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Prof

Marshall Lightowlers

Honorary
Veterinary Biosciences
hydatid disease
cysticercosis
Echinococcus
Taenia
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
animals
parasitology
antigens, helminth
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Prof

Marshall Lightowlers

 
Division
Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Parasite vaccines
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Marshall Lightowlers.

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Service agreement for Gates Foundation project

2019 - 2020
Completed
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A single dose vectored Taenia solium vaccine

2018 - 2019
Completed
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IMMUNOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CYSTICERCOSIS AND HYDATID DISEASE

In this project the world’s most effective vaccines against diseases caused by parasites will be translated from the laboratory to the clini..

2016 - 2020
Completed
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DEVELOPMENT OF A PULSED ANTIGEN-RELEASING SINGLE-INJECTION VACCINE DELIVERY SYSTEM TO FACILITATE ANIMAL HEALTH AND PEDIATRIC IMMUNIZATION IN DEVELOPING WORLD CIRCUMSTANCES

2015 - 2020
Completed
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Immunological prevention of cysticercosis and hydatid disease

Cysticercosis and hydatid disease are caused by infections with the larval stages of tapeworm parasites. They are life-threatening zoonotic ..

2013 - 2016
Completed
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Development of a new method to prevent hydatid disease being transmitted by animals

Hydatid infection is caused by a parasite that is transmitted by livestock animals. This project will develop a treatment for livestock anim..

2011 - 2013
Completed
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Preventing transmission of the parasites causing neurocysticercosis and hydatid disease

Professor Lightowlers’ has developed the world’s most effective vaccines against diseases caused by parasites. The vaccines prevent transmis..

2011 - 2015
Completed
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OPTIMISATION AND FIELD TESTING OF A PRACTICAL VACCINE AGAINST TAENIA SOLIUM CYSTICERCOSIS IN PIGS

2010 - 2011
Completed
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Development of practical vaccines to break the life-cycles of the parasites causing cysticercosis and hydatid disease

Cysticercosis and hydatid disease are caused by infections with the larval stages of tapeworm parasites. They are zoonotic diseases, transmi..

2010 - 2012
Completed
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OPTIMISATION AND FIELD TESTING OF A PRACTICAL VACCINE AGAINST TAENIA SOLIUM CYSTICERCOSIS IN PIGS

2005 - 2011
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

15

Research Grant

3

Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Marshall Lightowlers.

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Performance of Ag-ELISA in the diagnosis of Taenia solium cysticercosis in naturally infected pigs in Tanzania

Mwemezi L Kabululu, Maria V Johansen, James ED Mlangwa, Ernatus M Mkupasi, Uffe C Braae, Chiara Trevisan, Angela Colston, Claudia Cordel, Marshall W Lightowlers, Helena A Ngowi

Journal article  |  2020  |  Parasites and Vectors

BACKGROUND: Taenia solium is a zoonotic parasite responsible for neurocysticercosis-a major cause of late-onset acquired epilepsy ..

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Immunological responses and potency of the EG95NC(-) recombinant sheep vaccine against cystic echinococcosis

M Jazouli, MW Lightowlers, Z Bamouh, CG Gauci, K Tadlaoui, MM Ennaji, M Elharrak

Journal article  |  2020  |  Parasitology International

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease caused by the cestode parasite Echinococcus granulosus. The disease has an import..

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Michael Desmond Rickard (1941-2019).

AJ Turner, I Beveridge, M Lightowlers, AD Donald, DJ Stewart

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian Veterinary Journal

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Diagnosis of Porcine Cysticercosis at Necropsy: When Is Enough, Enough?

Marshall W Lightowlers

Journal article  |  2020  |  Trends in Parasitology

Changes in the incidence of porcine cysticercosis is used commonly in the assessment of efforts to control the transmission of Tae..

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Kozen Yoshino's experimental infections with Taenia solium tapeworms: An experiment never to be repeated

Akira Ito, Mika Saito, Meritxell Donadeu, Marshall W Lightowlers

Journal article  |  2020  |  Acta Tropica

In the 1930's Kozen Yoshino published 6 papers on Taenia solium. One of these papers is particularly important because it describe..

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A hyperendemic focus of porcine cystic echinococcosis in the Banke District of Nepal

Meritxell Donadeu, Charles G Gauci, Ishab Poudel, Keshav Sah, Dinesh Kumar Singh, Abdul Jabbar, Marshall W Lightowlers

Journal article  |  2020  |  Acta Tropica

Detailed post mortem analyses of 68 free-ranging, slaughter-age pigs from two sites in the Banke District of Nepal identified 36% ..

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Control of cystic echinococcosis: Background and prospects

Edmundo Larrieu, Cesar M Gavidia, Marshall W Lightowlers

Journal article  |  2019  |  Zoonoses and Public Health

Cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused by Echinococcus granulosus, is a chronic and debilitating zoonotic larval cestode infection in ..

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Can We Recommend Practical Interventions to Prevent Neurocysticercosis?

Uffe Christian Braae, Marshall W Lightowlers, Meritxell Donadeu

Journal article  |  2019  |  Trends in Parasitology

The cystiSim model was used to compare strategies for the control of Taenia solium. A three-monthly intervention in pigs for 3 yea..

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Accurate diagnosis of lesions suspected of being caused by Taenia solium in body organs of pigs with naturally acquired porcine cysticercosis

Charles G Gauci, Chrisostom Ayebazibwe, Zachary Nsadha, Chris Rutebarika, Ishab Poudel, Keshav Sah, Dinesh Kumar Singh, Andrew Stent, Angela Colston, Meritxell Donadeu, Marshall W Lightowlers

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The definitive method for diagnosis of porcine cysticercosis is the detection of cysticerci at necropsy. Cysts are typically locat..

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Long-read sequencing reveals a 4.4kb tandem repeat region in the mitogenome of Echinococcus granulosus (sensu stricto) genotype G1

Liina Kinkar, Pasi K Korhonen, Huimin Cai, Charles G Gauci, Marshall W Lightowlers, Urmas Saarma, David J Jenkins, Jiandong Li, Junhua Li, Neil D Young, Robin B Gasser

Journal article  |  2019  |  PARASITES & VECTORS

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Veterinary Sciences
Veterinary Pharmaceutical Products
Expanding Knowledge
Medical Microbiology
Non-Oriented Research
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Immunology
Microbiology
Clinical (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Genetics

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2013

Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award

International Association for Hydatidology
2012

President's Prize

Australian Veterinary Association
2011

Laureate Professor

University of Melbourne
1998

Bancroft-Mackerras Medal

Australian Society for Parasitology
1998

Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Veterinary Biosciences

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

The University of Western Australia

Bachelor of Science, Honours (First Class)

The University of Western Australia

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