Author

Mercedes Paz

Observed name: Paz, Mercedes

Institutions: Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo

Observed institutions: Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Utrecht University, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, University of Colombo, Wageningen University & Research

ORCID: 0000-0002-9700-0327

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-9700-0327

OpenAlex ID: A5027951704

Real-Time Genomic Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, Uruguay

2021 · Natalia Rego, Alicia Costábile, et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 22

An evolutionary insight into Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Omicron variant of concern.

2022 · Mercedes Paz, Fabián Aldunate, et al. · Virus Research · 12

Understanding the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus H5N1 in pinnipeds: An evolutionary approach

2024 · Mercedes Paz, Valentina Franco-Trecu, et al. · Virus Research · 11

Emergence and Spread of a B.1.1.28-Derived P.6 Lineage with Q675H and Q677H Spike Mutations in Uruguay

2021 · Natalia Rego, Cecilia Salazar, et al. · Viruses · 10

Deep mutational scanning and CRISPR-engineered viruses: tools for evolutionary and functional genomics studies

2025 · Mercedes Paz, Gonzalo Moratorio · mSphere · 5

Fast and cost-effective SARS-CoV-2 variant detection using Oxford Nanopore full-length spike gene sequencing

2023 · Cecilia Salazar, Ignacio Ferrés, et al. · Microbial Genomics · 3

Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 viruses circulating in the South American region: Genetic relations and vaccine strain match

2022 · Paula Perbolianachis, Diego Ferla, et al. · Virus Research · 2

Impact of timely vaccination and genomic surveillance on controlling consecutive waves of SARS-CoV-2 variants

2026 · Cecilia Salazar, Nídia S. Trovão, et al. · Scientific Reports

Patrones evolutivos y mecanismos de restricción antiviral en la adaptación de virus ARN zoonóticos

2026 · Paz, Mercedes · LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas)

Perspective Chapter: Real-Time Genomic Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 on Center Stage

2022 · Mercedes Paz, Pilar Moreno, et al. · Infectious diseases

Expresión, purificación y caracterización de peroxirredoxinas recombinantes de Fasciola hepática y humanas : Clonado direccional de los genes codificantes para las triparredoxina peroxidasas de Trypanosoma cruzi

2016 · Mercedes Paz

Works count: 11

Citation count: 65

H-index: 5

I10-index: 4