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Rebecca J. Traub is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China and is active in research areas primarily related to immunology, microbiology, and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including parasitology, infectious diseases, ecology, small animals, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics such as parasites and host interactions, parasite biology and host interactions, helminth infection and control, vector-borne infectious diseases, parasitic infections and diagnostics, viral infections and vectors, and zoonotic diseases and public health.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Rebecca J. Traub include:

  • Vito Colella
  • Lucas G. Huggins
  • Anke Wiethoelter
  • Sze Fui Hii
  • Patsy A. Zendejas-Heredia

They have contributed to scientific literature published repeatedly in the following venues:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • International Journal for Parasitology
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Rebecca J. Traub include:

  • Domestic dogs are mammalian reservoirs for the emerging zoonosis flea-borne spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia felis, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Parasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • Comparison of the egg recovery rates and limit of detection for soil-transmitted helminths using the Kato-Katz thick smear, faecal flotation and quantitative real-time PCR in human stool, 2021, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • High-throughput multiplex qPCRs for the surveillance of zoonotic species of canine hookworms, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • First international external quality assessment scheme of nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Schistosoma and soil-transmitted helminths, including Strongyloides: A pilot study, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Best Publications

  • Terminology for Blastocystis subtypes – a consensus

    C. Rune Stensvold;G. Kumar Suresh;Kevin S.W. Tan;R.C. Andrew Thompson

  • Epidemiological and molecular evidence supports the zoonotic transmission of Giardia among humans and dogs living in the same community

    R. J. Traub;P. T. Monis;I. Robertson;P. Irwin

  • Molecular characterization of Blastocystis isolates from zoo animals and their animal-keepers

    Unaiza Parkar;Rebecca J. Traub;Simone Vitali;Aileen Elliot

  • Sheep May Not Be an Important Zoonotic Reservoir for Cryptosporidium and Giardia Parasites

    Una M. Ryan;Caroline Bath;Ian Robertson;Carolyn Read

  • National study of the gastrointestinal parasites of dogs and cats in Australia

    Carlysle S. Palmer;R.C. Andrew Thompson;Rebecca J. Traub;Robert Rees

  • Direct characterization of Blastocystis from faeces by PCR and evidence of zoonotic potential.

    U. Parkar;R. J. Traub;S. Kumar;M. Mungthin

  • Application of a Multiplex Quantitative PCR to Assess Prevalence and Intensity Of Intestinal Parasite Infections in a Controlled Clinical Trial

    Stacey Llewellyn;Tawin Inpankaew;Susana Vaz Nery;Darren J. Gray;Darren J. Gray;Darren J. Gray

  • Ancylostoma ceylanicum, a re-emerging but neglected parasitic zoonosis

    Rebecca J. Traub

  • A survey of canine tick-borne diseases in India

    Puteri Azaziah Megat Abd Rani;Puteri Azaziah Megat Abd Rani;Peter J. Irwin;Glenn T. Coleman;Mukulesh Gatne

  • Zoonotic Parasites of Sheltered and Stray Dogs in the Era of the Global Economic and Political Crisis

    Domenico Otranto;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Andrei D. Mihalca;Rebecca J. Traub

  • Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): A Critical Component for Sustainable Soil-Transmitted Helminth and Schistosomiasis Control

    Suzy J. Campbell;Georgia B. Savage;Darren J. Gray;Jo An M Atkinson

  • High prevalence of Ancylostoma ceylanicum hookworm infections in humans, Cambodia, 2012

    Tawin Inpankaew;Fabian Schär;Anders Dalsgaard;Virak Khieu

  • Determining the zoonotic significance of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in Australian dogs and cats.

    Carlysle S. Palmer;Rebecca J. Traub;Ian D. Robertson;Gabby Devlin

  • PCR-based coprodiagnostic tools reveal dogs as reservoirs of zoonotic ancylostomiasis caused by Ancylostoma ceylanicum in temple communities in Bangkok

    Rebecca J. Traub;Tawin Inpankaew;Chantira Sutthikornchai;Yaowalark Sukthana

  • The role of dogs in transmission of gastrointestinal parasites in a remote tea-growing community in northeastern India.

    Rebecca J. Traub;Ian D. Robertson;Peter Irwin;Norbert Mencke

  • Canine gastrointestinal parasitic zoonoses in India.

    Rebecca J. Traub;Ian D. Robertson;Peter J. Irwin;Norbert Mencke

  • Molecular epidemiology of Blastocystis in pigs and their in-contact humans in Southeast Queensland, Australia, and Cambodia

    Wenqi Wang;Helen Owen;Rebecca J. Traub;Leigh Cuttell

  • A new PCR-based approach indicates the range of Clonorchis sinensis now extends to Central Thailand.

    Rebecca J. Traub;Julie Macaranas;Mathirut Mungthin;Saovanee Leelayoova

  • Epidemiological and Genetic Data Supporting the Transmission of Ancylostoma ceylanicum among Human and Domestic Animals

    Romano Ngui;Yvonne A. L. Lim;Rebecca Traub;Rohela Mahmud

  • Molecular and morphological characterisation of Echinococcus from food producing animals in India

    Riddhi P. Pednekar;Mukulesh L. Gatne;R.C. Andrew Thompson;Rebecca J. Traub

  • The prevalence, intensities and risk factors associated with geohelminth infection in tea-growing communities of Assam, India.

    Rebecca J. Traub;Ian D. Robertson;Peter Irwin;Norbert Mencke

  • The prevalence and diversity of intestinal parasitic infections in humans and domestic animals in a rural Cambodian village.

    Fabian Schär;Fabian Schär;Tawin Inpankaew;Tawin Inpankaew;Rebecca J. Traub;Virak Khieu

  • Eradication of Blastocystis carriage with antimicrobials: reality or delusion?

    Christen R. Stensvold;Huw V. Smith;Robyn Nagel;Katharina E.P. Olsen

  • Comparison of faecal microbiota in Blastocystis-positive and Blastocystis-negative irritable bowel syndrome patients.

    Robyn Nagel;Rebecca J. Traub;Richard J. N. Allcock;Marcella M. S. Kwan

  • Integrated morphological and molecular identification of cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) and dog fleas (Ctenocephalides canis) vectoring Rickettsia felis in central Europe.

    Andrea L. Lawrence;Sze-Fui Hii;Dagmar Jirsová;Lucia Panáková

  • A case of mistaken identity - : reappraisal of the species of canid and felid hookworms (Ancylostoma) present in Australia and India

    Rebecca J. Traub;R.P. Hobbs;P.J. Adams;Jerzy M. Behnke

  • A global genotyping survey of Strongyloides stercoralis and Strongyloides fuelleborni using deep amplicon sequencing.

    Joel L. N. Barratt;Joel L. N. Barratt;Meredith Lane;Emir Talundzic;Travis Richins

  • Molecular evidence supports the role of dogs as potential reservoirs for Rickettsia felis.

    Sze Fui Hii;Steven R Kopp;Mohammad Y Abdad;Mary F Thompson

  • Canine vector-borne pathogens in semi-domesticated dogs residing in northern Cambodia

    Tawin Inpankaew;Sze Fui Hii;Wissanuwat Chimnoi;Rebecca J. Traub

  • Complexities and Perplexities: A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection-Related Morbidity.

    Suzy Campbell;Susana Vaz da Silva de Castro Nery;Suhail Doi;Darren Gray;Darren Gray

  • A cluster-randomised controlled trial integrating a community-based water, sanitation and hygiene programme, with mass distribution of albendazole to reduce intestinal parasites in Timor-Leste: the WASH for WORMS research protocol

    Susana Vaz da Silva de Castro Nery;James McCarthy;Rebecca Traub;Ross Andrews

  • High-throughput multiplex qPCRs for the surveillance of zoonotic species of canine hookworms

    Luca Massetti;Vito Colella;Patsy A. Zendejas;Dinh Ng-Nguyen

  • Domestic dogs are mammalian reservoirs for the emerging zoonosis flea-borne spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia felis.

    Dinh Ng-Nguyen;Sze-Fui Hii;Minh-Trang Thi Hoang;Van-Anh Thi Nguyen

  • A novel, species-specific, real-time PCR assay for the detection of the emerging zoonotic parasite Ancylostoma ceylanicum in human stool

    Marina Papaiakovou;Nils Pilotte;Nils Pilotte;Jessica R. Grant;Rebecca J. Traub

  • First international external quality assessment scheme of nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Schistosoma and soil-transmitted helminths, including Strongyloides: A pilot study.

    Piet Cools;Lisette van Lieshout;Rob Koelewijn;David Addiss

  • Ancylostoma ceylanicum Hookworm in the Solomon Islands

    Richard S. Bradbury;Sze Fui Hii;Humpress Harrington;Richard Speare

  • Evidence for a specific host-endosymbiont relationship between 'Rickettsia sp. genotype RF2125' and Ctenocephalides felis orientis infesting dogs in India.

    Sze Fui Hii;Sze Fui Hii;Andrea L Lawrence;Leigh Cuttell;Rebecca Tynas

Frequent Co-Authors

James S. McCarthy
James S. McCarthy Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Darren J. Gray
Darren J. Gray QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Tawin Inpankaew
Tawin Inpankaew Kasetsart University
Archie C. A. Clements
Archie C. A. Clements Queen's University Belfast
Peter J. Irwin
Peter J. Irwin Murdoch University
Ian D. Robertson
Ian D. Robertson Murdoch University
Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann
Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann University of Queensland
Gail M. Williams
Gail M. Williams University of Queensland
Filipe Dantas-Torres
Filipe Dantas-Torres Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
R.C.A. Thompson
R.C.A. Thompson Murdoch University

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