Establishing Next-Generation Technology Platforms for the Detection and Monitoring of Microorganisms in Melbourne Water Catchments

Long-term molecular surveillance of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in wildlife in protected drinking water catchments

AV Koehler, T Wang, MA Stevens, SR Haydon, RB Gasser

2025-12-01

Background: This study presents findings from a 15-year longitudinal surveillance program (2009–2024) monitoring Cryptosporidium a..

Genetic diversity in the C-terminus of merozoite surface protein 1 among Plasmodium knowlesi isolates from Selangor and Sabah Borneo, Malaysia

NJ Yap, XT Goh, AV Koehler, T William, TW Yeo, I Vythilingam, RB Gasser, YAL Lim

2017-10-01

Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria parasite of macaques, has emerged as an important parasite of humans. Despite the significance of P..

Population structure of Haemonchus contortus from seven geographical regions in China, determined on the basis of microsatellite markers

F Yin, RB Gasser, F Li, M Bao, W Huang, F Zou, G Zhao, C Wang, X Yang, Y Zhou, J Zhao, R Fang, M Hu

2016-11-15

Background: Studying genetic variation within and among Haemonchus contortus populations can inform some aspects of this parasite'..

Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Activity of Ferrocenyl Analogues of the Anthelmintic Drug Monepantel

J Hess, M Patra, V Pierroz, B Spingler, A Jabbar, S Ferrari, RB Gasser, G Gasser

2016-10-10

There is major demand for the development of structurally new anti-infectives using innovative approaches to circumvent multidrug ..

Is Cryptosporidium from the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) a new species and distinct from Cryptosporidium ubiquitum?

AV Koehler, SR Haydon, AR Jex, RB Gasser

2016-10-01

The emerging zoonotic pathogen Cryptosporidium ubiquitum has been found in a variety of mammalian hosts, including humans, through..

First survey of parasitic helminths of goats along the Han River in Hubei Province, China

X Yang, RB Gasser, R Fang, J Zeng, K Zhu, M Qi, Z Zhang, L Tan, W Lei, Y Zhou, J Zhao, M Hu

2016-09-01

Diseases caused by parasitic helminths cause considerable production and economic losses in livestock worldwide. Understanding the..

Cryptosporidium and Giardia taxa in faecal samples from animals in catchments supplying the city of Melbourne with drinking water (2011 to 2015)

AV Koehler, SR Haydon, AR Jex, RB Gasser

2016-06-01

Background: In a long-term program to monitor pathogens in water catchments serving the City of Melbourne in the State of Victoria..

Molecular analysis of Cryptosporidium from cattle from five states of Peninsular Malaysia

NJ Yap, AV Koehler, J Ebner, TK Tan, YAL Lim, RB Gasser

2016-02-01

Despite the importance of the cattle industry in Malaysia, there are very few studies of the diversity and public health significa..

Phylogenomic and biogeographic reconstruction of the Trichinella complex

PK Korhonen, E Pozio, G La Rosa, BCH Chang, AV Koehler, EP Hoberg, PR Boag, P Tan, AR Jex, A Hofmann, PW Sternberg, ND Young, RB Gasser

2016-02-01

Trichinellosis is a globally important food-borne parasitic disease of humans caused by roundworms of the Trichinella complex. Ext..

Practical and low cost whole-organism motility assay: A step-by-step protocol

S Preston, A Jabbar, C Nowell, A Joachim, B Ruttkowski, T Cardno, A Hofmann, RB Gasser

2016-02-01

Here, we provide a step-by-step protocol for a practical and low cost whole-organism assay for the screening of chemical compounds..

Assessment of the nematocidal activity of metallocenyl analogues of monepantel

J Hess, M Patra, A Jabbar, V Pierroz, S Konatschnig, B Spingler, S Ferrari, RB Gasser, G Gasser

2016-01-01

In this study, we present the design, synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of structurally new ferrocenyl and rut..

MicroRNAs of Toxocara canis and their predicted functional roles

G Ma, Y Luo, H Zhu, Y Luo, PK Korhonen, ND Young, RB Gasser, R Zhou

2016-01-01

Background: Toxocara canis is the causative agent of toxocariasis of humans and other animals. This parasitic nematode (roundworm)..