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Overview

Jerzy M. Behnke is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on parasitology within the broader fields of immunology, microbiology, and medicine. The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields such as parasitology, ecology, infectious diseases, small animals, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The research topics associated with Jerzy M. Behnke include:

  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jerzy M. Behnke encompass:

  • Anna Bajer
  • Maciej Grzybek
  • Mohammed Alsarraf
  • Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk
  • Katarzyna Tołkacz

The most common publication venues include:

  • Parasitology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Journal of Helminthology
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jerzy M. Behnke are as follows:

  • Babesiosis in Southeastern, Central and Northeastern Europe: An Emerging and Re-Emerging Tick-Borne Disease of Humans and Animals, 2022, Microorganisms
  • Emerging risk of Dirofilaria spp. infection in Northeastern Europe: high prevalence of Dirofilaria repens in sled dog kennels from the Baltic countries, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Identifying thresholds for classifying moderate-to-heavy soil-transmitted helminth intensity infections for FECPAKG2, McMaster, Mini-FLOTAC and qPCR, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal protozoan infection among symptomatic and asymptomatic populations in rural and urban areas of southern Algeria, 2021, BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Rodents as intermediate hosts of cestode parasites of mammalian carnivores and birds of prey in Poland, with the first data on the life-cycle of Mesocestoides melesi, 2020, Parasites & Vectors

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Is anthelmintic resistance a concern for the control of human soil-transmitted helminths?

    Jozef Vercruysse;Marco Albonico;Jerzy M. Behnke;Andrew C. Kotze

  • Failure of mebendazole in treatment of human hookworm infections in the southern region of Mali

    Dick De Clercq;Moussa Sacko;Jerzy Behnke;Francis Gilbert

  • Understanding chronic nematode infections: evolutionary considerations, current hypotheses and the way forward.

    Jerzy M. Behnke;Christopher J. Barnard;Derek Wakelin

  • Th2 Cytokines Are Associated with Reduced Worm Burdens in a Human Intestinal Helminth Infection

    Joseph D. Turner;Helen Faulkner;Joseph Kamgno;Frances Cormont

  • A comparison of the sensitivity and fecal egg counts of the McMaster egg counting and Kato-Katz thick smear methods for soil-transmitted helminths.

    Bruno Levecke;Jerzy M. Behnke;Sitara S. R. Ajjampur;Marco Albonico

  • Failure of pyrantel in treatment of human hookworm infections (Ancylostoma duodenale) in the Kimberley region of North West Australia

    J.A. Reynoldson;J.M. Behnke;L.J. Pallant;M.G. Macnish

  • Assessment of the anthelmintic effect of natural plant cysteine proteinases against the gastrointestinal nematode, Heligmosomoides polygyrus, in vitro.

    Gillian Stepek;David J. Buttle;I.R. Duce;Ann Lowe

  • Human gastrointestinal nematode infections: are new control methods required?

    Gillian Stepek;David J. Buttle;Ian R. Duce;Jerzy M. Behnke

  • Helminth infections in Apodemus sylvaticus in southern England: interactive effects of host age, sex and year on the prevalence and abundance of infections.

    Jerzy M. Behnke;John W. Lewis;S.N. Mohd Zain;Francis Gilbert

  • Impairment of primary expulsion of Trichuris muris in mice concurrently infected with Nematospiroides dubius.

    Simon N Jenkins;Jerzy M Behnke

  • Natural plant cysteine proteinases as anthelmintics

    Gillian Stepek;Jerzy M. Behnke;David J. Buttle;Ian R. Duce

  • Polyparasitism with Schistosoma haematobium and soil‐transmitted helminth infections among school children in Loum, Cameroon

    L-A Tchuem Tchuenté;J M Behnke;F S Gilbert;V R Southgate

  • T Helper Cell Type 2 Responsiveness Predicts Future Susceptibility to Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Humans

    Joseph A. Jackson;Joseph D. Turner;Lawrence Rentoul;Helen Faulkner

  • Developing novel anthelmintics from plant cysteine proteinases

    Jerzy M Behnke;David J Buttle;Gillian Stepek;Gillian Stepek;Ann Lowe

  • Regulatory T cells: a role in the control of helminth-driven intestinal pathology and worm survival.

    Riccardo D'Elia;Jerzy M. Behnke;Janette E. Bradley;Kathryn J. Else

  • Allergen-specific IgE and IgG4 are markers of resistance and susceptibility in a human intestinal nematode infection.

    Joseph D. Turner;Helen Faulkner;Joseph Kamgno;Malcolm W. Kennedy

  • Intensity of intestinal infection with multiple worm species is related to regulatory cytokine output and immune hyporesponsiveness.

    Joseph D. Turner;Joseph Andres Jackson;Helen Faulkner;Jerzy Behnke

  • Genetic control of immunity to Nematospiroides dubius: a 9-day anthelmintic abbreviated immunizing regime which separates weak and strong responder strains of mice.

    Jerzy M. Behnke;M. Robinson

  • In vitro and in vivo anthelmintic efficacy of plant cysteine proteinases against the rodent gastrointestinal nematode, Trichuris muris.

    Gillian Stepek;Ann Lowe;David J. Buttle;I.R. Duce

  • Do the helminth parasites of wood mice interact

    J. M. Behnke;F. S. Gilbert;M. A. Abu-Madi;J. W. Lewis

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Barnard
Christopher J. Barnard University of Nottingham
Francis Gilbert
Francis Gilbert University of Nottingham
Derek Wakelin
Derek Wakelin University of Nottingham
David J. Buttle
David J. Buttle University of Sheffield
David I. Pritchard
David I. Pritchard University of Nottingham
Edward Siński
Edward Siński University of Warsaw
John W. Lewis
John W. Lewis Royal Holloway University of London
Kathryn J. Else
Kathryn J. Else University of Manchester
Celia V. Holland
Celia V. Holland Trinity College Dublin
Jozef Vercruysse
Jozef Vercruysse Ghent University

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