1. Desarrollo e implementación de métodos serológicos y moleculares de diagnóstico para la vigilancia de enfermedades del rezago.
2. Estudio eco-epidemiológico de las comunidades de vectores, hospederos y reservorios infectados con patógenos causantes de enfermedades del rezago.

1. Lozano-Sardaneta YN, Viveros-Santos V, Colunga-Salas P, Rodríguez-Rojas JJ, Becker I. Is Psathyromyia shannoni (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) a species complex? Retrospective study of genetic diversity of COI gene, pathogens and geographic distribution. Acta Trop. 2023 Feb;238:106807. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106807. Epub 2022 Dec 25. PMID: 36577477.

2. Cruz-Valdés T, Grostieta E, Chagoya-Fuentes JL, Bravo-Ramos JL, Ojeda-Chi M, Lammoglia-Villagómez MA, Rojas-Ronquillo R, Cabrera-Núñez A, Aguilar-Tipacamú G, Colunga-Salas P, Becker I, Montes SS. Identification of the G184C, C190A and T2134A mutations in the para-sodium channel gene of the southern cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus associated with resistance to cypermethrin in northern Veracruz, Mexico. Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports. 2023 Apr;39:100838. doi: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2023.100838. Epub 2023 Feb 4. PMID: 36878623.

3. Becker I, Miranda-Ortiz H, Fernández-Figueroa EA, Sánchez-Montes S, Colunga-Salas P, Grostieta E, Juárez-Gabriel J, Lozano-Sardaneta YN, Arce-Fonseca M, Rodríguez-Morales O, Meneses-Ruíz G, Pastén-Sánchez S, López Martínez I, González-Guzmán S, Paredes-Cervantes V, Moreira OC, Finamore-Araujo P, Canseco-Méndez JC, Coquis-Navarrete U, Rengifo-Correa L, González-Salazar C, Alfaro-Cortés MM, Falcón-Lezama JA, Tapia-Conyer R, Stephens CR. The Low Variability of Tc24 in Trypanosoma cruzi TcI as an Advantage for Chagas Disease Prophylaxis and Diagnosis in Mexico. Pathogens. 2023 Feb 23;12(3):368. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12030368. PMID: 36986290.

4. Miguel A Lammoglia, Amalia Cabrera-Núñez, Rebeca Rojas-Ronquillo, Jorge Luis Chagoya-Fuentes, Ingeborg Becker, Sokani Sánchez Montes. Molecular detection of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ovaries and a Mummified Foetus of three cows with Historical Reproductive Problems in Northern Veracruz, Mexico. Revista Cientifica, FCV-LUZ / Vol. XXXIII, rcfcv-e33221, 1 – 7. Marzo 2023.

5. Lozano-Sardaneta, Y. N., Marina, C. F., Torres-Monzón, J. A., Sánchez-Cordero, V., & Becker, I. (2023). Molecular detection of Wolbachia and Bartonella as part of the microbiome of phlebotomine sand flies from Chiapas, Mexico. Parasitology research, 10.1007/s00436-023-07829-z. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-023-07829-z