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The evolution of transmission mode (2017)
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Antonovics, J., Wilson, A. J., Forbes, M. R., Hauffe, H. C., Kallio, E. R., Leggett, H. C., Longdon, B., Okamura, B., Sait, S., & Webster, J. P. (2017). The evolution of transmission mode. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1719), https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0083

This article reviews research on the evolutionary mechanisms leading to different transmission modes. Such modes are often under genetic control of the host or the pathogen, and often in conflict with each other via trade-offs. Transmission modes may... Read More about The evolution of transmission mode.

Who acquires infection from whom and how? Disentangling multi-host and multi-mode transmission dynamics in the 'elimination' era (2017)
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Webster, J. P., Borlase, A. M., & Rudge, J. W. (2017). Who acquires infection from whom and how? Disentangling multi-host and multi-mode transmission dynamics in the 'elimination' era. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1719), https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0091

Multi-host infectious agents challenge our abilities to understand, predict and manage disease dynamics. Within this, many infectious agents are also able to use, simultaneously or sequentially, multiple modes of transmission. Furthermore, the relati... Read More about Who acquires infection from whom and how? Disentangling multi-host and multi-mode transmission dynamics in the 'elimination' era.

Preliminary genetic evidence of two different populations of Opisthorchis viverrini in Lao PDR (2017)
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Pitaksakulrat, O., Kiatsopit, N., Laoprom, N., Webster, B. L., Webster, J. P., Lamberton, P. H. L., Laha, T., Andrews, R. H., Petney, T. N., Blair, D., Carlton, E. J., Spear, R. C., & Sithithaworn, P. (2017). Preliminary genetic evidence of two different populations of Opisthorchis viverrini in Lao PDR. Parasitology Research, 116(4), 1247-1256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-017-5401-6

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 (2016)
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Deol, A., Webster, J. P., Walker, M., Basáñez, M.-G., Hollingsworth, T. D., Fleming, F. M., Montresor, A., & French, M. D. (2016). 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. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1824-7

Whole genome resequencing of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni reveals population history and effects of selection (2016)
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Crellen, T., Allan, F., David, S., Durrant, C., Huckvale, T., Holroyd, N., Emery, A. M., Rollinson, D., Aanensen, D. M., Berriman, M., Webster, J. P., & Cotton, J. A. (2016). Whole genome resequencing of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni reveals population history and effects of selection. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20954

Schistosoma mansoni is a parasitic fluke that infects millions of people in the developing world. This study presents the first application of population genomics to S. mansoni based on high-coverage resequencing data from 10 global isolates and an i... Read More about Whole genome resequencing of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni reveals population history and effects of selection.

One Health – an Ecological and Evolutionary Framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (2016)
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Webster, J. P., Gower, C. M., Knowles, S. C. L., & Fenton, A. (2016). One Health – an Ecological and Evolutionary Framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases. Evolutionary Applications, 9(2), 313-333. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12341

Understanding the complex population biology and transmission ecology of multihost parasites has been declared as one of the major challenges of biomedical sciences for the 21st century and the Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (NZDs) are perhaps the most... Read More about One Health – an Ecological and Evolutionary Framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases.

Multi-parallel qPCR provides increased sensitivity and diagnostic breadth for gastrointestinal parasites of humans: field-based inferences on the impact of mass deworming (2016)
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Easton, A. V., Oliveira, R. G., O'Connell, E. M., Kepha, S., Mwandawiro, C. S., Njenga, S. M., Kihara, J. H., Mwatele, C., Odiere, M. R., Brooker, S. J., Webster, J. P., Anderson, R. M., & Nutman, T. B. (2016). Multi-parallel qPCR provides increased sensitivity and diagnostic breadth for gastrointestinal parasites of humans: field-based inferences on the impact of mass deworming. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1314-y

Estimation of changes in the force of infection for intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis in countries with Schistosomiasis Control Initiative-assisted programmes (2015)
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French, M. D., Churcher, T. S., Webster, J. P., Fleming, F. M., Fenwick, A., Kabetereine, N. B., Sacko, M., Garba, A., Toure, S., Nyandinidi, U., Mwanza, J., Blair, L., Bosque-Oliva, E., & Basáñez, M.-G. (2015). Estimation of changes in the force of infection for intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis in countries with Schistosomiasis Control Initiative-assisted programmes. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1138-1

The last decade has seen an expansion of national schistosomiasis control programmes in Africa based on large-scale preventative chemotherapy. In many areas this has resulted in considerable reductions in infection and morbidity levels in treated ind... Read More about Estimation of changes in the force of infection for intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis in countries with Schistosomiasis Control Initiative-assisted programmes.

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 (2014)
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Lamberton, P. H. L., Kabatereine, N. B., Oguttu, D. W., Fenwick, A., & Webster, J. P. (2014). 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. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(9), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003139

Two Kato-Katz thick smears (Kato-Katzs) from a single stool are currently recommended for diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni infections to map areas for intervention. This ‘gold standard’ has low sensitivity at low infection intensities. The urine point-... Read More about 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.

Integrated monitoring and evaluation and environmental risk factors for urogenital schistosomiasis and active trachoma in Burkina Faso before preventative chemotherapy using sentinel sites
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Koukounari, A., Toure, S., Donnelly, C. A., Ouedraogo, A., Yoda, B., Ky, C., Kabore, M., Bosque-Oliva, E., Basáñez, M.-G., Fenwick, A., & Webster, J. P. Integrated monitoring and evaluation and environmental risk factors for urogenital schistosomiasis and active trachoma in Burkina Faso before preventative chemotherapy using sentinel sites. BMC Infectious Diseases, 11, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-191

Population genetics of Schistosoma haematobium: development of novel microsatellite markers and their application to schistosomiasis control in Mali
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Gower, C. M., Gabrielli, A. F., Sacko, M., Dembele, R., Golan, R., Emery, A. M., Rollinson, D., & Webster, J. P. Population genetics of Schistosoma haematobium: development of novel microsatellite markers and their application to schistosomiasis control in Mali. Parasitology, 138(8), 978-994. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182011000722