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Overview

Jeffrey M. Bethony is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. The primary fields of study for this researcher include Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a strong focus on subfields such as Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Ecology, and Virology.

The scientist's main topics of work include Parasites and Host Interactions, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, HIV Research and Treatment, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Global Maternal and Child Health, and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Frequent publication venues for Jeffrey M. Bethony include:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Science
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Blood

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist are:

  • "Vaccination induces HIV broadly neutralizing antibody precursors in humans," 2022, Science
  • "Genetic subgroups inform on pathobiology in adult and pediatric Burkitt lymphoma," 2022, Blood
  • "A first-in-human germline-targeting HIV nanoparticle vaccine induced broad and publicly targeted helper T cell responses," 2023, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Comprehensive analysis of the secreted proteome of adult Necator americanus hookworms," 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Safety and immunogenicity of co-administered hookworm vaccine candidates Na-GST-1 and Na-APR-1 in Gabonese adults: a randomised, controlled, double-blind, phase 1 dose-escalation trial," 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jeffrey M. Bethony include:

  • David Diemert
  • Peter J. Hotez
  • María Elena Bottazzi
  • Guangzhao Li
  • Farhad Rahaman

Best Publications

  • Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm

    Jeffrey Bethony;Jeffrey Bethony;Simon Brooker;Marco Albonico;Stefan M Geiger;Stefan M Geiger

  • Helminth infections: the great neglected tropical diseases

    Peter J. Hotez;Paul J. Brindley;Jeffrey M. Bethony;Charles Harding King

  • Liver fluke induces cholangiocarcinoma.

    Banchob Sripa;Sasithorn Kaewkes;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Eimorn Mairiang

  • Human Hookworm Infection in the 21st Century

    Simon Brooker;Jeffrey Bethony;Jeffrey Bethony;Peter J. Hotez

  • Tetraspanins on the surface of Schistosoma mansoni are protective antigens against schistosomiasis

    Mai H Tran;Mark S Pearson;Jeffrey M Bethony;Jeffrey M Bethony;Danielle J Smyth

  • Helminth Infections: Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis

    Peter J. Hotez;Donald A. P. Bundy;Kathleen Beegle;Simon Brooker

  • The tumorigenic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini – multiple pathways to cancer

    Banchob Sripa;Paul J. Brindley;Jason Mulvenna;Thewarach Laha

  • Opisthorchiasis and Opisthorchis-associated cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand and Laos

    Banchob Sripa;Jeffrey M. Bethony;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Sasithorn Kaewkes

  • Assessment of the anthelmintic efficacy of albendazole in school children in seven countries where soil-transmitted helminths are endemic.

    Bruno Levecke;Antonio Montresor;Marco Albonico;Shaali M. Ame

  • Hookworm infection

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  • Vaccination induces HIV broadly neutralizing antibody precursors in humans

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  • Hookworm: "the great infection of mankind".

    Peter J Hotez;Jeff Bethony;Maria Elena Bottazzi;Simon Brooker

  • Developing vaccines to combat hookworm infection and intestinal schistosomiasis.

    Peter J. Hotez;Jeffrey M. Bethony;Jeffrey M. Bethony;David J. Diemert;David J. Diemert;Mark Pearson

  • Genome-wide discovery of somatic coding and noncoding mutations in pediatric endemic and sporadic Burkitt lymphoma.

    Bruno M. Grande;Daniela S. Gerhard;Aixiang Jiang;Nicholas B. Griner

  • Malaria and helminth interactions in humans: an epidemiological viewpoint

    Tabitha W. Mwangi;Jeffrey Bethony;Simon Brooker

  • Genome of the human hookworm Necator americanus

    Yat T Tang;Xin Gao;Bruce A Rosa;Sahar Abubucker

  • Antibodies against a secreted protein from hookworm larvae reduce the intensity of hookworm infection in humans and vaccinated laboratory animals

    Jeffrey Bethony;Alex Loukas;Michael Smout;Simon Brooker

  • Evaluation of Urine CCA Assays for Detection of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Western Kenya

    Hillary L. Shane;Jennifer R. Verani;Bernard Abudho;Susan P. Montgomery

  • Synergistic associations between hookworm and other helminth species in a rural community in Brazil.

    Fiona M. Fleming;Simon Brooker;Stefan M. Geiger;Stefan M. Geiger;Iramaya R. Caldas

  • Vaccines to combat the neglected tropical diseases.

    Jeffrey M. Bethony;Rhea N. Cole;Xiaoti Guo;Shaden Kamhawi

  • Generalized urticaria induced by the Na-ASP-2 hookworm vaccine: implications for the development of vaccines against helminths

    David J. Diemert;David J. Diemert;Antonio G. Pinto;Janaina Freire;Amar Jariwala

  • Emerging Patterns of Hookworm Infection: Influence of Aging on the Intensity of Necator Infection in Hainan Province, People's Republic of China

    Jeffrey Bethony;Jizhang Chen;Shaoxiong Lin;Shuhua Xiao

  • Advanced periductal fibrosis from infection with the carcinogenic human liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini correlates with elevated levels of interleukin‐6

    Banchob Sripa;Eimorn Mairiang;Bandit Thinkhamrop;Thewarach Laha

  • Carcinogenic liver fluke secretes extracellular vesicles that promote cholangiocytes to adopt a tumorigenic phenotype

    Sujittra Chaiyadet;Javier Sotillo;Michael Smout;Cinzia Cantacessi

  • Hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides infection and polyparasitism associated with poor cognitive performance in Brazilian schoolchildren.

    Anne Jardim-Botelho;Sophia Raff;Renato de Avila Rodrigues;Heather J Hoffman

  • Hookworm vaccines: past, present, and future.

    Alex Loukas;Jeffrey Bethony;Simon Brooker;Peter Hotez

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Hotez
Peter J. Hotez Baylor College of Medicine
Alex Loukas
Alex Loukas James Cook University
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Jason Mulvenna
Jason Mulvenna QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Maria Elena Bottazzi
Maria Elena Bottazzi Baylor College of Medicine
Simon Brooker
Simon Brooker Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Paul J. Brindley
Paul J. Brindley George Washington University
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Bin Zhan
Bin Zhan Baylor College of Medicine
Maria Victoria Periago
Maria Victoria Periago National Scientific and Technical Research Council

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