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ROJELIO MEJIA

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
DepartmentDepartment of Pediatrics
Address1102 BATES
Houston, TX 77030
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    TitleAssistant Professor
    InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
    DepartmentDepartment of Medicine
    DivisionMedicine-Infectious Disease


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    2012 - 2013Infectious Diseases Teaching Faculty of the Year Award, BCM
    2018Center of Excellence Research Summit Appreciation Award, BCM

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    1. Casta?eda S, Mu?oz M, Hotez PJ, Bottazzi ME, Paniz-Mondolfi AE, Jones KM, Mejia R, Poveda C, Ram?rez JD. Microbiome Alterations Driven by Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Two Disjunctive Murine Models. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Jun 15; 11(3):e0019923. PMID: 37140369; PMCID: PMC10269900.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Animals
    2. Ness TE, Meiwes L, Kay A, Mejia R, Lange C, Farhat M, Mandalakas A, DiNardo A. Optimizing DNA Extraction from Pediatric Stool for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Use in Next-Generation Sequencing Applications. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 02 14; 11(1):e0226922. PMID: 36475757; PMCID: PMC9927083.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    3. Ar?valo-Cort?s A, Damania A, Granada Y, Zuluaga S, Mejia R, Triana-Chavez O. Association of Midgut Bacteria and Their Metabolic Pathways with Zika Infection and Insecticide Resistance in Colombian Aedes aegypti Populations. Viruses. 2022 10 06; 14(10). PMID: 36298752; PMCID: PMC9609292.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCellsPHPublic Health
    4. Sibandze DB, Kay A, Dreyer V, Sikhondze W, Dlamini Q, DiNardo A, Mtetwa G, Lukhele B, Vambe D, Lange C, Dlamini MG, Ness T, Mejia R, Kalsdorf B, Heyckendorf J, Kuhns M, Maurer FP, Dlamini S, Maphalala G, Niemann S, Mandalakas A. Correction: Rapid molecular diagnostics of tuberculosis resistance by targeted stool sequencing. Genome Med. 2022 Sep 20; 14(1):107. PMID: 36127736; PMCID: PMC9487157.
      Citations:    
    5. Briggs N, Wei BM, Ahuja C, Baker C, Foppiano Palacios C, Lee E, O'Grady N, Singanamala S, Singh K, Bandaranayake TD, Cohen JM, Damsky W, Davis MW, Mejia R, Nelson CA, Topal JE, Azar MM. Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Pregnant Immigrant. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Aug; 9(8):ofac360. PMID: 35928503; PMCID: PMC9345408.
      Citations:    
    6. Sibandze DB, Kay A, Dreyer V, Sikhondze W, Dlamini Q, DiNardo A, Mtetwa G, Lukhele B, Vambe D, Lange C, Glenn Dlamini M, Ness T, Mejia R, Kuhns M, Dlamini S, Maphalala G, Niemann S, Mandalakas A, Kalsdorf B, Heyckendorf J, Maurer FP. Rapid molecular diagnostics of tuberculosis resistance by targeted stool sequencing. Genome Med. 2022 05 19; 14(1):52. PMID: 35585607; PMCID: PMC9118838.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    7. Mejia R, Bennuru S, Oksov Y, Lustigman S, Munirathinam G, Kalyanasundaram R, Nutman TB. Localization and RNA Interference-Driven Inhibition of a Brugia malayi-Encoded Interleukin-5 Receptor Binding Protein. Infect Immun. 2022 05 19; 90(5):e0031721. PMID: 35467360; PMCID: PMC9119061.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Animals
    8. Iordanov RB, Leining LM, Wu M, Chan G, DiNardo AR, Mejia R. Case Report: Molecular Diagnosis of Cystoisospora belli in a Severely Immunocompromised Patient with HIV and Kaposi Sarcoma. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 11 29; 106(2):678-680. PMID: 34844211; PMCID: PMC8832916.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    9. Wu M, Mejia R, Montoya A, ?lvarez-Hern?ndez DA, Garc?a-Rodr?guez-Arana R, Ortiz-Hern?ndez A, ?lvarez-S?nchez M, Mart?nez-Ju?rez LA, Gallardo-Rincon H, V?zquez-L?pez R, Fern?ndez-Presas AM. A systematic review of historical and current trends in Chagas disease. Ther Adv Infect Dis. 2021 Jan-Dec; 8:20499361211033715. PMID: 34408874; PMCID: PMC8365018.
