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A latent Markov modelling approach to the evaluation of circulating cathodic antigen strips for schistosomiasis diagnosis pre- and post-praziquantel treatment in Uganda

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A mixed methods approach to evaluating community drug distributor performance in the control of neglected tropical diseases

scientific article published on 16 June 2016

ASSESSMENT OF ULTRASOUND MORBIDITY INDICATORS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN THE CONTEXT OF LARGE-SCALE PROGRAMS ILLUSTRATED WITH EXPERIENCES FROM MALIAN CHILDREN

An insight into the genetic variation of Schistosoma japonicum in mainland China using DNA microsatellite markers

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Analysis of the population genetics of Opisthorchis viverrini sensu lato in the Nam Ngum River wetland, Lao PDR, by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis

scientific article published on 18 July 2014

Ancient Hybridization and Adaptive Introgression of an Invadolysin Gene in Schistosome Parasites

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Ancient hybridization and introgression of an invadolysin gene in schistosome parasites

Author Correction: Divergence across mitochondrial genomes of sympatric members of the Schistosoma indicum group and clues into the evolution of Schistosoma spindale

scientific article published on 07 January 2021

Bayesian spatial analysis and disease mapping: tools to enhance planning and implementation of a schistosomiasis control programme in Tanzania

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Biological and biomedical implications of the co-evolution of pathogens and their hosts

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Bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) in British farmland wildlife: the importance to agriculture

scientific article published in February 2006

Coevolution and compatibility in the snail–schistosome system

scientific article published on January 1, 2001

Contrasting reservoirs for Schistosoma japonicum between marshland and hilly regions in Anhui, China--a two-year longitudinal parasitological survey

scientific article published on 2 September 2009

Cryptosporidiosis reservoir in wild brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) in the UK

scientific article published on August 1, 1995

DNA 'barcoding' of Schistosoma mansoni across sub-Saharan Africa supports substantial within locality diversity and geographical separation of genotypes

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Development and evaluation of a Markov model to predict changes in schistosomiasis prevalence in response to praziquantel treatment: a case study of Schistosoma mansoni in Uganda and Mali

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Diagnosis and drug resistance of human soil-transmitted helminth infections: A public health perspective

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Divergence across mitochondrial genomes of sympatric members of the Schistosoma indicum group and clues into the evolution of Schistosoma spindale

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Efficacy and safety of two closely spaced doses of praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni and re-infection patterns in school-aged children in Niger

scientific article published on 23 August 2012

Epidemiological Interactions between Urogenital and Intestinal Human Schistosomiasis in the Context of Praziquantel Treatment across Three West African Countries

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Estimating helminth burdens using sibship reconstruction

scientific article published on 16 September 2019

Estimating the financial impact of livestock schistosomiasis on traditional subsistence and transhumance farmers keeping cattle, sheep and goats in northern Senegal

scientific article published in 2022

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 DNA Extraction Methods on Individual Helminth Egg and Larval Stages for Whole-Genome Sequencing

scientific article published on 20 September 2019

Evaluation of DNA extraction methods on individual helminth egg and larval stages for whole genome sequencing

preprint

Evolution in a multi-host parasite: chronobiological circadian rhythm and population genetics of Schistosoma japonicum cercariae indicates contrasting definitive host reservoirs by habitat

scientific article published on 3 July 2009

Extended survival and reproductive potential of single-sex male and female Schistosoma japonicum within definitive hosts

Extensive hybridization between pig and human Ascaris identifies a highly interbred species complex infecting humans

Fatal attraction in rats infected with Toxoplasma gondii

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Field evaluation of the Meade Readiview handheld microscope for diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis in Ugandan school children.

