2020

(2020) Vaccination against canine Leishmaniasis in Brazil : a position paper. International Journal for Parasitology , 50 (3). pp. 171-176. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.01.001

Wilson, Anne L., Courtenay, Orin, Kelly-Hope, Louise A., Scott, Thomas W., Takken, Willem, Torr, Steve J. and Lindsay, Steve W. (2020) R : The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (1). e0007831. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007831

2019

Courtenay, Orin, Dilger, Erin, Calvo-Bado, Leo A., Kravar-Garde, Lidija, Carter, Vicky, Bell, Melissa J., Alves, Graziella B. , Gonçalves, Raquel, Makhdoomi, Muhammad M., González, Mikel A., Nunes, Caris M., Bray, Daniel P., Brazil, Reginaldo P. and Hamilton, James G. C. (2019) Sand fly synthetic sex-aggregation pheromone co-located with insecticide reduces the incidence of infection in the canine reservoir of visceral leishmaniasis : a stratified cluster randomised trial. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13 (10). e0007767. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007767

Hopkins, Thomas, Gonçalves, Raquel, Mamani, Janet, Courtenay, Orin and Bern, Caryn (2019) Chagas disease in the Bolivian Chaco: Persistent transmission indicated by childhood seroscreening study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 86 . pp. 175-177. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2019.07.020

Buckingham-Jeffery, Elizabeth, Hill, Edward M., Datta, Samik, Dilger, Erin and Courtenay, Orin (2019) Spatio-temporal modelling of Leishmania infantum infection among domestic dogs : a simulation study and sensitivity analysis applied to rural Brazil. Parasites & Vectors, 12 (1). 215. doi:10.1186/s13071-019-3430-y

González, Mikel A., Bell, Melissa J., Bernhardt, Scott A., Brazil, Reginaldo P., Dilger, Erin, Courtenay, Orin and Hamilton, James G. C. (2019) Susceptibility of wild-caught Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) sand flies to insecticide after an extended period of exposure in western São Paulo, Brazil. Parasites & Vectors, 12 (1). 110. doi:10.1186/s13071-019-3364-4

Courtenay, Orin, Bazmani, Ahad, Parvizi, Parviz, Ready, Paul D. and Cameron, Mary M. (2019) Insecticide–impregnated dog collars reduce infantile clinical visceral leishmaniasis under operational conditions in NW Iran : a community–wide cluster randomised trial. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13 (3). e0007193. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007193

2018

Bell, M. J., Sedda, L., Gonzalez, M. A., d e Souza, C. F., Dilger, Erin, Brazil, R. P. and Courtenay, Orin (2018) Attraction of Lutzomyia longipalpis to synthetic sex-aggregation pheromone : effect of release rate and proximity of adjacent pheromone sources. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12 (12). e0007007. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007007

Gomez, Sonia A, Chapman, Lloyd A. C., Dilger, Erin, Courtenay, Orin and Picado, Albert (2018) Estimating the efficacy of community-wide use of systemic insecticides in dogs to control zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis : a modelling study in a Brazilian scenario. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12 (9). e0006797. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006797

Duthie, Malcolm S., Lison, Aurore and Courtenay, Orin (2018) Advances toward diagnostic tools for managing zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis. Trends in Parasitology . doi:10.1016/j.pt.2018.07.012 (In Press)

Quinnell, Rupert J., Soremekun, Seyi, Bates, Paul A., Rogers, Matthew E., Garcez, Lourdes M. and Courtenay, Orin (2018) Antibody response to sand fly saliva is a marker of transmission intensity but not disease progression in dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum. Parasites & Vectors, 11 (1). 7. doi:10.1186/s13071-017-2587-5

2017

Jervis, Sarah, Chapman, Lloyd A. C., Dwivedi, Shweta, Karthick, Morchan, Das, Aritra, Le Rutte, Epke A., Courtenay, Orin, Medley, Graham, Banerjee, Indranath, Mahapatra, Tanmay, Chaudhuri, Indrajit, Srikantiah, Sridhar and Hollingsworth, T. Déirdre (2017) Variations in visceral leishmaniasis burden, mortality and the pathway to care within Bihar, India. Parasites & Vectors, 10 (1). 601. doi:10.1186/s13071-017-2530-9

