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  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Susan C. Welburn is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a notable focus on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Public Health.

Their work is represented in various subfields including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science, and Hepatology.

Key topics explored in their research include:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Research on Leishmaniasis studies
  • Animal disease management and epidemiology
  • Vector-borne animal diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research

Frequent publishing venues for their work include:

  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • One Health

Their recent scientific papers include the following:

  • Secondary Bacterial Infections in Patients With Viral Pneumonia, 2020, Frontiers in Medicine
  • Secondary Bacterial Infections During Pulmonary Viral Disease: Phage Therapeutics as Alternatives to Antibiotics?, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Epidemiology of Trypanosomiasis in Wildlife-Implications for Humans at the Wildlife Interface in Africa, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • An Update on African Trypanocide Pharmaceutics and Resistance, 2022, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Leishmaniasis Beyond East Africa, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Susan C. Welburn has collaborated extensively with several researchers including Keneth Iceland Kasozi, Ewan MacLeod, Fred Ssempijja, Kevin Matama, and Gerald Zirintunda. These collaborations have contributed to advancing knowledge in infectious and vector-borne diseases.

The scientist has authored a book titled Ensuring Animal Health and Other Services for Efficient and Inclusive Livestock Value Chains in LMICs, published by Frontiers Media in 2022.

Recognition of their contributions includes the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2015.

Best Publications

  • The Burden of Human African Trypanosomiasis

    Eric M. Fèvre;Beatrix v. Wissmann;Susan C. Welburn;Pascal Lutumba

  • The insect endosymbiont Sodalis glossinidius utilizes a type III secretion system for cell invasion.

    Colin Dale;Simon A. Young;Daniel T. Haydon;Susan C. Welburn

  • Identification of human-infective trypanosomes in animal reservoir of sleeping sickness in Uganda by means of serum-resistance-associated (SRA) gene.

    S.C. Welburn;K. Picozzi;Eric M. Fèvre;P.G. Coleman

  • Brucellosis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current challenges for management, diagnosis and control.

    M. Ducrotoy;W.J. Bertu;G. Matope;S. Cadmus

  • The origins of a new Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness outbreak in eastern Uganda.

    Eric M. Fèvre;P.G. Coleman;M. Odiit;J.W. Magona

  • Sleeping sickness in Uganda: a thin line between two fatal diseases

    Kim Picozzi;Eric M Fèvre;Martin Odiit;Mark Carrington

  • From the Cover: The insect endosymbiont Sodalis glossinidius utilizes a type III secretion system for cell invasion

    Colin Dale;Simon A. Young;Daniel T. Haydon;Susan C. Welburn

  • Tsetse-trypanosome interactions: rites of passage.

    S.C Welburn;I Maudlin

  • Sleeping sickness: a tale of two diseases

    Susan C. Welburn;Eric M. Fèvre;Paul G. Coleman;Martin Odiit

  • The endosymbionts of tsetse flies : manipulating host-parasite interactions

    C Dale;S.C Welburn

  • Apoptosis in procyclic Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in vitro.

    Welburn Sc;Dale C;Ellis D;Beecroft R

  • Neglected and endemic zoonoses.

    Ian Maudlin;Mark Charles Eisler;Susan Christina Welburn

  • LAMP for Human African Trypanosomiasis: A Comparative Study of Detection Formats

    Sally L. Wastling;Kim Picozzi;Abbas S. L. Kakembo;Susan C. Welburn

  • Brucellosis as an emerging threat in developing economies: lessons from Nigeria

    Marie J Ducrotoy;Wilson J Bertu;Reuben A Ocholi;Amahyel M Gusi

  • Lectin mediated establishment of midgut infections of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma brucei in Glossina morsitans

    I Maudlin;S C Welburn

  • The neglected zoonoses--the case for integrated control and advocacy.

    Susan Welburn;I. Beange;Marie Ducrotoy;Anna Okello

  • Crisis, what crisis? Control of Rhodesian sleeping sickness

    Susan C. Welburn;Paul G. Coleman;Ian Maudlin;Eric M. Fèvre

  • Death of a trypanosome: a selfish altruism

    Michael Duszenko;Katherine Figarella;Ewan T. Macleod;Susan C. Welburn

  • The 3'-terminal region of the mRNAs for VSG and procyclin can confer stage specificity to gene expression in Trypanosoma brucei.

    M. Berberof;L. Vanhamme;P. Tebabi;A. Pays

  • Characterisation of the Wildlife Reservoir Community for Human and Animal Trypanosomiasis in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

    Neil E. Anderson;Joseph Mubanga;Eric M. Fevre;Kim Picozzi

  • Herd prevalence of bovine brucellosis and analysis of risk factors in cattle in urban and peri-urban areas of the Kampala economic zone, Uganda

    Kohei Makita;Kohei Makita;Eric M Fèvre;Charles Waiswa;Mark C Eisler

  • Quantifying the level of under‐detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness cases

    M. Odiit;P.G. Coleman;W.C. Liu;John J. McDermott

  • A PCR based assay for detection and differentiation of African trypanosome species in blood

    Andrew Cox;Aimee Tilley;Francis McOdimba;Jenna Fyfe

  • Secondary Bacterial Infections in Patients With Viral Pneumonia

    Prasanth Manohar;Belinda Loh;Ramesh Nachimuthu;Xiaoting Hua

  • Epidemiological relationships of Trypanosoma brucei stocks from south east Uganda: evidence for different population structures in human infective and non-human infective isolates.

    G. Hide;S. C. Welburn;A. Tait;I. Maudlin

  • Rickettsia-like organisms and chitinase production in relation to transmission of trypanosomes by tsetse flies

    S. C. Welburn;K. Arnold;I. Maudlin;G. W. Gooday

  • The GPI-Phospholipase C of Trypanosoma brucei Is Nonessential But Influences Parasitemia in Mice

    Helena Webb;Nicola Carnall;Luc Vanhamme;Sylvie Rolin

  • Rate of trypanosome killing by lectins in midguts of different species and strains of Glossina.

    Susan C. Welburn;I. Maudlin;D. S. Ellis

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Maudlin
Ian Maudlin University of Edinburgh
Eric M. Fèvre
Eric M. Fèvre University of Liverpool
Mark C Eisler
Mark C Eisler University of Bristol
Charles Waiswa
Charles Waiswa Makerere University
Peter M. Atkinson
Peter M. Atkinson Lancaster University
Mark Carrington
Mark Carrington University of Cambridge
Sarah Cleaveland
Sarah Cleaveland University of Glasgow
Ignacio Moriyón
Ignacio Moriyón University of Navarra
John J. McDermott
John J. McDermott International Food Policy Research Institute
Mark E. J. Woolhouse
Mark E. J. Woolhouse University of Edinburgh

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