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David Walliker is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Medicine and Health Professions, with particular attention to the subfields of Geriatrics and Gerontology, General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Epidemiology.

The main topics addressed in Walliker's scholarly work include:

  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Walliker has contributed to research published in venues such as BMJ Open and Research Square (Research Square). Notable recent papers include:

  • Protocol for the Development and Analysis of the Oxford and Reading Cognitive Comorbidity, Frailty and Ageing Research Database-Electronic Patient Records (ORCHARD-EPR), 2024, BMJ Open
  • The Oxford and Reading Cognitive Comorbidity, Frailty and Ageing Research Database exploiting hospital Electronic Patient Records (ORCHARD-EPR): protocol, 2023, Research Square (Research Square)

Frequent collaborators in their research have been Emily Boucher, Aimee Jell, Sudhir Singh, Jim Davies, and Adam Pill.

Best Publications

  • Genetic analysis of the human malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum

    David Walliker;Isabella A. Quakyi;Thomas E. Wellems;Thomas F. McCutchan

  • Evidence that a point mutation in dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase confers resistance to pyrimethamine in falciparum malaria.

    David S. Peterson;David Walliker;Thomas E. Wellems

  • Virulence and competitive ability in genetically diverse malaria infections

    Jacobus C. de Roode;Jacobus C. de Roode;Riccardo Pansini;Sandra J. Cheesman;Michelle E. H. Helinski;Michelle E. H. Helinski

  • High-Level Chloroquine Resistance in Sudanese Isolates of Plasmodium falciparum Is Associated with Mutations in the Chloroquine Resistance Transporter Gene pfcrt and the Multidrug Resistance Gene pfmdr1

    Hamza A. Babiker;S. J. Pringle;A. Abdel-Muhsin;M. Mackinnon

  • Random mating in a natural population of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    H. A. Babiker;L. C. Ranford-Cartwright;D. Currie;J. D. Charlwood

  • Cross-species interactions between malaria parasites in humans.

    Marian C. Bruce;Christl A. Donnelly;Michael P. Alpers;Mary R. Galinski

  • Homologous Recombination within Subtelomeric Repeat Sequences Generates Chromosome Size Polymorphisms in P. falciparum

    Lynn M. Corcoran;Jennifer K. Thompson;David Walliker;David J. Kemp

  • Increased sensitivity to the antimalarials mefloquine and artemisinin is conferred by mutations in the pfmdr1 gene of Plasmodium falciparum.

    Manoj T. Duraisingh;Cally Roper;David Walliker;David C. Warhurst

  • A histidine-rich protein gene marks a linkage group favored strongly in a genetic cross of Plasmodium falciparum.

    Thomas E. Wellems;David Walliker;Cassandra L. Smith;Virgilio E. do Rosario

  • Structural and antigenic polymorphism of the 35- to 48-kilodalton merozoite surface antigen (MSA-2) of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

    B Fenton;J T Clark;C M Khan;J V Robinson

  • Clonal diversity in a single isolate of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Sodsri Thaithong;G.H. Beale;B. Fenton;J. McBride

  • Antigenic diversity in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

    Jana S. McBride;David Walliker;Gillian Morgan

  • Genetic diversity in Plasmodium falciparum.

    David J. Kemp;Alan F. Cowman;David Walliker

  • Population structure of Plasmodium falciparum in villages with different malaria endemicity in east Africa.

    Hamza A. Babiker;Jo Lines;William G. Hill;David Walliker

  • Current views on the population structure of plasmodium falciparum: Implications for control

    Hamza A. Babiker;David Walliker

  • Characteristics of Plasmodium falciparum parasites that survive the lengthy dry season in eastern Sudan where malaria transmission is markedly seasonal.

    Hamza A. Babiker;Abdel Muhsin A Abdel-Muhsin;Lisa C. Ranford-Cartwright;Gwiria Satti

  • Genotyping of Plasmodium falciparum infections by PCR: a comparative multicentre study

    A. Färnert;A.P. Arez;H.A. Babiker;H.P. Beck

  • Commitment to sexual differentiation in the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

    T. G. Smith;P. Lourenço;R. Carter;D. Walliker

  • Molecular karyotype of Plasmodium falciparum: conserved linkage groups and expendable histidine-rich protein genes

    D J Kemp;J K Thompson;D Walliker;L M Corcoran

  • Mixed–genotype infections of malaria parasites: within–host dynamics and transmission success of competing clones

    Louise H. Taylor;David Walliker;Andrew F. Read

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa C. Ranford-Cartwright
Lisa C. Ranford-Cartwright University of Glasgow
Richard Carter
Richard Carter University of Edinburgh
Jane M. Carlton
Jane M. Carlton New York University
Anders Björkman
Anders Björkman Karolinska Institute
Karen P. Day
Karen P. Day University of Melbourne
Thomas F. McCutchan
Thomas F. McCutchan National Institutes of Health
Thomas E. Wellems
Thomas E. Wellems National Institutes of Health
Andrew P. Waters
Andrew P. Waters University of Glasgow
William G. Hill
William G. Hill University of Edinburgh

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