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Victor Romero

Universidad Simón BolívarORCID 0000-0003-1875-5906Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Adamary Vásquez-TituanaiD· 1 shared Alejandra Bedoya-JaramilloiD· 1 shared Alfredo BrunoiD· 1 shared Alicia VillavicencioiD· 1 shared Ana Maria MorenoiD· 1 shared Andrea Au Hing· 1 shared Carlos Bastidas‐CaldesiD· 1 shared Christian Miguel PintoiD· 1 shared

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Widespread SARS-CoV-2 infection in free-ranging Neotropical bats suggests repeated human-to-bat spillback

Jorge I. Armijos Rivera, Gabriela Parra, Marlon Bravo-Bonilla, María Gonzalez-Maldonado, Daniela Alejandra Román-Cáceres, Adamary Vásquez-Tituana, Jessica Valdivieso, Freddy Eliazar Tinoco Tinoco, Alicia Villavicencio, Nikolay Aguirre, Rodrigo Cisneros, Victor Romero, Jimmy Garcés, Doménica de Mora, Alfredo Bruno, , Emmanuele Crespan

The paper detects SARS-CoV-2 in wild Neotropical bats, showing repeated human-to-bat spillback rather than sustained bat-specific circulation.

bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Surveying armadillo and bat trypanosomes by DNA metabarcoding with Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequencing: the importance of fine-tuning parameters to identify mixed infections

Christian Miguel Pinto, Manuel Calvopiña, Sofía Ocaña-Mayorga, Daniel Romero-Álvarez, Carlos Bastidas‐Caldes, Pamela Lojan-Cueva, Daniela Reyes-Barriga, Alejandra Bedoya-Jaramillo, Víctor Romero, Nicté Ordóñez‐Garza, Andrea Au Hing, Mónica I. Páez‐Vacas, Julio C. Carrión–Olmedo, Ricardo Patiño, Pablo Jarrín–V

This study uses DNA metabarcoding to analyze Trypanosoma infections in armadillos and bats, finding that strict bioinformatic filtering reduces apparent coinfections, supporting competitive exclusion.

bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology