Dr. Eugenia Corrales-Aguilar

Eugenia Corrales-Aguilar, Ph.D

Work Personal Sección de Virología Apdo. 383-2070
Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales San José, Costa Rica
Facultad de Microbiología Tel: (506) 83906166
Universidad de Costa Rica E-mail: ecorrales@gmail.com
Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio
San José, Costa Rica
Tel: (506) 25 11 8637
E-mail: eugenia.corrales@ucr.ac.cr

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Biology Dr. rer. nat (Magna Cum-Laude) October 2008
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Licentiate (Diploma) Degree, Microbiology and Clinical Chemistry June 2001
University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Research Experience

Invited Scientist grant in the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary (Calgary, Canada) July 2023-December 2023

Sabattical semester in the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary (Calgary, Canada) July 2021-December 2021

Virology, Freiburg (Freiburg, Germany) July 2015- September 2015

Virology, Faculty of Microbiology, Research Center for Tropical Diseases (www.ciet.ucr.ac.cr), University of Costa Rica (San José, Costa Rica) July 2010- present

Virology, Freiburg (Freiburg, Germany) December 2014- February 2015

Virology, Freiburg (Freiburg, Germany) September 2013- December 2013

Virology, Heinrich-Heine University (Düsseldorf, Germany) May 2012-August 2012

Virology, Heinrich-Heine University (Düsseldorf, Germany) January 2010- July 2010

Immunology, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (www.prbb.org), Barcelona, Spain June 2008- December 2009

Virology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany April 2003- October 2008

Virology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany May 2005- April 2008

Immunology, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain April-May 2006

Virology, Robert-Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany March 2003- April 2005

Virology, Faculty of Microbiology, Research Center for Tropical Diseases (www.ciet.ucr.ac.cr), University of Costa Rica (San José, Costa Rica) January 2000- September 2002

Publications

Journals (Peer-reviewed)
Soto-Garita C, Murillo T, Chávez-Peraza I, Campos-Ávila J, Prado-Hidalgo G, Drexler JF, Moreira-Soto A and Corrales-Aguilar E. 2024. Epidemiological, virological and clinical characterization of a Dengue/Zika outbreak in the Caribbean region of Costa Rica 2017–2018. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 14:1421744. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1421744
Apú N, Madrigal-Redondo G, Vega MH, Corrales-Aguilar E, Segura-Ulate I. Development of an instrument-free and low-cost ELISA dot-blot test to detect antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. Open Life Sci. 2023 Aug 9;18(1):20220577. doi: 10.1515/biol-2022-0577. eCollection 2023.
Aguilar-Setién A, Salas-Rojas M, Gálvez-Romero G, Almazán-Marín C, Moreira-Soto A, Alfonso-Toledo J, Obregón-Morales C, García-Flores M, García-Baltazar A, Serra-Cobo J, López-Roig M, Reyes-Puma N, Piche-Ovares M, Romero-Vega M, Barrantes Murillo DF, Soto-Garita C, Alfaro-Alarcón A, Corrales-Aguilar E, López-Díaz O, Pontier D, Filippi-Codaccioni O, Pons JB, Duhayer J, Drexler JF. Experimental infection of Artibeus lituratus bats and no detection of Zika virus in neotropical bats from French Guiana, Peru, and Costa Rica suggests a limited role of bats in Zika transmission. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 Jul 24;17(7):e0010439. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010439.
Romero-Vega LM, Piche-Ovares M, Soto-Garita C, Barantes Murillo DF, Chaverri LG, Alfaro-Alarcón A, Corrales-Aguilar E, Troyo A. Seasonal changes in the diversity, host preferences and infectivity of mosquitoes in two arbovirus endemic regions of Costa Rica. Parasit Vectors. 2023 Jan 26;16(1):34. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05579-y. PMID: 36703148
Piche-Ovares M, Romero-Vega M, Vargas-González D, Murillo DFB, Soto-Garita C, Francisco-Llamas J, Alfaro-Alarcón A, Jiménez C, Corrales-Aguilar E. Serosurvey in Two Dengue Hyperendemic Areas of Costa Rica Evidence Active Circulation of WNV and SLEV in Peri-Domestic and Domestic Animals and in Humans. Pathogens. 2022 Dec 21;12(1):7. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12010007. PMID: 36678356
Carbonara M, Mendonza-Roldan JA, Perles L, Alfaro-Alarcon A, Romero LM, Murillo DB, Piche-Ovares M, Corrales-Aguilar E, Iatta R, Walochnik J, Santoro M, Otranto D. Parasitic fauna of bats from Costa Rica. Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2022 Dec 30;20:63-72. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.12.006. eCollection 2023 Apr. PMID: 36655207
Arias-Arias JL, Molina-Castro SE, Monturiol-Gross L, Lomonte B, Corrales-Aguilar E. Stable production of recombinant SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain in mammalian cells with co-expression of a fluorescent reporter and its validation as antigenic target for COVID-19 serology testing. Biotechnol Rep (Amst). 2023 Mar;37:e00780. doi: 10.1016/j.btre.2022.e00780. Epub 2022 Dec 31. PMID: 36619904
Moreira-Soto RD, Moreira-Soto A, Calderón-Arguedas Ó, Jiménez M, Corrales-Aguilar E, Troyo A. Detection of Rickettsia spp. in ticks of wildlife fauna from Costa Rica: First report of Rickettsia rhipicephali in Central America. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2023 Jan;14(1):102071. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102071. Epub 2022 Oct 28. PMID: 36327901
Aguilar-Vargas F, Solorzano-Scott T, Baldi M, Barquero-Calvo E, Jiménez-Rocha A, Jiménez C, Piche-Ovares M, Dolz G, León B, Corrales-Aguilar E, Santoro M, Alfaro-Alarcón A. PLoS One. 2022 Sep 26;17(9):e0262063. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262063. eCollection 2022.PMID: 36155648. Passive epidemiological surveillance in wildlife in Costa Rica identifies pathogens of zoonotic and conservation importance.
Mitchell MM, Vicente-Santos A, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Corrales-Aguilar E, Gillespie TR. Genetic Diversity of Bartonella spp. in Cave-Dwelling Bats and Bat Flies, Costa Rica, 2018. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Feb;28(2):488-491. doi: 10.3201/eid2802.211686.