      Citations: 1     
    10. Da Silva J, Mejia R, Grau-Pujol B, Cuamba I, Jairoce C, Cossa A, Sacoor C, Doba?o C, Nhabomba A, Mu?oz J. Molecular Detection of Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Enteric Protozoa Infection in Children and Its Association with Household Water and Sanitation in Manhi?a District, Southern Mozambique. Pathogens. 2021 Jul 03; 10(7). PMID: 34357988; PMCID: PMC8308871.
      Citations: 1     
    11. Nolan MS, Murray KO, Mejia R, Hotez PJ, Villar Mondragon MJ, Rodriguez S, Palacios JR, Murcia Contreras WE, Lynn MK, Torres ME, Monroy Escobar MC. Elevated Pediatric Chagas Disease Burden Complicated by Concomitant Intestinal Parasites and Malnutrition in El Salvador. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2021 May 07; 6(2). PMID: 34067079; PMCID: PMC8167768.
      Citations: 3     
    12. Clark E, Pritchard H, Hemmige V, Restrepo A, Bautista K, Damania A, Ricciardi A, Nutman TB, Mejia R. Strongyloides stercoralis Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Patients Is Associated With Eosinophil Activation and Intestinal Inflammation: A Cross-sectional Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 12 17; 71(10):e580-e586. PMID: 32155244; PMCID: PMC7744999.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    13. Bryan PE, Restrepo A, Mejia R, Romero M, S?nchez M, Torres G, G?mez W, Restrepo M. Urban versus Rural Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites Using Multi-Parallel qPCR in Colombia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 12 14; 104(3):907-909. PMID: 33319737; PMCID: PMC7941805.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Mejia R, Hotez P, Bottazzi ME. Global COVID-19 Efforts as the Platform to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2020; 7(4):99-103. PMID: 32844081; PMCID: PMC7440684.
      Citations: 11     
    15. Cools P, van Lieshout L, Koelewijn R, Addiss D, Ajjampur SSR, Ayana M, Bradbury RS, Cantera JL, Dana D, Fischer K, Imtiaz R, Kabagenyi J, Lok J, McCarthy J, Mejia R, Mekonnen Z, Njenga SM, Othman N, Shao H, Traub R, Van Esbroeck M, Vercruysse J, Vlaminck J, Williams SA, Verweij JJ, van Hellemond JJ, Levecke B. First international external quality assessment scheme of nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Schistosoma?and soil-transmitted helminths, including Strongyloides: A pilot study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 06; 14(6):e0008231. PMID: 32544158; PMCID: PMC7319349.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    16. Naceanceno KS, Bottazzi ME, Sanchez A, Mejia R, Matamoros G, Gabrie JA. Use of Multi-Parallel Real-Time Quantitative PCR to Determine Blastocystis Prevalence and Association with Other Gastrointestinal Parasite Infection in a Rural Honduran Location. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 06; 102(6):1373-1375. PMID: 32189609; PMCID: PMC7253141.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    17. Singer R, Xu TH, Herrera LNS, Villar MJ, Faust KM, Hotez PJ, Aiken ARA, Mejia R. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in a Low-Income Texas Community. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 06; 102(6):1386-1395. PMID: 32207401; PMCID: PMC7253135.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Tyungu DL, McCormick D, Lau CL, Chang M, Murphy JR, Hotez PJ, Mejia R, Pollack H. Toxocara?species environmental contamination of public spaces in New York City. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 05; 14(5):e0008249. PMID: 32369482; PMCID: PMC7228133.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsPHPublic Health
    19. Mejia R, Damania A, Jeun R, Bryan PE, Vargas P, Juarez M, Cajal PS, Nasser J, Krolewiecki A, Lefoulon E, Long C, Drake E, Slatko B, Cimino RO. Impact of intestinal parasites on microbiota and cobalamin gene sequences: a pilot study. Parasit Vectors. 2020 Apr 19; 13(1):200. PMID: 32306993; PMCID: PMC7168842.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    20. Mejia R, Seco-Hidalgo V, Garcia-Ramon D, Lopez A, Cooper PJ, Calder?n E. Detection of enteric parasite DNA in household and bed dust samples: potential for infection transmission. Parasit Vectors. 2020 Mar 18; 13(1):141. PMID: 32188497; PMCID: PMC7079405.