Phylogenetic Analyses of Lizards from the Chilean Humboldt Archipelago Reveal a New Species for the Chañaral Island (Squamata: Liolaemidae). Animals 13(22), 3576; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13223576.
Campos-Soto R, Rodríguez-Valenzuela E, Díaz-Campusano G, Boric-Bargetto D, Zúñiga-Reinoso A, Cianferoni F, Torres-Pérez F. 2022. Testing Phylogeographic Hypotheses in Mepraia (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Suggests a Complex Spatio-Temporal Colonization in the Coastal Atacama Desert. Insects 13(5), 419; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13050419.
Colella JP, Bates J, Burneo SF, Camacho MA, Carrion-Bonilla C, Constable I, D’Elía G, Dunnum JL, Greiman S, Hoberg EP, Lessa E, Liphardt SW, Londoño-Gaviria M, Losos E, Lutz HL, Ordóñez-Garza N, Townsend Peterson A, Martin ML, Ribas CC, Struminger B, Torres-Pérez F, Thompson CW, Weksler M, Cook JA. 2021. Leveraging natural history biorepositories as a global, decentralized, pathogen surveillance network. Plos Pathogens 17(6): e1009583. https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009583.
Larraguibel-González C, Boric-Bargetto D, Celis-Diez JL, Figueroa-Sterquel R, Torres-Pérez F. 2021. Diferencias en el ensamble de micromamíferos entre áreas con distinto grado de protección del sitio Prioritario los Molles-Pichidangui. Revista de Geografía Norte Grande, 80: 391-416.
Campos-Soto R, Díaz-Campusano G, Quiroga N, Muñoz-San Martín C, Rives-Blanchard N, Torres-Pérez F. 2020. Trypanosoma cruzi-infected triatomines and rodents co-occur in a coastal island of northern Chile. PeerJ 8:e9967. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9967.
Campos-Soto R, Diaz-Campusano G, Rives-Blanchard N, Cianferoni F, Torres-Perez F. 2020. Biogeographic origin and phylogenetic relationships of Mepraia ( Hemiptera , Reduviidae ) on islands of northern Chile. Plos One 15(6):1-13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234056
Torres-Pérez F, Palma RE, Boric-Bargetto D, Vial C, Ferrés M, Vial PA, Martínez-Valdebenito C, Pavletic C, Parra A, Marquet PA, Mertz GJ. 2019. A 19 Year Analysis of Small Mammals Associated with Human Hantavirus Cases in Chile. Viruses 11(9): 848. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11090848
Araya-Donoso R, Torres-Pérez F, Véliz D, Lamborot M. 2019. Hybridization and polyploidy in the weeping lizard Liolaemus chiliensis (Squamata: Liolaemidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 128(4): 963–974. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz145
Zepeda P, Rodríguez-Serrano E, Torres-Pérez F , Celis JL , Palma RE. 2019. Genetic variability and structure of the Olive Field Mouse: a sigmodontine rodent in a biodiversity hotspot of southern Chile. PeerJ 7:e6955. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6955
Galbreath KE, Hoberg EP, Cook JA, Armien B, Bell KC, Campbell ML, Dunnum JL, Dursahinhan AT, Eckerlin RP, Gardner SL, Greiman SE, Henttonen H, Jiménez FA, Koehler AVA, Nyamsuren B, Tkach VV, Torres-Pérez F, Tsvetkova A, and Hope AG. 2019. Building an integrated infrastructure for exploring biodiversity: field collections and archives of mammals and parasites. J. Mammalogy 100(2): 382–393.
Esquerré D., Brennan I.G, Catullo R.A., Torres‐Pérez F., Keogh J.S. 2019. How mountains shape biodiversity: the role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification and reproductive biology in South America's most species rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae). Evolution 73-2: 214–230. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13657
Vidal M., Ortiz JC, Escobar G & Torres-Pérez F. 2017. Identidad taxonómica de Microlophus heterolepis (Wiegmann, 1835) y Microlophus yanezi (Ortiz, 1980): Dos buenas especies del desierto interior de Chile y Perú. Gayana 81(2): 100-110.
