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Overview

Jeffrey J. Shaw is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Parasitology, Insect Science, and Infectious Diseases. Their research addresses several interconnected topics, notably:

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

Their publication record includes a number of recent papers that reflect key areas of investigation. These papers include:

  • One Health Approach to Leishmaniases: Understanding the Disease Dynamics through Diagnostic Tools, 2020, published in Pathogens
  • Genome Analysis of Endotrypanum and Porcisia spp., Closest Phylogenetic Relatives of Leishmania, Highlights the Role of Amastins in Shaping Pathogenicity, 2021, published in Genes
  • Multilocus Genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in Mostly Asymptomatic Indigenous People from the Tapirapé Tribe, Brazilian Amazon, 2021, published in Pathogens
  • High levels of infectiousness of asymptomatic Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infections in wild rodents highlights their importance in the epidemiology of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Brazil, 2023, published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Working in a bubble: How can businesses reopen while limiting the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks?, 2020, published in Canadian Medical Association Journal

Their work appears frequently in a selection of scientific journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Pathogens (5 publications)
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2 publications)
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal (2 publications)
  • Parasite (2 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research, having frequently co-authored papers with several researchers across various projects. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho (5 joint publications)
  • Marta M. G. Teixeira (4 joint publications)
  • Petr Volf (3 joint publications)
  • José Ferreira Marinho-Júnior (3 joint publications)
  • Orin Courtenay (3 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Evolution, classification and geographical distribution.

    Ralph Lainson;Jeffrey Jon Shaw

  • Lutzomyia vectors for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Southern Brazil: ecological niche models, predicted geographic distributions, and climate change effects

    A.Townsend Peterson;Jeffrey Shaw

  • Infectiousness in a Cohort of Brazilian Dogs: Why Culling Fails to Control Visceral Leishmaniasis in Areas of High Transmission

    Orin Courtenay;Orin Courtenay;Rupert J. Quinnell;Rupert J. Quinnell;Lourdes M. Garcez;Jeffrey J. Shaw

  • Isozymic heterogeneity of Trypanosoma cruzi in the first autochthonous patients with Chagas' disease in Amazonian Brazil.

    Michael A. Miles;Adelson Souza;Marinete Povoa;Jeffrey J. Shaw

  • An appraisal of the taxonomy and nomenclature of trypanosomatids presently classified as Leishmania and Endotrypanum.

    O A Espinosa;Myrna G Serrano;Erney P Camargo;Marta M G Teixeira

  • Wild and synanthropic hosts of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in the endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis locality of Amaraji, Pernambuco State, Brazil

    Sinval P. Brandão-Filho;Maria E. Brito;Francisco G. Carvalho;Edna A. Ishikawa

  • Evidence for a cluster of genes on chromosome 17q11-q21 controlling susceptibility to tuberculosis and leprosy in Brazilians

    S. E Jamieson;E. N Miller;G. F Black;C. S Peacock

  • The dermal leishmaniases of Brazil, with special reference to the eco-epidemiology of the disease in Amazonia

    R. Lainson;J. J. Shaw;F. T. Silveira;A. A. A. de Souza

  • Asymptomatic human carriers of Leishmania chagasi.

    Carlos H N Costa;Jay M Stewart;Régis B B Gomes;Lourdes M Garcez

  • New World Leishmaniasis

    Ralph Lainson;Jeffrey Jon Shaw

  • Phylogeny, taxonomy and grouping of Trypanosoma rangeli isolates from man, triatomines and sylvatic mammals from widespread geographical origin based on SSU and ITS ribosomal sequences.

    F. Maia Da Silva;H. Noyes;M. Campaner;A. C. V. Junqueira

  • Leishmaniasis in Brazil: XVI. Isolation and identification of, Leishmania species from sandflies, wild mammals and man in north Pará State, with particular reference to L. braziliensis guyanensis causative agent of “pian-bois”

    R. Lainson;J.J. Shaw;P.D. Ready;M.A. Miles

  • Detection of Leishmania infantum by PCR, serology and cellular immune response in a cohort study of Brazilian dogs.

    R.J. Quinnell;O. Courtenay;S. Davidson;L.M. Garcez

  • The first record in the Americas of an autochthonous case of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi in a domestic cat (Felix catus) from Cotia County, São Paulo State, Brazil.

    Elisa San Martin Mouriz Savani;Maria Cecı́lia Gibrail de Oliveira Camargo;Marı́lia Russi de Carvalho;Ricardo Andrade Zampieri

  • New world leishmaniasis: the neotropical Leishmania species

    L Lainson;Jeffrey Jon Shaw

  • Genome-wide scans for leprosy and tuberculosis susceptibility genes in Brazilians.

    E.N. Miller;S.E. Jamieson;C. Joberty;M. Fakiola

  • Observations on the in vitro cultivation of Leishmania braziliensis.

    Bryce C Walton;Jeffrey Jon Shaw;Ralph Lainson

  • The first records of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis in dogs (Canis familiaris) diagnosed clinically as having canine visceral leishmaniasis from Araçatuba County, São Paulo State, Brazil.

    José E. Tolezano;Sílvia R.B. Uliana;Helena H. Taniguchi;Maria F.L. Araújo

  • Host preferences of the phlebotomine sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis in Amazonian Brazil.

    R. J. Quinnell;C. Dye;J. J. Shaw

  • Recent advances in phlebotomine sand fly research related to leishmaniasis control.

    Paul A Bates;Jerôme Depaquit;Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati;Shaden Kamhawi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jenefer M. Blackwell
Jenefer M. Blackwell Telethon Kids Institute
Marie-Anne Shaw
Marie-Anne Shaw University of Leeds
Michael A. Miles
Michael A. Miles London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Marta M.G. Teixeira
Marta M.G. Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo
Marta Campaner
Marta Campaner Universidade de São Paulo
Heather J. Cordell
Heather J. Cordell Newcastle University
Rupert J. Quinnell
Rupert J. Quinnell University of Leeds
Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo
Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo Universidade de São Paulo
Christopher Dye
Christopher Dye University of Oxford
A. Townsend Peterson
A. Townsend Peterson University of Kansas

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