Barrantes Murillo DF, Piche-Ovares M, Gamboa-Solano JC, Romero LM, Soto-Garita C, Alfaro-Alarcón A, Corrales-Aguilar E. Serological Positivity against Selected Flaviviruses and Alphaviruses in Free-Ranging Bats and Birds from Costa Rica Evidence Exposure to Arboviruses Seldom Reported Locally in Humans. Viruses. 2022 Jan 6;14(1):93. doi: 10.3390/v14010093.

Alape-Girón A, Moreira-Soto A, Arguedas M, Brenes H, Buján W, Corrales-Aguilar E, Díaz C, Echeverri A, Flores-Díaz M, Gómez A, Hernández A, Herrera M, León G, Macaya R, Molina-Mora JA, Mora J, Narayanan A, Sanabria A, Sánchez A, Sánchez L, Segura Á, Segura E, Solano D, Soto C, Stynoski JL, Vargas M, Villalta M, Drexler JF, Gutiérrez JM. Heterologous Hyperimmune Polyclonal Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2: A Broad Coverage, Affordable, and Scalable Potential Immunotherapy for COVID-19. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Sep 6;8:743325. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.743325. eCollection 2021.

Moreira-Soto A, Arguedas M, Brenes H, Buján W, Corrales-Aguilar E, Díaz C, Echeverri A, Flores-Díaz M, Gómez A, Hernández A, Herrera M, León G, Macaya R, Kühne A, Molina-Mora JA, Mora J, Sanabria A, Sánchez A, Sánchez L, Segura Á, Segura E, Solano D, Soto C, Stynoski JL, Vargas M, Villalta M, Reusken CBEM, Drosten C, Gutiérrez JM, Alape-Girón A, Drexler JF.High Efficacy of Therapeutic Equine Hyperimmune Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Sep 6;8:735853. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.735853. eCollection 2021.

Arias-Arias JL, Corrales-Aguilar E, Mora-Rodríguez RA. A Fluorescent Real-Time Plaque Assay Enables Single-Cell Analysis of Virus-Induced Cytopathic Effect by Live-Cell Imaging. Viruses. 2021 Jun 22;13(7):1193. doi: 10.3390/v13071193.

Chaves A, Piche-Ovares M, Ibarra-Cerdeña CN, Corrales-Aguilar E, Suzán G, Moreira-Soto A, Gutiérrez-Espeleta GA. Serosurvey of Nonhuman Primates in Costa Rica at the Human-Wildlife Interface Reveals High Exposure to Flaviviruses. Insects. 2021 Jun 15;12(6):554. doi: 10.3390/insects12060554.

