Lee D. Smythe

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Best Publications

• Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: fuelling the fire?

  Colleen L. Lau;Lee D. Smythe;Scott B. Craig;Scott B. Craig;Philip Weinstein

  730
  Citations

• Leptospirosis in the Asia Pacific region

  Ann Florence B Victoriano;Lee D Smythe;Nina Gloriani-Barzaga;Lolita L Cavinta

  469
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• A quantitative PCR (TaqMan) assay for pathogenic Leptospira spp

  Lee D Smythe;Ina L Smith;Greg A Smith;Michael F Dohnt

  404
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• Fool's Gold: Why Imperfect Reference Tests Are Undermining the Evaluation of Novel Diagnostics: A Reevaluation of 5 Diagnostic Tests for Leptospirosis

  Direk Limmathurotsakul;Elizabeth L. Turner;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Janjira Thaipadungpanit

  257
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• A Dominant Clone of Leptospira interrogans Associated with an Outbreak of Human Leptospirosis in Thailand

  Janjira Thaipadungpanit;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Wirongrong Chierakul;Lee D. Smythe

  253
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• Leptospirosis: an emerging disease in travellers.

  Colleen Lau;Lee Smythe;Philip Weinstein

  230
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• A single multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for seven pathogenic Leptospira species.

  Siriphan Boonsilp;Janjira Thaipadungpanit;Premjit Amornchai;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun

  222
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• Identification of pathogenic Leptospira species by conventional or real-time PCR and sequencing of the DNA gyrase subunit B encoding gene.

  Andrew T Slack;Meegan L Symonds;Michael F Dohnt;Lee D Smythe

  169
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• Diagnostic Accuracy of Real-Time PCR Assays Targeting 16S rRNA and lipl32 Genes for Human Leptospirosis in Thailand: A Case-Control Study

  Janjira Thaipadunpanit;Janjira Thaipadunpanit;Wirongrong Chierakul;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Direk Limmathurotsakul

  163
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• The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is an unreliable predictor of infecting Leptospira serovar in Thailand.

  Lee D. Smythe;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Wirongrong Chierakul;Yupin Suputtamongkol

  131
  Citations

• Leptospira kmetyi sp. nov., isolated from an environmental source in Malaysia.

  Andrew T. Slack;Siti Khairani-Bejo;Meegan L. Symonds;Michael F. Dohnt

  122
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• Leptospirosis Outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2008: Lessons for Assessing the Global Burden of Disease

  Suneth B. Agampodi;Sharon J. Peacock;Sharon J. Peacock;Vasanthi Thevanesam;Danaseela B. Nugegoda

  108
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• Leptospira wolffii sp. nov., isolated from a human with suspected leptospirosis in Thailand.

  Andrew T. Slack;Thareerat Kalambaheti;Meegan L. Symonds;Michael F. Dohnt

  105
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• Optimization of Culture of Leptospira from Humans with Leptospirosis

  Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Wirongrong Chierakul;Direk Limmathurotsakul;Lee D. Smythe

  104
  Citations

• Evaluation of a modified Taqman assay detecting pathogenic Leptospira spp. against culture and Leptospira-specific IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in a clinical environment.

  Andrew Slack;Meegan Symonds;Michael Dohnt;Christopher Harris

  99
  Citations

• Clinical diagnosis and geographic distribution of leptospirosis, Thailand.

  Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Nisa Sirisukkarn;Prayad Daengsupa;Prangyong Sakaraserane

  99
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• Leptospirosis in American Samoa – Estimating and Mapping Risk Using Environmental Data

  Colleen L. Lau;Archie C. A. Clements;Chris Skelly;Annette J. Dobson

  95
  Citations

• Development of a Multiple-Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis (MLVA) for Leptospira interrogans and its application to Leptospira interrogans serovar Australis isolates from Far North Queensland, Australia.

  Andrew T Slack;Michael F Dohnt;Meegan L Symonds;Lee D Smythe

  92
  Citations

• Identification of pathogenic Leptospira genospecies by continuous monitoring of fluorogenic hybridization probes during rapid-cycle PCR.

  Tony H. S. Woo;B. K. C. Patel;Lee D. Smythe;Meegan L. Symonds

  91
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• Limited diagnostic capacities of two commercial assays for the detection of Leptospira immunoglobulin M antibodies in Laos.

  Stuart D. Blacksell;Stuart D. Blacksell;Stuart D. Blacksell;Lee Smythe;Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh;Michael Dohnt

  88
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• Identification of Leptospira inadai by Continuous Monitoring of Fluorescence During Rapid Cycle PCR

  Tony H.S. Woo;Bharat K.C. Patel;Lee D. Smythe;Meegan L. Symonds

  85
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• Flying foxes as carriers of pathogenic Leptospira species.

  T. E. Cox;L. D. Smythe;L. K.-P. Leung

  82
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• The epidemiology of leptospirosis and the emergence of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Arborea in Queensland, Australia, 1998–2004

  A. T. Slack;M. L. Symonds;M. F. Dohnt;L. D. Smythe

  81
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• Leptospirosis in American Samoa 2010: epidemiology, environmental drivers, and the management of emergence.

  Colleen L. Lau;Annettee J. Dobson;Lee D. Smythe;Emily J. Fearnley

  76
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• Classification of Leptospira genomospecies 1, 3, 4 and 5 as Leptospira alstonii sp. nov., Leptospira vanthielii sp. nov., Leptospira terpstrae sp. nov. and Leptospira yanagawae sp. nov., respectively.

  Lee D Smythe;Ben Adler;Rudy Hartskeerl;R L Galloway

  71
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• Comparison of Two Multilocus Sequence Based Genotyping Schemes for Leptospira Species

  Ahmed Ahmed;Janjira Thaipadungpanit;Janjira Thaipadungpanit;Siriphan Boonsilp;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun

  66
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• The infective causes of hepatitis and jaundice amongst hospitalised patients in Vientiane, Laos.

  Bounkong Syhavong;Bouachanh Rasachack;Lee Smythe;Jean-Marc Rolain

  62
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• Leptospiral Antibodies in Flying Foxes in Australia

  L. D. Smythe;H. E. Field;L. J. Barnett;C. S. Smith

  62
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• Cross-sectional study of canine leptospirosis in animal shelter populations in mainland Australia.

  R J G Zwijnenberg;L D Smythe;M I Symonds;M F Dohnt

  35
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• Rapid Isolation and Susceptibility Testing of Leptospira spp. Using a New Solid Medium, LVW Agar

  Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Premjit Amornchai;Daniel H. Paris;Daniel H. Paris;Sayan Langla

  34
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• The role of fruit bats in the transmission of pathogenic leptospires in Australia

  S M Tulsiani;R N Cobbold;G C Graham;M F Dohnt

  31
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• Rapid distinction between Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira biflexa by PCR amplification of 23S ribosomal DNA

  Tony H.S Woo;Lee D Smythe;Meegan L Symonds;Michelle A Norris

  30
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• Emergence of new leptospiral serovars in American Samoa - ascertainment or ecological change?

  Colleen L Lau;Chris Skelly;Lee D Smythe;Scott B Craig;Scott B Craig

  28
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• Review of leptospirosis notifications in Queensland and Australia: January 1998-June 1999.

  Lee Smythe;Michael Dohnt;Meegan Symonds;Leonie Barnett

  25
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