Selected Publications

Castillo-Neyra R, *Díaz EW, Raynor Bellotti R, *Morucci K, *De la Puente-León M, *Ortiz-Cam L, Levy MZ.: Cave dogs around major urban areas of Arequipa, Peru, threaten rabies elimination program. Front Vet Sci. 12, Nov 2025 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee; **Postdoctoral mentee; https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1649737.

*Morucci K, *Ortiz-Cam L, *Díaz EW, *Guillermo Porras-Cotrina, Bustos J, Verastegui M, Gavidia CM, Castillo-Neyra R.: GPS tracking of free-roaming dogs and human spillover risk of Echinococcus granulosus in highly endemic Peru. Front Vet Sci. 12, Nov 2025 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee; **Postdoctoral mentee; doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1647590.

**Xie S, Shinnick J, *Diaz EW, Zegarra E, Monroy Y, Recuenco SE, Castillo-Neyra R.: Socioeconomic disparities and dog rabies: a retrospective analysis of high-spatial-resolution surveillance data from a Latin American city. Lancet Reg Health Am. Page: 101285, Oct 2025 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee; **Postdoctoral mentee; doi:10.1016/j.lana.2025.101285.

Castillo-Neyra R, Gutierrez Zárate W, *Requena-Herrera MP, *Ortiz-Cam L, *Porras G, Manturano Lopez JM, Macedo Milla JF, **Cañari-Casaño JL, Bustos JA.: Hidden burden of surgical cystic echinococcosis in Arequipa, Peru: An unrecognized population at risk. MedRxiv. Aug 2025 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee; **Postdoctoral mentee.

*Porras G, *Diaz EW, *De la Puente M, Gavidia CM, Castillo-Neyra R.: Estimation of free-roaming dog populations using Google Street View: A Methodological Study. PLoS One. 20(7): e0305154, Aug 2025 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee.

De la Cruz-Saldana T, Bustos JA, *Requena-Herrera MP, Martinez-Merizalde N, *Ortiz-Cam L, Cáceres AL, Guzman C, Gavidia CM, Ugarte-Gil C, Castillo-Neyra R.: A scoping review on control strategies for Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato. IJID One Health. 8: 100078, Jul 2025 Notes: https://onehealth.ijidonline.org/article/S2949-9151(25)00026-5/fulltext; *Student/predoctoral mentee.

Castillo-Neyra R, *Ortiz-Cam L, **Cañari-Casaño JL, *Diaz EW, Tamayo LD, *Porras G, Recuenco SE, Paz-Soldan VA.: An implementation science framework to understand low coverage in mass dog rabies vaccination. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 19(7): e0012869, Jul 2025 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee; **Postdoctoral mentee.

*Porras G, *Diaz EW, Leopardi V, **Xie S, *De la PuenteLeón M,*Ortiz-Cam L, Zegarra E, Monroy Y, Salazar R, Castillo-Neyra R.: A mixed methods evaluation of the foramen magnum and open skull methods for rabies Lyssavirus detection in dog brain samples. SSRN. Jun 2025 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee; **Postdoctoral mentee.

Tidman R, Larkins A, Auplish A, Benfield C, Cleaveland S, Fahrion AS, Leopardi V, Ghimire R, Morucci K, Sila S, Castillo-Neyra R, Okello A.: Evaluating cross-cutting opportunities for dog-mediated rabies control: A scoping review. Front Microbiol. 16: 1473929, Jun 2025.

*Diaz EW, Sila S, *Bellotti Raynor B, *De la Puente-León M, Levy MZ, Castillo-Neyra R.: Highly dynamic population of owned dogs and implications for zoonosis control. BioRxiv. Apr 2025 Notes: *Student/predoctoral mentee.