González, Mikel A., Bandi, Krishna K., Bell, Melissa J., Brazil, Reginaldo P., Dilger, Erin, Guerrero, Angel, Courtenay, Orin and Hamilton, James G. C. (2017) A temporal comparison of sex-aggregation pheromone gland content and dynamics of release in three members of the Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) species complex. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11 (12). e0006071. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006071

Pereira-Fonseca, D. C. M., Oliveira-Rovai, F. M., Rodas, L. A. C., Beloti, C. A. C., Torrecilha, R. B. P., Ito, P. K. R. K., Avanço, S. V., Cipriano, R. S., Utsunomiya, Y. T., Hiramoto, R. M., Calvo-Bado, Leo A., Courtenay, Orin, Machado, G. F., Lima, V. M. F. and Nunes, C. M. (2017) Dog skin parasite load, TLR-2, IL-10 and TNF-α expression and infectiousness. Parasite Immunology, 39 (11). e12493. doi:10.1111/pim.12493

Jervis, Sarah, Chapman, Lloyd A. C., Dwivedi, S., Karthick, M., Das, A., Le Rutte, E. A., Courtenay, Orin, Medley, Graham, Banerjee, I., Mahapatra, T., Chaudhuri, I., Srikantiah, S. and Hollingsworth, T. Déirdre (2017) Variations in VL burden, mortality and the pathway to care within Bihar, India. Parasites & Vectors .

Courtenay, Orin, Peters, Nathan C., Rogers, Matthew E. and Bern, Caryn (2017) Combining epidemiology with basic biology of sand flies, parasites, and hosts to inform leishmaniasis transmission dynamics and control. PLOS Pathogens, 13 (10). e1006571. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006571

Courtenay, Orin, Gavgani, SM, Bazmani, A, Cameron, M and Davies, C (2017) Data for Cluster-randomised trial to reduce the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis in NW Iran. [Dataset]

Loza, Ariel, Talaga, Adrianna, Herbas, Gladys, Canaviri, Ruben Jair, Cahuasiri, Thalia, Luck, Laura, Guibarra, Alvaro, Goncalves, Raquel, Pereira, Juan Antonio, Gomez, Sonia A., Picado, Albert, Messenger, Louisa Alexandra, Bern, Caryn and Courtenay, Orin (2017) Systemic insecticide treatment of the canine reservoir of Trypanosoma cruzi induces high levels of lethality in Triatoma infestans, a principal vector of Chagas disease. Parasites & Vectors, 10 (1). 344. doi:10.1186/s13071-017-2278-2

King, Hayley C., Khera-Butler , Tanya, James, Phillip, Oakley, Brian B., Erenso, Girume, Aseffa, Abraham, Knight, Robert, Wellington, E. M. H. and Courtenay, Orin (2017) Environmental reservoirs of pathogenic mycobacteria across the Ethiopian biogeographical landscape. PLoS One, 12 (3). e0173811. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173811

Kostalova, T., Lestinova, T., Maia, C., Sumova, P., Vlkova, M., Willen, L., Polanska, N., Fiorentino, E., Scalone, A., Oliva, G., Veronesi, F., Cristóvão, J. M., Courtenay, Orin, Campino, L., Gradoni, L., Gramiccia, M. and Volf, P. (2017) The recombinant protein rSP03B is a valid antigen for screening dog exposure to Phlebotomus perniciosusacross foci of canine leishmaniasis. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 31 (1). pp. 88-93. doi:10.1111/mve.12192

2016

Rock, Kat S., Medley, Graham, Quinnell, R. J. and Courtenay, Orin (2016) Progress in the mathematical modelling of visceral leishmaniasis. In: Advances in Parasitology. Mathematical Models for Neglected Tropical Diseases Essential Tools for Control and Elimination, Part B, 94 . Elsevier BV, 49-131 . ISBN 9780128099711

