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List of works by Thomas S Churcher

A diagnostics platform for the integrated mapping, monitoring, and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases: rationale and target product profiles

scientific article

A male and female gametocyte functional viability assay to identify biologically relevant malaria transmission-blocking drugs

scientific article

A novel model fitted to multiple life stages of malaria for assessing efficacy of transmission-blocking interventions

scientific article published on 04 April 2017

A novel multiple-stage antimalarial agent that inhibits protein synthesis

scientific article (publication date: 18 June 2015)

A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: modelling for control and elimination

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A scalable assessment of Plasmodium falciparum transmission in the standard membrane-feeding assay, using transgenic parasites expressing green fluorescent protein-luciferase

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An analysis of genetic diversity and inbreeding in Wuchereria bancrofti: implications for the spread and detection of drug resistance

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An analysis of the population genetics of potential multi-drug resistance in Wuchereria bancrofti due to combination chemotherapy.

scientific article published on 26 February 2007

Anopheles mortality is both age- and Plasmodium-density dependent: implications for malaria transmission

scientific article published on 12 October 2009

Antibodies to a single, conserved epitope in Anopheles APN1 inhibit universal transmission of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria

scientific article published on 09 December 2013

Association between response to albendazole treatment and β-tubulin genotype frequencies in soil-transmitted helminths

scientific article published in 2013

Associations between Season and Gametocyte Dynamics in Chronic Plasmodium falciparum Infections

scientific article published on 21 November 2016

Barrier bednets target malaria vectors and expand the range of usable insecticides

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

Can field-based mosquito feeding assays be used for evaluating transmission-blocking interventions?

scientific article published on 28 December 2012

Comparative assessment of An. gambiae and An. stephensi mosquitoes to determine transmission-reducing activity of antibodies against P. falciparum sexual stage antigens

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

Comparative assessment of transmission-blocking vaccine candidates against Plasmodium falciparum

scientific article published on 11 June 2015

Correction: Modulation of Malaria Infection in Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes Exposed to Natural Midgut Bacteria.

scientific article published on 30 December 2013

Costs of crowding for the transmission of malaria parasites

scientific article published on 11 February 2013

Delftia tsuruhatensis TC1 symbiont suppresses malaria transmission by anopheline mosquitoes

scientific article published on 4 August 2023

Density dependence and the control of helminth parasites

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Density dependence and the spread of anthelmintic resistance

scientific article published on 3 November 2007

Detection of Plasmodium berghei infected Anopheles stephensi using near-infrared spectroscopy.

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

Development of malaria transmission-blocking vaccines: from concept to product

scientific article published on 08 May 2015

Effect of single-dose ivermectin on Onchocerca volvulus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on May 2008

Efficacy and safety of the mosquitocidal drug ivermectin to prevent malaria transmission after treatment: a double-blind, randomized, clinical trial

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Estimation of changes in the force of infection for intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis in countries with schistosomiasis control initiative-assisted programmes

scientific article published on 24 October 2015

Evaluation of two lead malaria transmission blocking vaccine candidate antibodies in natural parasite-vector combinations.

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Examining the human infectious reservoir for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in areas of differing transmission intensity

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Experimental study of the relationship between Plasmodium gametocyte density and infection success in mosquitoes; implications for the evaluation of malaria transmission-reducing interventions

scientific article published on 23 December 2014

Generating the evidence base for malaria elimination: the situation in Haiti.

scientific article published on 25 November 2016

Hitting hotspots: spatial targeting of malaria for control and elimination

scientific article published on 31 January 2012

Human immune responses that reduce the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in African populations

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Human-to-mosquito transmission efficiency increases as malaria is controlled

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Identifying sub-optimal responses to ivermectin in the treatment of River Blindness

scientific article published on 17 September 2009

Immunisation against a serine protease inhibitor reduces intensity of Plasmodium berghei infection in mosquitoes

scientific article published on 18 July 2013

Immunization with Transgenic Rodent Malaria Parasites Expressing Pfs25 Induces Potent Transmission-Blocking Activity

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Improving statistical inference on pathogen densities estimated by quantitative molecular methods: malaria gametocytaemia as a case study

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Lead clinical and preclinical antimalarial drugs can significantly reduce sporozoite transmission to vertebrate populations.

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Measuring the blockade of malaria transmission--an analysis of the Standard Membrane Feeding Assay

scientific article published on 27 September 2012

Measuring the blockade of malaria transmission: analyzing the results of mosquito feeding assays.

