Member Profile
Membership type: full
Adriana Delfraro
Country of origin: Uruguay Currently in: Uruguay, Las Toscas, Canelones General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms-
Degrees
2006 Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms -
Current Research Activities
Biological Systems and Organisms
I´m Associate Professor of Virology at the Universidad de la República, Uruguay. My research interests are the study of emerging and zoonotic viruses, as arboviruses, rodent and bat-borne viruses. I´m involved in graduate and postgraduate teaching. I am part of the scientific comitee of the biology area at the postgraduate program in basic sciences (PEDECIBA) and member of the national system of researchers (SNI in Spanish).
Publications resulting from Research:
Gravina HD, Suzukawa AA, Zanluca C, Cardozo Segovia FM, Tschá MK, Martins da
Silva A, Faoro H, da Silva Ribeiro R, Mendoza Torres LP, Rojas A, Ferrerira L,
Costa Ribeiro MCVD, Delfraro A, Duarte Dos Santos CN. Identification of
insect-specific flaviviruses in areas of Brazil and Paraguay experiencing endemic
arbovirus transmission and the description of a novel flavivirus infecting
Sabethes belisarioi. Virology. 2019 Jan 15;527:98-106. doi:
10.1016/j.virol.2018.11.008. Epub 2018 Nov 24. PubMed PMID: 30476788.
Burgueño A, Frabasile S, Díaz LA, Cabrera A, Pisano MB, Rivarola ME,
Contigiani M, Delfraro A. Genomic Characterization and Seroprevalence Studies on
Alphaviruses in Uruguay. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Jun;98(6):1811-1818. doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.17-0980. Epub 2018 Apr 5. PubMed PMID: 29633690; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC6086168.
Ábrego LE, Delfraro A, Franco D, Castillo J, Castillo M, Moreno B,
López-Vergès S, Pascale JM, Arbiza J. Genetic variability of human respiratory
syncytial virus group B in Panama reveals a novel genotype BA14. J Med Virol.
2017 Oct;89(10):1734-1742. doi: 10.1002/jmv.24838. Epub 2017 May 23. PubMed PMID:
28464479.
Trento A, Ábrego L, Rodriguez-Fernandez R, González-Sánchez MI,
González-Martínez F, Delfraro A, Pascale JM, Arbiza J, Melero JA. Conservation of
G-Protein Epitopes in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Group A) Despite Broad Genetic
Diversity: Is Antibody Selection Involved in Virus Evolution? J Virol. 2015
Aug;89(15):7776-85. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00467-15. Epub 2015 May 20. PubMed PMID:
25995258; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4505632.
Burgueño A, Spinsanti L, Díaz LA, Rivarola ME, Arbiza J, Contigiani M,
Delfraro A. Seroprevalence of St. Louis encephalitis virus and West Nile virus
(Flavivirus, Flaviviridae) in horses, Uruguay. Biomed Res Int. 2013;2013:582957.
doi: 10.1155/2013/582957. Epub 2013 Dec 29. PubMed PMID: 24490165; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC3891745.
Raboni SM, Delfraro A, de Borba L, Teixeira BR, Stella V, de Araujo MR,
Carstensen S, Rubio G, Maron A, Lemos ER, D'Andrea PS, Duarte dos Santos CN.
Hantavirus infection prevalence in wild rodents and human anti-hantavirus
serological profiles from different geographic areas of South Brazil. Am J Trop
Med Hyg. 2012 Aug;87(2):371-8. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0762. PubMed PMID:
22855773; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3414579.
Delfraro A, Burgueño A, Morel N, González G, García A, Morelli J, Pérez W,
Chiparelli H, Arbiza J. Fatal human case of Western equine encephalitis, Uruguay.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 May;17(5):952-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1705.101068. PubMed PMID:
21529429; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3321764.
Silveira GF, Meyer F, Delfraro A, Mosimann AL, Coluchi N, Vasquez C, Probst
CM, Báfica A, Bordignon J, Dos Santos CN. Dengue virus type 3 isolated from a
fatal case with visceral complications induces enhanced proinflammatory responses
and apoptosis of human dendritic cells. J Virol. 2011 Jun;85(11):5374-83. doi:
10.1128/JVI.01915-10. Epub 2011 Mar 30. PubMed PMID: 21450836; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC3094967.
Delfraro A, Tomé L, D'Elía G, Clara M, Achával F, Russi JC, Arbiza Rodonz JR.
Juquitiba-like hantavirus from 2 nonrelated rodent species, Uruguay. Emerg Infect
Dis. 2008 Sep;14(9):1447-51. doi: 10.3201/eid1409.080455. PubMed PMID: 18760017;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2603116.
Delfraro A, Clara M, Tomé L, Achaval F, Levis S, Calderón G, Enria D, Lozano
M, Russi J, Arbiza J. Yellow pigmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys flavescens) and
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Uruguay. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Jul;9(7):846-52.
PubMed PMID: 12890326; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3023433.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeaching
