Tom Pennance

Publications

• The detection of Schistosoma bovis in livestock on Pemba Island, Zanzibar: A preliminary study
• Molecular characterization of schistosome cercariae and their Bulinus snail hosts from Niakhar, a seasonal transmission focus in central Senegal
• Development of a Molecular Snail Xenomonitoring Assay to Detect Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis Infections in their Bulinus Snail Hosts
• Analytical and Clinical Assessment of a Portable, Isothermal Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) Assay for the Molecular Diagnosis of Urogenital Schistosomiasis
• Multi-strain compatibility polymorphism between a parasite and its snail host, a neglected vector of schistosomiasis in Africa
• Transmission and diversity of Schistosoma haematobium and S. bovis and their freshwater intermediate snail hosts Bulinus globosus and B. nasutus in the Zanzibar Archipelago, United Republic of Tanzania
• The genome and transcriptome of the snailBiomphalaria sudanica s.l.: Immune gene diversification and highly polymorphic genomic regions in an important African vector ofSchistosoma mansoni
• Occurrence of Schistosoma bovis on Pemba Island, Zanzibar: implications for urogenital schistosomiasis transmission monitoring
• Occurrence of Schistosoma bovis on Pemba Island, Zanzibar: implications for urogenital schistosomiasis transmission monitoring - CORRIGENDUM.
• Longitudinal survey on the distribution of Biomphalaria sudanica and B. choanomophala in Mwanza region, on the shores of Lake Victoria, Tanzania: implications for schistosomiasis transmission and control.
• Urogenital schistosomiasis transmission on Unguja Island, Zanzibar: characterisation of persistent hot-spots.
• Introgressed Animal Schistosomes Schistosoma curassoni and S. bovis Naturally Infecting Humans.
• Development of novel multiplex microsatellite polymerase chain reactions to enable high-throughput population genetic studies of Schistosoma haematobium.
• Erratum to: Development of novel multiplex microsatellite polymerase chain reactions to enable high-throughput population genetic studies of Schistosoma haematobium.
• Freshwater snails of biomedical importance in the Niger River Valley: evidence of temporal and spatial patterns in abundance, distribution and infection with Schistosoma spp.
• Development of a recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) fluorescence assay for the detection of Schistosoma haematobium.
• Interactions between Schistosoma haematobium group species and their Bulinus spp. intermediate hosts along the Niger River Valley
• Immune targets for schistosomiasis control identified by a genome-wide association study of East African snail vectors
• Development, validation, and pilot application of a high throughput molecular xenomonitoring assay to detect Schistosoma mansoni and other trematode species within Biomphalaria freshwater snail hosts
• Diet of schistosome vectors influences infection outcomes
• Mating system of Biomphalaria sudanica, a vector of Schistosoma mansoni