
Laboratory of Disease Ecology & Biogeography
From the left: Dr. Escobar, Mariana, Whitney, Paige and Steven
Publications
Book Chapters
Garcia V, Escobar LE. 2019. Chapter 10. Impacts, Vulnerability, and Adaptation. In: First Report of the Assessment of Knowledge of Climate Change in Guatemala. Castellanos, E.; Paiz-Estévez, A.; Escribá, J.; Rosales-Alconero, M. y Santizo, A. (eds). SGCCC. Guatemala City: Editorial Universitaria UVG. (Spanish)
Escobar LE & Craft ME (2017) Advances and Limitations of Disease Biogeography Using Ecological Niche Modeling. In J. Alvarez & A. M. Perez (Eds.), Applications of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Tools in Microbiology of Infectious Diseases. pp. 203–223. Saint Paul: Frontiers.
Escobar LE. (2013) Conservation from Heaven: Remote Sensing and Open Access Tools to Guide Biodiversity Conservation. In: New Hope for Conservation. Beijing: Beijing Forum-Peking University. pp. 13–27.
Escobar LE, Rodríguez Y V & Medina-Vogel G (2012) Emerging Diseases and Biodiversity Conservation in Chile. In: Actas de las VI Jornadas de Derecho Ambiental. (ed. by J. Aranda, X. Insunza, S. Montenegro, P. Moraga & A.L. Uriarte), pp. 275–285. Santiago: Thomsom Reuters. (Spanish)
Scientific manuscripts
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2021
2020
Chandrasegaran K, Lahndere C, Escobar LE, Vinauger C. Mosquito ecology, behavior, and disease transmission. Trends in Parasitology.
Accepted
2019
Peterson AT, et al. (2019) Open access solution for biodiversity journals: Don’t replace one problem with another. Diversity and Distributions. 25, 5-8. (Authors in alphabetical order).
2018
Astorga F, Escobar LE, Poo-Muñoz DA, Escobar-Dodero J, Rojas-Hucks S, Alvarado-Ryback M, Duclos M, Romero-Alvarez D, Estela-Molina B, Peñafiel A, Toro F, Peña-Gomez, FT, Peterson AT. (2018) Distributional ecology of Andes Hantavirus: A macroecological approach. International Journal of Health Geographics. 17, 22.
Ryan SJ, Stewart-Ibarra AM, Ordoñez E, Chu W, Finkelstein JL, King CA, Escobar LE, Lupone C, Heras F, Enriquez C, Tauzer E, Waggoner E, James TG, Cardenas W, Polhemus M. (2018). Spatiotemporal variation in environmental Vibrio cholerae in an estuary in southern coastal Ecuador. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15, 486.
2017
Escobar LE*, Mallez S, McCartney M, Lee C, Zielinski DP, Ghosal R, Sorensen PW, Bajer PG, Wagner C, Nash B, Tomamichel M, Venturelli P, Mathai P, Kokotovich A, Escobar-Dodero J, Phelps N. (2017) Aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes region: An overview. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture. 26, 121-138.
Romero-Alvarez D, Escobar LE. Vegetation loss and the 2016 Oropouche fever outbreak in Peru. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 112, 292-298.
Fountain-Jones NM, Pearse WD, Escobar LE, Alba-Calas A, Carver S, Davies TJ, Kraberger S, Papes M, Vandergrift K, Worsley-Tonks K, Craft ME. Towards an eco-phylogenetic framework for infectious disease ecology. Biological Reviews. 93, 950-970.
Romero-Alvarez D, Reyes J, Villacis JE, Sata C, Escobar LE, Quezada V. First case of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase in Klebsiella pneumoniae from Ecuador: An update for South America. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 65, 119-121.
Cuervo-Robayo AP, Escobar LE*, Osorio-Olvera LA, Nori J, Varela S, Martínez-Meyer E, Velásquez-Tibatá J, Rodríguez-Soto C, Munguía M, Castañeda-Álvarez NP, Lira-Noriega A, Soley-Guardia M, Serra-Díaz JM, Peterson AT. Introducción a los análisis espaciales con énfasis en modelos de nicho ecológico. Biodiversity Informatics. 12, 45-57.
2016
2015
Escobar LE, Yung V, Vargas-Rodríguez R, Medina-Vogel G & Favi M (2015) Wildlife veterinarians rabies vaccination in Chile: A survey. Revista Chilena de Infectología. 32, 289–293.
Astorga F, Poo-Muñoz DA, Escobar LE & Medina-Vogel G (2015) In response to: “Increased dog population and potential for bat-borne rabies spillover in Chile in response to ‘Dog management, abundance and potential for bat-borne rabies spillover in Chile’ by Astorga et al. [Prev. Vet. Med. 118:397–405].” Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 120, 248–249.
2014
Astorga F, Poo-Muñoz DA, Escobar LE & Medina-Vogel G (2015) In response to: “Increased dog population and potential for bat-borne rabies spillover in Chile in response to ‘Dog management, abundance and potential for bat-borne rabies spillover in Chile’ by Astorga et al. [Prev. Vet. Med. 118:397–405].” Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 120, 248–249.
Poo- Muñoz D.A, Escobar LE, Peterson AT, Astorga F, Organ JF & Medina-Vogel G (2014) Galictis cuja (Mammalia): An update of current knowledge and geographic distribution. Iheringia. Série Zoologia. 104, 341–346.
Escobar LE, Lira-Noriega A, Medina-Vogel G & Peterson AT (2014) Potential for spread of White-nose fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans) in the Americas: Using Maxent and NicheA to assure strict model transference. Geospatial Health. 11, 221–229.
2013
2011
Escobar LE*, Álvarez D, Villatoro FJ, Morán D. & Estévez A (2011) Two new flea records from Guatemala: Pulex simulans and Echidnophaga gallinacea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), and their host-parasite relationship. Journal of Parasitology and Vector Biology. 3, 40–43.