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Position
Professor of Parasitology
Address
Vet&Bio
Murdoch University
a.thompson@murdoch.edu.au
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/
Research interests
- Molecular epidemiology and biology of Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Blastocystis GI helminths, Echinococcus, Trypanosoma, Toxoplasma and food-borne zoonoses – applying molecular tools in defined endemic foci and correlating molecular data with traditional parasitological characteristics and epidemiological data with a view to controlling parasitic diseases; development of novel detection methods for parasites.
- Anti-parasite drug discovery – using novel targets and a range of customised analogues with activity against protozoan and helminth tropical parasitic diseases of medical and veterinary significance (Trypanosoma, Leishmania, Plasmodium, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Eimeria, Echinococcus, Schistosoma, C. elegans/Filarial nematodes).
Qualifications
PhD, '76
Ten Most Significant Publications
Thompson, RCA, Kumaratilake, LM and Eckert, J. 1984. Observations on Echinococcus granulosus of cattle origin in Switzerland. International Journal for Parasitology, 14:283‑291.
Meloni, BP, Thompson, RCA, Reynoldson, JA and Seville, P, 1990. Albendazole: a more effective antigiardial agent in vitro than metronidazole or tinidazole. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 84:375-379.
Thompson, RCA, Lymbery, AJ, and Constantine, CC, 1995. Variation in Echinococcus: towards a taxonomic revision of the genus. Advances in Parasitology 35: 145-176.
Thompson, R C A and Lymbery, A J, 1996. Genetic variability in parasites and host parasite interactions. Parasitology 112:S7-S22.
Thompson, R C A, Lymbery, A J, Pearce, D A, Finn, K C, Reynoldson, J A and Meloni, B P 1996. Giardia duodenalis: exposure to metronidazole inhibits competitive interactions between isolates of the parasite in vitro. Journal of Parasitology, 82:679-683.
Morgan, U M, Constantine, C C, Forbes, D A and Thompson, R C A, 1997. Differentiation between human and animal isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum using rDNA sequencing and direct PCR analysis. Journal of Parasitology 83: 825-830.
Thompson, RCA, Reynoldson, JA, Garrow, SJ, McCarthy, JS, Behnke, JM. 2001. Towards the eradication of hookworm in an isolated Australian community. The Lancet, 357: 770-771.
Traub, RJ, Monis, PT, Robertson, I, Irwin, P, Mencke, N, Thompson, RCA. 2003. Epidemiological and molecular evidence supports the zoonotic transmission of Giardia among humans and dogs living in the same community. Parasitology, 128:253-262.
Hijjawi, NS, Meloni, BP, Ng’anzo, M, Ryan, UM, Olson, ME, Cox, PT, Monis, PT and Thompson, RCA. 2004. Successful in vitro cultivation of Cryptosporidium andersoni: Complete development of Cryptosporidium parvum in host cell-free culture. International Journal for Parasitology 34:769-777.
Thompson, RCA, Boxell, AC, Ralston, BJ, Constantine, CC, Hobbs, RP, Shury, T and Olson, ME. 2006. Molecular and morphological characterisation of Echinococcus in cervids from North America. Parasitology132: 439-447.
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