Gultom M, Licheri M, Laloli L, Wider M, Strässle M, V'kovski P, Steiner S, Kratzel A, Thao TTN, Probst L, Stalder H, Portmann J, Holwerda M, Ebert N, Stokar-Regenscheit N, Gurtner C, Zanolari P, Posthaus H, Schuller S, Vicente-Santos A, Moreira-Soto A, Corrales-Aguilar E, Ruggli N, Tekes G, von Messling V, Sawatsky B, Thiel V, Dijkman R. Susceptibility of Well-Differentiated Airway Epithelial Cell Cultures from Domestic and Wild Animals to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Jul;27(7):1811-1820. doi: 10.3201/eid2707.204660.

León G, Herrera M, Vargas M, Arguedas M, Sánchez A, Segura Á, Gómez A, Solano G, Corrales-Aguilar E, Risner K, Narayanan A, Bailey C, Villalta M, Hernández A, Sánchez A, Cordero D, Solano D, Durán G, Segura E, Cerdas M, Umaña D, Moscoso E, Estrada R, Gutiérrez J, Méndez M, Castillo AC, Sánchez L, Sánchez R, Gutiérrez JM, Díaz C, Alape A. Development and characterization of two equine formulations towards SARS-CoV-2 proteins for the potential treatment of COVID-19. Sci Rep. 2021 May 10;11(1):9825. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89242-z.

López-Vergès S, Macías-Navarro L, Hernández-Mondragón AC, Corrales-Aguilar E, Soler MG, Guerra M. Closing the Gap Between Emerging Initiatives and Integrated Strategies to Strengthen Science Diplomacy in Latin America. Front Res Metr Anal. 2021 Apr 12;6:664880. doi: 10.3389/frma.2021.664880. eCollection 2021.

Molina-Mora JA, Cordero-Laurent E, Godínez A, Calderón-Osorno M, Brenes H, Soto-Garita C, Pérez-Corrales C; COINGESA-CR Consorcio Interinstitucional de Estudios Genómicos del SARS-CoV-2 Costa Rica, Drexler JF, Moreira-Soto A, Corrales-Aguilar E, Duarte-Martínez F. SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Costa Rica: Evidence of a divergent population and an increased detection of a spike T1117I mutation. Infect Genet Evol. 2021 Aug;92:104872. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104872. Epub 2021 Apr 24.

Awandare G, André E, Corrales-Aguilar E, Chen CJ, Mostajo-Radji MA, Jancoriene L, Nemer M. Science advisers around the world on 2020. Nature. 2020 Dec;588(7839):586-588. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03557-x.

Moreira-Soto A, Arroyo-Murillo F, Sander AL, Rasche A, Corman V, Tegtmeyer B, Steinmann E, Corrales-Aguilar E, Wieseke N, Avey-Arroyo J, Drexler JF. A novel sloth hepacivirus corroborates cross-order host switches during the genealogy of the genus Hepacivirus, Virus Evol. 2020 Apr 25;6(2):veaa033. doi: 10.1093/ve/veaa033. eCollection 2020 Jul.

de Oliveira Filho EF, Moreira-Soto A, Fischer C, Rasche A, Sander AL, Avey-Arroyo J, Arroyo-Murillo F, Corrales-Aguilar E, Drexler JF. Sloths host Anhanga virus-related phleboviruses across large distances in time and space. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2019 Aug 17. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13333

Piche-Ovares M, Corrales-Aguilar E. Arbovirus en Costa Rica: ¿A qué nos enfrentamos y cuáles son los retos futuros? Rev Col Microbiólogos y Químicos Clínicos de Costa Rica, 2018 Vol 24, N ° 3, 2018

Serrano-Valerín P, Corrales-Aguilar E, Arias-Echandi ML, Chaves-Ulate C. Aplicaciones de la citometría de flujo en microbiología de alimentos Rev Col Microbiólogos y Químicos Clínicos de Costa Rica, 2018 Vol 24, N ° 3, 2018

Arias-Arias JL, Vega-Aguilar F, Corrales-Aguilar E, Hun L, Loría GD, Mora R. Dengue Virus Infection of Primary Human Smooth Muscle Cells The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 99 (6), 1451-1457

