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  1. Celebrating 150 volumes of Parasitology with an outlook towards 2030 production

    Article • Parasitology, February 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  2. Observations on the transmission of Dientamoeba fragilis and the cyst life cycle stage

    Article • Parasitology, January 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  3. Bibliometric analysis of parasite vaccine research from 1990 to 2019

    Article • Vaccine, October 2023, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  4. A state-of-the-art methodology for high-throughput in silico vaccine discovery against protozoan parasites and exemplified with discovered candidates for Toxoplasma gondii

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  5. A guide to current methodology and usage of reverse vaccinology towards in silico vaccine discovery

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, February 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof John T Ellis

  6. Molecular Detection of Neglected Tropical Diseases: The Case for Automated Near–Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 2023, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Prof John T Ellis

  7. Twitter trends in #Parasitology determined by text mining and topic modelling

    Article • Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, January 2023, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  8. Laboratory diagnostics for human Leishmania infections: a polymerase chain reaction-focussed review of detection and identification methods

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  9. Transitioning to Open Access: Parasitology's Focus on Global Accessibility and Research Integrity

    Article • Parasitology, September 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  10. Compilation of parasitic immunogenic proteins from 30 years of published research using machine learning and natural language processing

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  11. Host transmission dynamics of first- and third-stage Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae in Bullastra lessoni

    Article • Parasitology, April 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  12. Predicting Protein Therapeutic Candidates for Bovine Babesiosis Using Secondary Structure Properties and Machine Learning

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, July 2021, Frontiers

    Prof John T Ellis

  13. Applying Machine Learning to Predict the Exportome of Bovine and Canine Babesia Species That Cause Babesiosis

    Article • Pathogens, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof John T Ellis

  14. A new subspecies of Trypanosoma cyclops found in the Australian terrestrial leech Chtonobdella bilineata

    Article • Parasitology, April 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  15. Machine learning and applications in microbiology

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof John T Ellis

  16. Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein 2 and 3 Gene Deletions in Strains from Nigeria, Sudan, and South Sudan

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Prof John T Ellis

  17. Recent trends in the use of social media in parasitology and the application of alternative metrics

    Article • Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, February 2021, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  18. The controversies surrounding Giardia intestinalis assemblages A and B

    Article • Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, January 2021, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  19. Species diversity and genome evolution of the pathogenic protozoan parasite, Neospora caninum

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, October 2020, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  20. Computational Antigen Discovery for Eukaryotic Pathogens Using Vacceed

    Article • September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  21. 30 years of parasitology research analysed by text mining

    Article • Parasitology, September 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  22. Research into Neospora caninum—What Have We Learnt in the Last Thirty Years?

    Article • Pathogens, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof John T Ellis

  23. A review of the systematics, species identification and diagnostics of the Trypanosomatidae using the maxicircle kinetoplast DNA: from past to present

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, June 2020, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  24. Molecular Detection of Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Plasmodium vivax from Returned Travellers to NSW, Australia during 2008–2018

    Article • Pathogens, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof John T Ellis

  25. Contribution of introns to the species diversity associated with the apicomplexan parasite, Neospora caninum

    Article • Parasitology Research, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  26. Detecting sequence variants in clinically important protozoan parasites

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, January 2020, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  27. Semi-Quantitative, Duplexed qPCR Assay for the Detection of Leishmania spp. Using Bisulphite Conversion Technology

    Article • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof John T Ellis

  28. Diversity profiling of xenic cultures of Dientamoeba fragilis following systematic antibiotic treatment and prospects for genome sequencing

    Article • Parasitology, September 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  29. Evolutionary Insight into the Trypanosomatidae Using Alignment-Free Phylogenomics of the Kinetoplast

    Article • Pathogens, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof John T Ellis

  30. Identification of Clinical Infections of Leishmania Imported into Australia: Revising Speciation with Polymerase Chain Reaction-RFLP of the Kinetoplast Maxicircle

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, September 2019, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Prof John T Ellis

  31. Molecular detection of drug resistant malaria in Southern Thailand

    Article • Malaria Journal, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  32. Angiostrongylus cantonensis: a review of its distribution, molecular biology and clinical significance as a human pathogen – CORRIGENDUM

    Article • Parasitology, July 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  33. Evaluation of the EasyScreen Protozoan Detection Kit for the diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica

    Article • Pathology, June 2019, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  34. The complete coding region of the maxicircle as a superior phylogenetic marker for exploring evolutionary relationships between members of the Leishmaniinae

