Degrees:
2019
Doctorate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Vector Biology
2012
Master Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Tropical Animal Health
2010
Undergraduate Biological Systems and Organisms
Biochemistry and microbiology
Publications resulting from Research
Ramírez AL, van den Hurk AF, Mackay IM, Yang ASP, Hewitson GR, McMahon JL, Boddey JA, Ritchie SA, Erickson SM. 2019. Malaria surveillance from both ends: concurrent detection of Plasmodium falciparum in saliva and excreta harvested from Anopheles mosquitoes. Parasit Vectors 12(1):355
Ramírez AL, Hall-Mendelin S, Ritchie SA, van den Hurk AF. 2019. Stability of West Nile virus RNA in mosquito excreta. J Med Entomol 56(4): 1135-38
Meyer DB, Ramírez AL, van den Hurk AF, Kurucz N, Ritchie SA. 2019. Development and field evaluation of a system to collect mosquito excreta for the detection of arboviruses. J Med Entomol 56(4): 1116-21
Ramírez AL, Hall-Mendelin S, Doggett SL, Hewitson GR, McMahon JL, Ritchie SA, van den Hurk AF. 2018. Mosquito excreta: A sample type with many potential applications for the investigation of Ross River virus and West Nile virus ecology. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 12(8): e0006771.
Timmins DR, Staunton KM, Meyer DB, Townsend M, Paton CJ, Ramírez AL, Ritchie SA. 2018. Modifying the Biogents sentinel trap to increase the longevity of captured Aedes aegypti. J Med Entomol 55(6):1638-41
Ramirez AL, van den Hurk AF, Meyer DB, Ritchie SA. 2018. Searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack: advances in mosquito-borne arbovirus surveillance. Parasit Vectors 11(1):320
Gonzalez-Reiche AS, Ramírez AL, Müller ML, Orellana D, Sosa SM, Ola P, Paniagua J, Ortíz L, Hernandez J, Cordón-Rosales C, Perez DR. 2017. Origin, distribution and potential risk factors associated with influenza A virus in swine in two production systems in Guatemala. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 11(2):182-9
Ramírez AL, Hall-Mendelin S, Ritchie SA, van den Hurk AF. 2019. Stability of West Nile virus RNA in mosquito excreta. J Med Entomol 56(4): 1135-38
Meyer DB, Ramírez AL, van den Hurk AF, Kurucz N, Ritchie SA. 2019. Development and field evaluation of a system to collect mosquito excreta for the detection of arboviruses. J Med Entomol 56(4): 1116-21
Ramírez AL, Hall-Mendelin S, Doggett SL, Hewitson GR, McMahon JL, Ritchie SA, van den Hurk AF. 2018. Mosquito excreta: A sample type with many potential applications for the investigation of Ross River virus and West Nile virus ecology. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 12(8): e0006771.
Timmins DR, Staunton KM, Meyer DB, Townsend M, Paton CJ, Ramírez AL, Ritchie SA. 2018. Modifying the Biogents sentinel trap to increase the longevity of captured Aedes aegypti. J Med Entomol 55(6):1638-41
Ramirez AL, van den Hurk AF, Meyer DB, Ritchie SA. 2018. Searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack: advances in mosquito-borne arbovirus surveillance. Parasit Vectors 11(1):320
Gonzalez-Reiche AS, Ramírez AL, Müller ML, Orellana D, Sosa SM, Ola P, Paniagua J, Ortíz L, Hernandez J, Cordón-Rosales C, Perez DR. 2017. Origin, distribution and potential risk factors associated with influenza A virus in swine in two production systems in Guatemala. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 11(2):182-9