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Darryn L. Knobel is affiliated with Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Their research primarily focuses on areas within immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions to medicine as well. Knobel's work addresses key aspects of virology, immunology, genetics, epidemiology, and health.

The research topics central to Knobel's publications include:

  • Rabies epidemiology and control
  • Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Veterinary Equine Medical Research
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies

Notable recent papers that feature Knobel as an author or co-author are:

  • "A One Medicine Mission for an Effective Rabies Therapy", 2022, published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Non-specific effects of rabies vaccine on the incidence of common infectious disease episodes: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial", 2020, published in Trials

Other relevant papers from their frequent collaborators include:

  • "Rabies Vaccination of 6-Week-Old Puppies Born to Immunized Mothers: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a High-Mortality Population of Owned, Free-Roaming Dogs", 2020, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • "Non-specific effects of veterinary vaccines: a systematic review", 2021, Vaccine
  • "Efficacy and safety of native and recombinant zona pellucida immunocontraceptive vaccines in donkeys", 2020, Theriogenology

Frequent coauthors for Knobel include Anne Conan, Sintayehu M. Arega, Charles E. Rupprecht, Alan C. Jackson, and Reeta S. Mani.

The scholar has published multiple studies in several venues, of which the most frequent include:

  • Vaccine
  • Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery
  • Vaccines
  • Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
  • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Best Publications

  • Re-evaluating the burden of rabies in Africa and Asia

    Darryn L. Knobel;Sarah Cleaveland;Paul G. Coleman;Eric M. Fèvre

  • The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data.

    Tiziana Lembo;Katie Hampson;Magai T. Kaare;Eblate Ernest

  • Canine vaccination--providing broader benefits for disease control.

    Sarah Cleaveland;Magai Kaare;Darryn Knobel;M. Karen Laurenson;M. Karen Laurenson

  • Low-coverage vaccination strategies for the conservation of endangered species

    D T Haydon;D A Randall;L Matthews;D L Knobel

  • A framework for evaluating animals as sentinels for infectious disease surveillance

    Jo E.B Halliday;Anna L Meredith;Darryn L Knobel;Darren J Shaw

  • Designing programs for eliminating canine rabies from islands: Bali, Indonesia as a case study.

    Sunny E. Townsend;I Putu Sumantra;Pudjiatmoko;Gusti Ngurah Bagus

  • An integrated disease management strategy for the control of rabies in Ethiopian wolves

    D.A. Randall;J. Marino;D.T. Haydon;C. Sillero-Zubiri

  • Rabies in endangered Ethiopian wolves.

    Deborah A. Randall;Stuart D. Williams;Ivan V. Kuzmin;Charles E. Rupprecht

  • Response to a rabies epidemic, Bali, Indonesia, 2008–2011

    Anak Agung Gde Putra;Katie Hampson;Janice Girardi;Elly F. Hiby

  • Domestic dog demographic structure and dynamics relevant to rabies control planning in urban areas in Africa: the case of Iringa, Tanzania

    Alena S. Gsell;Darryn Leslie Knobel;Darryn Leslie Knobel;Rudovick R. Kazwala;Penelope Vounatsou

  • Bringing together emerging and endemic zoonoses surveillance: shared challenges and a common solution

    Jo E.B. Halliday;Chris Daborn;Harriet Auty;Zacharia Mtema;Zacharia Mtema

  • A cross-sectional study of factors associated with dog ownership in Tanzania

    Darryn L Knobel;M Karen Laurenson;M Karen Laurenson;Rudovick R Kazwala;Lisa A Boden

  • Coxiella burnetii in humans, domestic ruminants, and ticks in rural western Kenya.

    Darryn Leslie Knobel;Alice N. Maina;Sally J. Cutler;Eric Ogola

  • Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia Asemboensis in Fleas from Human Habitats, Asembo, Kenya

    Ju Jiang;Alice N. Maina;Darryn Leslie Knobel;Sarah Cleaveland

  • Rickettsia felis infection in febrile patients, western Kenya, 2007-2010.

    Alice N. Maina;Alice N. Maina;Darryn Leslie Knobel;Darryn Leslie Knobel;Ju Jiang;Jo E.B. Halliday

  • Population Dynamics of Owned, Free-Roaming Dogs: Implications for Rabies Control.

    Anne Conan;Oluyemisi Akerele;Gregory J.G. Simpson;Bjorn Reininghaus

  • High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health.

    Alice N. Maina;Alice N. Maina;Alice N. Maina;Ju Jiang;Sylvia A. Omulo;Sally J. Cutler

  • Molecular detection of zoonotic rickettsiae and Anaplasma spp. in domestic dogs and their ectoparasites in Bushbuckridge, South Africa

    Agatha Onyemowo Kolo;Kgomotso Penelope Sibeko-Matjila;Alice N. Maina;Allen L. Richards

  • Global distribution of Bartonella infections in domestic bovine and characterization of Bartonella bovis strains using multi-locus sequence typing.

    Ying Bai;Lile Malania;Danilo Alvarez Castillo;David Moran

  • Urban leptospirosis in Africa: a cross-sectional survey of Leptospira infection in rodents in the Kibera urban settlement, Nairobi, Kenya.

    Jo E. B. Halliday;Darryn L. Knobel;Kathryn J. Allan;B. Mark de C. Bronsvoort

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah Cleaveland
Sarah Cleaveland University of Glasgow
Robert F. Breiman
Robert F. Breiman Emory University
Daniel T. Haydon
Daniel T. Haydon University of Glasgow
Allen L. Richards
Allen L. Richards Naval Medical Research Center
M. Kariuki Njenga
M. Kariuki Njenga Washington State University
Eric M. Fèvre
Eric M. Fèvre University of Liverpool
Rudovick R. Kazwala
Rudovick R. Kazwala Sokoine University of Agriculture
Marinda C. Oosthuizen
Marinda C. Oosthuizen University of Pretoria
Claudio Sillero-Zubiri
Claudio Sillero-Zubiri University of Oxford
Ian Handel
Ian Handel University of Edinburgh

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