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Nomenclature and genetic groupings of Giardia infecting mammalsR C Thompson
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia
Parasitol Today 16:210-3. 2000....- Presidential address: rediscovering parasites using molecular tools--towards revising the taxonomy of Echinococcus, Giardia and CryptosporidiumR C Andrew Thompson
Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, WA 6150, Murdoch, Australia
Int J Parasitol 32:493-6. 2002 - Cryptosporidium: from molecules to diseaseR C Andrew Thompson
Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
Trends Parasitol 18:98-100. 2002..The international conference, Cryptosporidium: from molecules to disease, was held 7-12 October 2001, in Fremantle, Western Australia, to discuss all aspects of Cryptosporidium and cryptosporidiosis... - Does pet helminth prophylaxis increase the rate of selection for drug resistance?R C Thompson
Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Western Australia 6150, Murdoch, Australia
Trends Parasitol 17:576-8. 2001.... - The future of veterinary parasitology: a time for change?R C Thompson
Centre for Biomolecular Control of Disease, Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
Vet Parasitol 98:41-50. 2001..In this environment, veterinary parasitologists must be adaptable, imaginative and pro-active in terms of setting the agendas for establishing strategic alliances, promoting research needs and developing research programs... - The future impact of societal and cultural factors on parasitic disease -- some emerging issuesR C Thompson
Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
Int J Parasitol 31:949-59. 2001..The changes that are enhancing the spread and transmission of parasitic diseases, as well as those which are adversely affecting host responsiveness, are examined with reference to specific parasites... - Giardiasis as a re-emerging infectious disease and its zoonotic potentialR C Thompson
WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Western Australia 6150, Murdoch, Australia
Int J Parasitol 30:1259-67. 2000.... 
A cross-sectional study of Taenia solium in a multiple taeniid-endemic region reveals competition may be protectiveJames V Conlan
School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 87:281-91. 2012..hydatigena taeniasis in dogs was 4.8% (95% CI = 0.0-11.3%). Taenia hydatigena and T. saginata were the most prevalent taeniids in the respective pig and human populations and together may suppress T. solium transmission...- Application of a species-specific PCR-RFLP to identify Ancylostoma eggs directly from canine faecesRebecca J Traub
Division of Health Sciences, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
Vet Parasitol 123:245-55. 2004.... - The veterinary and public health significance of hookworm in dogs and cats in Australia and the status of A. ceylanicumCarlysle S Palmer
WHO Collaborating Centre for Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences and Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Vet Parasitol 145:304-13. 2007.... 
Determining the zoonotic significance of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in Australian dogs and catsCarlysle S Palmer
WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Western Australia, Australia
Vet Parasitol 154:142-7. 2008..canis and C. felis, respectively, a finding which supports growing evidence that Cryptosporidium in companion animals is of limited public health significance to healthy people...- The public health and clinical significance of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in domestic animalsR C Andrew Thompson
WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
Vet J 177:18-25. 2008..In addition, advances have been made in elucidating mechanisms associated with pathogenesis, whereas only limited progress has been achieved in the areas of chemotherapy and prophylaxis... - National study of the gastrointestinal parasites of dogs and cats in AustraliaCarlysle S Palmer
WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia 6150, Australia
Vet Parasitol 151:181-90. 2008..Consequently, consideration should be given to the future use of anthelmintics and continued emphasis on pet owner education as means of preventing infection... - Cyst morphology and sequence analysis of the small subunit rDNA and ef1 alpha identifies a novel Giardia genotype in a quenda (Isoodon obesulus) from Western AustraliaPeter J Adams
Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
Infect Genet Evol 4:365-70. 2004..We believe that this quenda Giardia isolate constitutes a distinct species, which may be endemic within the Australian native fauna... - The molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in coyotes from Alberta, Canada, and observations on some cohabiting parasitesR C Andrew Thompson
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
Vet Parasitol 159:167-70. 2009..canis. The seasonal variation observed in the occurrence of Cryptosporidium may be related to stress-induced shedding of the parasite... - Intestinal parasites of dogs and cats in Australia: the veterinarian's perspective and pet owner awarenessCarlysle S Palmer
WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia 6150, Australia
Vet J 183:358-61. 2010..Veterinarians are important educators in the community and it is important to evaluate their performance if improvements are to be made... - Serologic study of pig-associated viral zoonoses in LaosJames V Conlan
School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 86:1077-84. 2012..No NiV antibody-positive pigs were detected. Our evidence indicates that peak JEV and HEV transmission coincides with the start of the monsoonal wet season and poses the greatest risk for human infection... - Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Laos: a community-wide cross-sectional study of humans and dogs in a mass drug administration environmentJames V Conlan
School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 86:624-34. 2012..Hookworm prevalence in village dogs was 94%, and the dominant species was A. ceylanicum. Necator americanus was also detected in dogs. It appears that dogs have a role in human hookworm transmission and warrant further investigation... - Discrimination of all genotypes of Giardia duodenalis at the glutamate dehydrogenase locus using PCR-RFLPCarolyn M Read
