Charles Gauci

Unravelling the Diversity of Microorganisms in Ticks from Australian Wildlife

Abdul Ghafar, Nick Davies, Mythili Tadepalli, Amanda Breidahl, Clare Death, Philip Haros, Yuting Li, Peter Dann, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, Sara Moutailler, Angelique Foucault-Simonin, Charles G Gauci, John Stenos, Jasmin Hufschmid, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2023  |  PATHOGENS

Ticks and tick-borne pathogens pose a significant threat to the health and welfare of humans and animals. Our knowledge about path..

Molecular diagnostics for gastrointestinal helminths in equids: Past, present and future.

Abdul Ghafar, Ghazanfar Abbas, Anne Beasley, Jenni Bauquier, Edwina JA Wilkes, Caroline Jacobson, Emma McConnell, Charles El-Hage, Peter Carrigan, Lucy Cudmore, Brett Tennent-Brown, John Hurley, Martin K Nielsen, Charles G Gauci, Ian Beveridge, Kristopher J Hughes, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2023  |  Vet Parasitol

This review is aimed to (i) appraise the literature on the use of molecular techniques for the detection, quantification and diffe..

Egg reappearance periods of anthelmintics against equine cyathostomins: The state of play revisited.

Stephanie L Macdonald, Ghazanfar Abbas, Abdul Ghafar, Charles G Gauci, Jenni Bauquier, Charles El-Hage, Brett Tennent-Brown, Edwina JA Wilkes, Anne Beasley, Caroline Jacobson, Lucy Cudmore, Peter Carrigan, John Hurley, Ian Beveridge, Kristopher J Hughes, Martin K Nielsen, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2022  |  Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist

Cyathostomins are the most common and highly prevalent parasites of horses worldwide. Historically, the control of cyathostomins h..

Protection against cystic echinococcosis in sheep using an Escherichia coli-expressed recombinant antigen (EG95) as a bacterin

Charles G Gauci, David J Jenkins, Marshall W Lightowlers

Journal article  |  2022  |  PARASITOLOGY

The EG95 recombinant vaccine is protective against cystic echinococcus in animal intermediate hosts. Preparation of the existing, ..

Chromosome-scale Echinococcus granulosus (genotype G1) genome reveals the Eg95 gene family and conservation of the EG95-vaccine molecule

Pasi K Korhonen, Liina Kinkar, Neil D Young, Huimin Cai, Marshall W Lightowlers, Charles Gauci, Abdul Jabbar, Bill CH Chang, Tao Wang, Andreas Hofmann, Anson Koehler, Junhua Li, Jiandong Li, Daxi Wang, Jiefang Yin, Huanming Yang, David J Jenkins, Urmas Saarma, Teivi Laurimae, Mohammad Rostami-Nejad, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY

Cystic echinococcosis is a socioeconomically important parasitic disease caused by the larval stage of the canid tapeworm Echinoco..

Genetic characterisation of Echinocephalus spp. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) from marine hosts in Australia

Christina Karagiorgis, Richard J Ploeg, Abdul Ghafar, Charles G Gauci, Tanapan Sukee, Scott C Cutmore, Jorja Claybrook, Neil R Loneragan, Nicholas Q-X Wee, Amber K Gillett, Ian Beveridge, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-PARASITES AND WILDLIFE

We genetically characterised larval and adult specimens of species of Echinocephalus Molin, 1858 (Gnathostomatidae) collected from..

Cyathostomin resistance to moxidectin and combinations of anthelmintics in Australian horses

Ghazanfar Abbas, Abdul Ghafar, John Hurley, Jenni Bauquier, Anne Beasley, Edwina JA Wilkes, Caroline Jacobson, Charles El-Hage, Lucy Cudmore, Peter Carrigan, Brett Tennent-Brown, Charles G Gauci, Martin K Nielsen, Kristopher J Hughes, Ian Beveridge, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2021  |  PARASITES & VECTORS

BACKGROUND: Cyathostomins are the most important and common parasitic nematodes of horses, with > 50 species known to occur worldw..

What is your diagnosis? Mandibular mass in a rabbit

Elise B Russell, Marja A Oscos-Snowball, Natalie F Courtman, Adrian J Bryce, Christina S Knight, Charles G Gauci

Journal article  |  2021  |  VETERINARY CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Molecular detection of Strongyloides sp. in Australian Thoroughbred foals

Ghazanfar Abbas, Abdul Ghafar, Anson Koehler, Jenni Bauquier, Edwina JA Wilkes, Caroline Jacobson, Anne Beasley, John Hurley, Lucy Cudmore, Peter Carrigan, Brett Tennent-Brown, Charles El-Hage, Martin K Nielsen, Charles G Gauci, Kristopher J Hughes, Ian Beveridge, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2021  |  PARASITES & VECTORS

BACKGROUND: Strongyloides westeri is found in the small intestine of young horses, mainly in foals up to about 16 weeks of age. Th..

Immunodiagnostic usefulness of monoclonal antibodies specific to conformational epitopes of Taenia solium oncosphere protein TSOL18

Emmanuel Assana, Andre Pagnah Zoli, Charles G Gauci, Marshall W Lightowlers, Pierre Dorny

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS

Taenia solium oncosphere protein TSOL18 is the host-protective antigen against porcine cysticercosis. Little attention has been gi..