Full Member
Pamela Pennington
Membership since:
2025
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
National Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala
Degrees:
1998
Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms
Publications resulting from Research
Taracena ML, Hunt CM, Benedict MQ, Pennington PM, Dotson EM (2019) Downregulation of female doublesex expression by oral-mediated RNA interference reduces number and fitness of Anopheles gambiae adult females. Parasites and Vectors 12:170 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3437-4
Juarez JG, Pennington PM, Bryan JP, Klein RE, Beard CB, Berganza E, et al. (2018) A decade of vector control activities: Progress and limitations of Chagas disease prevention in a region of Guatemala with persistent Triatoma dimidiata infestation. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 12(11): e0006896. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006896
Pennington PM, Juárez JG, Arrivillaga MR, De Urioste-Stone SM, Doktor K, Bryan JP, et al. (2017) Towards Chagas disease elimination: Neonatal screening for congenital transmission in rural communities. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(9): e0005783. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005783
V Monteon1, E Quen-Rámirez, V Macedo-Reyes, R Lopez, K Acosta-Viana, P Pennigton, A Ramos-Ligonio (2016) Pre-exposure to faeces or saliva of Triatoma dimidiata decreases parasitemia in mice challenged with Trypanosoma cruzi: a description of the inflammatory reaction at the inoculation site. Annals of Parasitology 62: 209–219.
PM Pennington, LA Messenger, J Reina, JG Juárez, GG Lawrence, EM Dotson, MS Llewellyn, C Cordón-Rosales (2015) The Chagas disease domestic transmission cycle in Guatemala: Parasite-vector switches and lack of mitochondrial co-diversification between Triatoma dimidiata and Trypanosoma cruzi subpopulations suggest non-vectorial parasite dispersal across the Motagua valley. ActaTropica 151:80-87
SM De Urioste-Stone, PM Pennington, E Pellecer, T Aguilar, G Samayoa (2015) Development of a community-based intervention for the control of Chagas disease based on peridomestic animal management: An Eco-bio-social perspective.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 109, 159-167
Taracena ML, Oliveira PL, Almendares O, Umaña C, Lowenberger C, et al. (2015) Genetically Modifying the Insect Gut Microbiota to Control Chagas Disease Vectors through Systemic RNAi. PLoSNeglTropDis 9(2):e0003358.doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003358
Karla Acosta & Ruth Lopez, VictorMonteón, Omar Triana- Chávez, Ana Mejía-Jaramillo, Pamela Pennington, Ángel Ramos-Ligonio (2014) J Parasit Dis DOI 10.1007/s12639-014-0499-2
Bustamante DM, De Urioste-Stone SM, Juárez JG, Pennington PM. (2014) Ecological, social and biological risk factors for continued Trypanosoma cruzi transmission by Triatoma dimidiata in Guatemala.PLoS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104599
Lol JC, ME Castellanos, KA Liebman, A Lenhart, PM Pennington, NR Padilla (2013) Molecular evidence for historical presence ofknock-down resistance in Anopheles albimanus, a key malaria vector in Latin America. Parasites & Vectors 6:268
Monteiro FA, T Peretolchina, C Lazoski, K Harris, EM Dotson, et al. (2013) Phylogeographic pattern and extensive mitochondrial DNA divergence disclose a species complex within the Chagas disease vector Triatoma dimidiata. PLoS ONE 8(8): e70974. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070974
Zumaya-EstradaFA, LAMessenger,TLopez-Ordonez, MD Lewis,CA Flores-Lopez, AJ Martínez-Ibarra, PM Pennington, C Cordon-Rosales, HV Carrasco, MSegovia, MA Miles,MS Llewellyn(2012) North American import? Charting the origins of an enigmatic Trypanosoma cruzi domestic genotype. Parasites & Vectors 5:226 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-226
Pennington PM, C Paiz, LM Grajeda and C Cordón-Rosales (2009) Concurrent detection of Trypanosoma cruzi lineages I and II in domestic Triatoma dimidiata from Guatemala. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.80: 239–241
Cordón-Rosales, C, P Pennington (2007) Eco-epidemiología de la transmisión vectorial de la enfermedad de Chagas en Guatemala. Revista de la Universidad del Valle, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. p63-84.
Pennington P, CB Beard and J Anderson (2004) Care, maintenance and handling of infected triatomines. In, B.J. Beaty and W.C. Marquardt (eds.) Biology of disease vectors. 2nd ed. University Press of Colorado. p717-725
Beard,CB, EM Dotson, PM Pennington, S Eichler, C Cordon-Rosales, RVDurvasula (2001). Bacterial symbiosis and paratransgenic control of vector-borne Chagas disease. International Journal of Parasitology 31:621-7.
Pennington, PM, D Cadavid, J Bunikis, SJ Norris, AG Barbour (1999) Extensive interplasmidic duplications change the virulence phenotype of the relapsing fever agent Borrelia turicatae. Molecular Microbiology 34:1120-1132.
Pennington, PM, D Cadavid, AG Barbour (1999). Characterization of VspB of Borrelia turicatae, a major outer membrane protein expressed in blood and tissues of mice. Infection and Immunity 67: 4637-45.
Cadavid, D, PM Pennington, TA Kerentseva, S Bergstrom, AG Barbour (1997). Immunologic and genetic analyses of VmpA of a neurotropic strain of Borrelia turicatae. Infection and Immunity. 65:3352-3360.
Pennington, PM, CD Allred, CS West, R Alvarez, AG Barbour (1997). Arthritis severity and spirochete burden are determined by serotype in the Borrelia turicatae-mouse model of Lyme disease. Infection and Immunity. 65:285-292.
