Casulli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Bruno Gottstein
Bruno Gottstein University of Bern
Raúl Manzano-Román
Raúl Manzano-Román Spanish National Research Council
Rodrigo Morchón
Rodrigo Morchón University of Salamanca
Ana Oleaga
Ana Oleaga Spanish National Research Council
Andrew Hemphill
Andrew Hemphill University of Bern
Norbert Müller
Norbert Müller University of Bern
David Modrý
David Modrý University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Patrizio Pezzotti
Patrizio Pezzotti Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Belgees Boufana
Belgees Boufana Animal and Plant Health Agency

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