Publications (Peer-review journals)
Barros N, Vasquez N, Woll F, Sanchez C, Valencia B, Llanos-Cuentas A, White AC Jr, Montes M. Regulatory T-Cell Dynamics in Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis due to Leishmania braziliensis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Mar;98(3):753-758.
Kariyawasam R, Grewal J, Lau R, Purssell A, Valencia BM, Llanos-Cuentas A, Boggild AK. Influence of Leishmania RNA Virus 1 on Proinflammatory Biomarker Expression in a Human Macrophage Model of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis. J Infect Dis. 2017 Oct 17;216(7):877-886.
Valencia BM, Jara M, Adaui V, Alba M, Lau R, Arevalo J, Llanos-Cuentas A, Boggild AK. Quantitative Kinetoplast DNA Assessment During Treatment of Mucosal Leishmaniasis as a Potential Biomarker of Outcome: A Pilot Study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Jan;94(1):107-13.
Suárez M, Valencia BM, Jara M, Alba M, Boggild AK, Dujardin JC, Llanos-Cuentas A, Arevalo J, Adaui V. Quantification of Leishmania (Viannia) Kinetoplast DNA in Ulcers of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Reveals Inter-site and Inter-sampling Variability in Parasite Load. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Jul 23;9(7):e0003936.
Jara M, Adaui V, Valencia BM, Martinez D, Alba M, Castrillon C, Cruz M, Cruz I, Van der Auwera G, Llanos-Cuentas A, Dujardin JC, Arevalo J. Real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of Leishmania (Viannia) organisms in skin and mucosal lesions: exploratory study of parasite load and clinical parameters. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Jun;51(6):1826-33.
Valencia BM, Miller D, Witzig RS, Boggild AK, Llanos-Cuentas A. Novel low-cost thermotherapy for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Peru. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 May 2;7(5):e2196.
Veland N, Valencia BM, Alba M, Adaui V, Llanos-Cuentas A, Arevalo J, Boggild AK. Simultaneous infection with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and L. (V.) lainsoni in a Peruvian patient with cutaneous leishmaniasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Apr;88(4):774-
Fraga J, Veland N, Montalvo AM, Praet N, Boggild AK, Valencia BM, Arévalo J, Llanos-Cuentas A, Dujardin JC, Van der Auwera G. Accurate and rapid species typing from cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis lesions of the New World. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;74(2):142-50.
Veland N, Boggild AK, Valencia C, Valencia BM, Llanos-Cuentas A, Van der Auwera G, Dujardin JC, Arevalo J. Leishmania (Viannia) species identification on clinical samples from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Peru: assessment of a molecular stepwise approach. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Feb;50(2):495-8.
Zvietcovich F, Castañeda B, Valencia B, Llanos-Cuentas A. A 3D assessment tool for accurate volume measurement for monitoring the evolution of cutaneous leishmaniasis wounds. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012;2012:2025-8.
Valencia BM, Veland N, Alba M, Adaui V, Arevalo J, Low DE, Llanos-Cuentas A, Boggild AK. Non-invasive cytology brush PCR for the diagnosis and causative species identification of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Peru. PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e49738.
Veland N, Espinosa D, Valencia BM, Ramos AP, Calderon F, Arevalo J, Low DE, Llanos-Cuentas A, Boggild AK. Polymerase chain reaction detection of Leishmania kDNA from the urine of Peruvian patients with cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Apr;84(4):556-61.
Boggild AK, Valencia BM, Espinosa D, Veland N, Ramos AP, Arevalo J, Llanos-Cuentas A, Low DE. Detection and species identification of Leishmania DNA from filter paper lesion impressions for patients with American cutaneous leishmaniasis. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jan 1;50(1):e1-6.
Book chapters
Llanos-Cuentas A, Valencia BM, Petersen CA. Neurological manifestations of human leishmaniasis. Handb Clin Neurol. 2013;114:193-8.
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