Publications

The association of COVID-19 incidence with temperature, humidity, and UV radiation – A global multi-city analysis

Background and aim The associations between COVID-19 transmission and meteorological factors are scientifically debated. Several …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
The association of COVID-19 incidence with temperature, humidity, and UV radiation – A global multi-city analysis

Quantifying the effect of human population mobility on malaria risk in the Peruvian Amazon

The impact of human population movement (HPM) on the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, has been described. …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF Code
Quantifying the effect of human population mobility on malaria risk in the Peruvian Amazon

Missed opportunities for vaccination in Peru 2010–2020: A study of socioeconomic inequalities

Background Missed Opportunities for Vaccination (MOV) represent a major risk in the re-emergence of immunopreventable diseases. …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF Code
Missed opportunities for vaccination in Peru 2010–2020: A study of socioeconomic inequalities

Insights into Plasmodium vivax Asymptomatic Malaria Infections and Direct Skin-Feeding Assays to Assess Onward Malaria Transmission in the Amazon

Understanding the reservoir and infectivity of Plasmodium gametocytes to vector mosquitoes is crucial to align strategies aimed at …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link
Insights into Plasmodium vivax Asymptomatic Malaria Infections and Direct Skin-Feeding Assays to Assess Onward Malaria Transmission in the Amazon

Malaria transmission structure in the Peruvian Amazon through antibody signatures to Plasmodium vivax

Background The landscape of malaria transmission in the Peruvian Amazon is temporally and spatially heterogeneous, presenting different …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link
Malaria transmission structure in the Peruvian Amazon through antibody signatures to Plasmodium vivax

Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with short-term temperature variability from 2000–19: a three-stage modelling study

Background Increased mortality risk is associated with short-term temperature variability. However, to our knowledge, there has been no …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with short-term temperature variability from 2000–19: a three-stage modelling study

Nyssorhynchus darlingi genome-wide studies related to microgeographic dispersion and blood-seeking behavior

Background In Brazil, malaria is concentrated in the Amazon Basin, where more than 99% of the annual cases are reported. The main goal …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Nyssorhynchus darlingi genome-wide studies related to microgeographic dispersion and blood-seeking behavior

Fluctuating temperature modifies heat-mortality association around the globe

Studies have investigated the effects of heat and temperature variability (TV) on mortality. However, few assessed whether TV modifies …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Fluctuating temperature modifies heat-mortality association around the globe

Air pollution and metabolic disorders: Dynamic versus static measures of exposure among Hispanics/Latinos and non-Hispanics

Exposure to air pollution disproportionately affects racial/ethnic minorities that could contribute to health inequalities including …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Air pollution and metabolic disorders: Dynamic versus static measures of exposure among Hispanics/Latinos and non-Hispanics

Heat Waves and Emergency Department Visits Among the Homeless, San Diego, 2012–2019

Objectives. To determine the effect of heat waves on emergency department (ED) visits for individuals experiencing homelessness and …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link
Heat Waves and Emergency Department Visits Among the Homeless, San Diego, 2012–2019

Technical Workflow Development for Integrating Drone Surveys and Entomological Sampling to Characterise Aquatic Larval Habitats of Anopheles funestus in Agricultural Landscapes in Côte d’Ivoire

Land-use practices such as agriculture can impact mosquito vector breeding ecology, resulting in changes in disease transmission. The …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Technical Workflow Development for Integrating Drone Surveys and Entomological Sampling to Characterise Aquatic Larval Habitats of Anopheles funestus in Agricultural Landscapes in Côte d’Ivoire

A cross-sectional analysis of meteorological factors and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in 409 cities across 26 countries

There is conflicting evidence on the influence of weather on COVID-19 transmission. Our aim is to estimate weather-dependent signatures …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF Code
A cross-sectional analysis of meteorological factors and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in 409 cities across 26 countries

Time-Varying Effects of Meteorological Variables on Malaria Epidemiology in the Context of Interrupted Control Efforts in the Amazon Rainforest, 2000–2017

