Victor Del Rio Vilas

Biographic Data

ID2167826
NAMEVictor Del Rio Vilas
GIVEN NAMESVictor Del Rio
FAMILY NAMEVilas
SIGNATUREVILAS V R
AFFILIATIONSChatham House
ORCID0000-0002-1674-9951
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Operational research in infectious disease outbreak response

    Open AccessMelissa Rosenthal, Jeni Stolow et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Timely and effective response to infectious disease outbreaks depends on the rapid application of evidence-based policies. Operational research (OR) is conducted during emergency response to inform decision-making, and guide response strategies; however, there is no standardized mechanism for documenting how OR is conducted or communicated during outbreaks. The World Health Organization Disease Outbreak News (DONs) platform is a global reporting …

  • Participation in One Health Networks and Involvement in the Covid-19 Pandemic Response

    Open AccessLaura C Streichert, Ludovico P Sepe et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    The COVID-19 pandemic exemplifies a One Health issue at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health that requires collaboration across sectors to manage it successfully. The global One Health community includes professionals working in many different fields including human medicine, veterinary medicine, public health, ecosystem health, and, increasingly, social sciences. The aims of this cross-sectional study were to describe the …

  • Antimicrobial resistance control efforts in Africa

    Open AccessJessica Fraser, Yewande Alimi et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021

    Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health threat in Africa. AMR prevention and control requires coordination across multiple sectors of government and civil society partners.Objectives: To assess the current role, needs, and capacities of CSOs working in AMR in Africa.Methods: We conducted an online survey of 35 CSOs working in 37 countries across Africa. The survey asked about priorities for AMR, current AMR-specific …

  • First inter-laboratory comparison of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato diagnosis in Latin America

    Open AccessMaria Isabel Jercic, Graciela Santillán et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2019

    Objective. To compare the performance of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests for diagnosing Echinococcus granulosus in dog feces among national reference laboratories in Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. Methods. National laboratories affiliated with the Ministry of Health/Agriculture of each country exchanged panels of 10 positive/negative samples obtained from their regular national surveillanc…

  • EvolvINC

    Open AccessMartin Hitziger, Maurizio Aragrande et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2019Cited by: 1

    Hitziger, M., M. Aragrande, J. Berezowski, M. Canali, V. Del Rio Vilas, S. Hoffmann, G. Igrejas, H. Keune, A. Lux, B. Mieghan, M. Palenberg, C. Pohl, M. Radeski, I. Richter, C. Robledo, R. Salerno, S. Savic, J. Schirmer, B. Vogler, and S. R. Rüegg. 2019. EVOLvINC: EValuating knOwLedge INtegration Capacity in multistakeholder governance. Ecology and Society 24(2):36. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10935-240236

  • Cystic echinococcosis in South America

    Open AccessEdmundo Larrieu, Carlos F Pavletic et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2017

    Cystic echinococcosis (CE) or hydatidosis, a parasitic zoonosis caused by a cestode of the family Taeniidae, species Echinococcus granulosus, is endemic in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, and southern Brazil. This report presents CE figures for these five countries in 2009 – 2014 and proposes indicators to measure national control programs. Nearly 5 000 new CE cases were diagnosed annually in the five countries during the study period. The avera…