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, June 2019, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  35. Comparison and Recommendations for Use of Dientamoeba fragilis Real-Time PCR Assays

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2019, ASM Journals

    Prof John T Ellis

  36. Traveller sentinels for global surveillance of malaria drug resistance and diagnostic test evasion

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, February 2019, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  37. Annotating the ‘hypothetical’ in hypothetical proteins: In-silico analysis of uncharacterised proteins for the Apicomplexan parasite, Neospora caninum

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, January 2019, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  38. Epidemiology and associated risk factors of giardiasis in a peri-urban setting in New South Wales Australia

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, September 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  39. Genome Wide Identification of Mutational Hotspots in the Apicomplexan Parasite Neospora caninum and the Implications for Virulence

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt, Prof John T Ellis

  40. A Gene-Based Positive Selection Detection Approach to Identify Vaccine Candidates Using Toxoplasma gondii as a Test Case Protozoan Pathogen

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, August 2018, Frontiers

    Prof John T Ellis

  41. Resistance screening and trend analysis of imported falciparum malaria in NSW, Australia (2010 to 2016)

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2018, PLOS

    Prof John T Ellis

  42. Evolutionary ARMS Race: Antimalarial Resistance Molecular Surveillance

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, April 2018, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  43. On the application of reverse vaccinology to parasitic diseases: a perspective on feature selection and ranking of vaccine candidates

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, October 2017, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  44. The evolution of trypanosomatid taxonomy

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt, Prof John T Ellis

  45. Dynamic island model based on spectral clustering in genetic algorithm

    Article • May 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof John T Ellis

  46. Differential Gamma Interferon- and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Driven Cytokine Response Distinguishes Acute Infection of a Metatherian Host with Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2017, ASM Journals

    Prof John T Ellis

  47. Staged heterogeneity learning to identify conformational B-cell epitopes from antigen sequences

    Article • BMC Genomics, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  48. Isolation of Novel Trypanosomatid, Zelonia australiensis sp. nov. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) Provides Support for a Gondwanan Origin of Dixenous Parasitism in the Leishmaniinae

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, January 2017, PLOS

    Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt, Prof John T Ellis

  49. Mathematical Modeling and Control of Infectious Diseases

    Article • Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Delfim F. M. Torres, IL HYO JUNG, Prof John T Ellis

  50. Bulky Trichomonad Genomes: Encoding a Swiss Army Knife

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt, Prof John T Ellis

  51. Detection of Dientamoeba fragilis in animal faeces using species specific real time PCR assay

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt, Prof John T Ellis

  52. Angiostrongylus cantonensis: a review of its distribution, molecular biology and clinical significance as a human pathogen

    Article • Parasitology, May 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  53. Dientamoeba fragilis, the Neglected Trichomonad of the Human Bowel

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, May 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  54. Naturally acquired immunity to malaria

    Article • Parasitology, January 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  55. Comparison of enteric protozoan infections in four Australian hospitals: variable tests and variable results

    Article • Parasitology Open, January 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  56. Descriptive epidemiology of infectious gastrointestinal illnesses in Sydney, Australia, 2007–2010

    Article • Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, October 2015, World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office

    Prof John T Ellis

  57. The Transcriptome Sequence of Dientamoeba fragilis Offers New Biological Insights on its Metabolism, Kinome, Degradome and Potential Mechanisms of Pathogenicity

    Article • Protist, September 2015, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  58. The Prevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis/mackerrasae Complex in Molluscs from the Sydney Region

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2015, PLOS

    Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  59. In VitroAntimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Blastocystis

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2015, ASM Journals

    Prof John T Ellis

  60. Recent Advances in Molecular Biology of Parasitic Viruses

    Article • Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets, April 2015, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof John T Ellis

  61. Improving the gene structure annotation of the apicomplexan parasite Neospora caninum fulfils a vital requirement towards an in silico-derived vaccine

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, April 2015, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  62. Molecular Epidemiology of Imported Cases of Leishmaniasis in Australia from 2008 to 2014

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2015, PLOS

    Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  63. A live vaccine against Neospora caninum abortions in cattle

    Article • Vaccine, March 2015, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  64. Positive-unlabeled learning for the prediction of conformational B-cell epitopes

    Article • BMC Bioinformatics, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  65. Developing and Evaluating an Accessible Cyberteaching Training (ACT) Program for Faculty via a Virtual Center for Teaching and Learning

    Article • January 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof John T Ellis

  66. Enhancing In Silico Protein-Based Vaccine Discovery for Eukaryotic Pathogens Using Predicted Peptide-MHC Binding and Peptide Conservation Scores

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2014, PLOS

    Prof John T Ellis

  67. Influenza A HA's conserved epitopes and broadly neutralizing antibodies: A prediction method

    Article • Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, October 2014, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Prof John T Ellis

  68. Epidemiology and geographical distribution of enteric protozoan infections in Sydney, Australia

    Article • Journal of Public Health Research, August 2014, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  69. Discovering a vaccine against neosporosis using computers: is it feasible?

