All Outputs (5)

Reaching the World Health Organization elimination targets for schistosomiasis: the importance of a One Health perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Diaz, A., Walker, M., & Webster, J. (2023). Reaching the World Health Organization elimination targets for schistosomiasis: the importance of a One Health perspective. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1887), https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0274

The past three years has seen the launch of a new World Health Organization (WHO) neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) roadmap, together with revised control and elimination guidelines. Across all, there is now a clear emphasis on the need to incorpora... Read More about Reaching the World Health Organization elimination targets for schistosomiasis: the importance of a One Health perspective.

Can mass drug administration of moxidectin accelerate onchocerciasis elimination in Africa? (2023)
Journal Article
Kura, K., Milton, P., Hamley, J., Walker, M., Bakajika, D., Kanza, E., …Basáñez, M. (2023). Can mass drug administration of moxidectin accelerate onchocerciasis elimination in Africa?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1887), https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0277

Epidemiological and modelling studies suggest that elimination of Onchocerca volvulus transmission (EoT) throughout Africa may not be achievable with annual mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin alone, particularly in areas of high endemicity... Read More about Can mass drug administration of moxidectin accelerate onchocerciasis elimination in Africa?.

Sensitivity and specificity of human point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) test in African livestock for rapid diagnosis of schistosomiasis: A Bayesian latent class analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Calvo-Urbano, B., Leger, E., Gabain, I., De Dood, C., Diouf, N., Borlase, A., …Webster, J. (2023). Sensitivity and specificity of human point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) test in African livestock for rapid diagnosis of schistosomiasis: A Bayesian latent class analysis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(5), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010739

Schistosomiasis is a major neglected tropical disease (NTD) affecting both humans and animals. The morbidity and mortality inflicted upon livestock in the Afrotropical region has been largely overlooked, in part due to a lack of validated sensitive a... Read More about Sensitivity and specificity of human point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) test in African livestock for rapid diagnosis of schistosomiasis: A Bayesian latent class analysis.

Modelling the control of bovine brucellosis in India (2023)
Journal Article
Holt, H., Walker, M., Beauvais, W., Kaur, P., Bedi, J., Mangtani, P., …Guitian, J. (2023). Modelling the control of bovine brucellosis in India. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 20(200), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0756

Brucellosis imposes substantial impacts on livestock production and public health worldwide. A stochastic, age-structured model incorporating herd demographics was developed describing within- and between-herd transmission of Brucella abortus in dair... Read More about Modelling the control of bovine brucellosis in India.

Modeling the effectiveness of One Health interventions against the zoonotic hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum (2023)
Journal Article
Walker, M., Lambert, S., Neves, M., Worsley, A., Traub, R., & Colella, V. (2023). Modeling the effectiveness of One Health interventions against the zoonotic hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum. Frontiers in Medicine, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1092030

Hookworm disease is a major global public health concern, annually affecting 500-700 million of the world's poorest people. The World Health Organization is targeting the elimination of hookworm as a public health problem by 2030 using a strategy of... Read More about Modeling the effectiveness of One Health interventions against the zoonotic hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum.