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Shaden Kamhawi is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on areas including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Aquatic Science, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, Trypanosoma species research and implications, Viral Infections and Vectors, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Parasites and Host Interactions, and Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins.

Kamhawi has collaborated frequently with various coauthors, among them Jesús G. Valenzuela, Fabiano Oliveira, Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu, Claudio Meneses, and Tiago D. Serafim.

Their published work appears regularly in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, PLoS neglected tropical diseases, bioRxiv hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Trends in Parasitology, and Nature Communications.

Among recent published papers involving or related to their field, key titles include:

  • What constitutes a neglected tropical disease?, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Leishmaniasis: the act of transmission, 2021, Trends in Parasitology
  • A second generation leishmanization vaccine with a markerless attenuated Leishmania major strain using CRISPR gene editing, 2020, Nature Communications
  • World neglected tropical diseases day, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Single-cell RNA sequencing of Trypanosoma brucei from tsetse salivary glands unveils metacyclogenesis and identifies potential transmission blocking antigens, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • In Vivo Imaging Reveals an Essential Role for Neutrophils in Leishmaniasis Transmitted by Sand Flies

    Nathan C. Peters;Jackson G. Egen;Nagila Secundino;Alain Debrabant

  • The Role of Interleukin (IL)-10 in the Persistence of Leishmania major in the Skin after Healing and the Therapeutic Potential of Anti–IL-10 Receptor Antibody for Sterile Cure

    Yasmine Belkaid;Karl F. Hoffmann;Susana Mendez;Shaden Kamhawi

  • Development of a Natural Model of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Powerful Effects of Vector Saliva and Saliva Preexposure on the Long-Term Outcome of Leishmania major Infection in the Mouse Ear Dermis

    Yasmine Belkaid;Shaden Kamhawi;Govind Modi;Jesus Valenzuela

  • Molecular aspects of parasite-vector and vector-host interactions in leishmaniasis.

    David Sacks;Shaden Kamhawi

  • Toward a Defined Anti-Leishmania Vaccine Targeting Vector Antigens: Characterization of a Protective Salivary Protein

    Jesus G. Valenzuela;Yasmine Belkaid;Mark K. Garfield;Susana Mendez

  • Phlebotomine sand flies and Leishmania parasites: friends or foes?

    Shaden Kamhawi

  • Protection Against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Resulting from Bites of Uninfected Sand Flies

    Shaden Kamhawi;Yasmine Belkaid;Govind Modi;Edgar Rowton

  • A Role for Insect Galectins in Parasite Survival

    Shaden Kamhawi;Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao;Van M. Pham;Sanjeev Kumar

  • Targeted gene deletion in Leishmania major identifies leishmanolysin (GP63) as a virulence factor.

    Phalgun B. Joshi;Ben L. Kelly;Shaden Kamhawi;David L. Sacks

  • Immunity to a salivary protein of a sand fly vector protects against the fatal outcome of visceral leishmaniasis in a hamster model.

    Regis Gomes;Regis Gomes;Clarissa Teixeira;Clarissa Teixeira;Maria Jânia Teixeira;Fabiano Oliveira;Fabiano Oliveira

  • Leishmania disease development depends on the presence of apoptotic promastigotes in the virulent inoculum

    Ger van Zandbergen;Annalena Bollinger;Alexander Wenzel;Shaden Kamhawi

  • Exosome Secretion by the Parasitic Protozoan Leishmania within the Sand Fly Midgut.

    Vanessa Diniz Atayde;Vanessa Diniz Atayde;Hamide Aslan;Shannon Townsend;Kasra Hassani

  • Quantification of the infectious dose of Leishmania major transmitted to the skin by single sand flies

    Nicola Kimblin;Nathan Peters;Alain Debrabant;Nagila Secundino

  • Vector Transmission of Leishmania Abrogates Vaccine-Induced Protective Immunity

    Nathan C. Peters;Nicola C Kimblin;Nágila C. Secundino;Shaden Kamhawi

  • The biological and immunomodulatory properties of sand fly saliva and its role in the establishment of Leishmania infections.

    Shaden Kamhawi

  • Vaccines to combat the neglected tropical diseases.

    Jeffrey M. Bethony;Rhea N. Cole;Xiaoti Guo;Shaden Kamhawi

  • Sand Fly Salivary Proteins Induce Strong Cellular Immunity in a Natural Reservoir of Visceral Leishmaniasis with Adverse Consequences for Leishmania

    Nicolas Collin;Regis Gomes;Clarissa Teixeira;Lily Cheng

  • Gut Microbes Egested during Bites of Infected Sand Flies Augment Severity of Leishmaniasis via Inflammasome-Derived IL-1β

    Ranadhir Dey;Amritanshu B. Joshi;Fabiano Oliveira;Lais Pereira;Lais Pereira

  • Novel antigens for neurocysticercosis: simple method for preparation and evaluation for serodiagnosis.

    Akira Ito;Agustin Plancarte;Liang Ma;Yoon Kong

  • The Potency and Durability of DNA- and Protein-Based Vaccines Against Leishmania major Evaluated Using Low-Dose, Intradermal Challenge

    Susana Méndez;Sanjay Gurunathan;Shaden Kamhawi;Yasmine Belkaid

  • Comparative salivary gland transcriptomics of sandfly vectors of visceral leishmaniasis

    Jennifer M. Anderson;Fabiano Oliveira;Fabiano Oliveira;Shaden Kamhawi;Ben J. Mans

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesus G. Valenzuela
Jesus G. Valenzuela National Institutes of Health
Petr Volf
Petr Volf Charles University
David L. Sacks
David L. Sacks National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Cláudia Brodskyn
Cláudia Brodskyn Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
David B. Sacks
David B. Sacks National Institutes of Health
José M. C. Ribeiro
José M. C. Ribeiro National Institutes of Health
Hira L. Nakhasi
Hira L. Nakhasi Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Peter J. Hotez
Peter J. Hotez Baylor College of Medicine
Maria Elena Bottazzi
Maria Elena Bottazzi Baylor College of Medicine
Yasmine Belkaid
Yasmine Belkaid National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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