Selected Publications

Castillo-Neyra R, **Xie S, *Diaz EW, **Cañari J, Condori-Luna GF, Bellotti B, Paz-Soldan V, Rieders M, Bhattacharya B, Levy MZ.: Precision One Health: A Randomized Trial to Optimize Urban Rabies Elimination. Poster Presentation, World One Health Congress, Lisboa, Portugal. Sep 2026 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee; **Postdoctoral mentee.

Brunkerr K, *Davila-Barclay A, *Diaz EW, Kasaragod S, Durrant R, Zegarra E, Monroy Y, Castillo-Neyra, R.: Beyond surveillance: viral genomics to uncover local transmission and inform strategies for urban rabies elimination. Student Oral Presentation, World One Health Congress, Lisboa, Portugal Sep 2026 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee.

*Condori-Luna GF, Castillo Neyra R, Vega-Oliveros D.: Mining urban epidemiological networks: Risk-aware KG-GNN embeddings for vaccination site optimization. Soc Netw Anal Min. Aug 2026 Notes: Accepted for publication; *Student/predoctoral mentee.

Castillo-Neyra R, Julien D, Ford R, Belsare AV.: Canine Rabies. In History of Rabies in the Americas, Volume IV. Springer Cham. Charles E. Rupprecht (eds.). Aug 2026 Notes: https://link.springer.com/book/9783032228000#overview; DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-22801-7.

Levy MZ, *Tamayo LD, Condori-Pino CE, Arevalo-Nieto C, Castillo-Neyra R, Paz-Soldan VA.: An Immune System for the City: A Cluster-Randomized Trial of a New Paradigm for Surveillance and Control of Disease Vectors. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. Jun 2026 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee; doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014464.

Castillo-Neyra R, *Ortiz-Cam L, *Diaz EW, **Cañari-Casaño JL, Recuenco SE, Paz-Soldan VA.: The return of human rabies: A foretold case in Latin America Through the Lens of One Health. MedRxiv. Jan 2026 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee; **Postdoctoral mentee.

*Condori-Luna GF, Vega-Oliveros D, Castillo Neyra R.: Knowledge-infused temporal GNNs for proactive rabies hotspot detection in data-sparse regions. IEEE Xplore. Jan 2026 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee; DOI: 10.1109/ISCMI67495.2025.11358592.

*De la Puente-León M, *Díaz EW, Bellotti BR, Porras G, Borrini-Mayorí K, Chuquista-Alcarraz O, Paz-Soldán VA, Levy MZ, Castillo-Neyra R.: Changes in feral dog populations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Arequipa, Peru. Front Vet Sci. 12: 1666645, Jan 2026 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee; **Postdoctoral mentee; doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1666645.

Castillo-Neyra R, Gutierrez Zarate W, *Requena-Herrera MP, *Ortiz-Cam L, *Porras G, Manturano Lopez JM, Macedo Milla JF, **Cañari-Casano JL, Bustos JA.: Hidden Burden of Cystic Echinococcosis in Arequipa, Peru: An Unrecognized Population at Risk. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2026 Notes: Accepted for publication; *Student/predoctoral mentee; **Postdoctoral mentee.

Recuenco Cabrera SE, Palacios CA, Castillo-Neyra R.: Neglected zoonoses and the One Health approach: linking academia and implementation at the Rabies in the Americas Conference RITA 2025. An Fac Med. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina San Fernando Lima, Perú 86(4): 411-413, Dec 2025.