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Maria Vang Johansen

Maria Vang Johansen

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
41
Citations
5740
World Ranking
1095
National Ranking
29

Overview

Maria Vang Johansen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of pathology and forensic medicine, surgery, parasitology, molecular biology, and infectious diseases.

Their main research topics include parasitic infections in humans and animals, congenital anomalies and fetal surgery, parasitic infections and diagnostics, amoebic infections and treatments, parasites and host interactions, sports performance and training, and muscle activation and electromyography studies.

Maria Vang Johansen has coauthored multiple scientific publications with recurring collaborators such as Chiara Trevisan, Mwemezi L. Kabululu, Helena Ngowi, Uffe Christian Braae, and Pierre Dorny.

The scientist's work has been published in a range of scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Diagnostics
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • BMC Veterinary Research
  • Parasite Epidemiology and Control

Key recent papers by Maria Vang Johansen include:

  • The survival and dispersal of Taenia eggs in the environment: what are the implications for transmission? A systematic review, 2021, Parasites & Vectors
  • Performance of Ag-ELISA in the diagnosis of Taenia solium cysticercosis in naturally infected pigs in Tanzania, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • TSOL18 vaccine and oxfendazole for control of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs: A field trial in endemic areas of Tanzania, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Endemicity of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs from Mbeya Rural and Mbozi districts, Tanzania, 2020, BMC Veterinary Research
  • Aggregation of Taenia solium cysticerci in pigs: Implications for transmission and control, 2023, Parasite Epidemiology and Control

Best Publications

  • Diagnostic dilemmas in helminthology: what tools to use and when?

    Robert Bergquist;Maria Vang Johansen;Jürg Utzinger

  • Towards improved diagnosis of zoonotic trematode infections in Southeast Asia

    Maria Vang Johansen;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Robert Bergquist;Jürg Utzinger;Jürg Utzinger

  • Prevalence and risk factors associated with human Taenia solium infections in Mbozi District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania.

    Gloria Mwanjali;Charles Kihamia;Deodatus Vitalis Conatus Kakoko;Faustin Lekule

  • Prevalence and risk factors of porcine cysticercosis in Angónia District, Mozambique.

    Alberto Pondja;Luís Neves;James Mlangwa;Sónia Afonso

  • Vaccination of mice with a cocktail DNA vaccine induces a Th1-type immune response and partial protection against Schistosoma japonicum infection.

    Yaobi Zhang;Martin G Taylor;Maria V Johansen;Quentin D Bickle

  • Improvement of PCR for Detection of Opisthorchis viverrini DNA in Human Stool Samples

    Kunyarat Duenngai;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Umesha Kanasinakatte Rudrappa;Karunasagar Iddya

  • Estimating sensitivity and specificity of a faecal examination method for Schistosoma japonicum infection in cats, dogs, water buffaloes, pigs, and rats in Western Samar and Sorsogon Provinces, The Philippines.

    H. Carabin;E. Balolong;L. Joseph;S. T. Mcgarvey

  • The societal cost of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Tanzania

    Chiara Trevisan;Brecht Devleesschauwer;Veronika Schmidt;Andrea Sylvia Winkler

  • Control of Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis: The best way forward for sub-Saharan Africa?

    Sarah Gabriël;Pierre Dorny;KE Mwape;C Trevisan

  • Improving meat inspection and control in resource-poor communities: the Nepal example.

    Durga Datt Joshi;Mahendra Maharjan;Maria Vang Johansen;Arve Lee Willingham

  • Does multiple hosts mean multiple parasites? Population genetic structure of Schistosoma japonicum between definitive host species

    T.P. Wang;J. Shrivastava;M.V. Johansen;S.Q. Zhang

  • Prevalence of porcine cysticercosis and associated risk factors in smallholder pig production systems in Mbeya region, southern highlands of Tanzania

    Erick V.G. Komba;Eliakunda C. Kimbi;Helena A. Ngowi;Sharadhuli I. Kimera

  • Gender-associated gene expression in two related strains of Schistosoma japonicum.

    Jennifer M Fitzpatrick;Maria Vang Johansen;David A Johnston;David W Dunne

  • Taenia solium porcine cysticercosis: viability of cysticerci and persistency of antibodies and cysticercal antigens after treatment with oxfendazole.

    C.S. Sikasunge;M.V. Johansen;A.L. Willingham;P.S. Leifsson

  • Simulating transmission and control of Taenia solium infections using a Reed-Frost stochastic model.

    Niels C. Kyvsgaard;Maria Vang Johansen;Hélène Carabin

  • An evaluation of techniques used for the detection of anthelmintic resistance in nematode parasites of domestic livestock.

    M. V. Johansen

  • Real-time polymerase chain reaction for detection of low-intensity Schistosoma japonicum infections in China.

    Tore Lier;Gunnar S. Simonsen;Tianping Wang;Dabing Lu

  • Novel real-time PCr for detection of Schistosoma japonicum in stool.

    T Lier;G S Simonsen;H Haaheim;S O Hjelmevoll

  • Animal Reservoir Hosts and Fish-borne Zoonotic Trematode Infections on Fish Farms, Vietnam

    Nguyen Thi Lan Anh;Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuong;K. Darwin Murrell;Maria Vang Johansen

  • Taenia hydatigena cysticercosis in slaughtered pigs, goats, and sheep in Tanzania.

    Uffe Christian Braae;Mwemezi Kabululu;Michelle Elisabeth Nørmark;Peter Nejsum

  • TREATMENT AND REINFECTION OF WATER BUFFALOES AND CATTLE INFECTED WITH SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM IN YANGTZE RIVER VALLEY, ANHUI PROVINCE, CHINA

    Tianping Wang;Shiqing Zhang;Weidou Wu;Gonghua Zhang

  • Real-time PCR for detection of low intensity Schistosoma japonicum infections in a pig model.

    T. Lier;M.V. Johansen;S.O. Hjelmevoll;B.J. Vennervald

Frequent Co-Authors

Arve Lee Willingham
Arve Lee Willingham United Arab Emirates University
Pierre Dorny
Pierre Dorny Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Stig Milan Thamsborg
Stig Milan Thamsborg University of Copenhagen
Sarah Gabriël
Sarah Gabriël Ghent University
Samson Mukaratirwa
Samson Mukaratirwa Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Jesper Monrad
Jesper Monrad University of Copenhagen
Anders Dalsgaard
Anders Dalsgaard University of Copenhagen
Gunnar Skov Simonsen
Gunnar Skov Simonsen Wellcome Sanger Institute
Birgitte J. Vennervald
Birgitte J. Vennervald University of Copenhagen
Paiboon Sithithaworn
Paiboon Sithithaworn Khon Kaen University

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