By Dr Braulio Mark Valencia Arroyo

Book Chapters

Llanos-Cuentas A; Valencia BM; Petersen CA, 2013, 'Neurological manifestations of human leishmaniasis', in Handbook of Clinical Neurology, pp. 193 - 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53490-3.00013-3

Journal articles

Kariyawasam R; Lau R; Valencia BM; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2024, 'Novel detection of Leishmania RNA virus-1 (LRV-1) in clinical isolates of Leishmania Viannia panamensis', Parasitology, 151, pp. 151 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023001221

Llanos-Cuentas A; Pineda-Reyes J; Alvarez F; Ramos AP; Valencia BM, 2023, 'Comparación de la eficacia y toxicidad del estibogluconato de sodio y antimoniato de meglumina en el tratamiento de leishmaniasis cutánea en Perú', Revista Médica Herediana, 34, pp. 63 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.20453/rmh.v34i3.4541

Maduranga S; Valencia BM; Sigera C; Adikari T; Weeratunga P; Fernando D; Rajapakse S; Lloyd AR; Bull RA; Rodrigo C; Wijethunga Arachchige S; Valencia Arroyo BM, 2023, 'Genomic Surveillance of Recent Dengue Outbreaks in Colombo, Sri Lanka', Viruses, 15, pp. 1408, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15071408

Cunningham EB; Wheeler A; Hajarizadeh B; French CE; Roche R; Marshall AD; Fontaine G; Conway A; Bajis S; Valencia BM; Presseau J; Ward JW; Degenhardt L; Dore GJ; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Grebely J, 2023, 'Interventions to enhance testing and linkage to treatment for hepatitis C infection for people who inject drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis', International Journal of Drug Policy, 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103917

Valencia BM; Sigera PC; Weeratunga P; Tedla N; Fernando D; Rajapakse S; Lloyd AR; Rodrigo C; Valencia Arroyo BM, 2022, 'Effect of prior Zika and dengue virus exposure on the severity of a subsequent dengue infection in adults', Scientific Reports, 12, pp. 17225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22231-y

Sandler CX; Cvejic E; Valencia BM; Li H; Hickie IB; Lloyd AR, 2022, 'Predictors of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Mood Disturbance After Acute Infection', Frontiers in Neurology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.935442

Cunningham EB; Wheeler A; Hajarizadeh B; French CE; Roche R; Marshall AD; Fontaine G; Conway A; Valencia BM; Bajis S; Presseau J; Ward JW; Degenhardt L; Dore GJ; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Grebely J, 2022, 'Interventions to enhance testing, linkage to care, and treatment initiation for hepatitis C virus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 7, pp. 426 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00471-4

Legrand N; McGregor S; Bull R; Bajis S; Valencia BM; Ronnachit A; Einsiedel L; Gessain A; Kaldor J; Martinello M, 2022, 'Clinical and Public Health Implications of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection', Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/cmr.00078-21

López L; Valencia B; Alvarez F; Ramos AP; Llanos-Cuentas A; Echevarria J; Vélez I; Boni M; Rode J; Quintero J; Jiménez A; Tabares Y; Méndez C; Arana B, 2022, 'A phase II multicenter randomized study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of combining thermotherapy and a short course of miltefosine for the treatment of uncomplicated cutaneous leishmaniasis in the New World', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010238

Mukkala AN; Kariyawasam R; Lau R; Valencia BM; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2022, 'Elevated baseline expression of seven virulence factor RNA transcripts in visceralizing species of Leishmania: a preliminary quantitative PCR study', Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20499361221102665

Valencia BM; Lau R; Kariyawasam R; Jara M; Ramos AP; Chantry M; Lana JT; Boggild AK; Llanos-Cuentas A, 2022, 'Leishmania RNA virus-1 is similarly detected among metastatic and non-metastatic phenotypes in a prospective cohort of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010162

