PREPARE4VBD publications
Creators: name: PREPARE4VBD
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This repository contains all publications based on work done within the PREPARE4VBD project. Files are named by first author, publication year, and title. Where publications appear in conference proceedings, these are uploaded in their entirety and named by publication, conference, and year.

When using one of the publications, please cite the publication in question, not this repository.

 

Reference list





Bosco, A., Ciuca, L., Maurelli, M. P., Vitiello, P., Cringoli, G., Prada, J. M., & Rinaldi, L. (2023). Comparison of Mini-FLOTAC, Flukefinder® and sedimentation techniques for detection and quantification of Fasciola hepatica and Calicophoron daubneyi eggs using spiked and naturally infected bovine faecal samples. Parasites & Vectors, 16(1), 260. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05890-2

 

Démoulins, T., Yimthin, T., Lindtke, D., Eggerschwiler, L., Siegenthaler, R., Labroussaa, F., & Jores, J. (2024). Temperature impacts the bovine ex vivo immune response towards Mycoplasmopsis bovis. Veterinary Research, 55(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-024-01272-3

 

Dube, A., Kalinda, C., Manyangadze, T., Mindu, T., & Chimbari, M. J. (2023). Effects of temperature on the life history traits of intermediate host snails of fascioliasis: A systematic review. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(12), e0011812. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011812

 

Hadebe, M. I., Manyangadze, T., Kalinda, C., Mindu, T., & Chimbari, M. J. (2023). Infection Rates of Fasciola Intermediate Host Snail Species and Their Distribution in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8(10), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8100467

 

Kamau, M. W., Witte, C., Goosen, W., Mutinda, M., Villinger, J., Getange, D., Khogali, R., von Fricken, M. E., Fèvre, E. M., Zimmerman, D., Linton, Y.-M., & Miller, M. (2024). Comparison of test performance of a conventional PCR and two field-friendly tests to detect Coxiella burnetii DNA in ticks using Bayesian latent class analysis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1396714

 

Khogali, R., Bastos, A., Bargul, J. L., Getange, D., Kabii, J., Masiga, D., & Villinger, J. (2024). Tissue-specific localization of tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from camels in Kenya: Insights into vector competence. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1382228

 

Kuhnert, P., Loosli, N., Brodard, I., Lindtke, D., & Jores, J. (2024). Resistance of zebu cattle (Bos indicus) to colonization by major ruminant hoof pathogens. Veterinary Microbiology, 296, 110184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2024.110184

 





Materu, G. S., Nzalawahe, J., Sengupta, M. E., Stensgaard, A.-S., Katakweba, A., Vennervald, B. J., & Kinung’hi, S. (2024). Prevalence, Distribution and Risk Factors for Trematode Infections in Domesticated Ruminants in the Lake Victoria and Southern Highland Ecological Zones of Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study. Veterinary Sciences, 11(12), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci11120595

 



Nukeri, S., Malatji, M. P., Sengupta, M. E., Vennervald, B. J., Stensgaard, A.-S., Chaisi, M., & Mukaratirwa, S. (2022). Potential Hybridization of Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica in Africa—A Scoping Review. Pathogens, 11(11), 1303. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111303

 

Nyagura, I., Malatji, M. P., & Mukaratirwa, S. (2022). Occurrence of Fasciola (Digenea: Fasciolidae) Species in Livestock, Wildlife and Humans, and the Geographical Distribution of Their Intermediate Hosts in South Africa—A Scoping Review. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, 935428. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.935428

 

Rooney, T., Fèvre, E. M., Villinger, J., Brenn-White, M., Cummings, C. O., Chai, D., Kamau, J., Kiyong’a, A., Getange, D., Ochieng, D. O., Kivali, V., Zimmerman, D., Rosenbaum, M., Nutter, F. B., & Deem, S. L. (2024). Coxiella burnetii serostatus in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) is associated with the presence of C. burnetii DNA in attached ticks in Laikipia County, Kenya. Zoonoses and Public Health, 71(5), 503–514. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.13127