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, August 2014, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  70. Tertiary structure-based prediction of conformational B-cell epitopes through B factors

    Article • Bioinformatics, June 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof John T Ellis

  71. Description of Dientamoeba fragilis Cyst and Precystic Forms from Human Samples

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  72. Vacceed: a high-throughput in silico vaccine candidate discovery pipeline for eukaryotic pathogens based on reverse vaccinology

    Article • Bioinformatics, April 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof John T Ellis

  73. Control options forNeospora caninum– is there anything new or are we going backwards?

    Article • Parasitology, March 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  74. Evaluation of the EasyScreen™ Enteric Parasite Detection Kit for the detection of Blastocystis spp., Cryptosporidium spp., Dientamoeba fragilis, Entamoeba complex, and Giardia intestinalis from clinical stool samples

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  75. Update on the pathogenic potential and treatment options for Blastocystis sp

    Article • Gut Pathogens, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  76. Activity of benzimidazoles againstDientamoeba fragilis(Trichomonadida, Monocercomonadidae)in vitroand correlation of beta-tubulin sequences as an indicator of resistance

    Article • Parasite, January 2014, EDP Sciences

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  77. Update on the Molecular Epidemiology and Diagnostic Tools for Blastocystis sp

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology & Diagnosis, January 2014, OMICS Publishing Group

    Prof John T Ellis

  78. Treatment failure in patients with chronic Blastocystis infection

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, November 2013, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  79. Cyst formation and faecal–oral transmission of Dientamoeba fragilis – the missing link in the life cycle of an emerging pathogen

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Peter A Windsor, Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  80. Subtype distribution of Blastocystis isolates from a variety of animals from New South Wales, Australia

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  81. Prevalence of gastrointestinal pathogens in developed and developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Public Health Research, July 2013, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof John T Ellis

  82. What is the global economic impact of Neospora caninum in cattle – The billion dollar question

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, February 2013, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  83. Gastrointestinal pathogen distribution in symptomatic children in Sydney, Australia

    Article • January 2013, Atlantis Press

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  84. A review of the infection, genetics, and evolution of Neospora caninum: From the past to the present

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, January 2013, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  85. A novel strategy for classifying the output from an in silico vaccine discovery pipeline for eukaryotic pathogens using machine learning algorithms

    Article • BMC Bioinformatics, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  86. Current treatment options for Dientamoeba fragilis infections

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  87. Evaluating High-Throughput Ab Initio Gene Finders to Discover Proteins Encoded in Eukaryotic Pathogen Genomes Missed by Laboratory Techniques

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2012, PLOS

    Prof John T Ellis

  88. On the Efficacy and Safety of Vaccination with Live Tachyzoites of Neospora caninum for Prevention of Neospora-Associated Fetal Loss in Cattle

    Article • Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, November 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Fred H Weber, Prof John T Ellis

  89. A guide to in silico vaccine discovery for eukaryotic pathogens

    Article • Briefings in Bioinformatics, October 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof John T Ellis

  90. Subtype distribution of Blastocystis isolates identified in a Sydney population and pathogenic potential of Blastocystis

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  91. The Core Mouse Response to Infection by Neospora Caninum Defined by Gene Set Enrichment Analyses

    Article • Bioinformatics and Biology Insights, September 2012, Libertas Academica, Ltd.