Kariyawasam R; Valencia BM; Lau R; Shao E; Thompson CA; Stevens M; Kincaid L; Del Castillo ALQ; Cruz-Arzapalo LO; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2021, 'Evaluation of a point-of-care molecular detection device for Leishmania spp. and intercurrent fungal and mycobacterial organisms in Peruvian patients with cutaneous ulcers', Infection, 49, pp. 1203 - 1211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-021-01673-y

Lau R; Mukkala AN; Kariyawasam R; Clarke S; Valencia BM; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2021, 'Comparison of whole genome sequencing versus standard molecular diagnostics for species identification in the leishmania viannia subgenus', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 105, pp. 660 - 669, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0273

Valencia BM; Cvejic E; Vollmer-Conna U; Hickie IB; Wakefield D; Li H; Pedergnana V; Rodrigo C; Lloyd AR; Valencia Arroyo BM, 2021, 'The severity of the pathogen-induced acute sickness response is affected by polymorphisms in genes of the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 93, pp. 186 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2021.01.005

Adikari TN; Riaz N; Sigera C; Leung P; Valencia BM; Barton K; Smith MA; Bull RA; Li H; Luciani F; Weeratunga P; Thein TL; Lim VWX; Leo YS; Rajapakse S; Fink K; Lloyd AR; Fernando D; Rodrigo C; Valencia Arroyo BM, 2020, 'Single molecule, near full-length genome sequencing of dengue virus', Scientific Reports, 10, pp. 18196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75374-1

Saavedra AC; Valencia BM; Tueros P; Wortsman X; Llanos-Cuentas A; Lavarello RJ, 2020, 'Ultrasonographic characteristics of cutaneous leishmaniasis', Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 34, pp. e193 - e195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jdv.16111

Kariyawasam R; Lau R; Valencia BM; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2020, 'Leishmania RNA Virus 1 (LRV-1) in leishmania (viannia) braziliensis isolates from Peru: A description of demographic and clinical correlates', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 102, pp. 280 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0147

Zenteno O; González E; Treuillet S; Valencia BM; Castaneda B; Llanos-Cuentas A; Lucas Y, 2019, 'Volumetric monitoring of cutaneous leishmaniasis ulcers: can camera be as accurate as laser scanner?', Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization, 7, pp. 667 - 675, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681163.2018.1546623

Kariyawasam R; Mukkala AN; Lau R; Valencia BM; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2019, 'Virulence factor RNA transcript expression in the Leishmania Viannia subgenus: Influence of species, isolate source, and Leishmania RNA virus-1', Tropical Medicine and Health, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0153-x

Ferrufino-Schmidt MC; Bravo F; Valencia BM; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK; LeBoit PE, 2019, 'Is CD1a useful for leishmaniasis diagnosis in the New World?', Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, 46, pp. 90 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cup.13369

Barros N; Vasquez N; Woll F; Sanchez C; Valencia B; Llanos-Cuentas A; White AC; Montes M, 2018, 'Regulatory t-cell dynamics in cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis due to leishmania braziliensis', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 98, pp. 753 - 758, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0624

Zenteno O; González E; Treuillet S; Castañeda B; Valencia B; Llanos A; Lucas Y, 2018, 'Volume estimation of skin ulcers: Can cameras be as accurate as laser scanners?', Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 27, pp. 735 - 744, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5_79

Zenteno O; Zvietcovich F; Zapata D; Maruenda H; Valencia B; Llanos A; Arevalo J; Montero M; Lavarello R; Castaneda B, 2017, 'An Integrated Protocol for the Research and Monitoring of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis', IEEE Latin America Transactions, 15, pp. 2164 - 2170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TLA.2017.8070422

Kariyawasam R; Grewal J; Lau R; Purssell A; Valencia BM; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2017, 'Influence of Leishmania RNA Virus 1 on Proinflammatory Biomarker Expression in a Human Macrophage Model of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 216, pp. 877 - 886, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jix416

