Kurt C Curtis
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Recent Articles
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Di Maggio L, Fischer K, Yates D, Curtis K, Rosa B, Martin J, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2023 Aug;
13(1):13726.
PMID: 37608002
Paragonimiasis is a zoonotic, food-borne trematode infection that affects 21 million people globally. Trematodes interact with their hosts via extracellular vesicles (EV) that carry protein and RNA cargo. We analyzed...
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Greene S, Huang Y, Curtis K, King C, Fischer P, Weil G
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2023 Jun;
17(6):e0011364.
PMID: 37285374
Background: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a neglected tropical disease and a major cause of chronic disability. Improved diagnostic tests are needed because of long-term persistence of anti-filarial antibodies or circulating...
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Di Maggio L, Curtis K, Erdmann-Gilmore P, Sprung R, Townsend R, Weil G, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2022 Aug;
16(8):e0010679.
PMID: 35976975
Paragonimus kellicotti is a zoonotic lung fluke infection, the agent of North American paragonimiasis, and an excellent model for other Paragonimus infections. The excretory/secretory proteins (ESP) released by parasites and...
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Greene S, Fischer K, Choi Y, Curtis K, Budge P, Mitreva M, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2022 May;
16(5):e0010407.
PMID: 35604906
Background: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a neglected tropical disease caused by the filarial nematodes Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori. The Global Program to Eliminate LF uses mass drug...
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Kupritz J, Martin J, Fischer K, Curtis K, Fauver J, Huang Y, et al.
PLoS One
. 2021 Jul;
16(7):e0250051.
PMID: 34197460
Wolbachia are endosymbionts of numerous arthropod and some nematode species, are important for their development and if present can cause distinct phenotypes of their hosts. Prophage DNA has been frequently...
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Fischer P, Fischer K, Curtis K, Huang Y, Fetcho N, Goss C, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2021 Jun;
105(2):378-386.
PMID: 34181574
Antibody tests can be tools for detecting current or past severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 [coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)]) infections. Independent test evaluations are needed to document the...
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Curtis K, Fischer K, Choi Y, Mitreva M, Weil G, Fischer P
Parasitol Res
. 2021 Jan;
120(2):535-545.
PMID: 33415393
Paragonimiasis is a foodborne trematode infection that affects 23 million people, mainly in Asia. Lung fluke infections lead frequently to chronic cough with fever and hemoptysis, and are often confused...
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Wanji S, Esum M, Njouendou A, Mbeng A, Chounna Ndongmo P, Abong R, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2019 Mar;
13(3):e0007192.
PMID: 30849120
Background: Mapping of lymphatic filariasis (LF) caused by Wuchereria bancrofti largely relies on the detection of circulating antigen using ICT cards. Several studies have recently shown that this test can...
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Fischer K, Gankpala A, Gankpala L, Bolay F, Curtis K, Weil G, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2018 Jul;
24(8):1551-1554.
PMID: 30016245
We examined human stool samples from Liberia for soil-transmitted helminth ova by Kato-Katz smear and by quantitative PCR. Twenty-five samples were positive for Trichuris trichiura by smear but negative by...
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Fischer K, Tkach V, Curtis K, Fischer P
Parasit Vectors
. 2017 Apr;
10(1):177.
PMID: 28407790
Background: Neorickettsia are a group of intracellular α proteobacteria transmitted by digeneans (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda). These endobacteria can also infect vertebrate hosts of the helminths and cause serious diseases in animals...