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Jean-Claude Dujardin is affiliated with the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp in Belgium. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Medicine, with a specific focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Parasitology, Genetics, and Insect Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, Trypanosoma species research and implications, Parasites and Host Interactions, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Insect and Pesticide Research, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations.

Several recent publications illustrate their research scope. These include:

  • Global genome diversity of the Leishmania donovani complex, 2020, eLife
  • A community resource for paired genomic and metabolomic data mining, 2021, Nature Chemical Biology
  • Ecological divergence and hybridization of Neotropical Leishmania parasites, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • High throughput single-cell genome sequencing gives insights into the generation and evolution of mosaic aneuploidy in Leishmania donovani, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Viruses of protozoan parasites and viral therapy: Is the time now right?, 2020, Virology Journal

Key frequent co-authors working alongside Jean-Claude Dujardin include Malgorzata A. Domagalska, Ilse Maes, Pieter Monsieurs, Frederik Van den Broeck, and Hideo Imamura.

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Trends in Parasitology, and Microorganisms.

Best Publications

  • Drug resistance and treatment failure in leishmaniasis: A 21st century challenge

    Alicia Ponte-Sucre;Francisco Gamarro;Jean-Claude Dujardin;Michael P. Barrett

  • Molecular diagnosis of leishmaniasis: current status and future applications.

    Richard Reithinger;Richard Reithinger;Richard Reithinger;Jean-Claude Dujardin

  • Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy

    Julius Lukeš;Isabel L. Mauricio;Gabriele Schönian;Jean Claude Dujardin

  • Cutaneous leishmaniasis – Authors' reply

    Richard Reithinger;Richard Reithinger;Jean-Claude Dujardin;Hechmi Louzir;Claude Pirmez

  • Spread of Vector-borne Diseases and Neglect of Leishmaniasis, Europe

    Jean-Claude Dujardin;Lenea Campino;Carmen Cañavate;Jean-Pierre Dedet

  • Chromosome and gene copy number variation allow major structural change between species and strains of Leishmania

    Matthew B. Rogers;James D. Hilley;Nicholas J. Dickens;Jon Wilkes

  • Whole genome sequencing of multiple Leishmania donovani clinical isolates provides insights into population structure and mechanisms of drug resistance

    Tim Downing;Hideo Imamura;Saskia Decuypere;Taane G. Clark

  • Increasing Failure of Miltefosine in the Treatment of Kala-azar in Nepal and the Potential Role of Parasite Drug Resistance, Reinfection, or Noncompliance

    Suman Rijal;Bart Ostyn;Surendra Uranw;Surendra Uranw;Keshav Rai

  • Efficacy of Miltefosine in the Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in India After a Decade of Use

    Shyam Sundar;Anup Singh;Madhukar Rai;Vijay K Prajapati

  • Influence of Leishmania (Viannia) species on the response to antimonial treatment in patients with American tegumentary leishmaniasis.

    Jorge Arevalo;Jorge Arevalo;Luis Ramirez;Vanessa Adaui;Mirko Zimic

  • Phylogeny of Leishmania species based on the heat-shock protein 70 gene.

    Jorge Fraga;Ana Margarita Montalvo;Simonne De Doncker;Jean-Claude Dujardin

  • Culture-Independent Species Typing of Neotropical Leishmania for Clinical Validation of a PCR-Based Assay Targeting Heat Shock Protein 70 Genes

    Lineth Garcia;Ann Kindt;Hernan Bermudez;Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas

  • Clinical and Parasite Species Risk Factors for Pentavalent Antimonial Treatment Failure in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Peru

    Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas;Gianfranco Tulliano;Roger Araujo-Castillo;Cesar Miranda-Verastegui

  • Species typing in dermal leishmaniasis.

    Gerard Van der Auwera;Jean-Claude Dujardin

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian Subcontinent: Modelling Epidemiology and Control

    Anette Stauch;Ram Rup Sarkar;Albert Picado;Bart Ostyn

  • Identification of six Trypanosoma cruzi lineages by sequence-characterised amplified region markers.

    Sylvain Brisse;Jean-Claude Dujardin;Michel Tibayrenc

  • Evidence for genetic exchange and hybridization in Trypanosoma cruzi based on nucleotide sequences and molecular karyotype.

    Sylvain Brisse;Jan Henriksson;Christian Barnabé;Emmanuel J.P. Douzery

  • Modulation of Aneuploidy in Leishmania donovani during Adaptation to Different In Vitro and In Vivo Environments and Its Impact on Gene Expression.

    F. Dumetz;H. Imamura;M. Sanders;V. Seblova

  • Extreme inbreeding in Leishmania braziliensis

    Virginie Rougeron;Thierry De Meeûs;Mallorie Hide;Etienne Waleckx

  • Evolutionary genomics of epidemic visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent

    Hideo Imamura;Tim Downing;Tim Downing;Frederik Van den Broeck;Mandy J Sanders

  • Gene Expression Analysis of the Mechanism of Natural Sb(V) Resistance in Leishmania donovani Isolates from Nepal

    Saskia Decuypere;Saskia Decuypere;Suman Rijal;Vanessa Yardley;Simonne De Doncker

Frequent Co-Authors

Marleen Boelaert
Marleen Boelaert Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Shyam Sundar
Shyam Sundar Banaras Hindu University
Louis Maes
Louis Maes University of Antwerp
Mandy Sanders
Mandy Sanders Wellcome Sanger Institute
James Cotton
James Cotton University of Glasgow
Rainer Breitling
Rainer Breitling University of Manchester
Gabriele Schönian
Gabriele Schönian Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow
Philippe Büscher
Philippe Büscher Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Michel Tibayrenc
Michel Tibayrenc Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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