Publications

 

Dr. Momar Ndao Publications

 

Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) midges, the vectors of African horse sickness virus - a host/vector contact study in the Niayes area of Senegal.

 

Seasonal dynamics of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges, potential vectors of African horse sickness and bluetongue viruses in the Niayes area of Senegal.

 

[Anatomophysiologic and clinical study of the association of epilepsy and Parkinson's disease: apropos of 2 cases].

 

[Ambulatory surgery of cataracts in Eastern Senegal].

 

Etiology of acute sporadic hepatitis in adults in Senegal and Tunisia.

 

Evaluation of the immune response and protective efficacy of Schistosoma mansoni Cathepsin B in mice using CpG dinucleotides as adjuvant.

 

Discovery and characterization of potential prognostic biomarkers for dengue hemorrhagic fever.

 

Discotic columnar liquid crystal studied in the bulk and nanoconfined states by molecular dynamics simulation.

 

Trypanosoma cruzi infection and host lipid metabolism.

 

Recent advances in clinical parasitology diagnostics.

 

Diagnosis of parasitic infections: what's going on?

 

Development of a rapid serological assay for the diagnosis of strongyloidiasis using a novel diffraction-based biosensor technology.

 

Serum biomarkers predictive of cure in Chagas disease patients after nifurtimox treatment.

 

People, pets, and parasites: one health surveillance in southeastern Saskatchewan.

 

Apolipoprotein A-I truncations in Chagas disease are caused by cruzipain, the major cysteine protease of Trypanosoma cruzi.

 

Seroprevalence of parasitic zoonoses and their relationship with social factors among the Canadian Inuit in Arctic regions.

 

Zoonotic infections in communities of the James Bay Cree territory: An overview of seroprevalence.

 

A case of vertical transmission of Chagas disease contracted via blood transfusion in Canada.

 

Reversible cysteine protease inhibitors show promise for a Chagas disease cure.

 

Structural adaptation of tooth enamel protein amelogenin in the presence of SDS micelles.

 

The diagnosis of human fascioliasis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using recombinant cathepsin L protease.

 

A cysteine protease inhibitor rescues mice from a lethal Cryptosporidium parvum infection.

 

Interlaboratory optimization and evaluation of a serological assay for diagnosis of human baylisascariasis.

 

Accuracy of HRP2 RDT (Malaria Antigen P.f®) compared to microscopy and PCR for malaria diagnosis in Senegal.

 

Evaluation of selective screening of donors for antibody to Trypanosoma cruzi: seroprevalence of donors who answer "no" to risk questions.

 

Parasitic zoonoses: one health surveillance in northern Saskatchewan.

 

Serological and parasitological response in chronic Chagas patients 3 years after nifurtimox treatment.

 

Selective testing for Trypanosoma cruzi: the first year after implementation at Canadian Blood Services.

 

Reprofiled drug targets ancient protozoans: drug discovery for parasitic diarrheal diseases.

 

Development and Application of an ELISA Assay Using Excretion/Secretion Proteins from Epimastigote Forms of T. cruzi (ESEA Antigens) for the Diagnosis of Chagas Disease.

 

Genetic control of high density lipoprotein-cholesterol in AcB/BcA recombinant congenic strains of mice.

 

Genetic polymorphisms and drug susceptibility in four isolates of Leishmania tropica obtained from Canadian soldiers returning from Afghanistan.

 

Zoonotic infections in native communities of James Bay, Canada.

 

Biomarker discovery in serum/plasma using surface enhanced laser desorption ionization time of flight (SELDI-TOF) mass spectrometry.

 

New inflammation-related biomarkers during malaria infection.

 

A C-RING-like domain participates in protein self-assembly and mineral nucleation.

 

Dissecting amelogenin protein nanospheres: characterization of metastable oligomers.

 

Recombinant antigen-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of Baylisascaris procyonis larva migrans.

 

Seroprevalence of 10 zoonotic infections in 2 Canadian Cree communities.

 

Probing the self-association, intermolecular contacts, and folding propensity of amelogenin.

 

Strongyloides stercoralis excretory/secretory protein strongylastacin specifically recognized by IgE antibodies in infected human sera.

 

Toward a structure determination method for biomineral-associated protein using combined solid- state NMR and computational structure prediction.

 

Identification of potent and reversible cruzipain inhibitors for the treatment of Chagas disease.

 

Intrinsically disordered mollusk shell prismatic protein that modulates calcium carbonate crystal growth.

