Rebecca Traub

Risk profiling and efficacy of albendazole against the hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma ceylanicum in Cambodia to support control programs in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific

Vito Colella, Virak Khieu, Andrew Worsley, Dammika Senevirathna, Sinuon Muth, Rekol Huy, Peter Odermatt, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2021  |  The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

Comparison between Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction and Sodium Nitrate Flotation Microscopy in Diagnosing Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections

Adam W Bartlett, Rebecca Traub, Salvador Amaral, Sze Fui Hii, Naomi E Clarke, Alexander Matthews, Patsy A Zendejas-Heredia, Paul Arkell, Merita Antonia Armindo Monteiro, Virginia da Conceicao, Carolina da Costa Maia, Maria Imaculada Soares, Josefina D Prisca Guterres, Joshua R Francis, Susana Vaz Nery

Journal article  |  2021  |  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

There is evolving interest in alternate microscopy techniques and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to evaluate soil-t..

Effective low-cost preservation of human stools in field-based studies for helminth and microbiota analysis

Katharina Stracke, Poom Adisakwattana, Suparat Phuanukoonnon, Tippayarat Yoonuan, Akkarin Poodeepiyasawat, Paron Dekumyoy, Kittipong Chaisiri, Alexandra Roth Schulze, Stephen Wilcox, Harin Karunajeewa, Rebecca J Traub, Aaron R Jex

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Molecular studies of gastrointestinal infections or microbiotas require either rapid sample processing or effective interim preser..

Zoonotic Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Free-Roaming Dogs, Kiribati

Patsy A Zendejas-Heredia, Allison Crawley, Helen Byrnes, Rebecca J Traub, Vito Colella

Journal article  |  2021  |  EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Soil-transmitted helminths are highly prevalent in the Asia-Pacific region. We report a 96.5% prevalence of zoonotic soil-transmit..

Canine gastrointestinal parasites as a potential source of zoonotic infections in Nigeria: A nationwide survey

Joshua Kamani, Luca Massetti, Toyin Olubade, Jimmy A Balami, Kennedy M Samdi, Rebecca J Traub, Vito Colella, Javier Gonzalez-Miguel

Journal article  |  2021  |  PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Dog feces may contain zoonotic parasites that contaminate the environment and serve as a potential source of infection to animals ..

Field evaluation of the gut microbiome composition of pre-school and school-aged children in Tha Song Yang, Thailand, following oral MDA for STH infections

Katharina Stracke, Poom Adisakwattana, Suparat Phuanukoonnon, Tippayarat Yoonuan, Akkarin Poodeepiyasawat, Paron Dekumyoy, Kittipong Chaisiri, Alexandra Roth Schulze, Stephen Wilcox, Harin Karunajeewa, Rebecca J Traub, Aaron R Jex

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Soil-transmitted helminths, such as roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides), whipworms (Trichuris trichiura) and hookworms (Necator amer..

A multipronged next-generation sequencing metabarcoding approach unearths hyper-diverse and abundant dog pathogen communities in Cambodia

Lucas G Huggins, Vito Colella, Anson V Koehler, Bettina Schunack, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2021  |  Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Recent surveys in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, have identified canine vector-borne pathogens (VBPs), including those with z..

A global genotyping survey of Strongyloides stercoralis and Strongyloides fuelleborni using deep amplicon sequencing (vol 13, e0007609, 2019)

Joel LN Barratt, Meredith Lane, Emir Talundzic, Travis Richins, Gemma Robertson, Fabio Formenti, Bobbi Pritt, Guilherme Verocai, Joelma Nascimento de Souza, Neci Mato Soares, Rebecca Traub, Dora Buonfrate, Richard S Bradbury

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

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Ancylostoma ceylanicum

Vito Colella, Richard Bradbury, Rebecca Traub

Journal article  |  2021  |  Trends in Parasitology

Comparison of the egg recovery rates and limit of detection for soil-transmitted helminths using the Kato-Katz thick smear, faecal flotation and quantitative real-time PCR in human stool

Patsy A Zendejas-Heredia, Vito Colella, Sze Fui Hii, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

BACKGROUND: Monitoring the success of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control programs relies on accurate diagnosis and quantitati..