Torrecilha, R. B. P., Utsunomiya, Y. T., Bosco, A. M., Almeida, B. F., Pereira, P. P., Narciso, L. G., Pereira, D. C. M., Baptistiolli, L., Calvo-Bado, Leo A., Courtenay, Orin, Nunes, C. M. and Ciarlini, P. C. (2016) Correlations between peripheral parasite load and common clinical and laboratory alterations in dogs with visceral leishmaniasis. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 132 . pp. 83-87. doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.08.006

(2016) Understanding the transmission dynamics of Leishmania donovani to provide robust evidence for interventions to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India. Parasites & Vectors, 9 (1). pp. 1-9. 25. doi:10.1186/s13071-016-1309-8

2015

NTD Modelling Consortium (Including:

). (2015) Quantitative analyses and modelling to support achievement of the 2020 goals for nine neglected tropical diseases. Parasites & Vectors, 8 (1). 630 . doi:10.1186/s13071-015-1235-1

Chapman, Lloyd A. C., Dyson, Louise, Courtenay, Orin, Chowdhury, Rajib, Bern, Caryn, Medley, Graham and Hollingsworth, T. Déirdre (2015) Quantification of the natural history of visceral leishmaniasis and consequences for control. Parasites & Vectors, 8 (1). pp. 1-13. 521. doi:10.1186/s13071-015-1136-3

Andrade, Maria S., Courtenay, Orin, F. Brito, Maria E., Carvalho, Francisco G., Carvalho, Ana Waléria S., Soares, Fábia, Carvalho, Silvia M., Costa, Pietra L., Zampieri, Ricardo, Floeter-Winter, Lucile M., Shaw, Jeffrey J. and Brandão-Filho, Sinval P. (2015) Infectiousness of sylvatic and synanthropic small rodents implicates a multi-host reservoir of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9 (10). e0004137. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004137

King, Hayley C., Murphy, Andrew, James, Phillip, Travis, Emma Rachel, Porter, David, Hung, Yu-Jiun, Sawyer, Jason, Cork, Jennifer, Delahay, Richard J., Gaze, William H., Courtenay, Orin and Wellington, E. M. H. (2015) The variability and seasonality of the environmental reservoir of Mycobacterium bovis shed by wild European badgers. Scientific Reports, 5 . pp. 1-7. 12318. doi:10.1038/srep12318

King, Hayley C., Murphy, Andrew, James, Phillip, Travis, Emma Rachel, Porter, David, Sawyer, Jason, Cork, Jennifer, Delahay, Richard J., Gaze, William H., Courtenay, Orin and Wellington, E. M. H. (2015) Performance of a non-invasive test for detecting mycobacterium bovis shedding in European badger (meles meles) populations. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53 . pp. 2316-2323. doi:10.1128/JCM.00762-15

2014

Wellington, E. M. H. and Courtenay, Orin (2014) Comment : Badgers and Bovine TB – how can environmental microbiology help? Microbiology Today, 41 (3). p. 143.

Courtenay, Orin, Carson, Connor, Calvo-Bado, Leo A., Garcez, Lourdes M. and Quinnell, Rupert J. (2014) Heterogeneities in leishmania infantum infection : using skin parasite burdens to identify highly infectious dogs. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Volume 8 (Number 1). Article number e2583. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002583

2013

Pontiroli, Alessandra, Khera, Tanya T., Oakley, Brian B., Mason, Sam, Dowd, Scot E., Travis, Emma Rachel, Erenso, Girum, Aseffa, Abraham, Courtenay, Orin and Wellington, E. M. H. (2013) Prospecting environmental mycobacteria: combined molecular approaches reveal unprecedented diversity. PLoS One, Volume 8 (Number 7). Article number e68648. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068648

Quinnell, Rupert J., Carson, Connor, Reithinger, Richard, Garcez, Lourdes M. and Courtenay, Orin (2013) Evaluation of rK39 rapid diagnostic tests for canine visceral leishmaniasis : longitudinal study and meta-analysis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol.7 (No.1). e1992. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001992

2011

Pontiroli, Alessandra, Travis, Emma Rachel, Sweeney, F. P., Porter, David, Gaze, William H., Mason, Sam, Hibberd, V., Holden, Jennifer, Courtenay, Orin and Wellington, E. M. H. (2011) Pathogen quantitation in complex matrices : a multi-operator comparison of DNA extraction methods with a novel assessment of PCR inhibition. PLoS One, Vol.6 (No.3). Article number e17916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017916

