Ecology of infectious diseases in natural populations; evolution of host-pathogen interactions; anthropogenic effects in infectious disease dynamics; bat immunology; proteomics.

Mitchell, M. M., Vicente-Santos, A., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Corrales-Aguilar, E., & Gillespie, T. R. (2022). Genetic Diversity of Bartonella spp. in Cave-Dwelling Bats and Bat Flies, Costa Rica, 2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(2), 488–491. 

Shapiro J. T., L. Víquez-R, S. Leopardi, A. Vicente-Santos, I. H. Mendenhall, W. F. Frick, R. C. Kading, R. A. Medellín, P. Racey and T. Kingston. 2021. Setting the Terms for Zoonotic Diseases: Effective Communication for Research, Conservation, and Public Policy. Viruses 13(7): 1356. 

Puechmaille S. J., M. A. Gouilh, D. Dechmann, B. Fenton, C. Geiselman, R. Medellin, R. Mittermeier, P. Racey, D. M Reeder, J. Schaer, A. Vicente-Santos, W. Sechrest, L. Víquez-R,and N. Weber. 2021. Misconceptions and misinformation about bats and viruses. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 105: 606-607. 

Gultom M., M. Licheri, L. Laloli, M. Wider, M. Strässle, S. Steiner, A. Kratzel, T.T. Nhu Thao, H. Stalder, J. Portmann, M. Holwerda, P. V’kovski, N. Ebert, N. Stokar-Regenscheit, C. Gurtner, P. Zanolari, H. Posthaus, S. Schuller, A. Vicente-Santos, A. Moreira- Soto, E. Corrales-Aguilar, N. Ruggli, G. Tekes, V. von Messling, B. Sawatsky, V. Thiel, and R. Dijkman. 2021. Susceptibility of well-differentiated airway epithelial cell cultures from domestic and wildlife animals to SARS-CoV-2. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 27(7): 1811-1820 

Botto Nuñez, G., A. Cunningham, E. Bakwo Fils, W. Frick, N. Islam, T. Jolliffe, R. Kading, A. Kepel, T. Kingston, S. Leopardi, R. Medellín, I. Mendenhall, S. Parsons, P. Racey, D. Russo, J. Shapiro, A. Vicente-Santos, L. Víquez-R and T.Vu Dinh. 2020. Recommended Strategy for Researchers to Reduce the Risk of Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Humans to Bats MAP: Minimize, Assess, Protect. IUCN SSC Bat Specialists Group. 

Aydillo T, J. Ayllón, A. Pavlisin, C. Martinez-Romero, S. Tripathi, I. Mena, A. Moreira-Soto, A. Vicente-Santos, E. Corrales-Aguilar, M. Schwemmle & A. García-Sastre. 2018. 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. Journal of Virology. 92(7): e02021-17 

Vicente-Santos, A., A. Moreira-Soto, C. Soto-Garita, L.G. Chaverri, A. Chaves, J.F. Drexler, J.A. Morales, A. Alfaro-Alarcón, B. Rodríguez-Herrera & E. Corrales-Aguilar. 2017. Neotropical Bats that Co-habit with Humans Function as Dead-End Hosts for Dengue Virus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11(5): e0005537.