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Claudio Meneses

National Institutes of HealthPrimary ORCID profile (0000-0002-6452-8950 · 3 papers)Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Claudio MenesesiD3 papers · Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Evolutionary Biology· 1 Immunology· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Eva InigueziD· 2 shared Jesus Gilberto ValenzuelaiD· 2 shared Shaden KamhawiiD· 2 shared Aaron Pugh· 1 shared Ben C. LambertiD· 1 shared Carolina Catta-PretaiD· 1 shared Clarissa Teixeira· 1 shared David L. SacksiD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 3/yr

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The PERL toolkit: Using sand flies to identify leishmaniasis reservoirs

Eva Iniguez, Patrick Huffcutt, Tiago Donatelli Serafim, Pedro Cecílio, Serena Doh, Aaron Pugh, Johannes S. P. Doehl, Claudio Meneses, Ben C. Lambert, Jesus Gilberto Valenzuela, Shaden Kamhawi

The PERL toolkit uses sand fly blood meals to identify leishmaniasis reservoirs by analyzing gene expression patterns in infected and uninfected specimens.

bioRxiv · Sep 9, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Human sand fly challenge elicits saliva-specific innate and type 1-polarized immunity that promotes Leishmania killing

Maha Abdeladhim, Clarissa Teixeira, Roseanne A. Ressner, Kelly Hummer, Ranadhir Dey, Régis Gomes, Waldionê de Castro, Fernanda Fortes de Araujo, George W. Turiansky, Eva Iniguez, Claudio Meneses, Fabiano Oliveira, Naomi Aronson, Joshua R. Lacsina, Jesus Gilberto Valenzuela, Shaden Kamhawi

This study shows that repeated sand fly bites induce immune responses to salivary proteins that enhance Leishmania killing in macrophages.

Communications Biology · May 5, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology

Cryptic Sex in Leishmania Depends on SPO11 Paralogs

Carolina Catta-Preta, Vitor Luiz da Silva, Claudio Meneses, Kashinath Ghosh, David L. Sacks

This study identifies the roles of SPO11 paralogs in Leishmania hybridization, showing they are essential for efficient mating and genome segregation.

PLoS Pathogens · Apr 29, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology