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David Rollinson is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on parasitology, immunology and microbiology, environmental science, and medicine. The scientist has contributed extensively to understanding parasite biology, host interactions, and parasite control strategies.

The main topics of David Rollinson's work include:

  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access

Frequent publication venues for their work comprise:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Acta Tropica

The following recent papers highlight David Rollinson's research contributions:

  • Prevalence and distribution of schistosomiasis in human, livestock, and snail populations in northern Senegal: a One Health epidemiological study of a multi-host system, 2020, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Snail-Related Contributions from the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation Program Including Xenomonitoring, Focal Mollusciciding, Biological Control, and Modeling, 2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Schistosomiasis Control: Leave No Age Group Behind, 2020, Trends in Parasitology
  • Genetic analysis of praziquantel response in schistosome parasites implicates a transient receptor potential channel, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • A systematic literature review of schistosomiasis in urban and peri-urban settings, 2021, PLoS neglected tropical diseases

David Rollinson has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Bonnie L. Webster
  • Fiona Allan
  • Aidan M. Emery
  • Stefanie Knopp
  • Muriel Rabone

In addition to journal articles, David Rollinson has contributed to book publications particularly with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Notable titles include:

  • Utilisation sur le terrain de molluscicides dans les programmes de lutte contre la schistosomiase: un manuel pratique a l'usage des gestionnaires de programmes, 2020
  • Lignes directrices pour les essais en laboratoire et sur le terrain de molluscicides destines a la lutte contre la schistosomiase, 2020

Rollinson's work covers subfields such as parasitology, ecology, small animals, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and public health, environmental and occupational health, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research interests.

Best Publications

  • Time to set the agenda for schistosomiasis elimination.

    David Rollinson;Stefanie Knopp;Stefanie Knopp;Sarah Levitz;J. Russell Stothard

  • Whole-genome sequence of Schistosoma haematobium

    Neil D Young;Aaron R Jex;Bo Li;Shiping Liu

  • Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths in the era of preventive chemotherapy: effect of multiple stool sampling and use of different diagnostic techniques.

    Stefanie Knopp;Ali F. Mgeni;I. Simba Khamis;Peter Steinmann;Peter Steinmann

  • The phylogeny of the Schistosomatidae based on three genes with emphasis on the interrelationships of Schistosoma Weinland, 1858.

    A. E. Lockyer;P. D. Olson;P. Østergaard;D. Rollinson

  • Outbreak of urogenital schistosomiasis in Corsica (France): an epidemiological case study

    Jérôme Boissier;Sébastien Grech-Angelini;Bonnie L Webster;Jean-François Allienne

  • Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail.

    Coen M Adema;Ladeana W Hillier;Catherine S Jones;Eric S Loker

  • Bidirectional introgressive hybridization between a cattle and human schistosome species.

    Tine Huyse;Tine Huyse;Bonnie L. Webster;Sarah Geldof;J. Russell. Stothard

  • Introgressive Hybridization of Schistosoma haematobium Group Species in Senegal: Species Barrier Break Down between Ruminant and Human Schistosomes

    Bonnie L. Webster;Oumar T. Diaw;Mohmoudane M. Seye;Joanne P. Webster

  • Control of foodborne trematode infections. Report of a WHO Study Group: Geneva: World Health Organization, 1995. WHO Technical Report Series 849. viii + 157pp. Price Sw. fr. 26/US$23.40 (in developing countries Sw.fr. 18.20). ISBN 92-4-120849-X. (Available in English; French and Spanish edition in preparation)

    David Rollinson

  • Phylogenies Inferred from Mitochondrial Gene Orders—A Cautionary Tale from the Parasitic Flatworms

    Thanh H. Le;David Blair;Takeshi Agatsuma;Pierre-François Humair

  • Widespread vertical transmission and associated host sex-ratio distortion within the eukaryotic phylum Microspora.

    Rebecca S. Terry;Judith E. Smith;Rosie G. Sharpe;Thierry Rigaud

  • Implementation of Human Schistosomiasis Control: Challenges and Prospects

    Alan Fenwick;David Rollinson;Vaughan Southgate

  • Albendazole and Mebendazole Administered Alone or in Combination with Ivermectin against Trichuris trichiura: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Stefanie Knopp;Khalfan A. Mohammed;Benjamin Speich;Benjamin Speich;Jan Hattendorf;Jan Hattendorf

  • The biology of schistosomes : from genes to latrines

    David Rollinson;Andrew J. G. Simpson

  • Moving from control to elimination of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa: time to change and adapt strategies

    Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté;David Rollinson;J. Russell Stothard;David Molyneux

  • A single FLOTAC is more sensitive than triplicate Kato-Katz for the diagnosis of low-intensity soil-transmitted helminth infections.

    Stefanie Knopp;Laura Rinaldi;I. Simba Khamis;J. Russell Stothard

  • Repetitive sequences in the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer of Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma intercalatum and Schistosoma mattheei

    Richard A. Kane;David Rollinson

  • A Wake Up Call for Urinary Schistosomiasis: Reconciling Research Effort With Public Health Importance

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  • The epidemiology of human schistosomiasis in the Senegal River Basin

    Michel Picquet;JC Ernould;Jozef Vercruysse;VR Southgate

  • Micro-epidemiology of urinary schistosomiasis in Zanzibar: Local risk factors associated with distribution of infections among schoolchildren and relevance for control.

    James W. Rudge;J. Russell Stothard;María-Gloria Basáñez;Ali F. Mgeni

Frequent Co-Authors

Bonnie L. Webster
Bonnie L. Webster Natural History Museum
J. Russell Stothard
J. Russell Stothard Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Jürg Utzinger
Jürg Utzinger University of Basel
Joanne P. Webster
Joanne P. Webster Royal Veterinary College
Jozef Vercruysse
Jozef Vercruysse Ghent University
Vr Southgate
Vr Southgate Natural History Museum
I. Simba Khamis
I. Simba Khamis Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Jan Hattendorf
Jan Hattendorf University of Basel
Tine Huyse
Tine Huyse KU Leuven
Alan Fenwick
Alan Fenwick Imperial College London

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