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Western Australian Biomedical Research Institute, World Health Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
Infect Genet Evol 4:125-30. 2004..duodenalis isolates from human-beings, their companion animals and livestock to be genotyped directly from faeces, leading to valuable information about Giardia genotypes in population without the need for in vitro/in vivo amplification... - Hepatitis E virus is prevalent in the pig population of Lao People's Democratic Republic and evidence exists for homogeneity with Chinese Genotype 4 human isolatesJames V Conlan
School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia
Infect Genet Evol 11:1306-11. 2011..This was the first study to demonstrate genotype 4 HEV in Lao PDR and indicates pigs are a potential reservoir for human HEV infection... - The zoonotic significance and molecular epidemiology of Giardia and giardiasisR C Andrew Thompson
WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections and Western Australian Biomedical Research Institute, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
Vet Parasitol 126:15-35. 2004..The greatest risk of zoonotic transmission appears to be from companion animals such as dogs and cats, although further studies are required in different endemic foci in order to determine the frequency of such transmission... - Does interspecific competition have a moderating effect on Taenia solium transmission dynamics in Southeast Asia?James V Conlan
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia
Trends Parasitol 25:398-403. 2009..solium in the region. Furthermore, we argue that this competitive ecological scenario should be considered in future research and surveillance activities examining T. solium cysticercosis and taeniasis in Southeast Asia... - Morphology is not a reliable tool for delineating species within CryptosporidiumAbbie Fall
Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia 6150, Australia
J Parasitol 89:399-402. 2003..oocyst, combined with the very limited characters for analysis, suggests that more reliance should be placed on genetic differences, combined with biological variation, when delineating species within Cryptosporidium... - Cryptosporidium hominis n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) from Homo sapiensUna M Morgan-Ryan
Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150
J Eukaryot Microbiol 49:433-40. 2002..Based on biological and molecular data, this Cryptosporidium infecting the intestine of humans is proposed to be a new species Cryptosporidium hominis n. sp... - Giardia and Cryptosporidium in mammalian wildlife--current status and future needsAmber J Appelbee
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, Murdoch University, Murdoch 6150, Australia
Trends Parasitol 21:370-6. 2005..The combination of prevalence studies with modern molecular-genotyping techniques is providing valuable insights into the host specificity and possible transmission routes of these two important parasites... - Molecular characterization of Blastocystis isolates from zoo animals and their animal-keepersUnaiza Parkar
WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
Vet Parasitol 169:8-17. 2010..Most zoo-keepers at the Perth Zoo were harbouring Blastocystis. Four of these zoo-keeper isolates were identical to the isolates from the southern hairy nosed wombat and five primate species... - Western Australian marsupials are multiply infected with genetically diverse strains of Toxoplasma gondiiShuting Pan
School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
PLoS ONE 7:e45147. 2012..The presence of multiple T. gondii infections in macropods suggests that native mammals have the potential to promote regular cycles of sexual reproduction in the definitive felid host in this environment... - Labeling surface epitopes to identify Cryptosporidium life stages using a scanning electron microscopy-based immunogold approachHanna Edwards
WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch 6150 WA, Australia
Mol Cell Probes 26:21-8. 2012..With this, we provide new insight into C. parvum - host cell interactions and highlight future opportunities for investigating and targeting receptor-mediated interactions between Cryptosporidium life cycle stages and host cells... - A review of chemotherapeutic approaches to the treatment of cryptosporidiosisAnthony Armson
Western Australian Biomedical Research Institute, Division of Health Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth Western Australia
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 1:297-305. 2003..The review concludes with a five-year outlook on the future of anticryptosporidial drug design... - The development of a real-time quantitative-PCR method for characterisation of a Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro culturing system and assessment of drug efficacyLouisa M MacDonald
Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences and State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
Mol Biochem Parasitol 121:279-82. 2002 - Giardia--from genome to proteomeR C Andrew Thompson
School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, West Australia, Australia
Adv Parasitol 78:57-95. 2012..However, deficiencies remain in our understanding of pathogenesis and host specificity, highlighting the limitations of currently available genomic datasets... - A fluorescent based PCR assay for the detection and quantitation of Giardia duodenalis genotypes in mixed populationsMegan L Johnson
Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Western Australia 6150, Australia
Infect Genet Evol 3:97-102. 2003..This assay was developed with the aim of providing a unique method with which to investigate interactions within mixed populations of genetically distinct strains of G. duodenalis... - Parasite zoonoses and wildlife: emerging issuesR C Andrew Thompson
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
Int J Environ Res Public Health 6:678-93. 2009..For some of these parasites, there is growing evidence of the serious consequences of infection on wildlife survival, whereas for others, there is a paucity of information about their impact... - Towards a taxonomic revision of the genus EchinococcusR C Andrew Thompson
WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Western Australia 6150, Murdoch, Australia
