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Belgees Boufana is affiliated with the Animal and Plant Health Agency in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on parasitic infections affecting humans and animals, parasite biology and host interactions, as well as related areas such as congenital anomalies and fetal surgery, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, and helminth infection and control. Their work integrates aspects of medicine and environmental science, with significant contributions in ecology and pathology.

Boufana has contributed to publications that span various topics in parasitology and related medical fields. Key frequent topics include:

  • Parasitic infections in humans and animals
  • Parasite biology and host interactions
  • Congenital anomalies and fetal surgery
  • Environmental DNA in biodiversity studies
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Parasitic infections and diagnostics
  • Urological disorders and treatments

Major fields of study associated with Boufana are Medicine and Environmental Science, while prominent subfields include Ecology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery, Small Animals, and Parasitology.

Frequent venues where Boufana's research has appeared encompass:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Parasite
  • Parasitology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Microorganisms

Their published papers include:

  • International consensus on terminology to be used in the field of echinococcoses, 2020, Parasite
  • Taenia hydatigena cysticercosis in wild boar (Sus scrofa) from southern Italy: an epidemiological and molecular survey, 2020, Parasitology
  • Evaluating noninvasive methods for estimating cestode prevalence in a wild carnivore population, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Collaborative Studies for the Detection of Taenia spp. Infections in Humans within CYSTINET, the European Network on Taeniosis/Cysticercosis, 2021, Microorganisms
  • Bovine cysticercosis outbreak in an indoor beef finisher farm in the North of England, 2020, Veterinary Record Case Reports

Boufana has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • M.T. Rogan
  • Ariel Naidich
  • Tuerhongjiang Tuxun
  • António Menezes da Silva
  • Andreas Hillenbrand

Best Publications

  • Potential risk factors associated with human alveolar echinococcosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Franz J. Conraths;Carolina Probst;Alessia Possenti;Alessia Possenti;Belgees Boufana;Belgees Boufana

  • The geographical distribution and prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in animals in the European Union and adjacent countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Antti Oksanen;Mar Siles-Lucas;Jacek Karamon;Alessia Possenti

  • Echinococcus granulosus: Epidemiology and state-of-the-art of diagnostics in animals

    Philip Craig;Alexander Mastin;Freya van Kesteren;Belgees Boufana

  • Epidemiology and strain characteristics of Echinococcus granulosus in the Benghazi area of eastern Libya.

    O. A. Tashani;L. H. Zhang;B. Boufana;A. Jegi

  • Low mislabeling rates indicate marked improvements in European seafood market operations

    Stefano Mariani;Andrew M Griffiths;Amaya Velasco;Kristina Kappel

  • Isolation and characterization of exosomes derived from fertile sheep hydatid cysts

    Mar Siles-Lucas;Carlos Sánchez-Ovejero;María González-Sánchez;Esperanza González

  • Genetic variability and haplotypes of Echinococcus isolates from Tunisia.

    Belgees Boufana;Samia Lahmar;Waël Rebaï;Zoubeir Ben Safta

  • Screening for Echinococcus granulosus in dogs: Comparison between arecoline purgation, coproELISA and coproPCR with necropsy in pre-patent infections

    Selma Lahmar;Samia Lahmar;Belgees Boufana;Helen Bradshaw

  • Epidemiological updates and economic losses due to Taenia hydatigena in sheep from Sardinia, Italy

    Antonio Scala;Anna Paola Pipia;Fausto Dore;Giuliana Sanna

  • Prevalence and risk factors for echinococcal infection in a rural area of northern Chile: a household-based cross-sectional study.

    Gerardo Acosta-Jamett;Thomas Weitzel;Belgees Boufana;Claudia Adones

  • Dog ownership, dog behaviour and transmission of Echinococcus spp. in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan.

    Freya Van Kesteren;Alexander Mastin;Bermet Mytynova;Iskender Ziadinov

  • Echinococcus and Taenia spp. from captive mammals in the United Kingdom

    B. Boufana;M. F. Stidworthy;S. Bell;J. Chantrey

  • Echinococcus equinus and Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto from the United Kingdom: genetic diversity and haplotypic variation.

    Belgees Boufana;Wai San Lett;Samia Lahmar;Imad Buishi

  • Serological prevalence of echinococcosis and risk factors for infection among children in rural communities of southern Ningxia, China.

    Yu Rong Yang;Philip S. Craig;Dominique A. Vuitton;Gail M. Williams

  • Cystic echinococcosis in Tunisia: analysis of hydatid cysts that have been surgically removed from patients.

    S. Lahmar;W. Rebaï;B. S. Boufana;P. S. Craig

  • Echinococcus granulosus and other intestinal helminths: current status of prevalence and management in rural dogs of eastern Australia.

    David Jenkins;Jan Lievaart;B Boufana;W S Lett

  • Intestinal helminths of golden jackals and red foxes from Tunisia.

    Samia Lahmar;Belgees Boufana;Sarra Ben Boubaker;Faouzi Landolsi

  • Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus shiquicus in a small mammal community on the eastern Tibetan Plateau : host species composition, molecular prevalence, and epidemiological implications

    Xu Wang;Jiayu Liu;Qingqiu Zuo;Zhiqiang Mu

  • Evaluation of three PCR assays for the identification of the sheep strain (genotype 1) of Echinococcus granulosus in canid feces and parasite tissues.

    Belgees S. Boufana;Maiza Campos-Ponce;Ariel Naidich;Imad Buishi

  • A preliminary investigation into the genetic variation and population structure of Taenia hydatigena from Sardinia, Italy.

    Belgees Boufana;Antonio Scala;Samia Lahmar;Steve Pointing

  • Development of Three PCR Assays for the Differentiation between Echinococcus shiquicus, E. granulosus (G1 genotype), and E. multilocularis DNA in the Co-Endemic Region of Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China

    Belgees Boufana;Gérald Umhang;Jiamin Qiu;Xingwang Chen

  • First report of Echinococcus shiquicus in dogs from eastern Qinghai-Tibet plateau region, China.

    Belgees Boufana;Jiamin Qiu;Xinwang Chen;Christine M. Budke

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip S. Craig
Philip S. Craig University of Salford
Adriano Casulli
Adriano Casulli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Antonio Varcasia
Antonio Varcasia University of Sassari
Paul R. Torgerson
Paul R. Torgerson University of Zurich
Donald P. McManus
Donald P. McManus Australian National University
Stefano Mariani
Stefano Mariani Liverpool John Moores University
David Jenkins
David Jenkins Charles Sturt University
Akira Ito
Akira Ito Asahikawa Medical University
Christine M. Budke
Christine M. Budke Texas A&M University
Antonio Scala
Antonio Scala University of Sassari

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