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Position
Principal Research Scientist and Head,
Skin Pathogens Research Laboratory,
Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division
Contact
Menzies School of Health Research
PO Box 41096
Casuarina NT 0810, AUSTRALIA
Email: shelley.walton@menzies.edu.au
www.menzies.edu.au
Research interests
parasitology, scabies, microbiology, immunodiagnostics
Qualifications
B. App. Sc 1989 University of Central Queensland
PhD 1998 University of Sydney
Ten Most Significant Publications
Walton SF, Currie BJ. Scabies: diagnostic problems for a global disease in human and animal populations. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2007;20:268-279.
Walton SF, Holt D, Currie BJ, Kemp DJ. 2004. Scabies: New future for a neglected disease. Advances in Parasitology 57: 309-376.
Walton SF, Dougall A, Pizzutto S, Holt D, Taplin D, Arlian LG, Morgan M, Currie BJ, Kemp DJ. 2004 Genetic epidemiology of Sarcoptes scabiei (Acari: Sarcoptidae) in northern Australia. International Journal of Parasitology 34 (7): 839-849
Walton SF, Beroukas D, Roberts-Thomson P, Currie BJ. New insights into disease pathogenesis in crusted (Norwegian) scabies. British Journal of Dermatology 2008;158:1247-1255.
Fischer K, Holt D, Harumal P, Currie B, Walton SF, Kemp D, 2003. Generation and characterisation of cDNA clones from Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis for an expressed sequence tag library: identification of homologues of house dust mite allergens. American Journal of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine 68(1): 61-4.
Walton SF, Low Choy J, Bonson A, Valle A, McBroom J, Taplin D, Arlian L, Mathews J, Currie B, Kemp D, 1999. Genetically distinct dog-derived and human-derived Sarcoptes scabiei in scabies-endemic communities in northern Australia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 61(4):542-547.
Walton SF, Myerscough MR, Currie BJ, 2000. Studies in vitro on the relative efficacy of current acaricides for Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 94:92-96.
Holt D, Fischer K, Allen G, Wilson D, Wilson P, Slade R, Currie BJ, Walton SF, and Kemp DJ. 2003 Mechanisms for a novel immune evasion strategy in the scabies mite Sarcoptes scabiei: A multigene family of inactivated serine proteases. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 121: 1419-1424.
Walton SF, McKinnon M, Pizzutto S, Dougall A, Williams E, Currie BJ. 2004 Acaricidal activity of Melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree) oil: In vitro sensitivity of Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis to terpinen-4-ol. Archives of Dermatology 140 (5):563-6.
Dougall A, Holt D, Fischer K, Kemp DJ, Currie BJ, Walton SF 2005 Identification and characterization of Sarcoptes scabiei and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus glutathione s-transferases: implication as a potential major allergen in crusted scabies. American Journal of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine 73(5): 977-984.
Currently Held Grants
2005-2008: Co-operative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Filling the gaps in the Healthy Skin Program: additional laboratory, clinical and epidemiological components
Andrews R, Walton SF, Stirling J, Carapetis J, Kemp DJ, Currie BJ.
2007-2009: Queensland Health Smart State, Project grant - The mechanisms of acaricide resistance
2006-2010: National Health & Medical Research Council (383511), R Douglas Wright Biomedical Career Development Award, Walton SF.
2006-2009: Australian Biosecurity Co-operative Research Centre, Australian Leishmania Lifecycle Investigation - PhD Scholarship and operational funds, Walton SF, Rose K, Alexander B.
2007-2009: Australian Research Council Linkage Project (LP0775506). Evaluating the impact of new interdisciplinary interventions to enhance dog health to benefit community health outcomes in remote Indigenous communities. Dixon R; Brown G; Malik R; Toribio J; Dixon RM; Walton SF.
2007-2009: National Health & Medical Research Council (436006) An immunodiagnostic assay for scabies, Walton SF, Currie BJ.
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