    Prof John T Ellis

  92. - Entamoeba

    Article • July 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof John T Ellis

  93. Enteric Protozoa in the Developed World: a Public Health Perspective

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, July 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  94. Oocysts and high seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in dogs living in remote Aboriginal communities and wild dogs in Australia

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, June 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Peter A Windsor, Prof John T Ellis

  95. New advances in thein-vitroculture ofDientamoeba fragilis

    Article • Parasitology, February 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  96. A microscopic description and ultrastructural characterisation of Dientamoeba fragilis: An emerging cause of human enteric disease

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  97. Detection and Transmission of Dientamoeba fragilis from Environmental and Household Samples

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, February 2012, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  98. In VitroSusceptibility Testing of Dientamoeba fragilis

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  99. Prevalence of gastrointestinal pathogens in Sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Public Health in Africa, September 2011, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  100. A case-controlled study of Dientamoeba fragilis infections in children

    Article • Parasitology, April 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  101. Implications of wild dog ecology on the sylvatic and domestic life cycle of Neospora caninum in Australia

    Article • The Veterinary Journal, April 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Peter A Windsor, Prof John T Ellis

  102. The ambiguous life ofDientamoeba fragilis: the need to investigate current hypotheses on transmission

    Article • Parasitology, February 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  103. Comparison of Microscopy, Culture, and Conventional Polymerase Chain Reaction for Detection of Blastocystis sp. in Clinical Stool Samples

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, February 2011, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  104. A review ofDientamoeba fragiliscarriage in humans: Several reasons why this organism should be considered in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal illness

    Article • Gut Microbes, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  105. Extensive production of Neospora caninum tissue cysts in a carnivorous marsupial succumbing to experimental neosporosis

    Article • Veterinary Research, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  106. Microarray analyses of mouse responses to infection by Neospora caninum identifies disease associated cellular pathways in the host response

    Article • Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, December 2010, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  107. Evaluation of Multiplex Tandem Real-Time PCR for Detection of Cryptosporidium spp., Dientamoeba fragilis, Entamoeba histolytica, and Giardia intestinalis in Clinical Stool Samples

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  108. Importance of Nonenteric Protozoan Infections in Immunocompromised People

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, October 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  109. Newly defined conditions for thein vitrocultivation and cryopreservation ofDientamoeba fragilis: new techniques set to fast track molecular studies on this organism

    Article • Parasitology, July 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  110. Australian dingoes are definitive hosts of Neospora caninum

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, July 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Peter A Windsor, Prof John T Ellis

  111. The first report of ovine cerebral neosporosis and evaluation of Neospora caninum prevalence in sheep in New South Wales

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, May 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Peter A Windsor, Prof John T Ellis

  112. A Review of the Clinical Presentation of Dientamoebiasis

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 2010, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  113. On the Biological and Genetic Diversity in Neospora caninum

    Article • Diversity, March 2010, MDPI AG

    Prof John T Ellis

  114. Comparison of microscopy, two xenic culture techniques, conventional and real-time PCR for the detection of Dientamoeba fragilis in clinical stool samples

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  115. A second generation multiplex PCR for typing strains of Neospora caninum using six DNA targets

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Probes, February 2010, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  116. Repeated Dientamoeba fragilis infections: a case report of two families from Sydney, Australia

    Article • Infectious Disease Reports, November 2009, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof John T Ellis

  117. Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from the brain of a dog in Australia and its biological and molecular characterization

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, October 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Peter A Windsor, Prof John T Ellis

  118. Clinical Significance of Enteric Protozoa in the Immunosuppressed Human Population

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, October 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  119. Repeated Dientamoeba fragilis infections: a case report of two families from Sydney, Australia

    Article • Infectious Disease Reports, September 2009, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  120. Neospora caninum – How close are we to development of an efficacious vaccine that prevents abortion in cattle?

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, September 2009, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  121. Genetic diversity amongst isolates of Neospora caninum, and the development of a multiplex assay for the detection of distinct strains

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Probes, June 2009, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  122. Limited genetic diversity among genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi strains isolated from HIV-infected patients from Sydney, Australia

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, March 2009, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  123. Protozoal Hepatitis Associated with Immunosuppressive Therapy in a Dog

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, March 2009, Wiley

    Prof John T Ellis

  124. A unique thioredoxin of the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus with glutaredoxin activity

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, March 2009, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  125. Evaluation of recombinant proteins of Neospora caninum as vaccine candidates (in a mouse model)

    Article • Vaccine, November 2008, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  126. Re-evaluating the economics of neosporosis control

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, October 2008, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  127. The development and evaluation of a nested PCR assay for detection of Neospora caninum and Hammondia heydorni in feral mouse tissues

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Probes, August 2008, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis, Dr Joel Leonard Nicholas Barratt