Trends Parasitol 18:452-7. 2002..A formal nomenclature is essential for effective communication, and provides the stability that underpins epidemiological investigations. It will also serve to recognize the contribution of early taxonomists... - A review of taeniasis and cysticercosis in the Lao People's Democratic RepublicJames Conlan
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia
Parasitol Int 57:252-5. 2008..This will enable the development and implementation of control measures that are both appropriate and sustainable if T. solium is shown to be a public health threat... - The role of dogs in transmission of gastrointestinal parasites in a remote tea-growing community in northeastern IndiaRebecca J Traub
World Health Organization Collaborating Center for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 67:539-45. 2002..The results of this study demonstrate the role of the dog as a significant disseminator and environmental contaminator of Ascaris lumbricoides in communities where promiscuous defecation by humans occurs... - Active invasion and/or encapsulation? A reappraisal of host-cell parasitism by CryptosporidiumHanna Borowski
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
Trends Parasitol 24:509-16. 2008..The roles of parasite and host-cell-derived components in the invasion process are examined, as is the question of whether Cryptosporidium actively invades cells and to what extent host-cell responses are involved... - Adaptive host manipulation by Toxoplasma gondii: fact or fiction?Amanda R Worth
School of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch 6150, Australia
Trends Parasitol 29:150-5. 2013..Thus, the selection pressure to infect a cat may not be sufficiently strong for the evolution of adaptive host manipulation to have occurred in order to enhance predation by cats... - Characterization of factors favoring the expression of soluble protozoan tubulin proteins in Escherichia coliLouisa M MacDonald
Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
Protein Expr Purif 29:117-22. 2003..This study presents several methods which are suitable for producing soluble tubulin monomers and, thus, circumventing the formation of inclusion bodies which necessitates re-folding of the tubulin... - Anthropozoonotic Giardia duodenalis genotype (assemblage) a infections in habitats of free-ranging human-habituated gorillas, UgandaThaddeus K Graczyk
The W Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Parasitol 88:905-9. 2002..This genotype may have been introduced into gorilla populations through habituation activities and may have then been sustained in their habitats by anthropozoonotic transmission... - The conceptual basis for a new classification of the coccidiaAstrid M Tenter
Institut für Parasitologie, Tierarztliche Hochschule Hannover, Bunteweg 17, D 30559, Hannover, Germany
Int J Parasitol 32:595-616. 2002..e. a proposal for a revised, and widely accepted, classification of the eimeriid coccidia, may be achieved... - Zoonotic genotype of Giardia intestinalis detected in a ferretNiichiro Abe
Department of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Tennoji ku, Osaka 543 0026, Japan
J Parasitol 91:179-82. 2005..intestinalis reported previously. The results showed that the ferret isolate represented the genetic group A-I in assemblage A, which could be a causative agent of human giardiasis... - Tools for investigating the environmental transmission of Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in humansHuw V Smith
Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, UK, G21 3UW
Trends Parasitol 22:160-7. 2006..For food, this includes such analyses in the country of origin... - Canine parasitic zoonoses in Bangkok templesTawin Inpankaew
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 38:247-55. 2007..Therefore, dogs in temple communities posed a potential zoonotic risk to humans for transmission of hookworms, Giardia (especially Assemblage A genotypes) and Toxocara canis... - An Australian network to support the understanding and control of parasitesNicholas C Smith
Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, New South Wales 2007, Australia
Trends Parasitol 22:97-9. 2006..On an international scale, the ARC/NHMRC Network will work with other countries to develop new technologies for the detection and control of parasites... - Dogs as sources and sentinels of parasites in humans and wildlife, northern CanadaAmanda L Salb
Calgary Zoo Animal Health Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Emerg Infect Dis 14:60-3. 2008..Dogs in remote settlements receive minimal veterinary care and may serve as sources and sentinels for parasites in persons and wildlife, and as parasite bridges between wildlife and humans... - The zoonotic transmission of Giardia and CryptosporidiumPaul R Hunter
School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Int J Parasitol 35:1181-90. 2005..However, for both parasites there is a need for molecular epidemiological studies to be undertaken in well-defined foci of transmission in order to fully determine the frequency and importance of zoonotic transmission... - PCR-based coprodiagnostic tools reveal dogs as reservoirs of zoonotic ancylostomiasis caused by Ancylostoma ceylanicum in temple communities in BangkokRebecca J Traub
School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
Vet Parasitol 155:67-73. 2008..ceylanicum infection in two, out of seven individuals positive for hookworm. This study demonstrates that humans are at risk of acquiring infection with A. ceylanicum in communities where this species of hookworm is endemic in dogs... - Unravelling Cryptosporidium and Giardia epidemiologySimone M Caccio
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Trends Parasitol 21:430-7. 2005.... - What is Cryptosporidium? Reappraising its biology and phylogenetic affinitiesJohn R Barta
Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
Trends Parasitol 22:463-8. 2006..Looking at Cryptosporidium species without traditional coccidian blinders is likely to reveal new avenues of investigation into pathogenesis, epidemiology, treatment and control of these ubiquitous pathogens... - Terminology for Blastocystis subtypes--a consensusC Rune Stensvold
Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
Trends Parasitol 23:93-6. 2007..Based primarily on published small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene analyses, we propose that all mammalian and avian isolates should be designated Blastocystis sp. and assigned to one of nine subtypes...