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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.
Peer-reviewed articles
Angelakis, A., Nyawanda, B. O., & Vounatsou, P. (2025). Modeling sparse Rift Valley fever incidence data: A Bayesian perspective on zero-inflated self-exciting and autoregressive models. BMC Infectious Diseases, 25(1), 1221. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11506-0
Capuozzo, S., Maurelli, M. P., Marrone, S., Celano, B., Martone, G., Vitiello, P., Hammami, I., Bosco, A., Ciuca, L., Cringoli, G., Sansone, C., & Rinaldi, L. (2025). A Dedicated Deep Learning Workflow for Automatic Fasciola hepatica and Calicophoron daubneyi Egg Detection using the Kubic FLOTAC Microscope. International Journal for Parasitology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2025.08.007
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., & Chimbari, M. J. (2025). Factors contributing to the abundance and spatial distribution of the invasive intermediate host snail (Pseudosuccinea columella) in uMgungundlovu district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Veterinary Research, 21(1), 254. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-025-04703-1
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
Khogali, R., Bastos, A., Getange, D., Bargul, J. L., Kalayou, S., Ongeso, N., Verhoeven, J. T. P., Kabii, J., Ngiela, J., Masiga, D., & Villinger, J. (2025). Exploring the microbiomes of camel ticks to infer vector competence: Insights from tissue-level symbiont-pathogen relationships. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 5574. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81313-1
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
Ngcamphalala, P. I., Nyagura, I., Malatji, M. P., & Mukaratirwa, S. (2025). Susceptibility of lymnaeid snails to Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica (Digenea: Fasciolidae): a systematic review and meta-analysis. PeerJ, 13, e18976. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18976
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
Nukeri, S., Malatji, M. P., Sithole, M. I., Ngcamphalala, P. I., Nyagura, I., Tembe, D., Ndlovu, I. S., Chaisi, M., & Mukaratirwa, S. (2025). Infection rates of Fasciola spp. In cattle slaughtered at 13 abattoirs in six of nine provinces of South Africa. Food and Waterborne Parasitology, e00260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fawpar.2025.e00260
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 presentations
Ciuca, L., Maurelli, M. P., Hammami, I., Bosco, A., Vitiello, P., Sengupta, M. E., Stensgaard, A.-S., & Rinaldi, L. (2025). Snail hosts and fluke infections in cattle: New parasitological findings. 30th Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology: Abstact Book, 287–288.
Démoulins, T., Yimthin, T., Lindtke, D., Eggerschwiler, L., Siegenthaler, R., Kuhnert, P., Gross, J. J., & Jores, J. (2024). Bos taurus and Bos indicus cattle exhibit compelling different immune responses towards vector-borne viruses. EVIW 2024 Abstract Book, 21.
Démoulins, T., Yimthin, T., Zhang, J., Lindtke, D., Eggerschwiler, L., Siegenthaler, R., Kuhnert, P., & Jores, J. (2025). Bos taurus and Bos indicus cattle exhibit compelling different immune responses towards vector-borne viruses. 14th International Veterinary Immunology Symposium - Proceedings and Abstracts, 104.
Gentage, D., Mukaratirwa, S., Bargul, J. L., Khogali, R., Kabii, J., Masiga, D., & Villinger, J. (2024). Characterization of tick-borne infections in cattle: Potential of direct PCR for surveillance of tick-borne pathogens [Poster]. 11th Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogen Conference, Havana, Cuba.
Khogali, R., Bastos, A., Bargul, J. L., Getange, D., Kabii, J., Masiga, D., & Villinger, J. (2024). Tick-borne pathogen distribution in tick tissues collected from dromedary camels in Kenya: Predicting vector comptence. 11th Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogen Conference, 81.
Malatji, M. P. (2024). Biogeography of freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in various agro-ecological zones across six provinces of South Africa [Poster]. 21st International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria (ICTMM 2024), Kuching.
Maurelli, M. P., Capuozzo, S., Martone, G., Vitiello, P., Pepe, P., Bosco, A., Santaniello, M., Gravina, M., Marrone, S., Celano, B., Sansone, C., Cringoli, G., & Rinaldi, L. (2025). Innovative technologies for diagnosis of intestinal parasites in animals and humans. 2025 IEEE International Workshop on Measurements and Applications in Veterinary and Animal Sciences: Book of Abstracts, 98.
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