Michael Z. Levy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
819 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Office: 215-746-8131
Email:
mzlevy@mail.med.upenn.edu
mzlevy@mail.med.upenn.edu
Publications
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Education:
B.A. (Interdisciplinary major (Philosophy and Biology))
Amherst College, 1998.
PhD (Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution)
Emory University, 2007.
Permanent linkB.A. (Interdisciplinary major (Philosophy and Biology))
Amherst College, 1998.
PhD (Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution)
Emory University, 2007.
Selected Publications
Kathleen M. Maloney, Jenny Ancca-Juarez, Renzo Salazar, Katty Borrini-Mayori, Malwina Niemierko, Joshua O. Yukich, Cesar Naquira, Joseph A. Keating, Michael Z. Levy : Comparison of insecticidal paint and deltamethrin against Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) feeding and mortality in simulated natural conditions. Journal of Vector Ecology in press 2013.Corentin Barbu, Andrew Hong, Jennifer M. Manne, Dylan S. Small, Javier E. Quintanilla Calderon, Karthik Sethuraman, V ́ıctor Quispe-Machaca, Jenny Ancca-Juarez, Juan G. Cornejo del Carpio, Fernando S. Malaga Chavez, Cesar Naquira, Michael Z. Levy: The Effects of City Streets on an Urban Disease Vector. PLoS Computational Biology 2013.
Tustin AW, Small DS, Delgado S, Castillo Neyra R, Verastegui MR Ancca Juárez JM, Quispe Machaca VR, Gilman RH, Bern C, Levy MZ.: Use of Individual-level Covariates to Improve Latent Class Analysis of Trypanosoma cruzi Diagnostic Tests. Epidemiologic Methods. degruyter, 1(1): 33–54, August 2012 Notes: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/em.2012.1.issue-1/2161-962X.1005/2161-962X.1005.xml?format=INT.
Manne J, Snively C, Levy MZ, Reich M: Supply chain problems in access to treatment for Chagas disease. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 12(3): 173-5, 2012.
Camilo E. Khatchikian, Melissa Prusinski, Melissa Stone, P. Bryon Backenson, Ing-Nang Wang, Michael Z. Levy, and Dustin Brisson: Contemporary population expansion of blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis). Ecosphere 2012 Notes: in press.
Pinto J, Roellig DM, Gilman RH, Calderón M, Bartra C, Salazar R, Bern C, Ancca-Juárez J, Levy M, Náquira C, Cama V.: Temporal differences in blood meal detection from the midguts of Triatoma infestans. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 54(2): 83-87, 3 2012.
Hunter GC, Borrini-Mayorí K, Ancca Juárez J, Castillo Neyra R, Verastegui MR, Malaga Chavez FS, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Córdova Benzaquen E, Náquira C, Gilman RH, Bern C, Levy MZ.: A Field Trial of Alternative Targeted Screening Strategies for Chagas Disease in Arequipa, Peru. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6(1): e1468, 2012 Notes: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22253939.
Delgado S, Castillo Neyra R, Quispe Machaca VR, Ancca Juárez J, Chou Chu L, Verastegui MR, Moscoso Apaza GM, Bocángel CD, Tustin AW, Sterling CR, Comrie AC, Náquira C, Cornejo Del Carpio JG, Gilman RH, Bern C, Levy MZ.: A history of Chagas disease transmission, Control, and Re-Emergence in Peri-Rural La Joya, Peru. PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5(2): e970, 2011 Notes: http://www.plosntds.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0000970.
Bowman NM , Kawai V , Gilman RH , Bocangel C , Galdos-Cardenas G , Cabrera L, Levy MZ , Cornejo del Carpio JG , Delgado F , Rosenthal L , Pinedo-Cancino VV , Steurer F , Seitz AE , Maguire JH , Bern C .: Autonomic dysfunction and risk factors associated with Trypanosoma cruzi infection among children in Arequipa, Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg 84(1): 85-90, 2011 Notes: http://www.ajtmh.org/content/84/1/85.long.
Maloney KM, Ancca-Juarez J, Salazar R, Borrini-Mayori K, Pamo-Tito D, Keating JA, Levy MZ.: Secondary Kill Effect of Deltamethrin on Triatoma infestans. Journal of Medical Entomology 48(4): 929-933, 2011 Notes: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/esa/jme/2011/00000048/00000004/art00028.