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Henk D. F. H. Schallig

Henk D. F. H. Schallig

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
10600
World Ranking
15087
National Ranking
366

Overview

Henk D. F. H. Schallig is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Parasitology, Epidemiology, and Health, Toxicology, and Mutagenesis.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research on topics such as Malaria Research and Control, Studies on Leishmaniasis, Mosquito-borne diseases and their control, Parasites and Host Interactions, Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment, Trypanosoma species research and implications, as well as Insects and Parasite Interactions.

Several recent papers featuring their work include:

  • Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A 2022 Updated Narrative Review into Diagnosis and Management Developments (2022), American Journal of Clinical Dermatology
  • Global genome diversity of the Leishmania donovani complex (2020), eLife
  • Effect of co-infection with intestinal parasites on COVID-19 severity: A prospective observational cohort study (2021), EClinicalMedicine
  • New Epidemiological Aspects of Animal Leishmaniosis in Europe: The Role of Vertebrate Hosts Other Than Dogs (2021), Pathogens
  • Survey of Dirofilaria immitis antigen and antibodies to Leishmania infantum and Toxoplasma gondii in cats from Madeira Island, Portugal (2020), Parasites & Vectors

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Schallig include:

  • Pètra F. Mens
  • Halidou Tinto
  • Kenneth Bentum Otabil
  • Emmanuel John Bart-Plange
  • Theophilus Nti Babae

The scientist's publication record shows multiple works in key venues such as:

  • Malaria Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Schallig has contributed to advancing knowledge within major areas of infectious disease research, with a particular emphasis on parasitic diseases and vector-borne infections. The distribution of their work indicates a substantial engagement with epidemiological and public health perspectives on diseases affecting human and animal populations.

Best Publications

  • PCR diagnosis and characterization of Leishmania in local and imported clinical samples.

    Gabriele Schönian;Abedelmajeed Nasereddin;Nicole Dinse;Carola Schweynoch

  • Cutaneous leishmaniasis: recent developments in diagnosis and management.

    Henry J. C. de Vries;Sophia H. Reedijk;Henk D. F. H. Schallig

  • Comparison of serological assays for the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis in animals presenting different clinical manifestations

    Eduardo de Castro Ferreira;Marta de Lana;Mariângela Carneiro;Alexandre Barbosa Reis

  • Quantification of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in differential stages of development by quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification.

    Petra Schneider;Gerard Schoone;Henk Schallig;Danielle Verhage

  • The Effect of Dosing Regimens on the Antimalarial Efficacy of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data

    Jane Achan;Ishag Adam;Emmanuel Arinaitwe;Elizabeth A. Ashley

  • Microsatellite analysis reveals genetic structure of Leishmania tropica.

    Jan M. Schwenkenbecher;Thierry Wirth;Lionel F. Schnur;Charles L. Jaffe

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis: rapid diagnostic tests versus placental histology, microscopy and PCR for malaria in pregnant women

    Johanna H. Kattenberg;Johanna H. Kattenberg;Eleanor A. Ochodo;Kimberly R. Boer;Henk D. F. H. Schallig

  • Real-Time Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification Is More Convenient than Real-Time PCR for Quantification of Plasmodium falciparum

    Petra Schneider;Liselotte Wolters;Gerard Schoone;Henk Schallig

  • Residual Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in Kenyan children after artemisinin-combination therapy is associated with increased transmission to mosquitoes and parasite recurrence

    Khalid B. Beshir;Colin J. Sutherland;Patrick Sawa;Chris J. Drakeley

  • Is molecular biology the best alternative for diagnosis of malaria to microscopy? A comparison between microscopy, antigen detection and molecular tests in rural Kenya and urban Tanzania.

    P. Mens;N. Spieker;S. Omar;M. Heijnen

  • Detection and quantification of Plasmodium falciparum in blood samples using quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification.

    Gerard J. Schoone;Linda Oskam;Nel C. M. Kroon;Henk D. F. H. Schallig

  • (Sub)microscopic Plasmodium falciparum gametocytaemia in Kenyan children after treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine monotherapy or in combination with artesunate

    Petra Schneider;Teun Bousema;Sabah Omar;Louis Gouagna

  • Malaria transmission after artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine: a randomized trial

    Patrick Sawa;Seif A. Shekalaghe;Chris J. Drakeley;Colin J. Sutherland

  • Comparison between Quantitative Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification, Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR, and Real-Time PCR for Quantification of Leishmania Parasites

    Wendy van der Meide;Jorge Guerra;Gerard Schoone;Marit Farenhorst

  • Molecular biological applications in the diagnosis and control of leishmaniasis and parasite identification.

    Henk D. F. H. Schallig;Linda Oskam

  • Development of a Reverse Transcriptase Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay for the Sensitive Detection of Leishmania Parasites in Clinical Samples

    Emily R. Adams;Gerard J. Schoone;Al Farazdag Ageed;Sayda El Safi

  • Quantitative Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Assay as a New Molecular Tool for Detection and Quantification of Leishmania Parasites in Skin Biopsy Samples

    Wendy F. van der Meide;Gerard J. Schoone;William R. Faber;Jim E. Zeegelaar

  • Detection and identification of human Plasmodium species with real-time quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification

    Petra F. Mens;Gerard J. Schoone;Piet A. Kager;Henk D. F. H. Schallig

  • A Magneto-Optic Route toward the In Vivo Diagnosis of Malaria: Preliminary Results and Preclinical Trial Data

    Dave M. Newman;John Heptinstall;Raphael J. Matelon;Luke Savage

  • Development and application of 'simple' diagnostic tools for visceral leishmaniasis

    Schallig Hd;Schoone Gj;Kroon Cc;Hailu A

Frequent Co-Authors

Luís Cardoso
Luís Cardoso University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Umberto D'Alessandro
Umberto D'Alessandro University of London
Teun Bousema
Teun Bousema Radboud University
Luc Kestens
Luc Kestens University of Antwerp
Robert W. Sauerwein
Robert W. Sauerwein Radboud University
Gabriele Schönian
Gabriele Schönian Charité - University Medicine Berlin
John S. Bradley
John S. Bradley University of California, San Diego
Colin J. Sutherland
Colin J. Sutherland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jean-Claude Dujardin
Jean-Claude Dujardin Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Martin P. Grobusch
Martin P. Grobusch University of Amsterdam

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