Soto-Garita C, Carrera JP, López-Vergès S, Corrales-Aguilar E. Advances in Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Chikungunya Virus Infection. Curr Treat Options Infect Dis 2018. Topical Collection on Neglected Tropical Diseases. doi.org/10.1007/s40506-018-0172-x

Arias Ml, Corrales-Aguilar E, Poveda R, Cabezas J. Synthesis and Determination of Antitumor Activity of Jacaronone and Synthetic Analogs. International Journal of Organic Chemistry 08(01):115-124. 2018

Aydillo T, Ayllon J, Pavlisin A, Martinez-Romero C, Tripathi S, Mena I, Moreira-Soto A, Vicente-Santos A, Corrales-Aguilar E, Schwemmle M, García-Sastre A.Specific mutations in the PB2 protein of influenza A virus compensate for the lack of efficient IFN antagonism of the NS1 protein of bat influenza A-like viruses.J Virol. 2018 Jan 10. pii: JVI.02021-17. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02021-17.
Turkington HL, Juozapaitis M, Tsolakos N, Corrales-Aguilar E, Schwemmle M, Hale BG.Unexpected Functional Divergence of Bat Influenza Virus NS1 Proteins.J Virol. 2018 Feb 12;92(5). pii: e02097-17. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02097-17.

Vicente-Santos A, Moreira-Soto A, Soto-Garita C, Chaverri LG, Chaves A, Drexler JF,…Corrales-Aguilar E (2017) Neotropical bats that co-habit with humans function as dead-end hosts for dengue virus. PLoSNegl Trop Dis 11(5): e0005537. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005537

Moreira-Soto RD, Moreira-Soto A, Corrales-Aguilar E, Calderón-Arguedas Ó, Troyo A.'Candidatus Rickettsia nicoyana': A novel Rickettsia species isolated from Ornithodoros knoxjonesi in Costa Rica.Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2017 Jun;8(4):532-536. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.02.015. Epub 2017 Feb 27.

Moreira-Soto A, Soto-Garita C, Corrales-Aguilar E. Neotropical Primary Bat Cell Lines Show Restricted Dengue Virus Replication. CIMID 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2016.12.004

Soto-Garita C, Somogyi T, Vicente-Santos A, Corrales-Aguilar E. Molecular Characterization of Two Major Dengue Outbreaks in Costa Rica. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Jul 6;95(1):201-5. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0835.

Rivas JJ, Moreira-Soto A, Alvarado G, Taylor L, Calderón-Arguedas O, Hun L, Corrales-Aguilar E, Morales JA, Troyo A. Pathogenic potential of a Costa Rican strain of 'Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii' in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) and protective immunity against Rickettsia rickettsii. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2015 Sep;6(6):805-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.07.008.

Corrales-Aguilar E, Trilling M, Reinhard H, Falcone V, Zimmermann A, Adams O, Santibanez S, Hengel H. Highly Individual Patterns of Virus-immune IgG Effector Responses in Humans. Med Microbiol Immunol. 2016 Oct;205(5):409-24. doi: 10.1007/s00430-016-0457-y.

Corrales-Aguilar E, Soto-Garita C. El virus del Zika (Zika virus). Accepted in Rev Col Microbiólogos y Químicos Clínicos de Costa Rica

Corrales-Aguilar E. El virus del Zika: Sobre Microcefalia y Síndrome de Guillain Barré. Accepted in Rev Col Microbiólogos y Químicos Clínicos de Costa Rica

Moreira-Soto A, Taylor-Castillo L, Vargas-Vargas N, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Jiménez C, Corrales-Aguilar E. Neotropical Bats from Costa Rica harbour Diverse Coronaviruses. Zoonoses and Public Health. Feb 4. doi: 10.1111/zph.12181

Corrales-Aguilar E, Troyo A, Calderón-Arguedas O. Chikungunya: un virus que nos acecha. Acta méd costarric 2015; 57 (1):7-15.

Corrales-Aguilar E. Reseña histórica, virología y ecología del Virus del Nilo Occidental: recomendaciones técnicas. Revista Costarricense de Salud Pública 2014; 23:145-154

Corrales-Aguilar E, Hoffmann K, Hengel H. CMV-encoded Fcγ receptors: modulators at the interface of innate and adaptive immunity. Semin Immunopathol. 2014 Nov;36(6):627-40. doi: 10.1007/s00281-014-0448-2. Epub 2014 Oct 7.

