José Villacís, MSc.

JEVILLACIS@puce.edu.ec    

Research group: Clinical microbiology and molecular epidemiology

Areas of research: Epidemiology / Microbiology / OneHealth.

  Current research: 

• Rational use of antibiotics
• Molecular epidemiology of hospital and community microorganisms 
• Antimicrobial resistance One Health

  Education: 

• 2022 - Ongoing. Master's Degree in Hospital and Clinical Epidemiology. Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar. Quito, Ecuador.
• 2020. Diploma in Antimicrobial Resistance, Universidad de Antioquia. Colombia. 
• 2016. Master in technologies for management and teaching practice, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. 
• 2008. Bachelor of Clinical and Applied Microbiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.  

  Current position: 

• Associate investigator at the Center for Research in Health in Latin America.
• Undergraduate professor of the School of Clinical Laboratory. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

  Recent publications: 

• Espinosa-Mata E, Mejía L, Villacís JE, Alban V, Zapata S. Detection and genotyping of Listeria monocytogenes in artisanal soft cheeses from Ecuador. Rev Argent Microbiol. 2021 Apr 24;. doi: 10.1016/j.ram.2021.02.013. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33906777. 

• Vásconez Noguera S, Jaramillo K, Zabala A, Villacís JE. Bordetella pertussis, a reemerging pathogen in pediatric respiratory infections. A study in Quito, Ecuador. Rev Argent Microbiol. 2021 Jan-Mar;53(1):27-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ram.2020.07.001. Epub 2020 Nov 24. PubMed PMID: 33243445. 

• Ortega-Paredes D, de Janon S, Villavicencio F, Ruales KJ, De La Torre K, Villacís JE, Wagenaar JA, Matheu J, Bravo-Vallejo C, Fernández-Moreira E, Vinueza-Burgos C. Broiler Farms and Carcasses Are an Important Reservoir of Multi-Drug Resistant Escherichia coli in Ecuador. Front Vet Sci. 2020;7:547843. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.547843. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 33324692; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7724036. 

• Albán MV, Núñez EJ, Zurita J, Villacís JE, Tamayo R, Sevillano G, Villavicencio FX, Calero-Cáceres W. Canines with different pathologies as carriers of diverse lineages of Escherichia coli harbouring mcr-1 and clinically relevant β-lactamases in central Ecuador. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2020 Sep;22:182-183. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.05.017. Epub 2020 Jun 6. PubMed PMID: 32522549. 

• Loayza-Villa F, Salinas L, Tijet N, Villavicencio F, Tamayo R, Salas S, Rivera R, Villacis J, Satan C, Ushiña L, Muñoz O, Zurita J, Melano R, Reyes J, Trueba GA. Diverse Escherichia coli lineages from domestic animals carrying colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in an Ecuadorian household. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2020 Sep;22:63-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2019.12.002. Epub 2019 Dec 10. PubMed PMID: 31841712. 

• Nieuwenhuijse DF, Oude Munnink BB, Phan MVT, Munk P, Venkatakrishnan S, Aarestrup FM, Cotten M, Koopmans MPG. Setting a baseline for global urban virome surveillance in sewage. Sci Rep. 2020 Aug 13;10(1):13748. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69869-0. PubMed PMID: 32792677; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7426863. 

• M VA, Mariño-Brito E, Villavicencio F, Satán C, Villacís JE, Gestal MC. Fosfomycin, Applying Known Methods and Remedies to A New Era. Diseases. 2020 Aug 7;8(3). doi: 10.3390/diseases8030031. PubMed PMID: 32784746; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7564589. 

• Calero-Cáceres W, Villacís J, Ishida M, Burnett E, Vinueza-Burgos C. Whole-Genome Sequencing of Salmonella enterica Serovar Infantis and Kentucky Isolates Obtained from Layer Poultry Farms in Ecuador. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Mar 26;9(13). doi: 10.1128/MRA.00091-20. PubMed PMID: 32217676; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7098899. 

• Villacís JE, Reyes JA, Castelán-Sánchez HG, Dávila-Ramos S, Lazo MA, Wali A, Bodero LA, Toapanta Y, Naranjo C, Montero L, Campos J, Galas MG, Gestal MC. OXA-48 Carbapenemase in Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 307 in Ecuador. Microorganisms. 2020 Mar 19;8(3). doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8030435. PubMed PMID: 32204571; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7143988. 

• Reyes JA, Villavicencio F, Villacís JE, Pavón E, Campoverde N, Espinel M, Núñez B, Trueba G. First report of a clinical isolate of bla_OXA-48- carbapenemase producing Raoultella ornithinolytica in South America. Rev Argent Microbiol. 2020 Jan - Mar;52(1):82-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ram.2019.02.002. Epub 2019 May 24. PubMed PMID: 31133355. 

• Prado-Vivar MB, Ortiz L, Reyes J, Villacis E, Fornasini M, Baldeon ME, Cardenas PA. Molecular typing of a large nosocomial outbreak of KPC-producing bacteria in the biggest tertiary-care hospital of Quito, Ecuador. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2019 Dec;19:328-332. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2019.05.014. Epub 2019 May 19. PubMed PMID: 31116967. 

• Villacís JE, Lopez M, Passey D, Santillán MH, Verdezoto G, Trujillo F, Paredes G, Alarcón C, Horvath R, Stibich M. Efficacy of pulsed-xenon ultraviolet light for disinfection of high-touch surfaces in an Ecuadorian hospital. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 3;19(1):575. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4200-3. PubMed PMID: 31269912; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6609374. 

• Villacís JE, Bovera M, Romero-Alvarez D, Cornejo F, Albán V, Trueba G, Dorn HF, Reyes JA. NDM-1 carbapenemase in Acinetobacter baumannii sequence type 32 in Ecuador. New Microbes New Infect. 2019 May;29:100526. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100526. eCollection 2019 May. PubMed PMID: 30976430; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6438911. 

• Hendriksen RS, Munk P, Njage P, van Bunnik B, McNally L, Lukjancenko O, Röder T, Nieuwenhuijse D, Pedersen SK, Kjeldgaard J, Kaas RS, Clausen PTLC, Vogt JK, Leekitcharoenphon P, van de Schans MGM, Zuidema T, de Roda Husman AM, Rasmussen S, Petersen B, Amid C, Cochrane G, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Schmitt H, Alvarez JRM, Aidara-Kane A, Pamp SJ, Lund O, Hald T, Woolhouse M, Koopmans MP, Vigre H, Petersen TN, Aarestrup FM. Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage. Nat Commun. 2019 Mar 8;10(1):1124. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08853-3. PubMed PMID: 30850636; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6408512. 

• Romero-Alvarez D, Reyes J, Quezada V, Satán C, Cevallos N, Barrera S, Trueba G, Escobar LE, Villacís JE. First case of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase in Klebsiella pneumoniae from Ecuador: An update for South America. Int J Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;65:119-121. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.10.012. Epub 2017 Dec 1. PubMed PMID: 29081367. 

  Orcid:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1478-5374   

ResearchGate:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jose-Villacis-2