scientific article published in November 2005

Fitness of indirectly transmitted pathogens: restraint and constraint

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Foodborne trematodes: a diverse and challenging group of neglected parasites

scientific article published in January 2016

Genetic analysis of praziquantel response in schistosome parasites implicates a Transient Receptor Potential channel

preprint

Genetic analysis of praziquantel response in schistosome parasites implicates a transient receptor potential channel

scholarly article

Genetic consequences of mass human chemotherapy for Schistosoma mansoni: population structure pre- and post-praziquantel treatment in Tanzania

scientific article

Genetic diversity of Schistosoma japonicum miracidia from individual rodent hosts

scientific article published on 29 October 2011

Genetic diversity of schistosomes and snails: implications for control

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Genetic diversity within Schistosoma haematobium: DNA barcoding reveals two distinct groups

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: Colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke <i>Schistosoma mansoni</i>

scientific article published in 2022

Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni

Global prioritization of endemic zoonotic diseases for conducting surveillance in domestic animals to protect public health

Hybridization in Parasites: Consequences for Adaptive Evolution, Pathogenesis, and Public Health in a Changing World

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Hybridizations within the Genus Schistosoma: implications for evolution, epidemiology and control

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Hybridized Zoonotic Infections Result in Hybridized Morbidity Profiles: A Clinical Morbidity Study amongst Co-Infected Human Populations of Senegal

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INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION AND THE EVOLUTION OF VIRULENCE IN A PARASITIC TREMATODE

Identifying host species driving transmission of schistosomiasis japonica, a multihost parasite system, in China

scientific article published on 24 June 2013

Impact of a national helminth control programme on infection and morbidity in Ugandan schoolchildren

scientific article

Impact of geography and time on genetic clusters of Opisthorchis viverrini identified by microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis

scientific article published on 29 August 2020

In vitro praziquantel test capable of detecting reduced in vivo efficacy in Schistosoma mansoni human infections

scientific article

In vivo praziquantel efficacy of Schistosoma japonicum over time: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Infectious Causation of Abnormal Host Behavior: Toxoplasma gondii and Its Potential Association With Dopey Fox Syndrome

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Integrated monitoring and evaluation and environmental risk factors for urogenital schistosomiasis and active trachoma in Burkina Faso before preventative chemotherapy using sentinel sites

scientific article

Interactions between Schistosoma haematobium group species and their Bulinus spp. intermediate hosts along the Niger River Valley

scientific article published on 24 May 2020

Introgressed Animal Schistosomes Schistosoma curassoni and S. bovis Naturally Infecting Humans.

scientific article published on December 2016

Introgressive Hybridization of Schistosoma haematobium Group Species in Senegal: Species Barrier Break Down between Ruminant and Human Schistosomes

scientific article published on April 4, 2013

Is host-schistosome coevolution going anywhere?

scientific article

Is the incidence of congenital toxoplasmosis declining?

Isolation and characterization of the first polymorphic microsatellite markers for Schistosoma haematobium and their application in multiplex reactions of larval stages

scientific article published on May 1, 2008

Life in cells, hosts, and vectors: parasite evolution across scales

scientific article published on 28 March 2012

Mate choice, frequency dependence, and the maintenance of resistance to parasitism in a simultaneous hermaphrodite

scientific article published on 05 May 2006

Meta-analyses of Schistosoma japonicum infections in wild rodents across China over time indicates a potential challenge to the 2030 elimination targets

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Microsatellite loci in the carcinogenic liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini and their application as population genetic markers

scientific article

Mini-FLOTAC as an alternative, non-invasive diagnostic tool for Schistosoma mansoni and other trematode infections in wildlife reservoirs

scientific article published on 16 September 2019

Modelling the effects of mass drug administration on the molecular epidemiology of schistosomes

scientific article published on 7 February 2015

Modulating the early-life gut microbiota using pro-, pre-, and synbiotics to improve gut health, child development, and growth

Morbidity due to Schistosoma mansoni: an epidemiological assessment of distended abdomen syndrome in Ugandan school children with observations before and 1-year after anthelminthic chemotherapy

scientific article published on 12 June 2006

Morbidity indicators of Schistosoma mansoni: relationship between infection and anemia in Ugandan schoolchildren before and after praziquantel and albendazole chemotherapy.

scientific article published on August 2006

Multi-parallel qPCR provides increased sensitivity and diagnostic breadth for gastrointestinal parasites of humans: field-based inferences on the impact of mass deworming.