Corrales-Aguilar E, Trilling M, Hunold K, Fiedler M, Le VT, Reinhard H, Ehrhardt K, Mercé-Maldonado E, Aliyev E, Zimmermann A, Johnson DC, Hengel H. Human cytomegalovirus Fcγ binding proteins gp34 and gp68 antagonize Fcγ receptors I, II and III. PLoS Pathog. 2014 May 15;10(5):e1004131. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004131. eCollection 2014 May.

Moreira-Soto A, Troyo A, Corrales-Aguilar E. Síndrome Respiratorio de
Medio Oriente causado por un coronavirus y el Hajj: ¿potencial para una emergencia internacional? MÉD.UIS. 2014;27(1):25-33)

Moreira-Soto, A y Corrales-Aguilar, E. Zoonosis virales emergentes: determinantes del surgimiento de un "nuevo" patógeno. Rev Col Microbiólogos y Químicos Clínicos de Costa Rica 2014, 20(1), 15-21

Corrales-Aguilar E. Las células NK: ¡¿memoria?! Revista del Colegio de Microbiólogos y Químicos clínicos de Costa Rica, Volumen 19, N°3, Págs.19-25, 2013

Corrales-Aguilar E, Trilling M, Reinhard H, Mercé-Maldonado E, Widera M, Schaal H, Zimmermann A, Mandelboim O, Hengel H. A novel assay for detecting virus-specific antibodies triggering activation of Fcγ receptors J Immunol Methods. 2013 Jan 31;387(1-2):21-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2012.09.006.

Corrales-Aguilar E. Las células NK: Educación y Tolerancia. Revista del Colegio de Microbiólogos y Químicos clínicos de Costa Rica. Revista del Colegio de Microbiólogos y Químicos clínicos de Costa Rica, Volumen 19, N°1, Págs.5-15, 2013

Corrales-Aguilar E. Las células NK: señalización y mecanismos de activación. Revista del Colegio de Microbiólogos y Químicos clínicos de Costa Rica, Volumen 19, N°2, Págs. 14-22, 2012

Corrales-Aguilar E, Hun-Opfer, Laya. Nuevas perspectivas sobre la patogénesis del dengue. Acta Médica costarricense vol.54 no.2, Pág75-85

Corrales-Aguilar E. Las células NK: dos sub-poblaciones diferentes. Revista del Colegio de Microbiólogos y Químicos clínicos de Costa Rica, Volumen 18, N°1, Págs. 13-21, 2012

Corrales-Aguilar E. El Dengue: actualización en aspectos diagnósticos. Revista del Colegio de Microbiólogos y Químicos clínicos de Costa Rica, Volumen 17, N°2, Págs. 5-10, 2011

Books/Book Chapters

Bats and Viruses: Current Research and Future Trends. 2020. Edited by: Eugenia Corrales-Aguilar1 and Martin Schwemmle2 Publisher: Caister Academic Press 1Virology, Research Center for Tropical Diseases (CIET), University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; 2Institute of Virology, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Germany ISBN: 978-1-912530-14-4 Ebook:I SBN: 978-1-912530-15-1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21775/9781912530144

Teaching activities

Every Year for the last 12 years:
• I Semester:
 Undergraduate
• Virology (clinical and general), 4 credit hours/week, 60-80 students
• Virology Laboratory, 2 credit hours/week, 60-80 students
 Graduate
• Advanced seminars in Virology, 2 credit hours/week, 5-10 students
• Cell culture techniques in Virology, 4 credit hours/week, 5-10 students
• II Semester
 Undergraduate
• Bioethics, 2 credit hours/week, 60-80 students
 Graduate
• Advanced seminars in disease emergence, 2 credit hours/week, 5-10 students
• Medical virology, 4 credit hours/week, 5-10 students (together with the Medical faculty, infectious diseases MDs in residence)
 PhD Health related seminars, 2 credit hours/week, 5-10 students
• Occasionally:
 General Microbiology, 4 credit hours/week, 60-80 students
 General Immunology, 4 credit hours/week, 60-80 students
 Health-related undergraduate seminar, 2 credit hours/week, 60-80 students

Languages

Fluent in English, Spanish and German

Grants and awards

University of Costa Rica Merit Medal for outstanding work in research with COVID and information during the pandemic 2020

Grant for InnSciD SP São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Science Diplomacy and Innovation Diplomacy, São Paulo, Brazil 2019

