Expert Source: Ramon A. Carreno, Ph.D.

Ramon Carreno’s most recent research has focused on the systematics of parasitic nematodes (worms) in mammals, based on a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Other research interests include diagnostic parasitology, as well as genotyping and systematics of other complex parasitic organisms. Research approaches incorporate light and electron microscopy, as well as cloning and DNA sequencing. He also serves as Ohio Wesleyan's pre-veterinary medicine program adviser.

Education:

• B.S., University of Toronto
• M.S., Lakehead University
• Ph.D., Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph

Areas of Expertise:

• The evolution of lung worms
• Parasitic nematodes
• Diagnostic parasitology

Selected Publications:

• Nadler, S.A., Carreno, R.A., Mejia-Madrid, H., Ullberg, J., Pagan, C., Houston, R., and Hugot, J.P. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of clade III nematodes reveals multiple origins of tissue parasitism. Parasitology. In Press.
• Carreno, R.A. 2007. Description of a new species of Thelastoma Leidy, 1849 (Nematoda: Oxyurida: Thelastomatidae) from the millipede Euryurus leachii (Gray, 1832) in Ohio, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology. In Press.
• Conrad, P.A., A.M. Kjemtrup, R.A. Carreno, J. Thomford, K. Wainwright, M. Eberhard, R. Quick, S.R. Telford III, and B.L. Herwaldt. 2006. Description of Babesia duncani n.sp. (Apicomplexa: Babesiidae) from humans and its differentiation from other piroplasms. International Journal for Parasitology 36: 779-789.
• Kjemtrup, A.M., K. Wainwright, M. Miller, B.L. Penzhorn, and R.A. Carreno. 2006. Babesia conradae, sp. nov., a small canine Babesia identified in California. Veterinary Parasitology 138: 103-111.