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List of works by James L Crainey

A field trial of a PCR-based Mansonella ozzardi diagnosis assay detects high-levels of submicroscopic M. ozzardi infections in both venous blood samples and FTA card dried blood spots.

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

A guide to the Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Nigeria, with a cytotaxonomic key for the identification of the sibling species

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

A novel polyclonal antibody-based sandwich ELISA for detection of Plasmodium vivax developed from two lactate dehydrogenase protein segments.

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

An 18S ribosomal DNA barcode for the study of Isomermis lairdi, a parasite of the blackfly Simulium damnosum s.l.

scientific article published on September 2009

Blackflies in the ointment: O. volvulus vector biting can be significantly reduced by the skin-application of mineral oil during human landing catches

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Construction and characterisation of a BAC library made from field specimens of the onchocerciasis vector Simulium squamosum (Diptera: Simuliidae)

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Deep-sequencing reveals occult mansonellosis co-infections in residents from the Brazilian Amazon village of São Gabriel da Cachoeira

scientific article published on 29 January 2020

Geographical distribution and species identification of human filariasis and onchocerciasis in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Historic accounts of Mansonella parasitaemias in the South Pacific and their relevance to lymphatic filariasis elimination efforts today

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Laser-assisted microdissection for the study of the ecology of parasites in their hosts.

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Light Microscopic Detection of Mansonella ozzardi Parasitemias

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Mansonella ozzardi mitogenome and pseudogene characterisation provides new perspectives on filarial parasite systematics and CO-1 barcoding.

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Mansonellosis: current perspectives

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Molecular Verification of New World Mansonella perstans Parasitemias

scientific article published on March 2017

Multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa survey in a stream receiving effluents from ineffective wastewater hospital plants.

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New molecular identifiers for Simulium limbatum and Simulium incrustatum s.l. and the detection of genetic substructure with potential implications for onchocerciasis epidemiology in the Amazonia focus of Brazil

scientific article published on March 30, 2013

New tools and insights to assist with the molecular identification of Simulium guianense s.l., main Onchocerca volvulus vector within the highland areas of the Amazonia onchocerciasis focus.

scientific article published on 4 November 2013

Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: the human blood index of sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex

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Outstanding insecurities concerning the use of an Ov16-based ELISA in the Amazonia onchocerciasis focus

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Phylogenetically distinct Wolbachia gene and pseudogene sequences obtained from the African onchocerciasis vector Simulium squamosum

scientific article published on 21 December 2009

Proteomic analysis of Chromobacterium violaceum and its adaptability to stress.

scientific article published in December 2015

Retrotransposon insertion sites vary within and between populations of Culex pipiens form molestus.

scientific article published in June 2010

SARS-CoV-2 in the Amazon region: A harbinger of doom for Amerindians

scientific article published on 29 October 2020

Stability and change in the distribution of cytospecies of the Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in southern Ghana from 1971 to 2011

scientific article (publication date: 13 July 2013)

The genomic architecture of novel simulium damnosum wolbachia prophage sequence elements and implications for onchocerciasis epidemiology

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The mitogenome of Onchocerca volvulus from the Brazilian Amazonia focus

scientific article published on January 2016

The origin and evolution of mosquito APE retroposons.

scientific article published on 20 July 2005

Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, resurgence of vector-borne diseases, and implications for spillover in the region

scientific article published on 21 February 2019