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Philip T. LoVerde is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with a strong emphasis on parasitology. Their work encompasses multiple subfields including ecology, small animal studies, public health, environmental and occupational health, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to parasites and host interactions, parasite biology and host interactions, as well as helminth infection and control. Additional areas of their research cover studies on leishmaniasis, neurobiology and insect physiology, trace elements in health, and insect utilization and effects.

Philip T. LoVerde has published papers in various respected journals. Recent notable publications include:

  • "Circulating Anodic Antigen (CAA): A Highly Sensitive Diagnostic Biomarker to Detect Active Schistosoma Infections-Improvement and Use during SCORE," 2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • "Genetic analysis of praziquantel response in schistosome parasites implicates a transient receptor potential channel," 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: Colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni," 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • "Rational approach to drug discovery for human schistosomiasis," 2021, International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance
  • "Why does oxamniquine kill Schistosoma mansoni and not S. haematobium and S. japonicum?," 2020, International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Sevan N. Alwan, Stanton F. McHardy, Frédéric D. Chevalier, Timothy J. C. Anderson, and Alexander B. Taylor, each with multiple joint publications.

Philip T. LoVerde has contributed to a variety of publication venues. The most frequent among these are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance
  • PLoS ONE
  • Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
  • Pharmaceutics

Best Publications

  • The genome of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

    Matthew Berriman;Brian J. Haas;Brian J. Haas;Philip T. LoVerde;R. Alan Wilson

  • A systematically improved high quality genome and transcriptome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni.

    Anna V. Protasio;Isheng J. Tsai;Anne Babbage;Sarah Nichol

  • A Cost of Increased Early Reproductive Effort in the Snail Biomphalaria glabrata

    Dennis J. Minchella;Philip T. Loverde

  • Tools for diagnosis, monitoring and screening of Schistosoma infections utilizing lateral-flow based assays and upconverting phosphor labels

    Paul L. A. M. Corstjens;Claudia J. De Dood;Dieuwke Kornelis;Elisa M. Tjon Kon Fat

  • Genetic and Molecular Basis of Drug Resistance and Species-Specific Drug Action in Schistosome Parasites

    Claudia L. L. Valentim;Claudia L. L. Valentim;Donato Cioli;Frédéric D. Chevalier;Xiaohang Cao

  • Schistosoma mansoni TGF-β receptor II: Role in host ligand-induced regulation of a schistosome target gene

    Ahmed Osman;Edward G Niles;Sergio Verjovski-Almeida;Philip T LoVerde;Philip T LoVerde

  • Schistosoma mansoni:The Developmental Regulation and Immunolocalization of Antioxidant Enzymes

    Haiping Mei;Philip T. LoVerde

  • Do antioxidants play a role in schistosome host-parasite interactions?

    Philip T Loverde

  • Schistosome female reproductive development

    Philip T Loverde;L. Chen

  • Medical Helminthology in the 21st Century

    Daniel G. Colley;Philip T. LoVerde;Lorenzo Savioli

  • Inhibition of the Complement Membrane Attack Complex by Schistosoma mansoni Paramyosin

    Jiusheng Deng;Daniel Gold;Philip T. LoVerde;Zvi Fishelson

  • Cytokine production associated with periportal fibrosis during chronic schistosomiasis mansoni in humans.

    L. F. Alves Oliveira;E. C. Moreno;G. Gazzinelli;O. A. Martins-Filho

  • Transient expression of DNA and RNA in parasitic helminths by using particle bombardment

    Richard E. Davis;Angelica Parra;Philip T. LoVerde;Eugenia Ribeiro

  • Characterization of a female-specific cDNA derived from a developmentally regulated mRNA in the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni.

    L Bobek;D M Rekosh;H van Keulen;P T LoVerde

  • Schistosoma mansoni: identification and analysis of an mRNA and a gene encoding superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn).

    Maryanne C. Simurda;Harry van Keulen;David M. Rekosh;Philip T. LoVerde

  • Schistosoma mansoni p48 eggshell protein gene: characterization, developmentally regulated expression and comparison to the p14 eggshell protein gene

    Li ly Chen;David M. Rekosh;Philip T. LoVerde

  • Exposure to Schistosoma mansoni infection in a rural area in Brazil. II: household risk factors.

    Jeffrey Bethony;Jeff T. Williams;Helmut Kloos;John Blangero

  • Schistosoma mansoni: TGF-β signaling pathways

    Philip T. LoVerde;Ahmed Osman;Andrew Hinck

  • Schistosoma mansoni genome project: an update.

    Philip T LoVerde;Hirohisa Hirai;Joseph M Merrick;Norman H Lee

  • Genomic linkage map of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

    Charles D Criscione;Claudia L L Valentim;Claudia L L Valentim;Hirohisa Hirai;Philip T LoVerde

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
David Rekosh
David Rekosh University of Virginia
Jeffrey M. Bethony
Jeffrey M. Bethony George Washington University
Helmut Kloos
Helmut Kloos University of California, San Francisco
Tim J. Anderson
Tim J. Anderson Texas Biomedical Research Institute
P. John Hart
P. John Hart The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Najib M. El-Sayed
Najib M. El-Sayed University of Maryland, College Park
David Rollinson
David Rollinson Natural History Museum
Joanne P. Webster
Joanne P. Webster Royal Veterinary College
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow

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