Successful malaria control interventions, mostly based on the training of health workers, distribution of insecticide-treated nets, and …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF Code
Time-Varying Effects of Meteorological Variables on Malaria Epidemiology in the Context of Interrupted Control Efforts in the Amazon Rainforest, 2000–2017

Geographical Variations of the Minimum Mortality Temperature at a Global Scale: A Multicountry Study

Background: Minimum mortality temperature (MMT) is an important indicator to assess the temperature-mortality association, indicating …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Geographical Variations of the Minimum Mortality Temperature at a Global Scale: A Multicountry Study

Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2·5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations

Background Many regions of the world are now facing more frequent and unprecedentedly large wildfires. However, the association between …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2·5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations

Mapping socioeconomic inequalities in malaria in Sub-Sahara African countries

Despite reductions in malaria incidence and mortality across Sub-Saharan (SSA) countries, malaria control and elimination efforts are …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF Code
Mapping socioeconomic inequalities in malaria in Sub-Sahara African countries

Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study

Background Exposure to cold or hot temperatures is associated with premature deaths. We aimed to evaluate the global, regional, and …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study

Identifying counties at risk of high overdose mortality burden during the emerging fentanyl epidemic in the USA: a predictive statistical modelling study

Background The emergence of fentanyl around 2013 represented a new, deadly stage of the opioid epidemic in the USA. We aimed to develop …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Identifying counties at risk of high overdose mortality burden during the emerging fentanyl epidemic in the USA: a predictive statistical modelling study

The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change

Climate change affects human health; however, there have been no large-scale, systematic efforts to quantify the heat-related human …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF Code
The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change

Integrating Parasitological and Entomological Observations to Understand Malaria Transmission in Riverine Villages in the Peruvian Amazon

Background Remote rural riverine villages account for most of the reported malaria cases in the Peruvian Amazon. As transmission …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Integrating Parasitological and Entomological Observations to Understand Malaria Transmission in Riverine Villages in the Peruvian Amazon

Ecology and larval population dynamics of the primary malaria vector Nyssorhynchus darlingi in a high transmission setting dominated by fish farming in western Amazonian Brazil

Vale do Rio Juruá in western Acre, Brazil, is a persistent malaria transmission hotspot partly due to fish farming development that was …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Ecology and larval population dynamics of the primary malaria vector Nyssorhynchus darlingi in a high transmission setting dominated by fish farming in western Amazonian Brazil

Combined effects of hydrometeorological hazards and urbanisation on dengue risk in Brazil: a spatiotemporal modelling study

Background Temperature and rainfall patterns are known to influence seasonal patterns of dengue transmission. However, the effect of …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF Code
Combined effects of hydrometeorological hazards and urbanisation on dengue risk in Brazil: a spatiotemporal modelling study

Methodological approaches for the prediction of opioid use-related epidemics in the United States: a narrative review and cross-disciplinary call to action

The opioid crisis in the United States (US) has been defined by waves of drug- and locality-specific Opioid use-Related Epidemics …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Methodological approaches for the prediction of opioid use-related epidemics in the United States: a narrative review and cross-disciplinary call to action

Cultural Values and the Coliform Bacterial Load of “Masato,” an Amazon Indigenous Beverage

Access to safe drinking water is limited in many isolated areas, such as the Amazon where Indigenous peoples frequently reside. …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Cultural Values and the Coliform Bacterial Load of “Masato,” an Amazon Indigenous Beverage

Open-Source 3D Printable GPS Tracker to Characterize the Role of Human Population Movement on Malaria Epidemiology in River Networks: A Proof-of-Concept Study in the Peruvian Amazon

Human movement affects malaria epidemiology at multiple geographical levels; however, few studies measure the role of human movement in …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF Code
Open-Source 3D Printable GPS Tracker to Characterize the Role of Human Population Movement on Malaria Epidemiology in River Networks: A Proof-of-Concept Study in the Peruvian Amazon

