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Eric A. Ottesen is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a specific emphasis on infectious diseases and parasitology. Ottesen has contributed extensively to the fields of public health, environmental and occupational health, oncology, and ecology.

The scientist's main areas of study include parasitic diseases research and treatment, parasites and host interactions, and mosquito-borne diseases and control. Other significant topics in their work are the lymphatic system and diseases, parasite biology and host interactions, Trypanosoma species research and implications, and insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Eric A. Ottesen has published multiple papers in several frequent venues, including:

  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • International Health
  • Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology

Some of their recent publications are:

  • "Medicine donation programmes supporting the global drive to end the burden of neglected tropical diseases" (2020) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • "The design and development of a multicentric protocol to investigate the impact of adjunctive doxycycline on the management of peripheral lymphoedema caused by lymphatic filariasis and podoconiosis" (2020) in Parasites & Vectors
  • "Control and elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Oceania: Prevalence, geographical distribution, mass drug administration, and surveillance in Samoa, 1998-2017" (2021) in Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology
  • "Setting the stage for a Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: the first 125 years (1875-2000)" (2020) in International Health
  • "A refined and updated health impact assessment of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (2000-2020)" (2022) in Parasites & Vectors

Their collaborative work involves frequent co-authors who have co-published multiple times, among them:

  • Achim Hoerauf
  • Charles Mackenzie
  • John Horton
  • Patrick J. Lammie
  • Ute Klarmann-Schulz

Best Publications

  • Incorporating a Rapid-Impact Package for Neglected Tropical Diseases with Programs for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

    Peter J Hotez;David H Molyneux;Alan Fenwick;Eric Ottesen

  • Strategies and tools for the control/elimination of lymphatic filariasis.

    E. A. Ottesen;B. O. L. Duke;M. Karam;K. Behbehani

  • The global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis.

    Eric A. Ottesen

  • Malnutrition and parasitic helminth infections

    L.S. Stephenson;M.C. Latham;E.A. Ottesen

  • The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: Health Impact after 8 Years

    Eric A. Ottesen;Pamela J. Hooper;Mark Bradley;Gautam Biswas

  • Cytokine control of parasite-specific anergy in human lymphatic filariasis Preferential induction of a regulatory T helper type 2 lymphocyte subset

    Christopher L. King;Siddhartha Mahanty;V. Kumaraswami;John S. Abrams

  • Prominence of IgG4 in the IgG antibody response to human filariasis.

    E A Ottesen;F Skvaril;S P Tripathy;R W Poindexter

  • Lymphatic Filariasis: Treatment, Control and Elimination

    Eric A Ottesen

  • Specific cellular immune unresponsiveness in human filariasis.

    E. A. Ottesen;P. F. Weller;L. Heck

  • The role of albendazole in programmes to eliminate lymphatic filariasis

    E.A. Ottesen;M.M. Ismail;J. Horton

  • Control of allergic reactivity in human filariasis. Predominant localization of blocking antibody to the IgG4 subclass.

    R Hussain;R W Poindexter;E A Ottesen

  • Progress and Impact of 13 Years of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis on Reducing the Burden of Filarial Disease

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  • Immunological aspects of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis in man.

    E.A. Ottesen

  • Treatment strategies underpinning the global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis.

    John O Gyapong;Vasanthapuram Kumaraswami;Gautam Biswas;Eric A Ottesen

  • Lymphatic filariasis infection and disease: Control strategies

    E.A. Ottesen;C.P. Ramachandran

  • The neglected tropical diseases: The ancient afflictions of stigma and poverty and the prospects for their control and elimination

    Peter Hotez;Eric Ottesen;Alan Fenwick;David Molyneux

  • The Wellcome Trust Lecture. Infection and disease in lymphatic filariasis: an immunological perspective.

    E. A. OtteSen

  • Schistosome Infections in Humans: Perspectives and Recent Findings

    Theodore E. Nash;Allen W. Cheever;Eric A. Ottesen;Joseph A. Cook

  • Ivermectin in human medicine

    Eric A. Ottesen;William Campbell

  • Efficacy of diethylcarbamazine in eradicating infection with lymphatic-dwelling filariae in humans.

    Eric A. Ottesen

  • Projected benefits from integrating NTD programs in sub-Saharan Africa

    Molly A. Brady;Pamela J. Hooper;Eric A. Ottesen

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas B. Nutman
Thomas B. Nutman National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Peter F. Weller
Peter F. Weller Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
V. Kumaraswami
V. Kumaraswami National Institutes of Health
Allen W. Cheever
Allen W. Cheever National Institutes of Health
Theodore E. Nash
Theodore E. Nash National Institutes of Health
Steven A. Williams
Steven A. Williams Smith College
Gary J. Weil
Gary J. Weil Washington University in St. Louis
Christopher L. King
Christopher L. King Case Western Reserve University
James S. McCarthy
James S. McCarthy Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Patrick J. Lammie
Patrick J. Lammie The Task Force for Global Health

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