Torres-Perez F., Boric-Bargetto D., Rodríguez-Valenzuela E., Escobar C., Palma R.E. 2017. Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal the importance of taxon sampling in cryptic diversity: Liolaemus nigroviridis and L. monticola (Liolaeminae) as focal species. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 90:5 DOI: 10.1186/s40693-017-0068-z
Palma RE, Gutierrez-Tapia P., Gonzalez J.F., Boric-Bargetto D., Torres-Perez F. 2017. Mountaintops phylogeography: A case study using small mammals from the Andes and the coast of central Chile. PLoS ONE 12(7): e0180231.
Rives-Blanchard, N., Torres-Pérez, F., Ortiz, S., Solari, A., Campos-Soto, R. 2017. Trypanosoma cruzi over the ocean: Insular zones of Chile with presence of infected vector Mepraia species. Acta Tropica 172: 229-231.
Barriga, G.P., Boric-Bargetto, D., San Martin, M., Neira, V., van Bakel, H., Thompsom, M., Tapia R., Toro-Ascuy D., Moreno L., Vasquez Y., Sallaberry M., Torres-Pérez F., González-Acuña D., Medina, R. A. 2016. Avian Influenza Virus H5 Strain with North American and Eurasian Lineage Genes in an Antarctic Penguin. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(12), 2221-2223.
Torres-Pérez F., Boric-Bargetto D., Palma R.E. 2016. Hantavirus en Chile: Nuevos roedores con potencial importancia epidemiológica. Revista Médica de Chile. 144: 816-820.
Campbell C.L., Torres-Perez F., Acuna-Retamar M., Schountz T. 2015. Transcriptome Markers of Viral Persistence in Naturally-Infected Andes Virus (Bunyaviridae) Seropositive Long-Tailed Pygmy Rice Rats. Plos One 10(4): e0122935.
Ibáñez, S., Vidal, M.A., Ortiz, J.C.,Torres-Pérez, F. 2015. Geometric morphometric analysis of the head of Microlophus atacamensis (Tropiduridae) in a latitudinal gradient. Zoological Studies 54:24
Cautivo K., Schountz T., Acuña-Retamar M., Ferrés M., Torres-Pérez F. 2014. Rapid Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Detection of Hantavirus-Specific Antibodies in Divergent Small Mammals. Viruses. 6(5), 2028-2037; doi:10.3390/v6052028
Torres-Pérez F. 2014. Precisando el “Impacto medioambiental en la incidencia del síndrome cardiopulmonar por Hantavirus en Chile. Revista Medica de Chile 142(10): 1348-1349.
Landaeta-Aqueveque, C., Notarnicola, J., Correa, J.P., Yáñez-Meza, A., Henríquez, A., Cattan, P.E., Botto-Mahan, C., Torres-Pérez, F. 2014. First record of Litomosoides pardinasi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in native and exotic rodents from Chile. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 85(4): 1032-1037.
Campos R., Torres-Pérez F., Botto-Mahan C., Coronado X., Solari A. 2013. High phylogeographic structure in sylvatic vectors of Chagas disease from the Mepraia genus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Infections, Genetics and Evolution 19: 280-286.
Cianferoni F., Yáñez R.P., Palma R.E., Torres-Pérez, F. 2013. Deep genetic divergences among lineages of Liolaemus nigroviridis (Squamata, Liolaemidae) associated with sky islands in central Chile. Zootaxa 3619(1): 059–069.
Bacigalupo A., Segovia V., Garcia A., Botto-Mahan C., Ortiz S., Solari A., Acuña-Retamar M., Torres-Pérez F., Cattan P.E. 2012. Differential Pattern of Infection with Trypanosoma Cruzi Genotypes of Sylvatic Nymphs and Domiciliary Adults of Triatoma infestans in Chile. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 87:473-480.
