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  1. Defining new Buruli ulcer endemic areas in urban southeastern Australia using bacterial genomics-informed possum excreta surveys

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  2. Defining new Buruli ulcer endemic areas in urban southeastern Australia using bacterial genomics-informed possum excreta surveys

    Article • July 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  3. The Role of Foxes in Transmitting Zoonotic Bacteria to Humans: A Scoping Review

    Article • Zoonoses and Public Health, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  4. Buruli ulcer surveillance in south-eastern Australian possums: Infection status, lesion mapping and internal distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, November 2024, PLOS

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  5. Severe cases of Buruli ulcer (infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans) in common ringtail possums in Victoria adversely affect animal welfare

    Article • Australian Veterinary Journal, July 2024, Wiley

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  6. A low-cost and versatile paramagnetic bead DNA extraction method forMycobacterium ulceransenvironmental surveillance

    Article • June 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  7. Buruli ulcer surveillance in south-eastern Australian possums: infection status, lesion mapping and internal distribution ofMycobacterium ulcerans

    Article • May 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  8. Severe Cases of Buruli Ulcer (Infection with <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em>) in Common Ringtail Possums in Victoria Are Adversely Affecting Animal Welfare

    Article • May 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  9. Publisher Correction: Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia

    Article • Nature Microbiology, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  10. Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia

    Article • Nature Microbiology, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  11. A transmission chain linkingMycobacterium ulceranswithAedes notoscriptusmosquitoes, possums and human Buruli ulcer cases in southeastern Australia

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  12. Environmental risk factors associated with the presence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Victoria, Australia

    Article • PLOS One, September 2022, PLOS

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  13. Perspectives and challenges in validating new diagnostic technologies

    Article • Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE, January 2021, O.I.E (World Organisation for Animal Health)

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  14. Animals and SARS‐CoV‐2: Species susceptibility and viral transmission in experimental and natural conditions, and the potential implications for community transmission

    Article • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, November 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  15. The potential of diagnostic point‐of‐care tests (POCTs) for infectious and zoonotic animal diseases in developing countries: Technical, regulatory and sociocultural considerations

    Article • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  16. Potential Elimination of Active Taenia solium Transmission in Africa

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, July 2020, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  17. Perceptions and acceptability of piloted Taenia solium control and elimination interventions in two endemic communities in eastern Zambia

    Article • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, June 2019, Wiley

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  18. Effects of ‘The Vicious Worm’ educational tool on Taenia solium knowledge retention in Zambian primary school students after one year

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, May 2019, PLOS

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  19. Value of Electronic Educational Media in Combatting Parasitic Diseases

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  20. Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document

    Article • Database, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Daniel Prieto, Associate Professor James A.L. Brown, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Docent Kutty Selva Nandakumar, Professor Miguel Viveiros, MD Diego A. Valera-Cornejo, Dr Soroush Safaei, Dr Carmen San Martín, Piero Carninci, Dr Florian Rehfeldt, Dr Yoichi Watanabe, Kazuki Ide, Mr Alvin Wong, PD Dr. Adrian Meule, Dr Maurizio Petrelli, Dr Christine McGarrigle, Dr Tristan Reddan, Dr Nicola Roberts, Professor Stefan Lorkowski, Dr Cyrille Goarant, Dr Emma C Hobbs, Dr. Saurab Sharma, Ph.D., Dr Farid Rahimi, Prof. Iseult Lynch, Mirella Walker, Dr Luca Galluzzi, Sophie Ohlsson, Professor Tullio Florio, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Dr Azubuike Christian Ukubuiwe, Prof Gajendra PS Raghava, Prof Jun Shen, Lubna Razak, ABHISHEKA BANSAL, Craig Billington, Dr Alejandro Lazo-Langner, Joan Albiol, MOURAD TAYEBI, Chuang Ma, Christine Toelzer , Dr. Kathrin Karsay, Professor Andrew M Beale, Professor Hugh James Byrne, Dr Ugo Marzocchi, Ana Nordberg, Martin Bartas, Natalia Echeverría, Dr Patricia M Graves

  21. Taenia solium from a community perspective: Preliminary costing data in the Katete and Sinda districts in Eastern Zambia

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  22. Preliminary assessment of the computer-based Taenia solium educational program ‘The Vicious Worm’ on knowledge uptake in primary school students in rural areas in eastern Zambia

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  23. Re-visiting the detection of porcine cysticercosis based on full carcass dissections of naturally Taenia solium infected pigs

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  24. Investigating a hyper-endemic focus of Taenia solium in northern Lao PDR

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Emma C Hobbs

  25. Confirmed Infection with Intestinal Schistosomiasis in Semi-Captive Wild-Born Chimpanzees on Ngamba Island, Uganda

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, February 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha, Dr Emma C Hobbs