Rebecca Traub

Field application of a novel multiplex qPCR assay reveals the occurrence of the zoonotic hookworm Ancylostoma braziliense in Nigerian dogs

Luca Massetti, Joshua Kamani, Anke Wiethoelter, Phillip McDonagh, Vito Colella, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2021  |  Acta Tropica

A number of gastrointestinal parasites have been reported to infect dogs in Nigeria, some of which have zoonotic potential. Of the..

Parasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs

Ian Wright, Frans Jongejan, Mary Marcondes, Andrew Peregrine, Gad Baneth, Patrick Bourdeau, Dwight D Bowman, Edward B Breitschwerdt, Gioia Capelli, Luis Cardoso, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Michael J Day, Gerhard Dobler, Lluis Ferrer, Luigi Gradoni, Peter Irwin, Volkhard AJ Kempf, Barbara Kohn, Friederike Kraemer, Michael Lappin, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Parasites and Vectors

The Companion Vector-Borne Diseases (CVBD) World Forum is a working group of leading international experts who meet annually to ev..

Comparison of the modified agglutination test and real-time PCR for detection of Toxoplasma gondii exposure in feral cats from Phillip Island, Australia, and risk factors associated with infection

Katherine Adriaanse, Simon M Firestone, Michael Lynch, Anthony R Rendall, Duncan R Sutherland, Jasmin Hufschmid, Rebecca Traub

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

Toxoplasma gondii is considered a disease risk for many native Australian species. Feral cats are the key definitive host of T. go..

TroCCAP recommendations for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of parasitic infections in dogs and cats in the tropics

Filipe Dantas-Torres, Jennifer Ketzis, Andrei D Mihalca, Gad Baneth, Domenico Otranto, Gabriela Perez Tort, Malaika Watanabe, Khanh Linh Bui, Tawin Inpankaew, Pablo D Jimenez Castro, Pablo Borras, Sangaran Arumugam, Barend L Penzhorn, Adrian Patalinghug Ybanez, Peter Irwin, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2020  |  Veterinary Parasitology

The Tropical Council for Companion Animal Parasites Ltd. (TroCCAP) is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to independen..

Zoonotic Ancylostomiasis: An Update of a Continually Neglected Zoonosis

Katharina Stracke, Aaron R Jex, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2020  |  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Hookworm infections are classified as the most impactful of the human soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections, causing a diseas..

First international external quality assessment scheme of nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Schistosoma and soil-transmitted helminths, including Strongyloides: A pilot study

Piet Cools, Lisette van Lieshout, Rob Koelewijn, David Addiss, Sitara SR Ajjampur, Mio Ayana, Richard S Bradbury, Jason L Cantera, Daniel Dana, Kerstin Fischer, Rubina Imtiaz, Joyce Kabagenyi, James Lok, James McCarthy, Rojelio Mejia, Zeleke Mekonnen, Sammy M Njenga, Nurulhasanah Othman, Hongguang Shao, Rebecca Traub, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

BACKGROUND: Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are increasingly being used as diagnostic tools for soil-transmitted helminth..

High-throughput multiplex qPCRs for the surveillance of zoonotic species of canine hookworms

Luca Massetti, Vito Colella, Patsy A Zendejas, Dinh Ng-Nguyen, Lana Harriott, Lara Marwedel, Anke Wiethoelter, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The canine hookworms Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, Ancylostoma caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala are not only ..

Opportunistic Mapping of Strongyloides stercoralis and Hookworm in Dogs in Remote Australian Communities

Meruyert Beknazarova, Harriet Whiley, Rebecca Traub, Kirstin Ross

Journal article  |  2020  |  Pathogens

Both Strongyloides stercoralis and hookworms are common soil-transmitted helminths in remote Australian communities. In addition t..

A Host-Specific Blocking Primer Combined with Optimal DNA Extraction Improves the Detection Capability of a Metabarcoding Protocol for Canine Vector-Borne Bacteria

Lucas G Huggins, Anson Koehler, Bettina Schunack, Tawin Inpankaew, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2020  |  PATHOGENS

Bacterial canine vector-borne diseases are responsible for some of the most life-threatening conditions of dogs in the tropics and..

Domestic dogs are mammalian reservoirs for the emerging zoonosis flea-borne spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia felis

Ng-Nguyen Dinh, Hii Sze-Fui, Thi Hoang Minh-Trang, Thi Nguyen Van-Anh, Robert Rees, John Stenos, Rebecca Justine Traub

Journal article  |  2020  |  Scientific Reports

Rickettsia felis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that is being increasingly recognized as an etiological agent of human ric..