  128. Thioredoxins of a parasitic nematode: Comparison of the 16- and 12-kDA thioredoxins from Haemonchus contortus

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, June 2008, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  129. Comparison of Stool Antigen Detection Kits to PCR for Diagnosis of Amebiasis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  130. Gorillas are a host for Dientamoeba fragilis: An update on the life cycle and host distribution

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  131. Entamoeba moshkovskii infections in Sydney, Australia

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  132. Laboratory Diagnostic Techniques for Entamoeba Species

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, July 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  133. Neosporosis and hammondiosis in dogs

    Article • Journal of Small Animal Practice, June 2007, Wiley

    Prof John T Ellis

  134. Amoebiasis: current status in Australia

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, April 2007, Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)

    Prof John T Ellis

  135. PREVALENCE OF ENTERIC PROTOZOA IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)–POSITIVE AND HIV-NEGATIVE MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN FROM SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 2007, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Prof John T Ellis

  136. PCR Detection of Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar, and Entamoeba moshkovskii in Stool Samples from Sydney, Australia

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  137. Dientamoeba fragilis as a Cause of Travelers’ Diarrhea: Report of Seven Cases: Table 1

    Article • Journal of Travel Medicine, January 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  138. Irritable bowel syndrome: A review on the role of intestinal protozoa and the importance of their detection and diagnosis

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  139. Immunization of Cattle with Live Tachyzoites of Neospora caninum Confers Protection against Fetal Death

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2006, ASM Journals

    Prof John T Ellis

  140. Prevalence of Neospora caninum infection in Australian (NSW) dairy cattle estimated by a newly validated ELISA for milk

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, November 2006, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  141. If control of Neospora caninum infection is technically feasible does it make economic sense?

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, November 2006, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  142. Locally acquired infection with Entamoeba histolytica in men who have sex with men in Australia

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, October 2006, Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)

    Prof John T Ellis

  143. Performance characteristics and optimisation of cut-off values of two enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the detection of antibodies to Neospora caninum in the serum of cattle

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, August 2006, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  144. Dientamoebiasis: clinical importance and recent advances

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, February 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  145. Evaluation of Three Diagnostic Methods, Including Real-Time PCR, for Detection of Dientamoeba fragilis in Stool Specimens

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  146. Hammondia isolated from dogs and foxes are genetically distinct

    Article • Parasitology, September 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  147. Attachment and invasion of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum to epithelial and fibroblast cell lines in vitro

    Article • Parasitology, July 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  148. Subcellular fractionation and molecular characterization of the pellicle and plasmalemma of Neospora caninum

    Article • Parasitology, June 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  149. Prospective Study of the Prevalence, Genotyping, and Clinical Relevance of Dientamoeba fragilis Infections in an Australian Population

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2005, ASM Journals

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  150. Reduction in transplacental transmission of Neospora caninum in outbred mice by vaccination

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, June 2005, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  151. Culture of Neospora caninum in the presence of a Mycoplasma Removal Agent results in the selection of a mutant population of tachyzoites

    Article • Parasitology, June 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  152. Application of bioinformatics to parasitology

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, April 2005, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  153. Neospora abortions in dairy cattle: diagnosis, mode of transmission and control

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, March 2005, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  154. AUTOFLUORESCENCE OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII AND NEOSPORA CANINUM CYSTS IN VITRO

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, February 2005, American Society of Parasitologists

    Prof John T Ellis

  155. Detection of Dientamoeba fragilis in fresh stool specimens using PCR

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, January 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Damien Stark, Prof John T Ellis

  156. Microarrays and stage conversion in Toxoplasma gondii

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, June 2004, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  157. The cell-mediated immune response to Neospora caninum during pregnancy in the mouse is associated with a bias towards production of interleukin-4

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, May 2004, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  158. In Vitro Induction of Neospora caninum Bradyzoites in Vero Cells Reveals Differential Antigen Expression, Localization, and Host-Cell Recognition of Tachyzoites and Bradyzoites

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2004, ASM Journals

    Prof John T Ellis

  159. An outbreak of abortion in a dairy herd associated with Neospora caninum and bovine pestivirus infection

    Article • Australian Veterinary Journal, January 2004, Wiley

    Prof John T Ellis

  160. The Design and Analysis of Microarray Experiments: Applications in Parasitology

    Article • DNA and Cell Biology, June 2003, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Prof John T Ellis

  161. HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI FROM THE ARABIAN MOUNTAIN GAZELLE AND RED FOX IN SAUDI ARABIA

