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Danilo A. Alvarez Castillo
Researcher at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Publications - 3
Citations - 1287
Danilo A. Alvarez Castillo is an academic researcher from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. The author has contributed to research in topics: Reassortment & Evolution of influenza. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 1156 citations.
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A distinct lineage of influenza A virus from bats
Suxiang Tong,Yan Li,Pierre Rivailler,Christina Conrardy,Danilo A. Alvarez Castillo,Li-Mei Chen,Sergio Recuenco,James A. Ellison,Charles T. Davis,Ian A. York,Amy S. Turmelle,David Moran,Shannon Rogers,Mang Shi,Ying Tao,Michael R. Weil,Kevin Tang,Lori A. Rowe,Scott Sammons,Xiyan Xu,Michael Frace,Kim A. Lindblade,Nancy J. Cox,Larry J. Anderson,Charles E. Rupprecht,Ruben O. Donis +25 more
TL;DR: Despite its divergence from known influenza A virus, the bat virus is compatible for genetic exchange with human influenza viruses in human cells, suggesting the potential capability for reassortment and contributions to new pandemic or panzootic influenza A viruses.
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Bats are a major natural reservoir for hepaciviruses and pegiviruses
Phenix-Lan Quan,Cadhla Firth,Juliette M. Conte,Simon H. Williams,Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio,Simon J. Anthony,Simon J. Anthony,James A. Ellison,Amy T. Gilbert,Ivan V. Kuzmin,Michael Niezgoda,Modupe O. V. Osinubi,Sergio Recuenco,Wanda Markotter,Robert F. Breiman,Lem’s N. Kalemba,Jean Malekani,Kim A. Lindblade,Melinda K. Rostal,Rafael Ojeda-Flores,Gerardo Suzán,Lora Davis,Dianna M. Blau,A. B. Ogunkoya,Danilo A. Alvarez Castillo,David Moran,Sali Ngam,Dudu Akaibe,Bernard Agwanda,Thomas Briese,Jonathan H. Epstein,Peter Daszak,Charles E. Rupprecht,Edward C. Holmes,W. Ian Lipkin +34 more
TL;DR: The prevalence, unprecedented viral biodiversity, phylogenetic divergence, and worldwide distribution of the bat-derived viruses suggest that bats are a major and ancient natural reservoir for both hepaciviruses and pegivirus and provide insights into the evolutionary history of hepatitis C virus and the human GB viruses.
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Global distribution of Bartonella infections in domestic bovine and characterization of Bartonella bovis strains using multi-locus sequence typing.
Ying Bai,Lile Malania,Danilo A. Alvarez Castillo,David Moran,Sumalee Boonmar,Aran Chanlun,Fanan Suksawat,Soichi Maruyama,Darryn L. Knobel,Darryn L. Knobel,Michael Kosoy +10 more
TL;DR: Investigating bartonella infections in cattle from five countries and 103 water buffaloes from Thailand to compare the prevalence of the infection among different regions and different bovid hosts suggested genetic variations among the 28 analyzed B. bovis strains.