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John W. Barnwell is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical and public health topics, with an emphasis on malaria and related vector-borne diseases.

The main fields of study for this scientist include Medicine, particularly concentrating on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Parasitology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Physiology.

The key research topics associated with John W. Barnwell encompass:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases
  • Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Bird parasitology and diseases

They have contributed to multiple scientific publications. Some recent papers include:

  • "Research Global sequence variation in the histidine-rich proteins 2 and 3 of Plasmodium falciparum: implications for the performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests", 2021, Minerva Access (University of Melbourne)
  • "Towards harmonization of microscopy methods for malaria clinical research studies", 2020, Malaria Journal
  • "Clinical recovery of Macaca fascicularis infected with Plasmodium knowlesi", 2021, Malaria Journal
  • "The first complete genome of the simian malaria parasite Plasmodium brasilianum", 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Multiple Genetic Backgrounds of the Amplified Plasmodium falciparum Multidrug Resistance (pfmdr1) Gene and Selective Sweep of 184F Mutation in Cambodia", 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John W. Barnwell include:

  • Ananías A. Escalante
  • Venkatachalam Udhayakumar
  • Michelle L. Gatton
  • David Bell
  • Didier Ménard

Their work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • Malaria Journal
  • UNC Libraries
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne)
  • Scientific Reports
  • BMJ Case Reports

Best Publications

  • Comparative genomics of the neglected human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax

    Jane M. Carlton;Jane M. Carlton;John H. Adams;Joana C. Silva;Shelby L. Bidwell

  • Identification of a strain-specific malarial antigen exposed on the surface of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes.

    J H Leech;J W Barnwell;L H Miller;R J Howard

  • Two Nonrecombining Sympatric Forms of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium ovale Occur Globally

    Colin J. Sutherland;Naowarat Tanomsing;Debbie Nolder;Mary Oguike

  • A human 88-kD membrane glycoprotein (CD36) functions in vitro as a receptor for a cytoadherence ligand on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes.

    J W Barnwell;A S Asch;R L Nachman;M Yamaya

  • A reticulocyte-binding protein complex of plasmodium vivax merozoites

    Mary R. Galinski;Claudia Corredor Medina;Paul Ingravallo;John W. Barnwell

  • The role of animal models for research on severe malaria.

    Alister G. Craig;Georges E. Grau;Chris Janse;James W. Kazura

  • Phenotypic variation of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite proteins directs receptor targeting for invasion of human erythrocytes.

    Manoj T. Duraisingh;Tony Triglia;Stuart A. Ralph;Julian C. Rayner

  • Plasmodium vivax interaction with the human Duffy blood group glycoprotein: Identification of a parasite receptor-like protein

    Samuel P. Wertheimer;John W. Barnwell

  • Circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium vivax: gene cloning and characterization of the immunodominant epitope

    David E. Arnot;John W. Barnwell;James P. Tam;Victor Nussenzweig

  • Host Switch Leads to Emergence of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Humans

    Jianbing Mu;Deirdre A. Joy;Junhui Duan;Yaming Huang

  • Cross-species interactions between malaria parasites in humans.

    Marian C. Bruce;Christl A. Donnelly;Michael P. Alpers;Mary R. Galinski

  • Plasmodium falciparum parasites lacking histidine-rich protein 2 and 3: a review and recommendations for accurate reporting

    Qin Cheng;Michelle L Gatton;John Barnwell;Peter Chiodini

  • Evolutionary Relatedness of Plasmodium Species as Determined by the Structure of DNA

    Thomas F. McCutchan;John B. Dame;Louis H. Miller;John Barnwell

  • Global sequence variation in the histidine-rich proteins 2 and 3 of Plasmodium falciparum: implications for the performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests

    Joanne Baker;Mei-Fong Ho;Anita Pelecanos;Michelle Gatton

  • Plasmodium malariae and P . ovale genomes provide insights into malaria parasite evolution

    Gavin G. Rutledge;Ulrike Böhme;Mandy Sanders;Adam J. Reid

  • Evolution of human-chimpanzee differences in malaria susceptibility: Relationship to human genetic loss of N-glycolylneuraminic acid

    Maria J. Martin;Julian C. Rayner;Pascal Gagneux;John W. Barnwell

  • Plasmodium falciparum malaria: association of knobs on the surface of infected erythrocytes with a histidine-rich protein and the erythrocyte skeleton.

    J H Leech;J W Barnwell;M Aikawa;L H Miller

  • Splenic requirement for antigenic variation and expression of the variant antigen on the erythrocyte membrane in cloned Plasmodium knowlesi malaria.

    J W Barnwell;R J Howard;H G Coon;L H Miller

  • Burden of Malaria during Pregnancy in Areas of Stable and Unstable Transmission in Ethiopia during a Nonepidemic Year

    Robert D. Newman;Afework Hailemariam;Daddi Jimma;Abera Degifie

  • Plasmodium vivax: Merozoites, invasion of reticulocytes and considerations for malaria vaccine development.

    M.R. Galinski;J.W. Barnwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell J. Howard
Russell J. Howard Immutep (Germany)
Mary R. Galinski
Mary R. Galinski Emory University
Louis H. Miller
Louis H. Miller National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Ruth S. Nussenzweig
Ruth S. Nussenzweig New York University
Masamichi Aikawa
Masamichi Aikawa Tokai University
Victor Nussenzweig
Victor Nussenzweig New York University
Francine B. Perler
Francine B. Perler New England Biolabs
James P. Tam
James P. Tam Nanyang Technological University
William E. Collins
William E. Collins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Thomas F. McCutchan
Thomas F. McCutchan National Institutes of Health

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