Rebecca Traub

Modeling the effectiveness of One Health interventions against the zoonotic hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum

Martin Walker, Sébastien Lambert, M Inês Neves, Andrew D Worsley, Rebecca Traub, Vito Colella

Journal article  |  2023  |  Frontiers in Medicine

Hookworm disease is a major global public health concern, annually affecting 500–700 million of the world's poorest people. The Wo..

Advanced approaches for the diagnosis and chemoprevention of canine vector-borne pathogens and parasites—Implications for the Asia-Pacific region and beyond

LG Huggins, AV Koehler, RB Gasser, RJ Traub

Journal article  |  2023  |  Advances in Parasitology

Vector-borne pathogens (VBPs) of canines are a diverse range of infectious agents, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa and multi..

Knowledge of Mongolian veterinarians towards canine vector-borne diseases

Cassandra Davitt, Rebecca Traub, Basan Batsukh, Banzragch Battur, Martin Pfeffer, Anke K Wiethoelter

Journal article  |  2022  |  One Health

Mongolia is an expansive nation, dominated by agriculture with livestock under nomadic herder care contributing significantly to t..

Human social conditions predict the risk of exposure to zoonotic parasites in companion animals in East and Southeast Asia.

Vito Colella, Phrutsamon Wongnak, Yi-Lun Tsai, Viet-Linh Nguyen, DY Tan, Kenneth BY Tong, Na Lu, Fang Fang, Yin Zhijuan, Jiangwei Wang, Xin Liu, Junyan Dong, Wisnu Nurcahyo, Upik K Hadi, Virginia Venturina, Piyanan Taweethavonsawat, Saruda Tiwananthagorn, Thong Q Le, Khanh L Bui, Malaika Watanabe, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  Commun Med (Lond)

BACKGROUND: A recent dramatic surge in pet ownership has been observed across metropolitan areas in Asia. To date, there is a dear..

Vector-borne and other pathogens of potential relevance disseminated by relocated cats

Ricardo Guillermo Maggi, Vicky Halls, Friederike Kramer, Michael Lappin, Maria Grazia Pennisi, Andrew S Peregrine, Xavier Roura, Bettina Schunack, Valeria Scorza, Severine Tasker, Gad Baneth, Patrick Bourdeau, Dwight D Bowman, Edward B Breitschwerdt, Gioia Capelli, Luis Cardoso, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Gerhard Dobler, Lluis Ferrer, Luigi Gradoni, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  PARASITES & VECTORS

Large populations of unowned cats constitute an animal welfare, ecological, societal and public health issue worldwide. Their relo..

Nanopore Sequencing Using the Full-Length 16S rRNA Gene for Detection of Blood-Borne Bacteria in Dogs Reveals a Novel Species of Hemotropic Mycoplasma

Lucas G Huggins, Vito Colella, Ushani Atapattu, Anson Koehler, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2022  |  MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM

Dogs across the globe are afflicted by diverse blood- and vector-borne bacteria (VBB), many of which cause severe disease and can ..

A systematic review and meta-analysis of human and zoonotic dog soil-transmitted helminth infections in Australian Indigenous communities

Cameron Raw, Rebecca J Traub, Patsy A Zendejas-Heredia, Mark Stevenson, Anke Wiethoelter

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infect 1.5 billion people and countless animals worldwide. In Australian Indigenous communities, ..

Assessing the efficacy of albendazole against hookworm in Vietnam using quantitative PCR and sodium nitrate flotation

Clare EF Dyer, Naomi E Clarke, Ng Nguyen Dinh, HMP Dilrukshi Herath, Sze Fui Hii, Russell Pickford, Rebecca J Traub, Susana Vaz Nery

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Preventive chemotherapy (PC), consisting of the regular distribution of anthelmintics to populations or groups of populations at r..

Faecal prevalence, distribution and risk factors associated with canine soil-transmitted helminths contaminating urban parks across Australia

Luca Massetti, Anke Wiethoelter, Phillip McDonagh, Louise Rae, Lara Marwedel, Frederic Beugnet, Vito Colella, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Dog parks provide an ideal urban space where dogs and their owners can exercise, play, and socialise in a safe environment. Howeve..

Ancylostoma ceylanicum Hookworms in Dogs, Grenada, West Indies.

Patsy A Zendejas-Heredia, Vito Colella, Maxine LA Macpherson, Wayne Sylvester, Robin B Gasser, Calum NL Macpherson, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2022  |  Emerg Infect Dis

Ancylostoma ceylanicum hookworms are recognized agents of human infection in the Asia-Pacific region. We investigated prevalence o..