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

Multihost Transmission of Schistosoma mansoni in Senegal, 2015-2018

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Natural history of host-parasite interactions. Preface

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Neural parasitology: how parasites manipulate host behaviour

scientific article published on 01 January 2013

One health - an ecological and evolutionary framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases

scientific article

Opportunities and challenges for modelling epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics in a multihost, multiparasite system: Zoonotic hybrid schistosomiasis in West Africa.

scientific article published on 9 September 2017

Oxamniquine resistance alleles are widespread in Old World Schistosoma mansoni and predate drug deployment

scientific article published on 25 October 2019

Oxamniquine resistance alleles are widespread in Old World Schistosoma mansoni and predate drug deployment

preprint

Parasite Population Genetic Contributions to the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation within Sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Parasite genetic differentiation by habitat type and host species: molecular epidemiology of Schistosoma japonicum in hilly and marshland areas of Anhui Province, China

scientific article published on 14 May 2009

Parasite infection, host resistance and mate choice: battle of the genders in a simultaneous hermaphrodite

scientific article published in July 2003

Parasites and childhood stunting – a mechanistic interplay with nutrition, anaemia, gut health, microbiota, and epigenetics

Parasitic manipulation: where else should we go?

scientific article

Parasitic nematodes of the genus Seurat, 1916 infecting Cricetidae in the British Isles: the enigmatic status of

Parasitological impact of 2-year preventive chemotherapy on schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda.

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Phenotypic and genotypic monitoring of Schistosoma mansoni in Tanzanian schoolchildren five years into a preventative chemotherapy national control programme

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Phylogenetic relationships within the Opisthorchis viverrini species complex with specific analysis of O. viverrini sensu lato from Sakon Nakhon, Thailand by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequencing

scientific article published on 18 April 2018

Population genetic structure of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium from across six sub-Saharan African countries: implications for epidemiology, evolution and control

scientific article published on 3 October 2012

Population genetic structuring in Opisthorchis viverrini over various spatial scales in Thailand and Lao PDR.

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Population genetics of Oncomelania hupensis snails, intermediate hosts of Schistosoma japonium, from emerging, re-emerging or established habitats within China

scientific article published on 04 June 2019

Praziquantel decreases fecundity in Schistosoma mansoni adult worms that survive treatment: evidence from a laboratory life-history trade-offs selection study.

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Precision mapping of snail habitat provides a powerful indicator of human schistosomiasis transmission

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Preliminary genetic evidence of two different populations of Opisthorchis viverrini in Lao PDR.

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Prevalence and distribution of schistosomiasis in human, livestock, and snail populations in northern Senegal: a One Health epidemiological study of a multi-host system

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

Progress towards countrywide control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda

scientific article published on 27 December 2005

Reaching the World Health Organization elimination targets for schistosomiasis: the importance of a One Health perspective

Reduced Efficacy of Praziquantel Against Schistosoma mansoni Is Associated With Multiple Rounds of Mass Drug Administration

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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

Revisiting density-dependent fecundity in schistosomes using sibship reconstruction

scientific article published on 13 May 2021

Rodents as natural hosts of zoonotic Schistosoma species and hybrids: an epidemiological and evolutionary perspective from West Africa

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

Rodents of Senegal and their role as intermediate hosts of Hydatigera spp. (Cestoda: Taeniidae)

scientific article published on 28 August 2018

Schistosoma haematobium infection and morbidity before and after large-scale administration of praziquantel in Burkina Faso

scientific article published on 16 July 2007

Schistosome genomes: a wealth of information

scientific article published on 18 January 2010

Schistosomiasis - Assessing Progress toward the 2020 and 2025 Global Goals

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Schistosomiasis Morbidity Hotspots: Roles of the Human Host, the Parasite and Their Interface in the Development of Severe Morbidity