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Modelling the impact of ivermectin on River Blindness and its burden of morbidity and mortality in African Savannah: EpiOncho projections

scientific article published on 26 May 2014

Modelling the impact of vector control interventions on Anopheles gambiae population dynamics

scientific article published on 28 July 2011

Models for measuring anthelmintic drug efficacy for parasitologists

scientific article published on 11 September 2014

Modulation of malaria infection in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes exposed to natural midgut bacteria

scientific article

Monitoring the Age of Mosquito Populations Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Mosquito feeding assays to determine the infectiousness of naturally infected Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriers

scientific article

Neglected tools for neglected diseases: mathematical models in economic evaluations

scientific article published on 15 November 2014

Observed reductions in Schistosoma mansoni transmission from large-scale administration of praziquantel in Uganda: a mathematical modelling study

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Onchocerca-Simulium interactions and the population and evolutionary biology of Onchocerca volvulus

scientific article published on January 2009

Onchocerciasis control: vision for the future from a Ghanian perspective

scientific article published on 21 January 2009

Paradigm lost: how parasite control may alter pattern and process in human helminthiases

scientific article published on 16 March 2012

Persistence of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis outside the amphibian host greatly increases the probability of host extinction

scientific article published in February 2008

Plasmodium falciparum produce lower infection intensities in local versus foreign Anopheles gambiae populations

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Population biology of malaria within the mosquito: density-dependent processes and potential implications for transmission-blocking interventions

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Population genetics of concurrent selection with albendazole and ivermectin or diethylcarbamazine on the possible spread of albendazole resistance in Wuchereria bancrofti.

scientific article published on 12 July 2006

Potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

scientific article published on 13 July 2020

Predicting mosquito infection from Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte density and estimating the reservoir of infection

scientific article published on 21 May 2013

Predicting the likelihood and intensity of mosquito infection from sex specific Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte density.

scientific article published on 31 May 2018

Probability of Transmission of Malaria from Mosquito to Human Is Regulated by Mosquito Parasite Density in Naïve and Vaccinated Hosts

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Public health. Measuring the path toward malaria elimination

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Reaching the london declaration on neglected tropical diseases goals for onchocerciasis: an economic evaluation of increasing the frequency of ivermectin treatment in Africa

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Reducing Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission in Africa: a model-based evaluation of intervention strategies

scientific article published on 10 August 2010

Reductions in genetic diversity of Schistosoma mansoni populations under chemotherapeutic pressure: the effect of sampling approach and parasite population definition

scientific article published on 15 March 2012

River blindness: a success story under threat?

scientific article published in September 2006

Sampling strategies to detect anthelmintic resistance: the perspective of human onchocerciasis

scientific article published on 12 November 2008

Strengthening long-lasting insecticidal nets effectiveness monitoring using retrospective analysis of cross-sectional, population-based surveys across sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Synergy in anti-malarial pre-erythrocytic and transmission-blocking antibodies is achieved by reducing parasite density.

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Systematic review of indoor residual spray efficacy and effectiveness against Plasmodium falciparum in Africa

scientific article published in Nature Communications

The cost of annual versus biannual community-directed treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin: Ghana as a case study

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The design and interpretation of laboratory assays measuring mosquito transmission of Plasmodium

scientific article published on 11 September 2012

The impact of pyrethroid resistance on the efficacy and effectiveness of bednets for malaria control in Africa

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The importance of mosquito behavioural adaptations to malaria control in Africa.

scientific article published on 15 February 2013

The influence of feeding behaviour and temperature on the capacity of mosquitoes to transmit malaria

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

The male mosquito contribution towards malaria transmission: Mating influences the Anopheles female midgut transcriptome and increases female susceptibility to human malaria parasites

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

The potential contribution of mass treatment to the control of Plasmodium falciparum malaria

scientific article published in 2011

The potential public health consequences of COVID-19 on malaria in Africa

scientific article published on 07 August 2020

Therapeutic efficacy and macrofilaricidal activity of doxycycline for the treatment of river blindness

scientific article published on 23 December 2014

Transmission blocking activity of Azadirachta indica and Guiera senegalensis extracts on the sporogonic development of Plasmodium falciparum field isolates in Anopheles coluzzii mosquitoes

scientific article published on 15 April 2014

Transmission-blocking interventions eliminate malaria from laboratory populations.

scientific article published on January 2013

Uncertainty surrounding projections of the long-term impact of ivermectin treatment on human onchocerciasis

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Urogenital schistosomiasis in women of reproductive age and pregnant mothers in Kwale County, Kenya.

scientific article published on 8 October 2013

Using ante-natal clinic prevalence data to monitor temporal changes in malaria incidence in a humanitarian setting in the Democratic Republic of Congo

scholarly article published by Joel Hellewell in 2018

Vaccine approaches to malaria control and elimination: Insights from mathematical models

scientific article published on 14 October 2015