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    21. Herrick JA, Nordstrom M, Maloney P, Rodriguez M, Naceanceno K, Gallo G, Mejia R, Hershow R. Parasitic infections represent a significant health threat among recent immigrants in Chicago. Parasitol Res. 2020 Mar; 119(3):1139-1148. PMID: 32008064; PMCID: PMC7075846.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    22. DiNardo AR, Nishiguchi T, Mace EM, Rajapakshe K, Mtetwa G, Kay A, Maphalala G, Secor WE, Mejia R, Orange JS, Coarfa C, Bhalla KN, Graviss EA, Mandalakas AM, Makedonas G. Schistosomiasis Induces Persistent DNA Methylation and Tuberculosis-Specific Immune Changes. J Immunol. 2018 07 01; 201(1):124-133. PMID: 29752313; PMCID: PMC6008220.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    23. DiNardo AR, Kay AW, Maphalala G, Harris NM, Fung C, Mtetwa G, Ustero P, Dlamini S, Ha N, Graviss EA, Mejia R, Mandalakas AM. Diagnostic and Treatment Monitoring Potential of A Stool-Based Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 08; 99(2):310-316. PMID: 29692304; PMCID: PMC6090360.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    24. Diemert D, Campbell D, Brelsford J, Leasure C, Li G, Peng J, Zumer M, Younes N, Bottazzi ME, Mejia R, Pritchard DI, Hawdon JM, Bethony JM. Controlled Human Hookworm Infection: Accelerating Human Hookworm Vaccine Development. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 May; 5(5):ofy083. PMID: 29780848; PMCID: PMC5952933.
      Citations: 13     
    25. Lim MD, Brooker SJ, Belizario VY, Gilleard J, Levecke B, van Lieshout L, Medley GF, Mekonnen Z, Mirams G, Njenga SM, Odiere MR, Rudge JW, Stuyver L, Vercruysse J, Vlaminck J, Walson JL, Annecy STH diagnostic experts group, Gay-Andrieu F. Diagnostic tools for soil-transmitted helminths control and elimination programs: A pathway for diagnostic product development. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 03; 12(3):e0006213. PMID: 29494581; PMCID: PMC5832200.
      Citations: 34     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsPHPublic Health
    26. McKenna ML, McAtee S, Bryan PE, Jeun R, Ward T, Kraus J, Bottazzi ME, Hotez PJ, Flowers CC, Mejia R. Human Intestinal Parasite Burden and Poor Sanitation in Rural Alabama. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Nov; 97(5):1623-1628. PMID: 29016326; PMCID: PMC5817782.
      Citations: 35     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsPHPublic Health
    27. Weatherhead JE, Hotez PJ, Mejia R. The Global State of Helminth Control and Elimination in Children. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2017 08; 64(4):867-877. PMID: 28734515; PMCID: PMC6082161.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    28. Papaiakovou M, Pilotte N, Grant JR, Traub RJ, Llewellyn S, McCarthy JS, Mejia R, Williams SA, Krolewiecki AJ, Cimino R. A novel, species-specific, real-time PCR assay for the detection of the emerging zoonotic parasite Ancylostoma ceylanicum in human stool. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jul; 11(7):e0005734. PMID: 28692668; PMCID: PMC5519186.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    29. Weatherhead J, Cooper PJ, Mejia R, Cort?s AA, Sandoval C, Vaca M, Chico M, Loor S. Comparison of Cytokine Responses in Ecuadorian Children Infected with Giardia, Ascaris, or Both Parasites. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jun; 96(6):1394-1399. PMID: 28719267; PMCID: PMC5462578.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    30. Morawski BM, Yunus M, Kerukadho E, Turyasingura G, Barbra L, Ojok AM, DiNardo AR, Sowinski S, Boulware DR, Mejia R. Hookworm infection is associated with decreased CD4+ T cell counts in HIV-infected adult Ugandans. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 May; 11(5):e0005634. PMID: 28542260; PMCID: PMC5462474.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    31. Wei J, Damania A, Gao X, Liu Z, Mejia R, Mitreva M, Strych U, Bottazzi ME, Hotez PJ, Zhan B. The hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum intestinal transcriptome provides a platform for selecting drug and vaccine candidates. Parasit Vectors. 2016 Sep 27; 9(1):518. PMID: 27677574; PMCID: PMC5039805.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    
    32. Crannell Z, Castellanos-Gonzalez A, Nair G, Mejia R, White AC, Richards-Kortum R. Multiplexed Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay To Detect Intestinal Protozoa. Anal Chem. 2016 Feb 02; 88(3):1610-6. PMID: 26669715.