Travis, Emma Rachel, Gaze, William H., Pontiroli, Alessandra, Sweeney, Francis P., Porter, David, Mason, Sam, Keeling, Matthew James, Jones, Rebecca M., Sawyer, Jason, Aranaz, Alicia, Castellanos Rizaldos, Elena, Cork, Jennifer, Delahay, Richard J., Wilson, Gavin J., Hewinson, R. Glyn, Courtenay, Orin and Wellington, E. M. H. (2011) An inter-laboratory validation of a real time PCR assay to measure host excretion of bacterial pathogens, particularly of mycobacterium bovis. PLoS One, Vol.6 (No.11). e27369. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027369

2010

Carson, Connor, Quinnell, Rupert J., Holden, Jennifer, Garcez, Lourdes M., Deborggraeve, Stijn and Courtenay, Orin (2010) Comparison of Leishmania OligoC-TesT PCR with conventional and real-time PCR for diagnosis of canine Leishmania infection. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Vol.48 (No.9). pp. 3325-3330. doi:10.1128/JCM.02331-09

Carson, Connor, Quinnell, Rupert J., Day, Michael J. and Courtenay, Orin (2010) Comparison of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies for the detection of canine IgG1 and IgG2, and associations with infection outcome in Leishmania infantum naturally infected dogs. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, Vol.133 (No.2-4). pp. 264-268. doi:10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.07.017

Bern, Caryn, Courtenay, Orin and Alvar, Jorge (2010) Of cattle, sand flies and men : a systematic review of risk factor analyses for South Asian visceral leishmaniasis and implications for elimination. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol.4 (No.2). doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000599

2009

Quinnell, Rupert J. and Courtenay, Orin (2009) Transmission, reservoir hosts and control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis. Parasitology, Vol.136 (No.14). pp. 1915-1934. doi:10.1017/S0031182009991156

Courtenay, Orin, Kovacic, V., Gomes, P. A. F., Garcez, L. M. and Quinnell, Rupert J. (2009) A long-lasting topical deltamethrin treatment to protect dogs against visceral leishmaniasis. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Vol.23 (No.3). pp. 245-256. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00815.x

Carson, Connor, Antoniou, Maria, Christodoulou, Vasiliki, Messaritakis, Ippokratis, Quinnell, Rupert J., Blackwell, Jenefer M. and Courtenay, Orin (2009) Selection of appropriate serological tests to measure the incidence of natural Leishmania infantum infection during DNA/MVA prime/boost canine vaccine trials. Veterinary Parasitology, Vol.162 (No.3-4). pp. 207-213. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.037

Antoniou, Maria, Messaritakis, Ippokratis, Christodoulou, Vasiliki , Ascoksilaki, Ioanna, Kanavakis, Nikos, Sutton, A. J., Carson, Connor and Courtenay, Orin (2009) Increasing incidence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis on Crete, Greece. Emerging Infectious Diseases (Online), Vol.15 (No.6). pp. 932-934. doi:10.3201/eid1506.071666

2008

Carson, Connor, Antoniou, Maria, Begoña Ruiz-Argüello, Maria, Alcami, Antonio, Christodoulou, Vasiliki , Messaritakis, Ippokratis, Blackwell, Jenefer M. and Courtenay, Orin (2008) A prime/boost DNA/Modified vaccinia virus Ankara vaccine expressing recombinant Leishmania DNA encoding TRYP is safe and immunogenic in outbred dogs, the reservoir of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis. Vaccine, Vol.27 (No.7). pp. 1080-1086. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.11.094

Courtenay, Orin and Wellington, E. M. H. (2008) Mycobacterium bovis in the environment : towards our understanding of its biology. Cattle Practice, Vol.16 (Part 2). pp. 122-126.

