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Michael A. Miles is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medical and parasitological studies, with an emphasis on infectious diseases caused by parasites such as Trypanosoma and Leishmania species.

The scientist's main fields of study include Medicine, with significant contributions to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Parasitology, Insect Science, and Ecology. Their work spans several specific topics, including:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Malaria Research and Control

Michael A. Miles has authored papers published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to Parasites & Vectors, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS ONE, and eLife.

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Global genome diversity of the Leishmania donovani complex," 2020, eLife
  • "Ecological divergence and hybridization of Neotropical Leishmania parasites," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Repeat-Driven Generation of Antigenic Diversity in a Major Human Pathogen, Trypanosoma cruzi," 2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • "A review of the genetic determinants of praziquantel resistance in Schistosoma mansoni: Is praziquantel and intestinal schistosomiasis a perfect match?," 2022, Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
  • "Microevolution of Trypanosoma cruzi reveals hybridization and clonal mechanisms driving rapid genome diversification," 2022, eLife

Michael A. Miles has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Tapan Bhattacharyya
  • Matthew Yeo
  • Pascal Mertens
  • Carlos Talavera-López
  • Niamh Murphy

Best Publications

  • A new consensus for Trypanosoma cruzi intraspecific nomenclature: second revision meeting recommends TcI to TcVI.

    B Zingales;SG Andrade;Briones;DA Campbell

  • The revised Trypanosoma cruzi subspecific nomenclature: rationale, epidemiological relevance and research applications.

    Bianca Zingales;Michael A. Miles;David A. Campbell;Michel Tibayrenc

  • An Insect Molecular Clock Dates the Origin of the Insects and Accords with Palaeontological and Biogeographic Landmarks

    Michael W. Gaunt;Michael A. Miles

  • Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy

    Julius Lukeš;Isabel L. Mauricio;Gabriele Schönian;Jean Claude Dujardin

  • The Strange Case of Leishmania chagasi

    I.L. Maurı́cio;J.R. Stothard;M.A. Miles

  • Mechanism of genetic exchange in American trypanosomes

    Michael W. Gaunt;Matthew Yeo;Iain A. Frame;Iain A. Frame;J. Russell Stothard;J. Russell Stothard

  • Emerging Chagas disease in Amazonian Brazil.

    José Rodrigues Coura;Angela C.V. Junqueira;Octavio Fernandes;Sebastiao A.S. Valente

  • Isozymic heterogeneity of Trypanosoma cruzi in the first autochthonous patients with Chagas' disease in Amazonian Brazil.

    Michael A. Miles;Adelson Souza;Marinete Povoa;Jeffrey J. Shaw

  • The identification by isoenzyme patterns of two distinct strain-groups of Trypanosoma cruzi, circulating independently in a rural area of Brazil

    M.A. Miles;P.J. Toye;Sarah C. Oswald;D.G. Godfrey

  • Origins of Chagas disease: Didelphis species are natural hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi I and armadillos hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi II, including hybrids.

    Matthew Yeo;Nidia Acosta;Martin Llewellyn;Humberto Sánchez

  • Further enzymic characters of Trypanosoma cruzi and their evaluation for strain identification.

    M.A Miles;Sheila M Lanham;A.A de Souza;Marinete Póvoa

  • The ecotopes and evolution of triatomine bugs (triatominae) and their associated trypanosomes

    Michael Gaunt;Michael Miles

  • The molecular epidemiology and phylogeography of Trypanosoma cruzi and parallel research on Leishmania : looking back and to the future

    M. A. Miles;M. S. Llewellyn;M. D. Lewis;M. Yeo

  • A shuttle vector which facilitates the expression of transfected genes in Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania.

    John M. kelly;Helena M. ward;Michael A. Miles;Giles Kendall

  • Bioluminescence imaging of chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infections reveals tissue‐specific parasite dynamics and heart disease in the absence of locally persistent infection

    Michael D. Lewis;Amanda Fortes Francisco;Martin C. Taylor;Hollie Burrell-Saward

  • Genomic diversity in the Leishmania donovani complex.

    I. L. Mauricio;M. K. Howard;J. R. Stothard;M. A. Miles

  • American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) and the role of molecular epidemiology in guiding control strategies

    Michael A Miles;M Dora Feliciangeli;Antonieta Rojas de Arias

  • Genome-scale multilocus microsatellite typing of Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing unit I reveals phylogeographic structure and specific genotypes linked to human infection.

    Martin S. Llewellyn;Michael A. Miles;Hector Jeronimo Carrasco;Michael D. Lewis

  • Comparative microsatellite typing of new world leishmania infantum reveals low heterogeneity among populations and its recent old world origin.

    Katrin Kuhls;Mohammad Zahangir Alam;Elisa Cupolillo;Gabriel Eduardo M. Ferreira

  • Leishmania donovani : intraspecific polymorphisms of Sudanese isolates revealed by PCR-based analyses and DNA sequencing

    Nahla O. El Tai;Mustafa El Fari;Isabel Mauricio;Michael A. Miles

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Kelly
John M. Kelly London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ian Maudlin
Ian Maudlin University of Edinburgh
Felipe Guhl
Felipe Guhl Universidad de Los Andes
Gabriele Schönian
Gabriele Schönian Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Marleen Boelaert
Marleen Boelaert Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Shyam Sundar
Shyam Sundar Banaras Hindu University
Björn Andersson
Björn Andersson Karolinska Institute
David C. Warhurst
David C. Warhurst London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Mandy Sanders
Mandy Sanders Wellcome Sanger Institute
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow

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