Schountz T., Acuna-Retamar M., Feinstein S., Prescott J., Torres-Pérez F., Podell B., Peters S, Ye C., Black IV W. & Hjelle B. 2012. Kinetics of Immune Responses in Deer Mice Experimentally Infected with Sin Nombre Virus. Journal of Virology 86(18): 10015–10027.
Palma R.E., Boric-Bargetto D., Torres-Pérez F., Hernández C.E. , Yates T.L. 2012. Glaciation Effects on the Phylogeographic Structure of Oligoryzomys longicaudatus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in the Southern Andes. PLoS ONE 7(3): e32206. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032206
Torres-Pérez F., Palma R.E., Hjelle B., Holmes, E.C. & Cook J.A. 2011. Spatial but not temporal co-divergence of a virus and its mammalian Host. Molecular Ecology 20(19):4109–4122.
Torres-Pérez F., Acuna-Retamar M., Cook J.A., Bacigalupo A., García A. & Cattan P.E. 2011. Statistical phylogeography of Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans: testing biogeographic hypotheses of dispersal. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 11(1): 167-174.
Torres-Pérez F., Palma R.E., Hjelle B., Ferres M. & Cook J.A. 2010. Andes virus infections in the rodent reservoir and in humans vary across contrasting landscapes in Chile. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 10(6): 820-825.
Torres-Perez F, Wilson L, Collinge SK, Harmon H, Ray C, Medina RA, Hjelle B. 2010. Sin Nombre Virus infections in field workers, Colorado, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 16(2):308-310.
Hjelle B & Torres-Pérez F. 2010. Hantaviruses in the Americas and their role as emerging pathogens. Viruses 2(12): 2559-2586.
Pesko K., Torres-Pérez F., Hjelle B. & Ebel G.D. 2010. Molecular epidemiology of Powassan virus in North America. Journal of General Virology 91(11): 2698-2705.
Bacigalupo A., Torres-Pérez F., Segovia V., García A., Correa J.P., Moreno L., Arroyo P. & Cattan P.E. 2010. Sylvatic foci of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in Chile: Description of a new focus and challenges for control programs. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 105(5): 633-641.
Medina R.A.*, Torres-Perez F.*, Galeno H., Navarrete M., Vial P.A., Palma R.E., Ferres M., Cook J.A & Hjelle B. 2009. Ecology, Genetic Diversity and Phylogeographic Structure of Andes virus in humans and rodents in Chile. Journal of Virology 83(6):2446–2459. *Contributed equally.
Hjelle B. & Torres-Pérez F. 2009. Rodent Borne-Viruses. Pp: 641-657. In: Clinical Virology Manual. Specter S., Hodinka R., Wiedbrauk D., & Young S (Eds). American Society for Microbiology.
Torres-Pérez F., Mendez M.A., Benavides E., Moreno R.A., Lamborot M., Palma R.E. & Ortiz J.C. 2009. Systematics and evolutionary relationships of the mountain lizard Liolaemus monticola (Liolaemini): how morphological an molecular evidence contribute to reveal hidden species diversity. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96: 635–650.
Koehler A.V.A., Hoberg E.P., Torres-Pérez F. & Cook J.A. 2009. A molecular view of the superfamily Dioctophymatoidea (Nematoda). Comparative parasitology 76(1): 100-104.
Moreno L., Lártiga N., Puebla M., Bacigalupo A., García A., Torres-Pérez F. & Cattan P.E. 2009. Estudio comparativo de ejemplares de Triatoma infestans provenientes de poblaciones silvestres y de laboratorio, mediante morfometría geométrica. Revista Ibero-Latinoamericana de Parasitología 68(2): 130-136.
Torres-Pérez F. & Lamborot M. 2008. Hipótesis Filogenéticas en Reptiles de Chile. Pp. 137-160. En: Vidal M. & Labra M. (eds.). Herpetologia de Chile. Science-Verlag.
Torres-Pérez F., Lamborot M., Boric-Bargetto D., Hernández C.E. , Ortiz J.C. & Palma R.E. 2007. Phylogeography of a mountain lizard species: a deep evolutionary divergence into the Liolaemus monticola complex (Sauria: Liolaemidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 45(1):72-81.