Parvizi, P., Mazloumi-Gavgani, A. S., Davies, C. R., Courtenay, Orin and Ready, P. D. (Paul Donald) (2008) Two Leishmania species circulating in the Kaleybar focus of infantile visceral leishmaniasis, northwest Iran: implications for deltamethrin dog collar intervention. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol.102 (No.9). pp. 891-897. doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.026

Garcez, Lourdes M., Chagas, Anadeiva Portela, Fonseca Gomes, Patrick Abdala, Cardoso, Joyce Favacho, Correia Miranda, Jefferson Francisco, Jeronimo Dickson, Luis Antonio, Mota, Eduardo Ferreira, Bezerra, Lucilandia Maria, Fraiha Neto, Habib, Quinnell, Rupert Julian and Courtenay, Orin (2008) Prospects for visceral leishmaniasis control in Amazonian municipalities. In: 24th Annual Conference on Applied Research on Chagas Disease/12th Annual Conference on Applied Research in Leishmaniasis, Uberaba, Brazil, Oct 23-25, 2008. Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Volume 41 (Supplement 3). pp. 95-96. ISSN 0037-8682.

2007

Courtenay, Orin, Reilly, L. A., Keeling, Matthew James, Sweeney, F. P., Wellington, E. M. H., Macdonald, David W., Delahay, Richard J., Wilson, G. J. and Cheeseman, C. L. (2007) Performance of an environmental test to detect Mycobacterium bovis infection in badger social groups. Veterinary Record, The, Vol.161 . pp. 817-818. doi:10.1136/vr.161.24.817

Sweeney, F. P., Courtenay, Orin, Hibberd, V., Hewinson, R. G., Reilly, L. A., Gaze, William H. and Wellington, E. M. H. (2007) Environmental monitoring of Mycobacterium bovis in badger feces and badger sett soil by real-time PCR, as confirmed by immunofluorescence, immunocapture, and cultivation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol.73 (No.22). pp. 7471-7473. doi:10.1128/AEM.00978-07

Soremekun, Seyi, Quinnell, Rupert, Garcez, Lourdes, Bates, Paul, Rogers, Matthew and Courtenay, Orin (2007) Immuno-epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in a cohort of Brazilian dogs. In: 56th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene, Philadelphia, USA, 04-08 Nov 2007. Published in: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol.77 (No.5 Suppl. S). p. 228. ISSN 0002-9637.

Reilly, L. A. and Courtenay, Orin (2007) Husbandry practices, badger sett density and habitat composition as risk factors for transient and persistent bovine tuberculosis on UK cattle farms. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Vol.80 (No.2-3). pp. 129-142. doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.02.002

Reilly, Lucy A., Favacho, Joana, Garcez, Lourdes M. and Courtenay, Orin (2007) Preliminary evidence that synanthropic flies contribute to the transmission of trachoma-causing Chlamydia trachomatis in Latin America. Cadernos de Saude Publica, Vol.23 (No.7). pp. 1682-1688.

Courtenay, Orin, Gillingwater, K., Gomes, P. A. F., Garcez, L. M. and Davies, C. R. (2007) Deltamethrin-impregnated bednets reduce human landing rates of sandfly vector Lutzomyia longipalpis in Amazon households. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Vol.21 (No.2). pp. 168-176. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.2007.00678.x

2006

Sweeney, F. P., Courtenay, Orin, Ul-Hassan, Atiya, Hibberd, V., Reilly, L. A. and Wellington, E. M. H. (2006) Immunomagnetic recovery of Mycobacterium bovis from naturally infected environmental samples. LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 43 (4). pp. 364-369. doi:10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01983.x

Courtenay, Orin, Reilly, L. A., Sweeney, F. P., Hibberd, V., Bryan, S., Ul-Hassan, Atiya, Newman, C., Macdonald, D. W., Delahay, R. J., Wilson, G. J. and Wellington, E. M. H. (2006) Is Mycobacterium bovis in the environment important for the persistence of bovine tuberculosis? Biology Letters, Vol.2 (No.3). pp. 460-462. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0468

2002

Courtenay, Orin, Quinnell, R. J., Garcez, L. M. and Dye, C. (2002) Low infectiousness of a wildlife host of Leishmania infantum: the crab-eating fox is not important for transmission. Parasitology , Vol.125 (No.5). pp. 407-414. doi:10.1017/S0031182002002238