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Animal Science and Veterinary
UK
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
81
Citations
20477
World Ranking
72
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Philip S. Craig is affiliated with the University of Salford in the United Kingdom and has contributed to research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans various subfields including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery, Ecology, Parasitology, and Urology.

The scientist's research focuses mainly on parasitic infections in humans and animals, congenital anomalies and fetal surgery, as well as urological disorders and treatments. They also investigate parasite biology and host interactions, parasitic infections and diagnostics, research on Toxoplasma gondii, and helminth infection and control.

Philip S. Craig has published several recent papers, including:

  • The effects of dog management on Echinococcus spp. prevalence in villages on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, China, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • Assessment of a 10-year dog deworming programme on the transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis in Tibetan communities in Sichuan Province, China, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology
  • Past, present and future epidemiology of echinococcosis in China based on nationwide surveillance data 2004-2022, 2025, Journal of Infection
  • Long-term trends in helminth infections of wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) from the vicinity of Malham Tarn in North Yorkshire, England, 2020, Parasitology
  • Correction to: The effects of dog management on Echinococcus spp. prevalence in villages on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, China, 2021, Parasites & Vectors

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Philip S. Craig include:

  • Xu Wang
  • Zhenghuan Wang
  • Xiaodong Weng
  • Zhiqiang Mu
  • Qingqiu Zuo

The main publication venues for their research consist of:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Journal of Infection
  • International Journal for Parasitology
  • Parasitology
  • Research Square

Best Publications

  • Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosis

    Philip S Craig;Donald P McManus;Marshall W Lightowlers;Jose A Chabalgoity

  • A molecular phylogeny of the genus Echinococcus inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes

    M. Nakao;D. P. McMANUS;P. M. Schantz;P. S. Craig

  • Ecology and Life Cycle Patterns of Echinococcus Species.

    T. Romig;P. Deplazes;D. Jenkins;Patrick Giraudoux

  • DNA differential diagnosis of taeniasis and cysticercosis by multiplex PCR

    Hiroshi Yamasaki;James C. Allan;Marcello Otake Sato;Minoru Nakao

  • Epidemiology and control of hydatid disease

    P. M. Schantz;J. Chai;P. S. Craig;J. Eckert

  • Immunodiagnosis of taeniasis by coproantigen detection.

    J. C. Allan;G. Avila;J. Garcia Noval;A. Flisser

  • Coproantigen detection for immunodiagnosis of echinococcosis and taeniasis in dogs and humans.

    J. C. Allan;P. S. Craig;J. Garcia Noval;F. Mencos

  • Control of cystic echinococcosis/hydatidosis: 1863-2002.

    P.S. Craig;E. Larrieu

  • Detection, screening and community epidemiology of taeniid cestode zoonoses: cystic echinococcosis, alveolar echinococcosis and neurocysticercosis.

    P S Craig;M T Rogan;J C Allan

  • Development and evaluation of a health education intervention against Taenia solium in a rural community in Mexico.

    Elsa Sarti;Ana Flisser;Peter M. Schantz;Marcela Gleizer

  • Echinococcosis: Control and Prevention.

    P S Craig;Daniel Hegglin;M W Lightowlers;Paul R Torgerson

  • Echinococcosis in animals: clinical aspects, diagnosis and treatment.

    J. Eckert;P. Deplazes;P. S. Craig;M. A. Gemmell

  • An epidemiological and ecological study of human alveolar echinococcosis transmission in south Gansu, China

    P.S. Craig;P. Giraudoux;D. Shi;B. Bartholomot

  • Echinococcus shiquicus n. sp., a taeniid cestode from Tibetan fox and plateau pika in China.

    Ning Xiao;Jiamin Qiu;Minoru Nakao;Tiaoying Li

  • Echinococcosis in Tibetan populations, western Sichuan Province, China.

    Li Tiaoying;Qiu Jiamin;Yang Wen;Philip S. Craig

  • A large focus of alveolar echinococcosis in central China.

    P. S. Craig;Liu Deshan;C. N. L. Macpherson;Shi Dazhong

  • Echinococcosis: disease, detection and transmission

    P. S. Craig;M. T. Rogan;M. Campos-Ponce

  • Interactions between landscape changes and host communities can regulate Echinococcus multilocularis transmission.

    P Giraudoux;PS Craig;P Delattre;G Bao

  • Epidemiology of Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis in two rural Guatemalan communities.

    Garcia-Noval J;Allan Jc;Fletes C;Moreno E

  • Control of echinococcosis and cysticercosis: a public health challenge to international cooperation in China.

    Akira Ito;Carlo Urbani;Qiu Jiamin;Dominique A Vuitton

  • Combined ultrasound and serologic screening for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis in central China.

    Gitte Bartholomot;Dominique A Vuitton;Said Harraga;Da Zhong Shi

  • Immunoglobulin G Subclass Responses in Human Cystic and Alveolar Echinococcosis

    Hao Wen;Philip S. Craig

  • COPRO-DIAGNOSIS OF ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS INFECTION IN DOGS BY AMPLIFICATION OF A NEWLY IDENTIFIED REPEATED DNA SEQUENCE

    Ibrahim Abbasi;Anna Branzburg;Maiza Campos-Ponce;Sami K Abdel Hafez

  • Genetic polymorphisms of Echinococcus tapeworms in China as determined by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

    Minoru Nakao;Tiaoying Li;Tiaoying Li;Xiumin Han;Xiumin Ma;Xiumin Ma;Xiumin Ma

  • Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, China

    Yu Rong Yang;Tao Sun;Zhengzhi Li;Jianzhong Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Giraudoux
Patrick Giraudoux University of Franche-Comté
Akira Ito
Akira Ito Asahikawa Medical University
Francis Raoul
Francis Raoul University of Franche-Comté
Donald P. McManus
Donald P. McManus Australian National University
Belgees Boufana
Belgees Boufana Animal and Plant Health Agency
Minoru Nakao
Minoru Nakao Asahikawa Medical University
Paul R. Torgerson
Paul R. Torgerson University of Zurich
Marcello Otake Sato
Marcello Otake Sato Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences
Gail M. Williams
Gail M. Williams University of Queensland
Munehiro Okamoto
Munehiro Okamoto Kyoto University

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