Schistosomiasis in infants and preschool-aged children: Infection in a single Schistosoma haematobium and a mixed S. haematobium-S. mansoni foci of Niger

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

Schistosomiasis: challenges for control, treatment and drug resistance

scientific article published on December 2006

Sensitivities and Specificities of Diagnostic Tests and Infection Prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium Estimated from Data on Adults in Villages Northwest of Accra, Ghana

Sensitivity and specificity of multiple Kato-Katz thick smears and a circulating cathodic antigen test for Schistosoma mansoni diagnosis pre- and post-repeated-praziquantel treatment

scientific article (publication date: September 2014)

Sex, snails, and schistosomes: the influence of compatibility genotype on reproductive strategy

Should we be treating animal schistosomiasis in Africa? The need for a One Health economic evaluation of schistosomiasis control in people and their livestock

scientific article published in June 2017

Single-sex schistosome infections of definitive hosts: Implications for epidemiology and disease control in a changing world.

scientific article published in March 2018

Sources of variability in the measurement of Ascaris lumbricoides infection intensity by Kato-Katz and qPCR

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Spillover, hybridization, and persistence in schistosome transmission dynamics at the human-animal interface

scientific article published in 2021

Surveillance and control of SARS-CoV-2 in mustelids: An evolutionary perspective

publication published on 06 November 2021

Synchronous Seasonality in the Gut Microbiota of Wild Mouse Populations

scientific article published in 2022

The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI): rationale, development and implementation from 2002-2008.

scientific article published on 27 July 2009

The Toxoplasma gondii Model of Schizophrenia

The association between child Schistosoma spp. infections and morbidity in an irrigated rice region in Mali: A localized study

scientific article published on 26 July 2019

The contribution of mass drug administration to global health: past, present and future

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The effect of Toxoplasma gondii on animal behavior: playing cat and mouse

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The effects of subcurative praziquantel treatment on life-history traits and trade-offs in drug-resistant Schistosoma mansoni.

scientific article published on 19 November 2017

The evolution of transmission mode

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The impact of single versus mixed Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni infections on morbidity profiles amongst school-children in Taveta, Kenya

scientific article published on 10 January 2013

The impact of single versus mixed schistosome species infections on liver, spleen and bladder morbidity within Malian children pre- and post-praziquantel treatment

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The neurotropic parasite Toxoplasma gondii increases dopamine metabolism

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The role of parasites and pathogens in influencing generalised anxiety and predation-related fear in the mammalian central nervous system.

scientific article published on 11 April 2012

Towards improving interventions against toxoplasmosis by identifying routes of transmission using sporozoite-specific serological tools

scientific article published on 13 April 2020

Toxoplasma gondii infection and behaviour – location, location, location?

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Toxoplasma gondii infection, from predation to schizophrenia: can animal behaviour help us understand human behaviour?

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Toxoplasma gondii-altered host behaviour: clues as to mechanism of action

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Toxoplasma gondii: An Underestimated Threat?

scientific article published on 14 September 2020

Two-year impact of single praziquantel treatment on infection in the national control programme on schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso

scientific article published on October 2008

Two-year longitudinal survey reveals high genetic diversity of Schistosoma mansoni with adult worms surviving praziquantel treatment at the start of mass drug administration in Uganda

scientific article published on 27 December 2019

Use of circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) dipsticks for detection of intestinal and urinary schistosomiasis

scientific article published on 28 December 2005

Who acquires infection from whom and how? Disentangling multi-host and multi-mode transmission dynamics in the 'elimination' era.

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Whole genome amplification and exome sequencing of archived schistosome miracidia.

scientific article published on 28 May 2018

Whole genome resequencing of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni reveals population history and effects of selection

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

Whole-genome sequencing of Schistosoma mansoni reveals extensive diversity with limited selection despite mass drug administration

scientific article published on 06 August 2021

sp. in small mammals of Senegal and the potential emergence of a zoonotic trematodiasis

scientific article published on 14 February 2019