Jara M; Valencia BM; Adaui V; Alba M; Lau R; Arevalo J; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2016, 'Quantitative kinetoplast DNA assessment during treatment of mucosal leishmaniasis as a potential biomarker of outcome: A pilot study', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 94, pp. 107 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.15-0514

Suárez M; Valencia BM; Jara M; Alba M; Boggild AK; Dujardin JC; Llanos-Cuentas A; Arevalo J; Adaui V, 2015, 'Quantification of leishmania (Viannia) kinetoplast DNA in ulcers of cutaneous leishmaniasis reveals inter-site and intersampling variability in parasite load', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003936

Montalvo AM; Fraga J; Rodríguez O; Blanco O; Llanos-Cuentas A; García AL; Valencia BM; Muskus C; Van der Auwera G; Requena JM, 2014, 'Detection of Leishmania spp. based on the gene encoding HSP20', Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica, 31, pp. 635 - 643

Jara M; Adaui V; Valencia BM; Martinez D; Alba M; Castrillon C; Cruz M; Cruz I; Van Der Auwera G; Llanos-Cuentas A; Dujardin JC; Arevalo J, 2013, 'Real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of Leishmania (Viannia) organisms in skin and mucosal lesions: Exploratory study of parasite load and clinical parameters', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51, pp. 1826 - 1833, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00208-13

Veland N; Valencia BM; Alba M; Adaui V; Llanos-Cuentas A; Arevalo J; Boggild AK, 2013, 'Case report: Simultaneous infection with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and L. (V.) lainsoni in a Peruvian patient with cutaneous leishmaniasis', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 88, pp. 774 - 777, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.12-0594

Valencia BM; Miller D; Witzig RS; Boggild AK; Llanos-Cuentas A, 2013, 'Novel Low-Cost Thermotherapy for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Peru', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002196

Valencia BM; Veland N; Alba M; Adaui V; Arevalo J; Low DE; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2012, 'Non-Invasive Cytology Brush PCR for the Diagnosis and Causative Species Identification of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Peru', PLoS ONE, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049738

Cipriani Thorne E; Bravo Muro G; Casas Castañeda J; Hurtado Arestegui A; Rodríguez Lay G; Olascoaga AC; Jhong M; Retamozo Arias JA; Valencia Arroyo B, 2012, 'Conversatorio clínico patológico en el Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza_2009-02.', Revista Médica Herediana, 20, pp. 110 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.20453/rmh.v20i2.991

Cipriani Thorne E; Lozano A; Asato C; Manrique A; Valencia Arroyo B, 2012, 'Conversatorio clínico patológico en el Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza_2009-03.', Revista Médica Herediana, 20, pp. 169 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.20453/rmh.v20i3.1018

Fraga J; Veland N; Montalvo AM; Praet N; Boggild AK; Valencia BM; Arévalo J; Llanos-Cuentas A; Dujardin JC; Van der Auwera G, 2012, 'Accurate and rapid species typing from cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis lesions of the New World', Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 74, pp. 142 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.06.010

Veland N; Boggild AK; Valencia C; Valencia BM; Llanos-Cuentas A; Van Der Auwera G; Dujardin JC; Arevalo J, 2012, 'Leishmania (Viannia) species identification on clinical samples from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Peru: Assessment of a molecular stepwise approach', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 50, pp. 495 - 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.05061-11

Boggild AK; Valencia BM; Veland N; Ramos AP; Calderon F; Arevalo J; Low DE; Llanos-Cuentas A, 2011, 'Non-invasive cytology brush pcr diagnostic testing in mucosal leishmaniasis: Superior performance to conventional biopsy with histopathology', PLoS ONE, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026395

Veland N; Espinosa D; Valencia BM; Ramos AP; Calderon F; Arevalo J; Low DE; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2011, 'Polymerase chain reaction detection of leishmania kDNA from the urine of Peruvian patients with cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 84, pp. 556 - 561, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0556

