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David Piedrafita is affiliated with Federation University Australia in Australia and focuses primarily on veterinary sciences. Their research spans several interconnected fields, including parasitology, animal science and zoology, ecology, and genetics. The scientist's work is notably concentrated on helminth infection and control, parasites and host interactions, parasite biology and host interactions, coccidia and coccidiosis research, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, parasitic diseases research and treatment, and galectins and cancer biology.

Frequent publication venues for David Piedrafita include Veterinary Parasitology, SSRN Electronic Journal, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nature Reviews Immunology, and Animal Microbiome.

  • Veterinary Parasitology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Nature reviews. Immunology
  • Animal Microbiome

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including Sarah Preston, M.J. Stear, Travis Beddoe, Andrew R. Greenhill, and Andrew Davies.

  • Sarah Preston
  • M.J. Stear
  • Travis Beddoe
  • Andrew R. Greenhill
  • Andrew Davies

Some of their recent papers reflect a focus on host-parasite interactions and immune responses, published across various reputable journals:

  • Will helminth co-infection modulate COVID-19 severity in endemic regions? (2020), Nature Reviews Immunology
  • Variation in gut bacterial composition is associated with Haemonchus contortus parasite infection of sheep (2020), Animal Microbiome
  • The Immune Response to Nematode Infection (2023), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Comparative evaluation of different molecular methods for DNA extraction from individual Teladorsagia circumcincta nematodes (2021), BMC Biotechnology
  • Investigation of the combined efficacy of two Haemonchus contortus vaccines in weaner Merino sheep (2021), Veterinary Parasitology

Best Publications

  • Altered Immune Responses and Susceptibility to Leishmania major and Staphylococcus aureus Infection in IL-18-Deficient Mice

    Xiao-qing Wei;Bernard P. Leung;Wanda Niedbala;David Piedrafita

  • Effects of nitric oxide on the induction and differentiation of Th1 cells.

    Wanda Niedbala;Xiao-Qing Wei;David Piedrafita;Damo Xu

  • Liver fluke vaccines in ruminants: strategies, progress and future opportunities.

    Hayley Toet;David M. Piedrafita;Terry W. Spithill

  • Low cost whole-organism screening of compounds for anthelmintic activity.

    Sarah Preston;Abdul Jabbar;Cameron J Nowell;Anja Joachim

  • Immunity to Haemonchus contortus and Vaccine Development

    Alasdair Nisbet;Els Meeusen;Jorge González;David Piedrafita

  • Regulation of macrophage IL-12 synthesis by leishmania phosphoglycans

    David Piedrafita;Lorna Proudfoot;Lorna Proudfoot;Andrei V. Nikolaev;Damo Xu

  • Improving animal and human health through understanding liver fluke immunology.

    David M Piedrafita;Terence Spithill;Rebecca Smith;H Raadsma

  • Immunological approaches for the control of fasciolosis

    Terry W. Spithill;David Piedrafita;Peter M. Smooker

  • Cloning and expression of the major secreted cathepsin B-like protein from juvenile Fasciola hepatica and analysis of immunogenicity following liver fluke infection.

    Ruby H P Law;Peter M Smooker;James Alexander Irving;David Piedrafita

  • Peritoneal Lavage Cells of Indonesian Thin-Tail Sheep Mediate Antibody-Dependent Superoxide Radical Cytotoxicity In Vitro against Newly Excysted Juvenile Fasciola gigantica but Not Juvenile Fasciola hepatica

    David Michael Piedrafita;David Michael Piedrafita;David Michael Piedrafita;Endah Estuningsih;Jill Louise Pleasance;Rhoda Prowse

  • Host responses during experimental infection with Fasciola gigantica or Fasciola hepatica in Merino sheep I. Comparative immunological and plasma biochemical changes during early infection.

    H W Raadsma;N M Kingsford;Suharyanta;T W Spithill

  • Protective Immune Responses Induced by Vaccination with an Expression Genomic Library of Leishmania major

    David Piedrafita;Damo Xu;David Hunter;Robert A. Harrison

  • Effective pulmonary delivery of an aerosolized plasmid DNA vaccine via surface acoustic wave nebulization.

    Anushi Erandica Rajapaksa;Jenny Ho;Aisha Qi;Aisha Qi;Robert Bischof

  • Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity to newly excysted juvenile Fasciola hepatica in vitro is mediated by reactive nitrogen intermediates.

    David Piedrafita;Jim C Parsons;R M Sandeman;P R Wood

  • Vaccination against fasciolosis by a multivalent vaccine of stage-specific antigens.

    Ramamoorthi Jayaraj;David Michael Piedrafita;Kemperley Dynon;Rudi Grams

  • Will helminth co-infection modulate COVID-19 severity in endemic regions?

    Richard S. Bradbury;David Piedrafita;Andrew Greenhill;Siddhartha Mahanty

  • Comparative experimental Haemonchus contortus infection of two sheep breeds native to the Canary Islands.

    Jorge F Gonzalez;Alvaro Hernandez;Jose M Molina;Antonio Fernandez

  • Exploiting natural immunity to helminth parasites for the development of veterinary vaccines.

    Els Nicole Theresia Meeusen;David Michael Piedrafita

  • Immunology of the host-parasite relationship in fasciolosis (Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica)

    David Michael Piedrafita;H W Raadsma;Rhoda Prowse;Terence W Spithill

  • DNA vaccines in sheep: CTLA-4 mediated targeting and CpG motifs enhance immunogenicity in a DNA prime/protein boost strategy

    Nicholas John Kennedy;Nicholas John Kennedy;Nicholas John Kennedy;Terence W Spithill;Jan Tennent;Paul R Wood

  • Juvenile Fasciola hepatica are resistant to killing in vitro by free radicals compared with larvae of Schistosoma mansoni

    David Piedrafita;Terry W. Spithill;John P. Dalton;Paul J. Brindley

  • Resistance to liver fluke infection in the natural sheep host is correlated with a type‐1 cytokine response

    Jill Pleasance;E Wiedosari;H Raadsma;Elza Meeusen

  • A major cathepsin B protease from the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica has atypical active site features and a potential role in the digestive tract of newly excysted juvenile parasites.

    Simone Alexandra Beckham;David Michael Piedrafita;Carolyn I Phillips;Nirma Samarawickrema

  • The kinetics of local cytokine and galectin expression after challenge infection with the gastrointestinal nematode, Haemonchus contortus.

    Nicholas Robinson;Jill Louise Pleasance;David M Piedrafita;Elza Nt Meeusen

  • Fecundity in adult Haemonchus contortus parasites is correlated with abomasal tissue eosinophils and γδ T cells in resistant Canaria Hair Breed sheep.

    Jorge F Gonzalez;Alvaro Hernandez;Elza Nt Meeusen;Francisco Rodriguez

  • Increased production through parasite control: can ancient breeds of sheep teach us new lessons?

    David M Piedrafita;Herman W Raadsma;Jorge F Gonzalez;Elza Nt Meeusen

Frequent Co-Authors

Herman W. Raadsma
Herman W. Raadsma University of Sydney
Terry W. Spithill
Terry W. Spithill La Trobe University
Donald P. McManus
Donald P. McManus Australian National University
Travis Clarke Beddoe
Travis Clarke Beddoe La Trobe University
Foo Y. Liew
Foo Y. Liew University of Glasgow
Damo Xu
Damo Xu University of Glasgow
Robert N. Pike
Robert N. Pike La Trobe University
Michael J. Stear
Michael J. Stear La Trobe University
Ross L. Coppel
Ross L. Coppel Monash University
Robin B. Gasser
Robin B. Gasser University of Melbourne

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