Travel Time to Health Facilities as a Marker of Geographical Accessibility Across Heterogeneous Land Coverage in Peru

To better estimate the travel time to the most proximate health care facility (HCF) and determine differences across heterogeneous land …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF Code
Travel Time to Health Facilities as a Marker of Geographical Accessibility Across Heterogeneous Land Coverage in Peru

The Relative Role of Climate Variation and Control Interventions on Malaria Elimination Efforts in El Oro, Ecuador: A Modeling Study

Malaria is a vector-borne disease of significant public health concern. Despite widespread success of many elimination initiatives, …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
The Relative Role of Climate Variation and Control Interventions on Malaria Elimination Efforts in El Oro, Ecuador: A Modeling Study

Temporal and micro-spatial heterogeneity in transmission dynamics of co-endemic Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in two rural cohort populations in the Peruvian Amazon

Background
Malaria is highly heterogeneous; its changing malaria micro-epidemiology needs to be addressed to support malaria …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Temporal and micro-spatial heterogeneity in transmission dynamics of co-endemic Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in two rural cohort populations in the Peruvian Amazon

Collaboration in times of COVID-19: the urgent need for open-data sharing in Latin America

The pandemic of COVID-19 has shown that the information disseminated through peer-reviewed journals and accompanying online data sets …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Collaboration in times of COVID-19: the urgent need for open-data sharing in Latin America

Revealing the air pollution burden associated with internal Migration in Peru

This study aims to quantify changes in outdoor (ambient) air pollution exposure from different migration patterns within Peru and …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF Code
Revealing the air pollution burden associated with internal Migration in Peru

RECOMENDACIONES PARA DESCRIBIR DE FORMA ADECUADA UNA CURVA EPIDÉMICA DE COVID-19

A finales de diciembre de 2019 apareció en China un nuevo conoravirus, que causa la enfermedad de coronavirus (COVID-19) en humanos …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF Code
RECOMENDACIONES PARA DESCRIBIR DE FORMA ADECUADA UNA CURVA EPIDÉMICA DE COVID-19

Spatio-temporal co-occurrence of hotspots of tuberculosis, poverty and air pollution in Lima, Peru

Growing evidence suggests pollution and other environmental factors have a role in the development of tuberculosis (TB), however, such …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Spatio-temporal co-occurrence of hotspots of tuberculosis, poverty and air pollution in Lima, Peru

Development, environmental degradation, and disease spread in the Brazilian Amazon

The Amazon is Brazil’s greatest natural resource and invaluable to the rest of the world as a buffer against climate change. The recent …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Development, environmental degradation, and disease spread in the Brazilian Amazon

Microsatellite analysis reveals connectivity among geographically distant transmission zones of Plasmodium vivax in the Peruvian Amazon

Despite efforts made over decades by the Peruvian government to eliminate malaria, Plas- modium vivax remains a challenge for public …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Microsatellite analysis reveals connectivity among geographically distant transmission zones of Plasmodium vivax in the Peruvian Amazon

Higher risk of malaria transmission outdoors than indoors by Nyssorhynchus darlingi in riverine communities in the Peruvian Amazon

Background
Malaria remains an important public health problem in Peru where incidence has been increasing since 2011. Of over 55,000 …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Higher risk of malaria transmission outdoors than indoors by Nyssorhynchus darlingi in riverine communities in the Peruvian Amazon

Malaria vector species in Amazonian Peru co- occur in larval habitats but have distinct larval microbial communities

In Amazonian Peru, the primary malaria vector, Nyssorhynchus darlingi (formerly Anophe- les darlingi), is difficult to target using …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Malaria vector species in Amazonian Peru co- occur in larval habitats but have distinct larval microbial communities

Use of open mobile mapping tool to assess human mobility traceability in rural offline populations with contrasting malaria dynamics

Infectious disease dynamics are affected by human mobility more powerfully than previously thought, and thus reliable traceability data …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Use of open mobile mapping tool to assess human mobility traceability in rural offline populations with contrasting malaria dynamics