Boggild AK; Ramos AP; Valencia BM; Veland N; Calderon F; Arevalo J; Low DE; Llanos-Cuentas A, 2011, 'Diagnostic performance of filter paper lesion impression PCR for secondarily infected ulcers and nonulcerative lesions caused by cutaneous leishmaniasis', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49, pp. 1097 - 1100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02457-10

Boggild AK; Ramos AP; Espinosa D; Valencia BM; Veland N; Miranda-Verastegui C; Arevalo J; Low DE; Llanos-Cuentas A, 2010, 'Clinical and demographic stratification of test performance: A pooled analysis of five laboratory diagnostic methods for American cutaneous leishmaniasis', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 83, pp. 345 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0414

Boggild AK; Valencia BM; Espinosa D; Veland N; Ramos AP; Arevalo J; Llanos-Cuentas A; Low DE, 2010, 'Detection and species identification of Leishmania DNA from filter paper lesion impressions for patients with american cutaneous leishmaniasis', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/648730

Conference Papers

Kariyawasam R; Lau R; Valencia BM; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild A, 2019, 'NOVEL DETECTION OF LEISHMANIA RNA VIRUS-1 (LRV-1) IN LEISHMANIA VIANNIA PANAMENSIS CLINICAL ISOLATES', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, MD, National Harbor, pp. 402 - 402, presented at 68th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), MD, National Harbor, 20 November 2019 - 24 November 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000507364504020&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kariyawasam R; Lau R; Shao E; Valencia BM; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild A, 2019, 'SEQUENCE HETEROGENEITY IN LEISHMANIA RNA VIRUS-1 (LRV-1) DETECTED IN STRAINS OF LEISHMANIA VIANNIA SPP.', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, MD, National Harbor, pp. 401 - 402, presented at 68th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), MD, National Harbor, 20 November 2019 - 24 November 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000507364504018&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Elmer Llanos A; Valencia B; Colunche C; Ramos AA; Alvarez F; Gayoso-Liviac O; Gayoso O, 2019, 'SEVERE MUCOSAL LEISHMANIASIS: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND BRONCHOSCOPIC FINDINGS', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, MD, National Harbor, pp. 548 - 549, presented at 68th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), MD, National Harbor, 20 November 2019 - 24 November 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000507364504495&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Challa P; Kariyawasam R; Lau R; Valencia B; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2019, 'Interrogating the spectrum of bacterial pathogens in ulcers of cutaneous leishmaniasis', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, pp. 136 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.334

Mukkala A; Lau R; Valencia B; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild A, 2018, 'COMPARISON OF WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING, SANGER SEQUENCING, AND RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS FOR LEISHMANIA VIANNIA MIXED AND HYBRID INFECTION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, LA, New Orleans, pp. 177 - 177, presented at 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), LA, New Orleans, 28 October 2018 - 01 November 2018, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000461386602569&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kariyawasam R; Lau R; Valencia B; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild A, 2018, 'PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATION OF LEISHMANIA RNA VIRUS-1 (LRV-1) IN SEVERE AND NON-SEVERE PHENOTYPES OF AMERICAN TEGUMENTARY LEISHMANIASIS FROM PERU', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, LA, New Orleans, pp. 441 - 441, presented at 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), LA, New Orleans, 28 October 2018 - 01 November 2018, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000461386604101&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kariyawasam R; Mukkala A; Lau R; Valencia B; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2018, 'Influence of Leishmania RNA Virus-1 (LRV-1) on Virulence Factor RNA Transcript Expression of Leishmania Viannia spp', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, pp. 321 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.04.4145

Valencia B; Lau R; Kariyawasam R; Shao E; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2018, 'Point-of-Care Molecular Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Intercurrent Fungal and Mycobacterial Infections', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, pp. 110 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.04.3669

Kariyawasam R; Lau R; Valencia B; Llanos-Cuentas A; Boggild AK, 2018, 'Prevalence and Association of Leishmania RNA Virus-1 (LRV-1) in Severe and Non-Severe Phenotypes of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis from Peru', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, pp. 320 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.04.4143

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