 

Is SELDI-TOF a valid tool for diagnostic biomarkers?

 

The Role of Basic Amino Acids in the Molecular Recognition of Hydroxyapatite by Statherin using Solid State NMR.

 

Emergence of sylvatic Echinococcus granulosus as a parasitic zoonosis of public health concern in an indigenous community in Canada.

 

85-kDa protein of Trypanosoma cruzi purified by affinity chromatography used in the multiple antigen binding assay (MABA) for the diagnosis of T. cruzi infection in a Venezuelan rural community.

 

Identification of novel diagnostic serum biomarkers for Chagas' disease in asymptomatic subjects by mass spectrometric profiling.

Diagnosis of parasitic diseases: old and new approaches.

 

Evidence of mineralization activity and supramolecular assembly by the N-terminal sequence of ACCBP, a biomineralization protein that is homologous to the acetylcholine binding protein family.

 

A (13)C{(31)P} REDOR NMR investigation of the role of glutamic acid residues in statherin- hydroxyapatite recognition.

 

Multiplexed real-time PCR assay for discrimination of Plasmodium species with improved sensitivity for mixed infections.

 

Use of ProteinChip technology for identifying biomarkers of parasitic diseases: the example of porcine cysticercosis (Taenia solium).

 

High-yield amplification of Cryptosporidium parvum in interferon gamma receptor knockout mice.

 

Discovery and validation of serum biomarkers expressed over the first twelve weeks of Fasciola hepatica infection in sheep.

 

Field evaluation of four novel enzyme immunoassays for Chagas' disease in Venezuela blood banks: comparison of assays using fixed-epimastigotes, fixed-trypomastigotes or trypomastigote excreted-secreted antigens from two Trypanosoma cruzi strains.

 

Multiparasitism, Production and Economics in Domestic Animals in sub-Saharan West Africa.

 

Development of a genetic assay to distinguish between Leishmania viannia species on the basis of isoenzyme differences.

 

Purified excreted-secreted antigens from Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes as tools for diagnosis of Chagas' disease.

 

Malaria "epidemic" in Quebec: diagnosis and response to imported malaria.

 

Malaria epidemics and surveillance systems in Canada.

 

Comparison of blood smear, antigen detection, and nested-PCR methods for screening refugees from regions where malaria is endemic after a malaria outbreak in Quebec, Canada.

 

Trypanosoma vivax: a simplified protocol for in vivo growth, isolation and cryopreservation.

 

Development and comparison of enzyme immunoassays for diagnosis of Chagas' disease using fixed forms of Trypanosoma cruzi (Epimastigotes, Amastigotes, and Trypomastigotes) and assessment of antigen stability for the three assays.

 

Performance of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for detection of antibodies against T. congolense and T. vivax in goats.

 

Prevalence and incidence of trypanosomosis in horses and donkeys in the Gambia.

 

Dilated cardiomyopathy in monkeys--beware of Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

 

Trypanosoma cruzi infection of squirrel monkeys: comparison of blood smear examination, commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and polymerase chain reaction analysis as screening tests for evaluation of monkey-related injuries.

 

The susceptibility of Djallonké and Djallonké-Sahelian crossbred sheep to Trypanosoma congolense and helminth infection under different diet levels.

 

Extension of the prophylactic effect of isometamidium against trypanosome infections in cattle using a biodegradable copolymer.

 

PCR primer evaluation for the detection of trypanosome DNA in naturally infected goats.

 

Haematological changes and antibody response in trypanotolerant sheep and goats following experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection.

 

Diagnostic evaluation of PCR on dried blood samples from goats experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei brucei.

 

The interaction of Trypanosoma congolense and Haemonchus contortus in Djallonké sheep.

 

Diagnostic evaluation of PCR in goats experimentally infected with Trypanosoma vivax.

 

Helminth parasites and hypobiosis of nematodes in N'Dama cattle during the dry season in The Gambia.

 

Evaluation of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as a haemolytic agent for the detection of microfilariae and trypanosomes in the blood of cattle.

 

[Epidemiology of gastrointestinal helminthiasis in small ruminants in the tree-cropping pasture zone in Senegal].

 

Effect of a single dry season anthelmintic treatment of N'Dama cattle on communal pastures in The Gambia.

 

Seasonal prevalence of gastrointestinal nematodes in communal land goats from the highveld of Zimbabwe.

 

 

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