Stone, WH,DG Saphire, SM Hackleman, AM Braun, P Pennington, J Scheffler, JC Wigle, AB Cox (1994). Effect of radiation and age on immunoglobulin levels in Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Radiation Research. 138: 401-408.
Juarez JG, Pennington PM, Bryan JP, Klein RE, Beard CB, Berganza E, et al. (2018) A decade of vector control activities: Progress and limitations of Chagas disease prevention in a region of Guatemala with persistent Triatoma dimidiata infestation. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 12(11): e0006896. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006896
Pennington PM, Juárez JG, Arrivillaga MR, De Urioste-Stone SM, Doktor K, Bryan JP, et al. (2017) Towards Chagas disease elimination: Neonatal screening for congenital transmission in rural communities. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(9): e0005783. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005783
V Monteon1, E Quen-Rámirez, V Macedo-Reyes, R Lopez, K Acosta-Viana, P Pennigton, A Ramos-Ligonio (2016) Pre-exposure to faeces or saliva of Triatoma dimidiata decreases parasitemia in mice challenged with Trypanosoma cruzi: a description of the inflammatory reaction at the inoculation site. Annals of Parasitology 62: 209–219.
PM Pennington, LA Messenger, J Reina, JG Juárez, GG Lawrence, EM Dotson, MS Llewellyn, C Cordón-Rosales (2015) The Chagas disease domestic transmission cycle in Guatemala: Parasite-vector switches and lack of mitochondrial co-diversification between Triatoma dimidiata and Trypanosoma cruzi subpopulations suggest non-vectorial parasite dispersal across the Motagua valley. ActaTropica 151:80-87
SM De Urioste-Stone, PM Pennington, E Pellecer, T Aguilar, G Samayoa (2015) Development of a community-based intervention for the control of Chagas disease based on peridomestic animal management: An Eco-bio-social perspective.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 109, 159-167
Taracena ML, Oliveira PL, Almendares O, Umaña C, Lowenberger C, et al. (2015) Genetically Modifying the Insect Gut Microbiota to Control Chagas Disease Vectors through Systemic RNAi. PLoSNeglTropDis 9(2):e0003358.doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003358
Karla Acosta & Ruth Lopez, VictorMonteón, Omar Triana- Chávez, Ana Mejía-Jaramillo, Pamela Pennington, Ángel Ramos-Ligonio (2014) J Parasit Dis DOI 10.1007/s12639-014-0499-2
Bustamante DM, De Urioste-Stone SM, Juárez JG, Pennington PM. (2014) Ecological, social and biological risk factors for continued Trypanosoma cruzi transmission by Triatoma dimidiata in Guatemala.PLoS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104599
Lol JC, ME Castellanos, KA Liebman, A Lenhart, PM Pennington, NR Padilla (2013) Molecular evidence for historical presence ofknock-down resistance in Anopheles albimanus, a key malaria vector in Latin America. Parasites & Vectors 6:268
Monteiro FA, T Peretolchina, C Lazoski, K Harris, EM Dotson, et al. (2013) Phylogeographic pattern and extensive mitochondrial DNA divergence disclose a species complex within the Chagas disease vector Triatoma dimidiata. PLoS ONE 8(8): e70974. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070974
Zumaya-EstradaFA, LAMessenger,TLopez-Ordonez, MD Lewis,CA Flores-Lopez, AJ Martínez-Ibarra, PM Pennington, C Cordon-Rosales, HV Carrasco, MSegovia, MA Miles,MS Llewellyn(2012) North American import? Charting the origins of an enigmatic Trypanosoma cruzi domestic genotype. Parasites & Vectors 5:226 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-226
Pennington PM, C Paiz, LM Grajeda and C Cordón-Rosales (2009) Concurrent detection of Trypanosoma cruzi lineages I and II in domestic Triatoma dimidiata from Guatemala. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.80: 239–241
Cordón-Rosales, C, P Pennington (2007) Eco-epidemiología de la transmisión vectorial de la enfermedad de Chagas en Guatemala. Revista de la Universidad del Valle, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. p63-84.
Pennington P, CB Beard and J Anderson (2004) Care, maintenance and handling of infected triatomines. In, B.J. Beaty and W.C. Marquardt (eds.) Biology of disease vectors. 2nd ed. University Press of Colorado. p717-725
Beard,CB, EM Dotson, PM Pennington, S Eichler, C Cordon-Rosales, RVDurvasula (2001). Bacterial symbiosis and paratransgenic control of vector-borne Chagas disease. International Journal of Parasitology 31:621-7.
Pennington, PM, D Cadavid, J Bunikis, SJ Norris, AG Barbour (1999) Extensive interplasmidic duplications change the virulence phenotype of the relapsing fever agent Borrelia turicatae. Molecular Microbiology 34:1120-1132.
Pennington, PM, D Cadavid, AG Barbour (1999). Characterization of VspB of Borrelia turicatae, a major outer membrane protein expressed in blood and tissues of mice. Infection and Immunity 67: 4637-45.
Cadavid, D, PM Pennington, TA Kerentseva, S Bergstrom, AG Barbour (1997). Immunologic and genetic analyses of VmpA of a neurotropic strain of Borrelia turicatae. Infection and Immunity. 65:3352-3360.
Pennington, PM, CD Allred, CS West, R Alvarez, AG Barbour (1997). Arthritis severity and spirochete burden are determined by serotype in the Borrelia turicatae-mouse model of Lyme disease. Infection and Immunity. 65:285-292.
Stone, WH,DG Saphire, SM Hackleman, AM Braun, P Pennington, J Scheffler, JC Wigle, AB Cox (1994). Effect of radiation and age on immunoglobulin levels in Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Radiation Research. 138: 401-408.