PUBLICATIONS

Levy MZ, Malaga F, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Vilhena D, McKenzie FE, Plotkin JB, 2010. Rational Strategies for Controlling a Chagas Disease Vector in Urban Environments. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. In press.
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Bayer AM, Hunter GC, Gilman RH, Cornejo Del Carpio JG, Naquira C, Bern C, Levy MZ, 2009. Chagas disease, migration and community settlement patterns in Arequipa, Peru. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3: e567. [pdf]

Levy MZ, Bowman NM, Kawai V, Plotkin JB, Waller LA, Cabrera L, Steurer F, Seitz AE, Pinedo-Cancino VV, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cordova Benzaquen E, McKenzie FE, Maguire JH, Gilman RH, Bern C, 2009. Spatial patterns in discordant diagnostic test results for Chagas disease: links to transmission hotspots. Clin Infect Dis 48: 1104-6. [pdf]

Verani JR, Seitz A, Gilman RH, LaFuente C, Galdos-Cardenas G, Kawai V, de LaFuente E, Ferrufino L, Bowman NM, Pinedo-Cancino V, Levy MZ, Steurer F, Todd CW, Kirchhoff LV, Cabrera L, Verastegui M, Bern C, 2009. Geographic variation in the sensitivity of recombinant antigen-based rapid tests for chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: 80: 410-5. [pdf]

Levy MZ,Quispe-Machaca VR, Ylla-Velasquez JL, Waller LA, Richards JM, Rath B, Borrini-Mayori K, del Carpio JG, Cordova-Benzaquen E, McKenzie FE, Wirtz RA, Maguire JH, Gilman RH, Bern C, 2008. Impregnated netting slows infestation by Triatoma infestans. Am J Trop Med Hyg 79: 528-34. [pdf]

Bowman, NM, Kawai, V, Levy MZ, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cabrera L, Delgado F, Malaga F, Cordova Benzaquen E, Pinedo VV, Steurer F, Seitz AE, Gilman RH, Bern C. (2008) Chagas disease transmission in periurban communities of Arequipa, Peru. Clinical Infectious Diseases 46: 1822-8.

Levy MZ, Kawai V, Bowman NM, Waller LA, Cabrera L, Pinedo-Cancino VV, Seitz AE, Steurer FJ, Cornejo Del Carpio JG, Cordova-Benzaquen E, Maguire JH, Gilman RH, Bern C, 2007. Targeted Screening Strategies to Detect Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Children. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 1: e103. [pdf]

Levy MZ, Bowman NM, Kawai V, Waller LA, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cordova Benzaquen E, Gilman RH, Bern C. (2006) Peri-urban infestation by Triatoma infestans carrying Trypanosoma cruzi in Arequipa, Peru. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 9(12). [pdf]

Kroeger A, Lenhart A, Ochoa M, Villegas E, Levy M,Alexander N, McCall PJ. (2006) Effective control of dengue vectors with curtains and water container covers treated with insecticide in Mexico and Venezuela: cluster randomised trials. British Medical Journal; 332(7552):1247-52.

Levy MZ, Medeiros EA, Shang N, Soares MC, Homenko AS, Almeida RM, Garrett DO, Roth VR, Jarvis WR, Wells CD, Binkin N, Laserson KF. (2005) TST reversion in a BCG-revaccinated population of nursing and medical students, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1997-2000. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease;9(7):771-6.

Dubey JP, Levy MZ, Sreekumar C, Kwok OC, Shen SK, Dahl E, Thulliez P, Lehmann T. (2004) Tissue distribution and molecular characterization of chicken isolates of Toxoplasma gondii from Peru. Journal of Parasitology;90(5):1015-8.

Saito M, Bautista CT, Gilman RH, Bowering A, Levy MZ, Evans CA. The value of counting BCG scars for interpretation of tuberculin skin tests in a tuberculosis hyperendemic shantytown, Peru. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease;8(7):842-7.