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PROF MARSHALL WILLIAM LIGHTOWLERS



Contact Details

Organization: Veterinary Science
Position: PROFESSOR
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Work: 03 9731 2284
Fax: 03 9741 5461
Building: Werribee Campus Site Plan
Campus: Werribee - Veterinary Science

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Parasite vaccines hydatid disease , cysticercosis, Echinococcus, Taenia Australia, Cameroon, Mexico, Peru, Turkey

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science, Honours (First Class) The University of Western Australia 01-Dec-1974
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Western Australia 01-Dec-1978

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
NHMRC01/05-LIGHTOWLERS Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2001
Immunological prevention of cysticercosis and hydatid disease Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2005
OPTIMISATION AND FIELD TESTING OF A PRACTICAL VACCINE AGAINST TAENIA SOLIUM CYSTICERCOSIS IN PIGS Chief Investigator WELLCOME TRUST Welcomme Trust Animal Health in Developing World Initiative 01/04/2005
Evaluation of the EG95 vaccine against hydatid infection in macropodid marsupials Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2006
Research Fellowship Chief Investigator NHMRC Research Fellowship 01/01/2006

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF T.SOLIM AENIASIS -SUBCONTRACT Chief Investigator JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 17/10/2003

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Infection
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 385-394
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Echinococcus multilocularis: Developmental stage-specific expression of Antigen B 8-kDa-subunits
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Experimental Parasitology
    Volume: 113
    Page numbers: 75-82
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  • Taenia solium and Taenia ovis: Stage-specific expression of the vaccine antigen genes, TSOL18, TSOL16, and homologues, in oncospheres
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Experimental Parasitology
    Volume: 113
    Page numbers: 272-275
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  • Antibody responses and epitope specificities to the Taenia solium cysticercosis vaccines TSOL18 and TSOL45-1A
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasite Immunology
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 191-199
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  • Conservation of the vaccine antigen gene, TSOL18, among genetically variant isolates of Taenia solium
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
    Volume: 146
    Page numbers: 101-104
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  • Genetic variation within Taenia multiceps in Sardinia, Western Mediterranean (Italy)
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology Research
    Volume: 99
    Page numbers: 622-626
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  • In vitro oncosphere-killing assays to determine immunity to the larvae of Taenia pisiformis, Teania ovis, Teania saginata, and Taenia solium
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Parasitology
    Volume: 92
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 273-281
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  • Molecular characterization of Echinococcus granulosus strains in Sardinia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology Research
    Volume: 98
    Page numbers: 273-277
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  • Recent advances in characterization of Echinococcus antigen B
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology International
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: S57-S62
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  • The effect of antigen targeting sequences on antibody responses to hepatitis E virus DNA vaccines in rats and sheep
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Vaccine
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 1367-1377
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  • Vaccines against cysticercosis and hydatidosis: Foundations in taeniid cestode immunology
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology International
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: S39-S43
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Hydatid disease: vaccinology and development of the EG95 recombinant vaccine
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Expert Review of Vaccines
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 103-112
    Publisher: Future Drugs(London)
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  • Short report: Vaccination of pigs to control human neurocysticercosis
    Year: 2005
    Journal: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Volume: 72
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 837-839
    Publisher: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Vaccination against hydatidosis and the significance of parasite strain variation in designing a control program
    Year: 2004
    Book: Echinococcosis in Central Asia: problems and solutions
    Publisher: Dauir(Almaty)
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Journal Articles

  • Echinococcus granulosus: oncosphere-specific transcription of genes encoding a host-protective antigen
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Experimental Parasitology
    Volume: 106
    Page numbers: 183-186
    Publisher: Elsevier(California)
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  • Cysticercosis / Taeniasis in Asia and the Pacific
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 95-107
    Publisher: Mary Ann Leibert Publishers(New Rochelle, NY)
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  • Effect of cyclosporin A on the survival and ultrastructure of Echinococcus granulosus protoscoleces in vitro
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 129
    Page numbers: 497-504
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Factors impacting on the potential costs of vaccines against Taenia solium cysticercosis and cystic echinococcosis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Veterinary Parasitology
    Volume: 125
    Page numbers: 195-199
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Immunity and vaccine control of Echinococcus granulosus infection in animal intermediate hosts
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Parassitologia
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 27-31
    Publisher: The Council of the Italian Society of Parasitology(Rome)
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  • Induction of protection against porcine cysticercosis by vaccination with recombinant oncosphere antigens
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Infection and Immunity
    Volume: 72
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 5292-5297
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
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  • Molecular cloning, expression, and serological evaluation of an 8-kilodalton subunit of antigen B from Echinococcus multilocularis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1082-1088
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
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  • Vaccination against hydatidosis: anticipating the potential for antigenic variation
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 206-212
    Publisher: SEAMEO Tropmed(Bangkok)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Evaluation of use of recombinant Em18 and affinity-purified Em18 for serological differentiation of alveolar echinococcosis from cystic echinococcosis and other parasitic infections
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 3351-3353
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
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  • Molecular and genetic characterisation of the host-protective oncosphere antigens of taeniid cestode parasites
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 1207-1217
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Molecular cloning of genes encoding oncosphere proteins reveals conservation of modular protein structure in cestode antigens
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
    Volume: 127
    Page numbers: 193-198
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Neurocysticercosis: regional status, epidemiology, impact and control measures in the Americas
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Acta Tropica
    Volume: 87
    Page numbers: 47-51
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Progress in control of hydatidosis using vaccination - a review of formulation and delivery of the vaccine and recommendations for practical use in control programmes
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Acta Tropica
    Volume: 85
    Page numbers: 133-143
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Vaccination against cestode parasites: anti-helminth vaccines that work and why
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Veterinary Parasitology
    Volume: 115
    Page numbers: 83-123
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Vaccines for prevention of cysticercosis
    Year: 2003
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