List of works - Robert Butcher

A national survey integrating clinical, laboratory, and WASH data to determine the typology of trachoma in Nauru

scientific article published in 2022

A systematic review of historical and contemporary evidence of trachoma endemicity in the Pacific Islands

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Absence of Serological Evidence of Exposure to Treponema pallidum among Children Suggests Yaws Is No Longer Endemic in Kiribati

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Active Trachoma Cases in the Solomon Islands Have Varied Polymicrobial Community Structures but Do Not Associate with Individual Non-Chlamydial Pathogens of the Eye.

scientific article published in January 2017

Clinical signs of trachoma are prevalent among Solomon Islanders who have no persistent markers of prior infection with Chlamydia trachomatis.

scientific article

Community seroprevalence survey for yaws and trachoma in the Western Division of Fiji

scientific article

Conjunctival transcriptome profiling of Solomon Islanders with active trachoma in the absence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection.

scientific article published on 21 February 2018

Diagnostics for yaws eradication: insights from direct next generation sequencing of cutaneous strains of Treponema pallidum.

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

Evaluation of the analytical and diagnostic performance of a digital droplet polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) assay to detect Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in blood samples

scientific article published on 26 December 2018

Eyelash Epilation in the Absence of Trichiasis: Results of a Population-Based Prevalence Survey in the Western Division of Fiji

scientific article

Impact of mass drug administration of azithromycin for trachoma elimination on prevalence and azithromycin resistance of genital Mycoplasma genitalium infection

scientific article published on 13 April 2019

Low Prevalence of Conjunctival Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in a Treatment-Naïve Trachoma-Endemic Region of the Solomon Islands

scientific article

Mass drug administration of azithromycin for trachoma reduces the prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the Solomon Islands

scientific article

New Diagnostics for Yaws

scientific article published on January 2017

Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection, anti-Pgp3 antibodies and conjunctival scarring in Vanuatu and Tarawa, Kiribati before antibiotic treatment for trachoma

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in female clinic attendees in Honiara, Solomon Islands

scientific article

Prevalence of signs of trachoma, ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection and antibodies to Pgp3 in residents of Kiritimati Island, Kiribati

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Reduced-cost Chlamydia trachomatis-specific multiplex real-time PCR diagnostic assay evaluated for ocular swabs and use by trachoma research programmes.

scientific article published on 06 May 2017

Somatic TP53 Mutations Are Detectable in Circulating Tumor DNA from Children with Anaplastic Wilms Tumors

scientific article published in December 2018

Trachoma, anti-Pgp3 serology and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Papua New Guinea

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

List of works by Robert Butcher

A national survey integrating clinical, laboratory, and WASH data to determine the typology of trachoma in Nauru

A systematic review of historical and contemporary evidence of trachoma endemicity in the Pacific Islands

Absence of Serological Evidence of Exposure to Treponema pallidum among Children Suggests Yaws Is No Longer Endemic in Kiribati

Active Trachoma Cases in the Solomon Islands Have Varied Polymicrobial Community Structures but Do Not Associate with Individual Non-Chlamydial Pathogens of the Eye.

Clinical signs of trachoma are prevalent among Solomon Islanders who have no persistent markers of prior infection with Chlamydia trachomatis.

Community seroprevalence survey for yaws and trachoma in the Western Division of Fiji

Conjunctival transcriptome profiling of Solomon Islanders with active trachoma in the absence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection.

Diagnostics for yaws eradication: insights from direct next generation sequencing of cutaneous strains of Treponema pallidum.

Evaluation of the analytical and diagnostic performance of a digital droplet polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) assay to detect Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in blood samples

Eyelash Epilation in the Absence of Trichiasis: Results of a Population-Based Prevalence Survey in the Western Division of Fiji

Impact of mass drug administration of azithromycin for trachoma elimination on prevalence and azithromycin resistance of genital Mycoplasma genitalium infection

Low Prevalence of Conjunctival Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in a Treatment-Naïve Trachoma-Endemic Region of the Solomon Islands

Mass drug administration of azithromycin for trachoma reduces the prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the Solomon Islands

New Diagnostics for Yaws

Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection, anti-Pgp3 antibodies and conjunctival scarring in Vanuatu and Tarawa, Kiribati before antibiotic treatment for trachoma

Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in female clinic attendees in Honiara, Solomon Islands

Prevalence of signs of trachoma, ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection and antibodies to Pgp3 in residents of Kiritimati Island, Kiribati

Reduced-cost Chlamydia trachomatis-specific multiplex real-time PCR diagnostic assay evaluated for ocular swabs and use by trachoma research programmes.

Somatic TP53 Mutations Are Detectable in Circulating Tumor DNA from Children with Anaplastic Wilms Tumors

Trachoma, anti-Pgp3 serology and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Papua New Guinea