 

Sengupta, M. E., Lynggaard, C., Mukaratirwa, S., Vennervald, B. J., & Stensgaard, A. S. (2022). Environmental DNA in human and veterinary parasitology—Current applications and future prospects for monitoring and control. Food and Waterborne Parasitology, 29, e00183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fawpar.2022.e00183

 

van der Deure, T., Maes, T., Huyse, T., & Stensgaard, A.-S. (2024). Climate change could fuel urinary schistosomiasis transmission in Africa and Europe. Global Change Biology, 30(8), e17434. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17434

 

Conference proceedings





Ciuca, L., Hammami, I., Maurelli, M. P., Bosco, A., Vitiello, P., & Rinaldi, L. (2023). Snail borne infections in cattle in southern Italy -new insights into the biology and diagnosis of liver flukes. 25th International Congress of the Mediterranean Federation for Health and Production of Ruminants Proceedings, 31–32.

 

Ciuca, L., Oliva, G., Gizzarelli, M., Foglia Manzillo, V., Rinaldi, L., & Maurelli, M. P. (2024). Babesia infections in dogs and wild canids: Where do we stand today? Proceedings of the XXXIII Congress of the Italian Society of Parasitology (SoIPa), 33, 86.

 

Maurelli, M. P., Bosco, A., Ciuca, L., Vitiello, P., Cringoli, G., & Rinaldi, L. (2023). Insights into diagnosis of liver and rumen flukes in cattle within the PREPARE4VBD EU project. 76th Sisvet Congress. 76th Sisvet Congress.

 

Maurelli, M. P., Ciuca, L., Hammami, I., Vitiello, P., Bosco, A., & Rinaldi, L. (2024). Fasciola hepatica and Lymnaeidae host snails in southern Italy. Annals of Parasitology, 70, 78.

 

Sengupta, M. E., Lourenço, L., Takeuchi-Storm, N., Thamsborg, S. M., & Stensgaard, A.-S. (2024). Dynamics of Fasciola hepatica and vector snail populations after an extreme summer drought event in Denmark. Annals of Parasitology, 70, 78.

 

Sengupta, M. E., Malatji, M. P., Ngcamphalala, P. I., Mukaratirwa, S., Ciuca, L., Maurelli, M. P., Bosco, A., Rinaldi, L., Materu, G., Kinung’hi, S., Adriko, M., Mugisha, L., & Stensgaard, A.-S. (2024). Application of environmental DNA-based monitoring of vector snails and liver fluke transmission across different field settings along a latitudinal gradient from Denmark to South Africa. Annals of Parasitology, 70, 78.

 

Sengupta, M. E., Svenningsen, C. S., Tøttrup, A., Thorhauge-Thejll, E., & Stensgaard, A.-S. (2024). A citizen-science-based approach to mosquito monitoring—Experiences from a car-netting project in Denmark. Annals of Parasitology, 70, 78.

 

Sengupta, M. E., Verhoeven, J. T. P., Maurelli, M. P., Ciuca, L., Bosco, A., Rinaldi, L., Hansen, A. J., & Stensgaard, A.-S. (2024). Investigation of Ixodes ricinus tick infections and associated microbiome composition across a variety of human-impacted landscapes in two macro-climatic zones. Annals of Parasitology, 70, 78.

 

Upfold, J., Sengupta, M. E., Materu, G., Kinunghi, S., Kalinda, C., Dube, A., Manyangadze, T., Chimbari, M., Mukaratirwa, S., Adriko, M., Mugisha, L., Ciuca, L., Rinaldi, L., & Stensgaard, A.-S. (2024). Investigating the impact of heat stress on Fasciola intermediate host snail immune defenses and life history traits across a latitudinal gradient (Denmark, Italy, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa). Annals of Parasitology, 70, 78.