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Articles by Solon Alberto
Interinstitutional collaboration to promote public health research in Ecuador: a story of success from the National Institute of Public Health in Ecuador
Introduction Back in the fall of 2016, we started a collaboration between the “Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública e Investigación” (INSPI) and different Ecuadorian public and private universities in Quito and Guayaquil, initially including the “Universidad Agraria de Ecuador” and “Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, and later “Universidad de Las Américas,” “Universidad Ecotec” and “Universidad Espiritu Santo.” We were able to put together a group of scientists with different...
Whole Genome Sequencing and tuberculosis surveillance and control: a critical view from resources limited settings
OPINION article AS Angel Sebastian Rodriguez Pazmiño 1 SA Solon Alberto Orlando 2 GF Greta Franco Sotomayor 3 MA Miguel Angel Garcia Bereguiain 1 1. University of the Americas, Quito, Ecuador 2. Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador 3.
A family cluster of brucellosis in an underserved urban community in Guayaquil city, Ecuador
Abstract Brucellosis is a neglected bacterial zoonosis caused by Brucella spp. with worldwide distribution. Infection typically occurs through direct contact with infected animals or consumption of unpasteurized dairy products, and the global burden of brucellosis is estimated over two million cases per year. In Latin America, brucellosis remains endemic, with important public health and economic consequences.
The Americas are not on track to end TB: tuberculosis incidence analysis under the 2025 WHO goals
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading infectious causes of death globally. Under the WHO End TB Strategy, adopted in 2014 and aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), countries committed to achieving a 50% reduction in TB incidence rate and a 75% reduction in TB deaths by 2025, compared with 2015 levels (). However, the Global TB Report 2025, which presents data updated through 2024, indicates that global progress remains far off track.
The quality of commercial SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid tests in Ecuador: lessons from COVID-19 pandemic for advancing social equity through microbiology
Introduction The “coronavirus disease 2019” (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), challenged the public health systems worldwide since the initial outbreak in China in December 2019 (Gorbalenya et al., 2020; Zhou et al., 2020).
A recent Distemper Virus outbreak in the growing canine populations of Galapagos islands: a persistent threat for the endangered Galapagos Sea Lion.
Patricio Vega1, Jessie Olson1, Ben Howitt1, Rita Criollo1, Lisette Figueroa1, Solon Alberto Orlando2, Marylin Cruz1 and Miguel Angel Garcia Bereguiain3* 1Agency for the Regulation and Control of Biosafety and Quarantine for Galapagos (ABG), Ecuador 2National Institute of Public Health and Research (Ecuador), Ecuador 3University of the Americas, Ecuador The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.
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