Research/Areas of Interest
Interested in virology, conservation medicine, One Health, infectious diseases of wildlife animals, and zoonosis.
Advisor
Marieke Rosenbaum, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Honors and Awards
Provost Leadership Fellows, (2022).
Doctoral Category Morris Animal Foundation Conference Scholarship, (2021).
Robin Best Award Best Undergrad Poster Presentation, (2016).
Education
Ph.D., Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, (current)
D.V.M., Veterinary School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.(2019)
Selected Publications and Presentations
Mendoza, P., & Vilchez-Delgado, F. “Infectious Diseases and Primate Trafficking in Peruvian Wet Markets.” Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy: Volume 10, 2022, 10, pp. 95-104.
Elsevier. Vilchez-Delgado, F. et al. “In Fowler’s Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy” (10th ed.). 2023.
Vilchez-Delgado, F., CÁrdenas-Alayza, S., Diaz, S., Márquez-Alvis, S., Gúzman, F. “South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) Out of Range in Northern Peru.” Aquatic Mammals, 2023, 49(5), pp. 468–474. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.49.5.2023.468. Ortega, V.,…., Vilchez-Delgado, F., et al. (2022).
Ortega, V., Zamaora, J.L.R., Monreal, A., Hoffman, D.T., Ezzatpour, S., Johnston, G.P., Contreras, E.M., Vilchez-Delgado, F., Aguilar, H.C. “Novel Roles of the Nipah Virus Attachment Glycoprotein and Its Mobility in Early and Late Membrane Fusion Steps”. mBio, 2022 Jun, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03222-21.
Vilchez-Delgado, F., Ramírez-Montano, L.F., Merino-Merino, X.,Ojeda-Juarez, R.R., Espinoza-Román, M.H., Duarte-Quiroga, A.“Botfly Parasitism on Two Primates of the Cebidae Family in Peru.” Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2022, 58(2), pp. 415-420. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-21-00175.
XIX Course of Molecular Epidemiology Applied to Infectious Diseases, Basic and Advanced module, Alexander Von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute and Cayetano Heredia University (Lima, Peru). (2024), Oral Presentation.
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Meeting. Washington State, Seattle, USA.(2022),Oral presentation.
International Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) Meeting. University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.( 2022), Oral presentation.