Publications

New Insights into Plasmodium Evolution: How Genomics and Evolutionary Biology Contribute to Understanding Malaria

Cepeda, A. S.

PhD dissertation, Temple UniversityPhD thesis

Haemoproteus syrnii and other haemosporidians infecting owls from North America

Pacheco, M. A., Miller, E. A., Harl, J., Ferreira, F. C., Cepeda, A. S., Valkiūnas, G., Beckerman, S., Oswald, M., Mateus-Pinilla, N. E., Escalante, A. A.

Malaria Journal, 24, 365DOI: 10.1186/s12936-025-05612-2

A new long-read mitochondrial-genome protocol (PacBio HiFi) for haemosporidian parasites: a tool for population and biodiversity studies

Pacheco, M. A., Cepeda, A. S., Miller, E. A., Beckerman, S., Oswald, M., London, E., Mateus-Pinilla, N. E., Escalante, A. A.

Malaria Journal, 23(1), 134DOI: 10.1186/s12936-024-04961-8

The genome of Plasmodium gonderi: insights into the evolution of human malaria parasites

Cepeda, A. S., Mello, B., Pacheco, M. A., Luo, Z., Sullivan, S. A., Carlton, J. M., Escalante, A. A.

Genome Biology and Evolution, 16(2), evae027DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae027

Why Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum are so different? A tale of two clades and their species diversities

Escalante, A. A., Cepeda, A. S., Pacheco, M. A.

Malaria Journal, 21(1), 1–19DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04130-9

The genetic and morphological diversity of Haemogregarina infecting turtles in Colombia: Are mitochondrial markers useful as barcodes for these parasites?

Gutiérrez-Liberato, G. A., Lotta-Arévalo, I. A., González, L. P., Vargas-Ramírez, M., Rodríguez-Fandiño, O., Cepeda, A. S., Matta, N. E.

Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 92, 105040DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.105040

The apicoplast of Haemoproteus columbae: A comparative study of this organelle genome in Haemosporida

Cepeda, A. S., Pacheco, M. A., Escalante, A. A., Alzate, J. F., Matta, N. E.

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 161, 107185

Haemocystidium spp., a species complex infecting ancient aquatic turtles of the family Podocnemididae: First report of these parasites in Podocnemis vogli from the Orinoquia

González, L. P., Pacheco, M. A., Escalante, A. A., Maldonado, A. D. J., Cepeda, A. S., Rodríguez-Fandiño, O. A., Matta, N. E.

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 9, 88–94

The experimental characterization of the complete life cycle of Haemoproteus columbae, with description of the natural host-parasite system to study this infection

Cepeda, A. S., Lotta, I. A., Pinto-Osorio, D. F., Macías-Zacipa, J., Valkiūnas, G., Barato, P., Matta, N. E.

International Journal for Parasitology, 49(6), 407–414

Primers targeting mitochondrial genes of avian haemosporidia: PCR detection and differential DNA amplification of parasites belonging to different genera

Pacheco, M. A., Cepeda, A. S., Bernotienė, R., Lotta, I. A., Matta, N. E., Valkiūnas, G., Escalante, A. A.

International Journal for Parasitology, 48(7), 469–479