Position
Director, Australian Hydatid Control & Epidemiology Program and Associate Professor of Parasitology
Address
Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga Campus
djjenkins@csu.edu.au
Phone: 02 6933 4179
Mobile: 041 272 9230
Research interests
Transmission biology of zoonotic parasites, particularly Echinococcus species
Immunodiagnosis of helminth infections in definitive hosts, particularly cestode infections in animals.
Qualifications
BSc, MSc, PhD
Ten Most Significant Publications
Jenkins D.J., McKinlay A., He D. Bradshaw H. and Craig P.S. (2006) Detection of Echinococcus granulosus coproantigens in faeces from naturally infected rural domestic dogs in south eastern Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal 84; 12-16.
Elayoubi F. A., Fraser A., Jenkins D. J. and Craig P. S. (2003) Partial characterisation of carbon-rich Echinococcus granulosus coproantigens. International Journal for Parasitology 33; 1553-1559.
Colebrook A. L., Jenkins D. J. and Lightowlers M. W. (2002) Anti-parasitic effect of cyclosporin A on Echinococcus granulosus and characterisation of the associated cyclosporin protein. Parasitology 125; 485-493.
Jenkins D.J., Fraser A., Bradshaw H and Craig P. S. (2000) Detection of Echinococcus granulosus coproantigens in Australian canids with natural or experimental infection. J Parasitol 86; 140-145).
Lightowlers M. W., Jensen O., Fernandez E., Iriate J. A., Woolard D. J., Gauci C. G, Jenkins D. J. and Heath D. D. (1999) Vaccination trials in Australia and Argentina confirm the effectiveness of the EG95 hydatid vaccine in sheep. Int J Parasitol 29; 531-534.
Grainger H. J. and Jenkins D. J. (1996). Transmission of hydatid disease from wild dogs to sheep in Victoria, Australia. Int J Parasitol. 26: 1263-1270.
Constantine C., Thompson R.C.A., Jenkins D.J., Hobbs R.P. and Lymbery A.J (1992). Morphological characterisation of adult Echinococcus granulosus as a means of determining transmission patterns. Parasitology. 79: 57-61.
Deplazes P., Gottstein B., Eckert J., Jenkins D.J., Ewald D. and Jimenez-Palacios S. (1992) Detection of Echinococcus coproantigens by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in dogs, dingoes and foxes. Parasitol Res. 78: 303-308.
Jenkins D.J. and Rickard M.D. (1986) Specific antibody response in dogs experimentally infected with Echinococcus granulosus. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 35, 345‑359.
Jenkins D.J. and Rickard M.D. (1985) Specific antibody responses to Taenia hydatigena, T. pisiformis and Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs. Aust. Vet. J. 62, 72‑78.
Currently Held Grants
ARC Linkage Grant ($90,000 over 4 years). ID: LP0668358
MW Lightowlers. L Hinds, DJ Jenkins
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