      Citations: 40     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    33. Mejia R. In Response. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Sep; 93(3):673. PMID: 26333730; PMCID: PMC4559717.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    34. Jeun R, Juarez M, Cajal PS, Vargas P, Bryan PE, Nasser J, Krolewiecki A, Cimino RO, Echaz? A, Mejia R. Identification of human intestinal parasites affecting an asymptomatic peri-urban Argentinian population using multi-parallel quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Parasit Vectors. 2015 Jul 17; 8:380. PMID: 26183074; PMCID: PMC4504406.
      Citations: 34     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    35. Shahani L, Garnes ND, Mejia R. Intraventricular Taenia solium cysts presenting with Bruns syndrome and indications for emergent neurosurgery. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jun; 92(6):1261-4. PMID: 25870426; PMCID: PMC4458835.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    36. Buonfrate D, Sequi M, Mejia R, Cimino RO, Krolewiecki AJ, Albonico M, Degani M, Tais S, Angheben A, Requena-Mendez A, Nutman TB, Bisoffi Z, Mu?oz J. Accuracy of five serologic tests for the follow up of Strongyloides stercoralis infection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Feb; 9(2):e0003491. PMID: 25668740; PMCID: PMC4323101.
      Citations: 53     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    37. Ostera GR, Blum JR, Mejia R. Immigrant Populations: Global Health in our Backyard. Ann Glob Health. 2014 Nov-Dec; 80(6):429-31. PMID: 25960091.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    38. Bisoffi Z, Buonfrate D, Sequi M, Mejia R, Cimino RO, Krolewiecki AJ, Albonico M, Gobbo M, Bonafini S, Angheben A, Requena-Mendez A, Nutman TB, Mu?oz J. Diagnostic accuracy of five serologic tests for Strongyloides stercoralis infection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014; 8(1):e2640. PMID: 24427320; PMCID: PMC3890421.
      Citations: 125     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    39. Mejia R, Nash TE. Corticosteroid withdrawal precipitates perilesional edema around calcified Taenia solium cysts. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Nov; 89(5):919-23. PMID: 24002482; PMCID: PMC3820336.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    40. Mejia R, Broncano N, Sandoval C, Vaca M, Chico M, Cooper PJ, Nutman TB, Vicu?a Y. A novel, multi-parallel, real-time polymerase chain reaction approach for eight gastrointestinal parasites provides improved diagnostic capabilities to resource-limited at-risk populations. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Jun; 88(6):1041-7. PMID: 23509117; PMCID: PMC3752800.
      Citations: 112     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    41. Nabha L, Krishnan S, Ramanathan R, Mejia R, Roby G, Sheikh V, McAuliffe I, Nutman T, Sereti I. Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis in an urban US AIDS cohort. Pathog Glob Health. 2012 Aug; 106(4):238-44. PMID: 23265425; PMCID: PMC4001591.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    42. Mejia R, Nutman TB. Screening, prevention, and treatment for hyperinfection syndrome and disseminated infections caused by Strongyloides stercoralis. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2012 Aug; 25(4):458-63. PMID: 22691685; PMCID: PMC3430846.
      Citations: 100     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    43. Mejia R, Booth GS, Fedorko DP, Hsieh MM, Khuu HM, Klein HG, Mu J, Fahle G, Nutman TB, Su XZ, Williams EC, Flegel WA, Klion A. Peripheral blood stem cell transplant-related Plasmodium falciparum infection in a patient with sickle cell disease. Transfusion. 2012 Dec; 52(12):2677-82. PMID: 22536941; PMCID: PMC3408807.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    44. Mejia R, Nutman TB. Evaluation and differential diagnosis of marked, persistent eosinophilia. Semin Hematol. 2012 Apr; 49(2):149-59. PMID: 22449625; PMCID: PMC3314223.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    45. Abraham D, Hess JA, Mejia R, Nolan TJ, Lok JB, Lustigman S, Nutman TB. Immunization with the recombinant antigen Ss-IR induces protective immunity to infection with Strongyloides stercoralis in mice. Vaccine. 2011 Oct 19; 29(45):8134-40. PMID: 21856350; PMCID: PMC3191285.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    46. Nitto T, Dyer KD, Mejia RA, Wynn TA, Rosenberg HF, Bystr?m J. Characterization of the divergent eosinophil ribonuclease, mEar 6, and its expression in response to Schistosoma mansoni infection in vivo. Genes Immun. 2004 Dec; 5(8):668-74. PMID: 15526002.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
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