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J. Russell Stothard is affiliated with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on parasitology and related fields within immunology, microbiology, and medicine, with significant interdisciplinary contributions to environmental science.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine
  • Environmental Science

They have contributed extensively to subfields such as:

  • Parasitology
  • Ecology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Small Animals

J. Russell Stothard's body of work covers several key topics, including:

  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Helminth Infection and Control
  • Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access

Their frequent coauthors highlight collaborative efforts within the academic community:

  • Sekeleghe A. Kayuni
  • E. James LaCourse
  • Peter Makaula
  • Janelisa Musaya
  • Lucas J. Cunningham

Publications by J. Russell Stothard appear predominantly in venues such as:

  • Parasitology
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent scholarly papers authored or coauthored by Stothard include:

  • "Review of 2022 WHO guidelines on the control and elimination of schistosomiasis," 2022, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Schistosomiasis Control: Leave No Age Group Behind," 2020, Trends in Parasitology
  • "An outbreak of intestinal schistosomiasis, alongside increasing urogenital schistosomiasis prevalence, in primary school children on the shoreline of Lake Malawi, Mangochi District, Malawi," 2020, Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • "An update on female and male genital schistosomiasis and a call to integrate efforts to escalate diagnosis, treatment and awareness in endemic and non-endemic settings: The time is now," 2022, Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology
  • "Future schistosome hybridizations: Will all Schistosoma haematobium hybrids please stand-up!" 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Best Publications

  • Time to set the agenda for schistosomiasis elimination.

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

  • Mechanism of genetic exchange in American trypanosomes

    Michael W. Gaunt;Matthew Yeo;Iain A. Frame;Iain A. Frame;J. Russell Stothard;J. Russell Stothard

  • 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

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

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

  • Impact of a national helminth control programme on infection and morbidity in Ugandan schoolchildren

    Narcis B Kabatereine;Simon Brooker;Artemis Koukounari;Francis Kazibwe

  • Schistosomiasis in African infants and preschool children: let them now be treated!

    J. Russell Stothard;José C. Sousa-Figueiredo;José C. Sousa-Figueiredo;Martha Betson;Amaya Bustinduy

  • A Call to Strengthen the Global Strategy Against Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis: The Time Is Now

    Nathan C. Lo;David G. Addiss;Peter J. Hotez;Peter J. Hotez;Peter J. Hotez;Charles Harding King

  • 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

  • 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

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Ascariasis: A Global Perspective on the Transmission Dynamics of Ascaris in People and Pigs

    Martha Betson;Peter Nejsum;Richard P. Bendall;Rinki M. Deb

  • Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri circulate simultaneously in African communities

    Mary Chiaka Oguike;Martha Betson;Martina Burke;Debbie Nolder

  • 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

  • Assessing the zoonotic potential of Ascaris suum and Trichuris suis: looking to the future from an analysis of the past.

    P Nejsum;Martha Betson;R P Bendall;S M Thamsborg

  • Use of circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) dipsticks for detection of intestinal and urinary schistosomiasis.

    J. Russell Stothard;J. Russell Stothard;Narcis B. Kabatereine;Edridah M. Tukahebwa;Francis Kazibwe

  • Assays to Detect β-Tubulin Codon 200 Polymorphism in Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides

    Aissatou Diawara;Lesley J. Drake;Richard R. Suswillo;Jimmy Kihara

  • Schistosomiasis in African infants and preschool children: to treat or not to treat?

    J. Russell Stothard;Albis-Francesco Gabrielli

  • Schistosomiasis in infants and preschool-aged children: Infection in a single Schistosoma haematobium and a mixed S. haematobium-S. mansoni foci of Niger.

    Amadou Garba;Nouhou Barkiré;Ali Djibo;Mariama S. Lamine

  • Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS): from case reports to a call for concerted action against this neglected gynaecological disease.

    Vanessa Christinet;Janis K. Lazdins-Helds;J. Russell Stothard;Jutta Reinhard-Rupp

  • Parasitological impact of 2-year preventive chemotherapy on schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda

    Yaobi Zhang;Artemis Koukounari;Narcis Kabatereine;Fiona Fleming

Frequent Co-Authors

Narcis B. Kabatereine
Narcis B. Kabatereine Imperial College London
David Rollinson
David Rollinson Natural History Museum
Jürg Utzinger
Jürg Utzinger University of Basel
Alan Fenwick
Alan Fenwick Imperial College London
Bonnie L. Webster
Bonnie L. Webster Natural History Museum
I. Simba Khamis
I. Simba Khamis Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Joanne P. Webster
Joanne P. Webster Royal Veterinary College
Peter Nejsum
Peter Nejsum Aarhus University
John Archer
John Archer University of Central Lancashire
Aslak Jørgensen
Aslak Jørgensen University of Copenhagen

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