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Animal Science and Veterinary
Belgium
2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
72
Citations
17162
World Ranking
141
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Pierre Dorny is affiliated with the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp in Belgium. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a significant focus on subfields including Parasitology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery, Ecology, and Small Animals. The scientist's work addresses a range of topics related to parasitic infections and host interactions.

The main areas of research covered by Pierre Dorny include:

  • Parasitic infections in humans and animals
  • Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Amoebic Infections and Treatments

Dorny has contributed to a number of scientific papers, with recent publications covering aspects of parasite detection, epidemiology, and transmission dynamics. Representative papers include:

  • "Parasite detection in food: Current status and future needs for validation" (2020), published in Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • "The survival and dispersal of Taenia eggs in the environment: what are the implications for transmission? A systematic review" (2021), published in Parasites & Vectors
  • "Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in East, Southeast and South Asia" (2020), published in Parasites & Vectors
  • "Prevalence and risk factors associated with Clonorchis sinensis infections in rural communities in northern Vietnam" (2020), published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Foodborne Parasites and Their Complex Life Cycles Challenging Food Safety in Different Food Chains" (2022), published in Foods

The scientist frequently publishes in certain journals and venues, including:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Diagnostics
  • PLoS ONE
  • Parasitology Research

Collaborative research is evident from recurring co-authorships with several scientists, such as:

  • Sarah Gabriël
  • Véronique Dermauw
  • Chiara Trevisan
  • Kabemba E. Mwape
  • Emmanuel Bottieau

Best Publications

  • Emerging food-borne parasites

    Pierre Dorny;N Praet;Nynke Deckers;Sarah Gabriël

  • A Bayesian approach for estimating values for prevalence and diagnostic test characteristics of porcine cysticercosis

    Pierre Dorny;Ik Phiri;Jozef Vercruysse;Sarah Gabriël;Sarah Gabriël

  • Calculating disability-adjusted life years to quantify burden of disease

    Brecht Devleesschauwer;Brecht Devleesschauwer;Arie H. Havelaar;Charline Maertens de Noordhout;Juanita A. Haagsma

  • The emergence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Eastern and Southern Africa as a serious agricultural problem and public health risk.

    Isaac K. Phiri;Helena Ngowi;Sonia Afonso;Elizabeth Matenga

  • Failure of mebendazole in treatment of human hookworm infections in the southern region of Mali

    Dick De Clercq;Moussa Sacko;Jerzy Behnke;Francis Gilbert

  • Gastrointestinal nematode infections in adult dairy cattle: Impact on production, diagnosis and control

    Johannes Charlier;Johan Höglund;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna;Pierre Dorny

  • Sero-epidemiological study of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in Belgian cattle.

    Pierre Dorny;F Vercammen;J Brandt;W Vansteenkiste

  • REGIONAL STATUS, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND IMPACT OF TAENIA SOLIUM CYSTICERCOSIS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA.

    André Zoli;Oliver Shey-Njila;Emmanuel Assana;Jean-Pierre Nguekam

  • Immunodiagnostic tools for human and porcine cysticercosis.

    Pierre Dorny;Jef Brandt;André Zoli;Stanny Geerts

  • Elimination of Taenia solium transmission to pigs in a field trial of the TSOL18 vaccine in Cameroon.

    Emmanuel Assana;Craig T. Kyngdon;Charles G. Gauci;Stanny Geerts

  • Immunodiagnosis of Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis

    Nynke Deckers;Pierre Dorny;Pierre Dorny

  • Immunological and molecular diagnosis of cysticercosis

    Silvia Rodriguez;Patricia Wilkins;Pierre Dorny

  • Taenia solium Human Cysticercosis: A Systematic Review of Sero-epidemiological Data from Endemic Zones around the World

    Marco Coral-Almeida;Sarah Gabriël;Emmanuel Nji Abatih;Nicolas Praet

  • Detection of Taenia solium Antigens and Anti–T. solium Antibodies in Paired Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples from Patients with Intraparenchymal or Extraparenchymal Neurocysticercosis

    Silvia Rodriguez;Pierre Dorny;Victor C. W. Tsang;E. Javier Pretell

  • Standardization of the egg hatch test for the detection of benzimidazole resistance in parasitic nematodes.

    Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna;Gerald C. Coles;Frank Jackson;Christian Bauer

  • Taenia saginata in Europe.

    Pierre Dorny;N. Praet

  • Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in women of child-bearing age in central Ethiopia

    Endrias Zewdu Gebremedhin;Anteneh Hailu Abebe;Tesfaye Sisay Tessema;Kassu Desta Tullu

  • Risk factors associated with porcine cysticercosis in selected districts of Eastern and Southern provinces of Zambia

    Cs Sikasunge;Ik Phiri;Am Phiri;Pierre Dorny

  • Why latrines are not used: communities' perceptions and practices regarding latrines in a Taenia solium endemic rural area in Eastern Zambia.

    Séverine Thys;Kabemba E. Mwape;Pierre Lefèvre;Pierre Dorny

  • Nematode parasitism in adult dairy cows in Belgium.

    Joost Agneessens;Edwin Claerebout;Pierre Dorny;Fred H.M Borgsteede

Frequent Co-Authors

Jozef Vercruysse
Jozef Vercruysse Ghent University
Sarah Gabriël
Sarah Gabriël Ghent University
Edwin Claerebout
Edwin Claerebout Ghent University
Dirk Berkvens
Dirk Berkvens Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Eric Cox
Eric Cox Ghent University
Isaac K. Phiri
Isaac K. Phiri University of Zambia
Lian F. Thomas
Lian F. Thomas University of Liverpool
Bruno Levecke
Bruno Levecke Ghent University
Hector H. Garcia
Hector H. Garcia Cayetano Heredia University
Paul R. Torgerson
Paul R. Torgerson University of Zurich

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