High-accuracy detection of malaria vector larval habitats using drone-based multispectral imagery

Interest in larval source management (LSM) as an adjunct intervention to control and elimi- nate malaria transmission has recently …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF Repo
High-accuracy detection of malaria vector larval habitats using drone-based multispectral imagery

Effectiveness of a Malaria Surveillance Strategy Based on Active Case Detection during High Transmission Season in the Peruvian Amazon

Background
Faced with the resurgence of malaria, malaria surveillance in the Peruvian Amazon incorporated consecutive active case …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Effectiveness of a Malaria Surveillance Strategy Based on Active Case Detection during High Transmission Season in the Peruvian Amazon

Continuous Supply of Plasmodium vivax Sporozoites from Colonized Anopheles darlingi in the Peruvian Amazon

In vitro culture of Plasmodium vivax liver stages underlies key understandings of the fundamental biology of this parasite, …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Continuous Supply of Plasmodium vivax Sporozoites from Colonized Anopheles darlingi in the Peruvian Amazon

High prevalence of very-low Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia carriers in the Peruvian Amazon: insights into local and occupational mobility-related transmission

Background
The incidence of malaria due both to Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in the Peruvian Amazon has risen in the …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
High prevalence of very-low Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia carriers in the Peruvian Amazon: insights into local and occupational mobility-related transmission

Loop-mediated isothermal DNA amplification for asymptomatic malaria detection in challenging field settings: Technical performance and pilot implementation in the Peruvian Amazon

Background
Loop-mediated isothermal DNA amplification (LAMP) methodology offers an opportunity for point-of-care (POC) molecular …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Loop-mediated isothermal DNA amplification for asymptomatic malaria detection in challenging field settings: Technical performance and pilot implementation in the Peruvian Amazon

Micro-epidemiology and spatial heterogeneity of P. vivax parasitaemia in riverine communities of the Peruvian Amazon: A multilevel analysis

Malaria has steadily increased in the Peruvian Amazon over the last five years. This study aimed to determine the parasite prevalence …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Micro-epidemiology and spatial heterogeneity of P. vivax parasitaemia in riverine communities of the Peruvian Amazon: A multilevel analysis

Micro-heterogeneity of malaria transmission in the Peruvian Amazon: a baseline assessment underlying a population-based cohort study

Background
Understanding the dynamics of malaria transmission in diverse endemic settings is key for designing and implementing …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Micro-heterogeneity of malaria transmission in the Peruvian Amazon: a baseline assessment underlying a population-based cohort study

Predominance of asymptomatic and sub-microscopic infections characterizes the Plasmodium gametocyte reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon

Malaria transmission requires that Anopheles mosquitoes ingest Plasmodium gametocyte stages circulating in the human bloodstream. In …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Predominance of asymptomatic and sub-microscopic infections characterizes the Plasmodium gametocyte reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon

Spatial distribution of individuals with symptoms of depression in a periurban area in Lima: an example from Peru

Purpose
To map the geographical distribution and spatial clustering of depressive symptoms cases in an area of Lima, Peru.
Methods …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Spatial distribution of individuals with symptoms of depression in a periurban area in Lima: an example from Peru

Hotspots of Malaria Transmission in the Peruvian Amazon: Rapid Assessment through a Parasitological and Serological Survey

Background
With low and markedly seasonal malaria transmission, increasingly sensitive tools for better stratifying the risk of …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Hotspots of Malaria Transmission in the Peruvian Amazon: Rapid Assessment through a Parasitological and Serological Survey

Plasmodium vivax malaria at households: spatial clustering and risk factors in a low endemicity urban area of the northwestern Peruvian coast

Background
Peru has presented a decreasing malaria trend during the last decade, particularly in areas on northwestern coast; however, …
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
Link PDF
Plasmodium vivax malaria at households: spatial clustering and risk factors in a low endemicity urban area of the northwestern Peruvian coast