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, June 2003, American Society of Parasitologists

    Prof John T Ellis

  162. Genomics and Its Impact on Parasitology and the Potential for Development of New Parasite Control Methods

    Article • DNA and Cell Biology, June 2003, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Prof John T Ellis

  163. Hammondia heydornioocysts in the faeces of a greyhound in New Zealand

    Article • New Zealand Veterinary Journal, February 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Prof John T Ellis

  164. Characterisation of the first Australian isolate of Neospora caninum from cattle

    Article • Australian Veterinary Journal, October 2002, Wiley

    Prof John T Ellis

  165. Neospora caninum: a cause of immune-mediated failure of pregnancy?

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, September 2002, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  166. CHARACTERIZATION OF AN OUTBRED PREGNANT MOUSE MODEL OF NEOSPORA CANINUM INFECTION

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, August 2002, American Society of Parasitologists

    Professor Peter A Windsor, Prof John T Ellis

  167. Redescription of Neospora caninum and its differentiation from related coccidia

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, July 2002, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis, David Lindsay

  168. Control options forNeospora caninuminfections in cattle — current state of knowledge

    Article • New Zealand Veterinary Journal, June 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Prof John T Ellis

  169. A previously unclassified trypanosomatid responsible for human cutaneous lesions in Martinique (French West Indies) is the most divergent member of the genus Leishmania ss

    Article • Parasitology, January 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  170. Ribosomal DNA spacer genotypes of the Anopheles bancroftii group (Diptera: Culicidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea

    Article • Insect Molecular Biology, October 2001, Wiley

    Prof John T Ellis

  171. Isolation of Neospora caninum genes detected during a chronic murine infection

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, January 2001, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  172. A Phylogenetic Study of the Anopheles punctulatus Group of Malaria Vectors Comparing rDNA Sequence Alignments Derived from the Mitochondrial and Nuclear Small Ribosomal Subunits

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, December 2000, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  173. Molecular Phylogeny of Besnoitia and the Genetic Relationships Among Besnoitia of Cattle, Wildebeest and Goats

    Article • Protist, December 2000, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  174. Subset partitioning of the ribosomal DNA small subunit and its effects on the phylogeny of the Anopheles punctulatus group

    Article • Insect Molecular Biology, October 2000, Wiley

    Prof John T Ellis

  175. Differential ecology of Anopheles punctulatus and three members of the Anopheles farauti complex of mosquitoes on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, identified by PCR-RFLP analysis

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, September 2000, Wiley

    Prof John T Ellis

  176. Evidence for a neotropical origin of Leishmania

    Article • Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, August 2000, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof John T Ellis

  177. The Leishmania major RNA Polymerase II Largest Subunit Lacks a Carboxy-Terminus Heptad Repeat Structure and its Encoding Gene is Linked with the Calreticulin Gene

    Article • Protist, May 2000, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  178. Seroprevalence ofNeospora caninuminfection following an abortion outbreak in a dairy cattle herd

    Article • Australian Veterinary Journal, April 2000, Wiley

    Prof John T Ellis

  179. Isolation, characterization and expression of a GRA2 homologue from Neospora caninum

    Article • Parasitology, April 2000, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  180. Progress in the Serodiagnosis of Neospora caninum Infections of Cattle

    Article • Parasitology Today, March 2000, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  181. Populations of the south-west Pacific malaria vector Anopheles farauti s.s. revealed by ribosomal DNA transcribed spacer polymorphisms

    Article • Heredity, February 2000, Nature

    Prof John T Ellis

  182. Development of a single tube nested polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Neospora caninum DNA

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, October 1999, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  183. The relationship of Hammondia hammondi and Sarcocystis mucosa to other heteroxenous cyst-forming coccidia as inferred by phylogenetic analysis of the 18S SSU ribosomal DNA sequence

    Article • Parasitology, August 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  184. In vitro isolation of Neospora caninum from a stillborn calf in the UK

    Article • Research in Veterinary Science, August 1999, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  185. DNA sequence analysis of the ribosomal DNA ITS2 region for the Anopheles punctulatus group of mosquitoes

    Article • Insect Molecular Biology, August 1999, Wiley

    Prof John T Ellis

  186. The genus Hammondia is paraphyletic

    Article • Parasitology, April 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  187. Comparison of the biological characteristics of two isolates of Neospora caninum

    Article • Parasitology, April 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  188. Evolution of RuminantSarcocystis(Sporozoa) Parasites Based on Small Subunit rDNA Sequences

