Search Results - "Craig, Scott B"
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Human Leptospirosis Infection in Fiji: An Eco-epidemiological Approach to Identifying Risk Factors and Environmental Drivers for Transmission
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-01-2016)“…Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic disease in the Pacific Islands. In Fiji, two successive cyclones and severe flooding in 2012 resulted in outbreaks with…”
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Orientia, rickettsia, and leptospira pathogens as causes of CNS infections in Laos: a prospective study
Published in The Lancet global health (01-02-2015)“…Summary Background Scrub typhus (caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi ), murine typhus (caused by Rickettsia typhi ), and leptospirosis are common causes of…”
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A Large Leptospirosis Outbreak following Successive Severe Floods in Fiji, 2012
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-01-2018)“…Severe flooding has been linked to outbreaks of leptospirosis. Two sequential extreme flood events in Western Fiji caused the largest outbreak of leptospirosis…”
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Leptospirosis is an emerging infectious disease of pig-hunting dogs and humans in North Queensland
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-01-2022)“…Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution, caused by pathogenic serovars in the genus Leptospira. Feral pigs are known carriers of…”
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Causes of non-malarial fever in Laos: a prospective study
Published in The Lancet global health (01-07-2013)“…Summary Background Because of reductions in the incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Laos, identification of the causes of fever in people without…”
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The Aetiologies and Impact of Fever in Pregnant Inpatients in Vientiane, Laos
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (06-04-2016)“…Laos has the highest maternal mortality ratio in mainland Southeast Asia and a high incidence of infectious diseases. Globally, malaria has been the pathogen…”
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Leptospirosis Outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2008: Lessons for Assessing the Global Burden of Disease
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-09-2011)“…Global leptospirosis disease burden estimates are hampered by the lack of scientifically sound data from countries with probable high endemicity and limited…”
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Leptospirosis in American Samoa 2010: Epidemiology, Environmental Drivers, and the Management of Emergence
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-02-2012)“…Leptospirosis has recently been reported as an emerging disease worldwide, and a seroprevalence study was undertaken in American Samoa to better understand the…”
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Emergence of new leptospiral serovars in American Samoa - ascertainment or ecological change?
Published in BMC infectious diseases (25-01-2012)“…Leptospirosis has recently been discussed as an emerging infectious disease in many contexts, including changes in environmental drivers of disease…”
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Validation of a microsphere immunoassay for serological leptospirosis diagnosis in human serum by comparison to the current gold standard
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-03-2015)“…A microsphere immunoassay (MIA) utilising Luminex xMap technology that is capable of determining leptospirosis IgG and IgM independently was developed. The MIA…”
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Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: fuelling the fire?
Published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (01-10-2010)“…Flooding and heavy rainfall have been associated with numerous outbreaks of leptospirosis around the world. With global climate change, extreme weather events…”
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First Isolation of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Genotype IV from Mosquitoes in Australia
Published in Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) (01-07-2024)“…Widespread transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) genotype four (GIV) occurred across mainland Australia in 2022. This resulted in forty-five human…”
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Management of Central Nervous System Infections, Vientiane, Laos, 2003-2011
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-05-2019)“…During 2003-2011, we recruited 1,065 patients of all ages admitted to Mahosot Hospital (Vientiane, Laos) with suspected central nervous system (CNS) infection…”
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Causes of Fever in Rural Southern Laos
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-09-2015)“…The etiology of fever in rural Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) has remained obscure until recently owing to the lack of laboratory facilities. We…”
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A Prospective Hospital Study to Evaluate the Diagnostic Accuracy of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for the Early Detection of Leptospirosis in Laos
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-01-2018)“…Leptospirosis is a globally important cause of acute febrile illness, and a common cause of non-malarial fever in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Simple rapid…”
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Investigation and response to an outbreak of leptospirosis among raspberry workers in Australia, 2018
Published in Zoonoses and public health (01-02-2020)“…Background In 2018, an outbreak of leptospirosis was identified among raspberry workers from a mixed‐berry farm in New South Wales, Australia. Initial testing…”
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Establishment of a longitudinal pre-clinical model of lyssavirus infection
Published in Journal of virological methods (01-07-2020)“…•Luciferase-expressing reporter virus used to study lyssavirus pathogenesis in mice.•In vivo longitudinal imaging of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV)…”
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Determinants of clinical leptospirosis in Nepal
Published in Zoonoses and public health (01-12-2018)“…Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic disease in Nepal; however, there is a lack of information on sources of leptospirosis infection for people and…”
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The Utility of Blood Culture Fluid for the Molecular Diagnosis of Leptospira: A Prospective Evaluation
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-04-2016)“…Leptospirosis is an important zoonosis worldwide, with infections occurring after exposure to contaminated water. Despite being a global problem, laboratory…”
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Blood Sources of Mosquitoes Collected from Urban and Peri-Urban Environments in Eastern Australia with Species-Specific Molecular Analysis of Avian Blood Meals
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-11-2009)“…To identify the hosts of mosquitoes collected from urban and peri-urban habitats in eastern Australia, 1,180 blood fed mosquitoes representing 15 species were…”
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