Grant for Science Diplomacy & Leadership Workshop 2018, AAAS Headquarters, Washington DC 2018

Research re invitation for Germany DAAD 2015

Costa Rican National Prize in Science and Technology Clodomiro Picado Twight 2014

Wiedereinladung for research internship in Germany, DAAD 2012

Travel Grant for the 12th International Dengue Course in Cuba, CONICIT-MICIT-UCR 2011

Travel grant to Keystone Meeting: NK and NKT Cells Biology, National Institute of Health NIH, USA 2008

Travel grant to Third European Congress of Virology, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Virologie (German Society of Virology) 2007

Travel grant to Keystone Meeting: Antibodies as Drugs: From Basic Biology to the clinic, National Institute of Health, USA 2007

DAAD- PhD scholarship, DAAD, Germany 2002-2007

Pre-graduate Scholarship, CIET-UCR, Costa Rica 2000-2001

EXPERIENCE IN SCIENTIFIC ADVICE

• Expert in medical virology of the COVID-19 Technical Group, Disease Surveillance, Ministry of Health, Government of Costa Rica, 2020-2023
o LS-VS-001 (Version 1 to Version 24). National Guidelines for the Surveillance of COVID-19 disease. Ministry of Health of Costa Rica, 2020
o LS-VG-007. General guidelines for the use of serological tests to identify antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. Ministry of Health of Costa Rica, 2020
o LS-SS-012. General guidelines for the use of antigen tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19 Ministry of Health of Costa Rica, 2020
o LS-SS-013. General guidelines for the use of PCR tests in surgical practice. Ministry of Health of Costa Rica, 2020

https://www.ministeriodesalud.go.cr/index.php/vigilancia-de-la-salud/41…

• Publications in journals on scientific advice and science diplomacy:
o Awandare G, André E, Corrales-Aguilar E, Chen CJ, Mostajo-Radji MA, Jancoriene L, Nemer M. Science advisers around the world on 2020. Nature. 2020 Dec;588(7839):586-588. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03557-x.
o López-Vergès S, Macías-Navarro L, Hernández-Mondragón AC, Corrales-Aguilar E, Soler MG, Guerra M. Closing the Gap Between Emerging Initiatives and Integrated Strategies to Strengthen Science Diplomacy in Latin America. Front Res Metr Anal. 2021 Apr 12;6:664880. doi: 10.3389/frma.2021.664880. eCollection 2021.

• Speaker panel of the First Course on Scientific Diplomacy in Central America, University of Costa Rica, 2021

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

• Member of CIET Scientific Committee, Center for Research in Tropical Diseases, UCR [2012-present]
• Deputy Director of the CIET, Center for Research in Tropical Diseases, UCR [2019-present]
• Member of the Research Commission, Faculty of Microbiology, UCR [2011-2014; 2019-present]
• Representative of the Master's Program in Microbiology, Parasitology and Clinical Analysis in the Scientific Council of the Clodomiro Picado Institute, UCR [2013-2019]
• Member of the Scientific Ethics Committee of the University of Costa Rica [2015-2016]
• Member of the Postgraduate Commission of the Master's Degree in Microbiology, Parasitology and Clinical Analysis [2015-2020]
• Deputy Director of the Postgraduate Program of the Master's Degree in Microbiology, Parasitology and Clinical Analysis [2017-2020]
• President of the organizing committee of the I National Symposium on Arbovirosis, UCR, December, 2017
• Served as a reviewer for several journals: Viruses, Revista Biomédica, Virology Journal, Peer J,
Revista de Biología Tropical, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Revista del Colegio de Microbiólogos y Químicos Clínicos de Costa Rica, Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Acta Médica Costarricense, BMC Veterinary Research, BioScience, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, The Lancet Regional Health-Americas, The Lancet Microbe
• Deputy Editor/Section Editor for PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases [2019-2022]
• Served as reviewer for granting agencies: Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Fondos de Estímulo, FEES-CONARE, ICGEB (Italy), SEP UCR, La Caixa Barcelona, CONICIT, MICITT
• Coordinator of university outreach program called Virology for the national community: Diagnostic of viral and rickettsial diseases [2016-present]

Professional Memberships

German Society of Virology
Academic College of Microbiologists, Costa Rica

Additional Information

• Costarrican citizen
• Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eugenia_Corrales-Aguilar2
• GoogleScholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=Dw2PL3gAAAAJ&hl=en