Vasquez, M., Torres-Pérez F. & Lamborot M. 2007. Genetic variation within and between four chromosomal races of Liolaemus monticola (Tropiduridae) in Chile. Herpetological Journal 17:149-160.
Palma R.E., Torres-Pérez F. & Boric-Bargetto D. 2007. The ecology and evolutionary history of Oligoryzomys longicaudatus in southern South America. p. 671-693. In: Kelt D., Lessa E.P., Salazar-Bravo, J. & Patton, J.L. (Eds.) The Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson. University of California Publications in Zoology, V. 134.
Mendez-Torres M., Torres-Pérez F., Correa C., Soto E.R., Nuñez J.J., Veloso A. & Armesto J. 2006. Genetic divergence in the endangered frog Insuetophrynus acarpicus (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Herpetological Journal 16(1) :93-96.
Torres-Pérez F., Gómez-Lobo D & Garin C. 2005. Geographic distribution of Liolaemus nigroviridis (Black-green Tree Iguana). Herptological Review 36 (1):80.
Palma R.E., Rivera-Milla E., Salazar-Bravo J., Torres-Pérez F., Pardiñas U.F.J., Marquet P.A., Spotorno A.E., Meynard A.P. & Yates T.L. 2005. Phylogeography of Oligoryzomys longicaudatus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in temperate South America. Journal of Mammalogy 86(1): 191-200.
Mendez-Torres M., Soto E., Torres-Pérez F. & Veloso A. 2005. Anfibios y Reptiles de los bosques de la Cordillera de la Costa (X región, Chile). p.441-451. En: Smith-Ramírez C., Armesto J.J. & Valdovinos C. (Eds.). Historia, Biodiversidad y ecología de los bosques costeros de Chile. Editorial Universitaria, Santiago. 708 pp.
Torres-Pérez F. , Navarrete-Droguett J., Aldunate R., Yates T., Marquet P., Vial P., Ferrés M., Mertz, G. & Palma, R.E. 2004. Peridomestic small mammals associated with confirmed cases of human hantavirus disease in south-central Chile. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 70(3): 305-309.
Ortiz J.C., Venegas W., Sandoval J., Chandia P. & Torres-Pérez F. 2004. Hantavirus in rodents of the VIII region of Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 77(2): 251-256.
Ibarra-Vidal H., Ortiz J.C. & Torres-Pérez F. 2004. Eupsophus septentrionalis n. sp. nueva especie de Leptodactylidae (Amphibia) de Chile central. Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 75: 91-102.
Torres-Pérez F., Ortiz J.C., Victoriano P. & Lamborot M. 2003. Allozyme divergence in two syntopic Liolaemus of the “L. monticola” group (Squamata, Tropiduridae). Journal of Herpetology 37(2): 385-389.
Victoriano P., Torres-Pérez F., Ortiz J.C., Northland I. & Capetillo J. 2003. Genetic variability and evolutionary relationships in species of Microlophus of the “peruvianus” group (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 76(1): 65-78.
Moreno R., Moreno J., Ortiz J.C. & Torres-Pérez F. 2002. Herpetozoa in the “Llanos de Challe” National Park. Gayana 66(1): 7-10.
Soto E., Méndez-Torres M., Torres-Pérez F. & Ibarra-Vidal H. 2002. Geographic distribution of Insuetophrymus acarpicus. Herptological Review 33(4): 317.
Moreno R., Ortiz J.C., Moreno M. & Torres-Pérez F. 2001. Geographic distribution of Liolaemus nitidus. Herptological Review 32(4): 276.
Moreno R., Moreno J., Torres-Pérez F., Ortiz J.C. & Breskovic A. 2001. Herpetological catalogue of Museo del Mar of Arturo Prat University. Gayana 65(2): 149-153.
Moreno R., Moreno J., Torres-Pérez F. & Ortiz J.C. 2000. Reptiles del Parque Nacional "Nevado de Tres Cruces" (III Region, CHile). Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 71:41-43.