2) Titles of ongoing research projects (including information on funding agency and collaborators)

Collaborators: I am the coordinator of the REDILA, the Argentinean Network for Research on Leishmaniasis (29 researchers from 9 universities), and the Coordinator of the National Program of Leishmaniasis (24 jurisdictions)

Ongoing Projects

• Argentina /Uganda/India – Vector-borne disease control by community participation and natural products in rural environments: one tool, three cultures. Pérez-Guerrero Trust Fund for Economic and Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries, Members of the Group of 77

• Dynamics of Phlebotomine in the Chaco Región.   Fundación Alberto J. Roemmers, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste-

• Eco-epidemiology, biology y distribution of Phlebotomine in the NE, MW and Chaco región of Argentina. National Agency of Science and technology (Argentina)

• Addressing the emergence and spread of leishmaniasis in the borders of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. IDRC Research Grant

• Work, health and environment from the anthropological perspective (focused on leishmaniases). National Agency of Science and technology (Argentina)

• Prevalence-surveillance studies, and evaluation of new tools and strategies for the control of visceral and tegumentary leishmaniases in Argentina. MOH

3) 5 main publications over the past years (including book chapters, reviews)

• Quintana M, Salomón O, Guerra R, Lizarralde de Grosso M, Fuenzalida A. Phlebotominae of epidemiological importance in cutaneous leishmaniasis in northwestern Argentina: risk maps and ecological niche models . Medical and Veterinary Entomology 2013; 27: 39–48.

• Acardi SA, Rago MV, Liotta DJ, Fernández-Duque E, Salomon OD. Leishmania Viannia DNA detection by PCR-RFLP and sequencing in free-ranging owl monkeys (Aotus azarai azarai) from Formosa, Argentina. Veterinary Parasitology 2013, 193: 256-259¸ PMID: 23305973

• Salomón OD, Quintana MG, Mastrángelo AV, Fernández MS. Leishmaniasis and climate change: Study Case – Argentina Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2012, Article ID 601242, doi:10.1155/2012/601242

• Quintana MG, Salomón OD, Lizarralde de Grosso MS. Distribution of Phlebotominae in primary forest-crop interface, Salta, Argentina. J Med Entomol 2010, 47 (6): 1003-1010

• Leishmaniasis and environment in Argentina: an eco-epidemiological approach. Salomón OD, Mastrángelo AV, Quintana MG, Rosa JRR. In: Nriagu JO (ed.) Encyclopedia of Environmental Health , volume 3, pp. 481–490 Burlington: Elsevier, 2011.