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, February 1999, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  189. Polymerase chain reaction approaches for the detection of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, July 1998, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  190. Leishmania (Sauroleishmania): A Comment on Classification

    Article • Parasitology Today, April 1998, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  191. Comparison of the large subunit ribosomal DNA ofNeosporaandToxoplasmaand development of a new genetic marker for their differentiation based on the D2 domain

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Probes, February 1998, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  192. The development of random DNA probes specific for Aeromonas salmonicida

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, January 1998, Wiley

    Prof John T Ellis

  193. Prevalence of Antibodies to Neospora caninum in Different Canid Populations

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, December 1997, JSTOR

    Prof John T Ellis

  194. Evolution of the genus Leishmania revealed by comparison of DNA and RNA polymerase gene sequences1Note: Nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper have been submitted to the GenBank™ data base with the accession numbers: POLA/RPOIILS (AF009134/AF0...

    Article • Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, November 1997, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  195. Monophyletic origin of the genus Sauroleishmania

    Article • Archiv für Protistenkunde, October 1997, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  196. Effects of nucleotide sequence alignment on phylogeny estimation: a case study of 18S rDNAs of apicomplexa

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, April 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof John T Ellis

  197. Production of a recombinant fusion protein of Sarcocystis tenella and evaluation of its diagnostic potential in an ELISA

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, October 1996, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  198. Phylogenetic relationships between Leishmania, Viannia and Sauroleishmania inferred from comparison of a variable domain within the RNA polymerase II largest subunit gene

    Article • Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, July 1996, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  199. A biochemical protocol for the differentiation of current genomospecies of Aeromonas

    Article • Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, June 1996, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  200. Detection of Neospora caninum DNA by the polymerase chain reaction

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, April 1996, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  201. Differentiation ofAeromonasgenomospecies using random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR)

    Article • Journal of Applied Bacteriology, April 1996, Wiley

    Prof John T Ellis

  202. Phylogenetic relationships between Toxoplasma and Sarcocystis deduced from a comparison of 18S rDNA sequences

    Article • Parasitology, June 1995, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  203. Schistosoma mansoni: patterns of codon usage and bias

    Article • Parasitology, January 1995, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  204. Comparison of the patterns of codon usage and bias betweenBrugia, Echinococcus, Onchocerca andSchistosoma species

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  205. Effects of sequence alignment on the phylogeny ofSarcocystis deduced from 18S rDNA sequences

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  206. An empirical comparison of distance matrix techniques for estimating codon usage divergence

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, November 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  207. Codon usage and bias among individual genes of the coccidia and piroplasms

    Article • Parasitology, September 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  208. DNA polymerases of parasitic protozoa

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, July 1994, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  209. Lyme disease: a search for a causative agent in ticks in south–eastern Australia

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, April 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  210. The phylogeny of Neospora caninum

    Article • Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, April 1994, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  211. Contributions to the phylogeny of platyhelminthes based on partial sequencing of 18S ribosomal DNA

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, September 1993, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  212. Detection and characterization of DNA polymerase activity in Toxoplasma gondii

    Article • Parasitology, August 1993, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  213. Analysis of dinucleotide frequency and codon usage in the phylum Apicomplexa

    Article • Gene, April 1993, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  214. Ribosomal DNA sequence comparison of Babesia and Theileria

    Article • Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, August 1992, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  215. Differences between Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi, L. (L.) infantum and L. (L.) donovani as shown by DNA fingerprinting

    Article • Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, December 1991, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof John T Ellis

  216. Changes in the messenger RNA population during sporulation of Eimeria maxima

    Article • Parasitology, February 1991, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  217. Development of a genetically engineered vaccine against poultry coccidiosis

    Article • Parasitology Today, January 1991, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  218. The phylogenetic relationships of the genus Eimeria based on comparison of partial sequences of 18S rRNA

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof John T Ellis

  219. Eimeria species which infect the chicken contain virus-like RNA molecules

    Article • Parasitology, October 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  220. Eimeria species: studies using rRNA and rDNA probes

    Article • Parasitology, August 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Prof John T Ellis

  221. Cloning of a polymorphic DNA fragment from the genome of Leishmania donovani

    Article • Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, May 1989, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis

  222. Characterisation of a simple, highly repetitive DNA sequence from the parasite Leishmania donovani

    Article • Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, May 1988, Elsevier

    Prof John T Ellis