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Stuart D. Blacksell

Stuart D. Blacksell

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Microbiology

D-Index
57
Citations
10143
World Ranking
3612
National Ranking
11

Overview

Stuart D. Blacksell is affiliated with Mahidol University in Thailand and has contributed extensively to fields related to medicine, immunology, microbiology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including parasitology, public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, agronomy and crop science, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's main topics of research include vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, mosquito-borne diseases and control, animal disease management and epidemiology, vector-borne animal diseases, Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research, and zoonotic diseases and public health.

Among the recent publications featuring their work are:

  • "Intravenous Doxycycline, Azithromycin, or Both for Severe Scrub Typhus" (2023) published in the New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Improving knowledge, attitudes and practice to prevent COVID-19 transmission in healthcare workers and the public in Thailand" (2021) published in BMC Public Health
  • "Laboratory-acquired infections and pathogen escapes worldwide between 2000 and 2021: a scoping review" (2023) published in The Lancet Microbe
  • "The impact of African swine fever virus on smallholder village pig production: An outbreak investigation in Lao PDR" (2021) published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • "Defining the burden of febrile illness in rural South and Southeast Asia: an open letter to announce the launch of the Rural Febrile Illness project" (2021) published in Wellcome Open Research

Frequent collaborative relationships include coauthors such as Jarunee Siengsanan-Lamont, Sandhya Dhawan, Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai, Nicholas Day, and Kathrin Summermatter.

Publication venues frequently featuring their research are:

  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Applied Biosafety
  • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • One Health
  • Tropical Animal Health and Production

They have also contributed to book publications, including the "Laboratory biosafety manual, fourth edition" (2021), published by Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern.

Best Publications

  • Isolation of a Novel Orientia Species (O. chuto sp. nov.) from a Patient Infected in Dubai

    Leonard Izzard;Leonard Izzard;Andrew Fuller;Stuart D. Blacksell;Stuart D. Blacksell;Daniel H. Paris;Daniel H. Paris

  • Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus

    Gavin C. K. W. Koh;Richard J. Maude;Daniel H. Paris;Paul N. Newton

  • Scrub Typhus Serologic Testing with the Indirect Immunofluorescence Method as a Diagnostic Gold Standard: A Lack of Consensus Leads to a Lot of Confusion

    Stuart D. Blacksell;Stuart D. Blacksell;Naomi J. Bryant;Daniel H. Paris;Jenny A. Doust

  • Causes of non-malarial fever in Laos: a prospective study

    Mayfong Mayxay;Mayfong Mayxay;Mayfong Mayxay;Josée Castonguay-Vanier;Vilada Chansamouth;Audrey Dubot-Pérès;Audrey Dubot-Pérès;Audrey Dubot-Pérès

  • Endemic Scrub Typhus in South America.

    Thomas Weitzel;Sabine Dittrich;Javier López;Weerawat Phuklia

  • Characterisation of a novel lyssavirus isolated from Pteropid bats in Australia

    Allan R Gould;Alex D Hyatt;Ross Lunt;Jackie A Kattenbelt

  • Rickettsial Infections and Fever, Vientiane, Laos

    Simaly Phongmany;Jean Marc Rolain;Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh;Stuart D. Blacksell

  • The Comparative Accuracy of 8 Commercial Rapid Immunochromatographic Assays for the Diagnosis of Acute Dengue Virus Infection

    Stuart D. Blacksell;Stuart D. Blacksell;Stuart D. Blacksell;Paul N. Newton;Paul N. Newton;David Bell;James Kelley

  • Evaluation of six commercial point-of-care tests for diagnosis of acute dengue infections: the need for combining NS1 antigen and IgM/IgG antibody detection to achieve acceptable levels of accuracy.

    Stuart D. Blacksell;Stuart D. Blacksell;Richard G. Jarman;Mark S. Bailey;Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai

  • Commercial Dengue Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Point-of-Care Application: Recent Evaluations and Future Needs?

    Stuart D. Blacksell

  • Comparison of Seven Commercial Antigen and Antibody Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Detection of Acute Dengue Infection

    Stuart D. Blacksell;Stuart D. Blacksell;Richard G. Jarman;Robert V. Gibbons;Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai

  • A review of dengue diagnostics and implications for surveillance and control.

    Nader Raafat;Stuart D Blacksell;Stuart D Blacksell;Richard J Maude;Richard J Maude;Richard J Maude

  • Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Laos: a community-wide cross-sectional study of humans and dogs in a mass drug administration environment.

    James V. Conlan;Boualam Khamlome;Khamphouth Vongxay;Aileen Elliot

  • Evaluation of the Panbio dengue virus nonstructural 1 antigen detection and immunoglobulin M antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the diagnosis of acute dengue infections in Laos

    Stuart D. Blacksell;Mammen P. Mammen;Soulignasack Thongpaseuth;Robert V. Gibbons

  • Performance of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin to distinguish viral from bacterial and malarial causes of fever in Southeast Asia

    Yoel Lubell;Yoel Lubell;Stuart D. Blacksell;Stuart D. Blacksell;Susanna Dunachie;Susanna Dunachie;Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai

  • Orientia tsutsugamushi in human scrub typhus eschars shows tropism for dendritic cells and monocytes rather than endothelium.

    Daniel H. Paris;Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh;Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai;Margaret Jones

  • A Prospective Study of the Causes of Febrile Illness Requiring Hospitalization in Children in Cambodia

    Kheng Chheng;Michael J Carter;Michael J Carter;Michael J Carter;Kate Emary;Kate Emary;Ngoun Chanpheaktra

  • CAUSES OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED BACTEREMIA AND PATTERNS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN VIENTIANE, LAOS

    Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh;Simmaly Phongmany;Douangdao Soukaloun;Bouachanh Rasachak

  • Orientia, rickettsia, and leptospira pathogens as causes of CNS infections in Laos: a prospective study

    Sabine Dittrich;Sabine Dittrich;Sayaphet Rattanavong;Sue J Lee;Sue J Lee;Phonepasith Panyanivong

  • Evaluation of a Monoclonal Antibody Blocking ELISA for the Detection of Group-specific Antibodies to Bluetongue Virus in Experimental and Field Sera

    Ross A. Lunt;John R. White;Stuart D. Blacksell

  • Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens, and Practice 2nd Edition, Volumes 1 and 2 Edited by Richard L. Guerrant, David H. Walker, and Peter F. Weller Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone (Elsevier), 2005 1936 pp. $329.00 (cloth)

    Stuart D. Blacksell;Gary P. Wormser

  • Performance of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin to distinguish viral from bacterial and malarial causes of fever in

    Southeast Asia;Yoel Lubell;Stuart D. Blacksell;Susanna Dunachie

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas P. J. Day
Nicholas P. J. Day University of Oxford
Paul N. Newton
Paul N. Newton University of Oxford
Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University
François Nosten
François Nosten MORU Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Arjen M. Dondorp
Arjen M. Dondorp Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Richard G. Jarman
Richard G. Jarman Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Robert V. Gibbons
Robert V. Gibbons United States Department of the Army
Wirongrong Chierakul
Wirongrong Chierakul Mahidol University

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