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M. Betson

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h-index: 37
Works: 94
Citations: 4,038

Most-cited papers

VE-cadherin regulates endothelial actin activating Rac and increasing membrane association of Tiam.
M. Lampugnani, A. Zanetti, F. Breviario, G. Balconi +6 more
2002Molecular Biology of the Cell269 citations Open access
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Actin at cell-cell junctions is composed of two dynamic and functional populations
Juankun Zhang, M. Betson, J. Erasmus, Kostas Zeikos +3 more
2005Journal of Cell Science206 citations Open access
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Schistosomiasis in African infants and preschool children: let them now be treated!
J. Stothard, José C. Sousa-Figueiredo, M. Betson, A. Bustinduy +1 more
2013Trends in Parasitology200 citations Open access
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Tumor progression: Small GTPases and loss of cell-cell adhesion.
Encarnación Lozano, M. Betson, Vania M. M. Braga
2003Bioessays191 citations
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Activation of the small GTPase Rac is sufficient to disrupt cadherin-dependent cell-cell adhesion in normal human keratinocytes.
Vania M. M. Braga, M. Betson, Xiao-Dong Li, Nathalie Lamarche-Vane
2000Molecular Biology of the Cell169 citations Open access
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Rac Activation upon Cell-Cell Contact Formation Is Dependent on Signaling from the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor*
M. Betson, Encarnación Lozano, Juankun Zhang, Vania M. M. Braga
2002Journal of Biological Chemistry153 citations Open access
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The LIM Protein Ajuba Is Recruited to Cadherin-dependent Cell Junctions through an Association with α-Catenin*
H. Marie, Stephen J. P. Pratt, M. Betson, H. Epple +7 more
2003Journal of Biological Chemistry152 citations Open access
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Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri circulate simultaneously in African communities
M. Oguike, M. Betson, Martina Burke, Debbie Nolder +9 more
2011International Journal of Parasitology149 citations Open access
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Closing the praziquantel treatment gap: new steps in epidemiological monitoring and control of schistosomiasis in African infants and preschool-aged children
J. Stothard, J. C. Sousa-Figueiredo, M. Betson, H. Green +12 more
2011Parasitology109 citations Open access
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Treatment of intestinal schistosomiasis in Ugandan preschool children: best diagnosis, treatment efficacy and side-effects, and an extended praziquantel dosing pole
J. C. Sousa-Figueiredo, J. Pleasant, M. Day, M. Betson +5 more
2010International Health105 citations Open access
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Schistosoma mansoni Infections in Young Children: When Are Schistosome Antigens in Urine, Eggs in Stool and Antibodies to Eggs First Detectable?
J. Stothard, Jose C. Sousa-Figuereido, M. Betson, M. Adriko +4 more
2011PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases100 citations Open access
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The Drosophila ATM ortholog, dATM, mediates the response to ionizing radiation and to spontaneous DNA damage during development.
Young-Han Song, G. Mirey, M. Betson, D. Haber +1 more
2004Current Biology96 citations Open access
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Performance and Safety of Praziquantel for Treatment of Intestinal Schistosomiasis in Infants and Preschool Children
J. C. Sousa-Figueiredo, M. Betson, Aaron Atuhaire, M. Arinaitwe +4 more
2012PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases89 citations Open access
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Schistosomiasis in pre-school-age children and their mothers in Chikhwawa district, Malawi with notes on characterization of schistosomes and snails
H. Poole, D. Terlouw, Andrew W Naunje, Kondwani Mzembe +4 more
2014Parasites & Vectors82 citations Open access
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The Urine Circulating Cathodic Antigen (CCA) Dipstick: A Valid Substitute for Microscopy for Mapping and Point-Of-Care Diagnosis of Intestinal Schistosomiasis
J. C. Sousa-Figueiredo, M. Betson, N. Kabatereine, J. Stothard
2013PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases79 citations Open access
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Diagnostics for schistosomiasis in Africa and Arabia: a review of present options in control and future needs for elimination
J. Stothard, M. Stanton, A. Bustinduy, José C. Sousa-Figueiredo +9 more
2014Parasitology78 citations Open access
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Asymptomatic and Submicroscopic Carriage of Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria in Household and Community Members of Clinical Cases in Sabah, Malaysia
K. Fornace, Nor Afizah Nuin, M. Betson, M. Grigg +6 more
2015Journal of Infectious Diseases77 citations Open access
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Transfusion-transmitted malaria in Ghana.
A. Owusu-Ofori, M. Betson, C. Parry, J. Stothard +1 more
2013Clinical Infectious Diseases72 citations Open access
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HIV and schistosomiasis co-infection in African children.
A. Bustinduy, C. King, J. Scott, Sarah C Appleton +3 more
2014Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)62 citations Open access
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Detection of persistent Plasmodium spp. infections in Ugandan children after artemether-lumefantrine treatment
M. Betson, J. C. Sousa-Figueiredo, Aaron Atuhaire, M. Arinaitwe +6 more
2014Parasitology61 citations Open access
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Intestinal Schistosomiasis in Mothers and Young Children in Uganda: Investigation of Field-Applicable Markers of Bowel Morbidity
M. Betson, J. C. Sousa-Figueiredo, Candia Rowell, N. Kabatereine +1 more
2010American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene60 citations Open access
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Anaemia in Ugandan preschool-aged children: the relative contribution of intestinal parasites and malaria
H. Green, J. C. Sousa-Figueiredo, M. Basáñez, M. Betson +3 more
2011Parasitology55 citations Open access
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Fecal Occult Blood and Fecal Calprotectin as Point-of-Care Markers of Intestinal Morbidity in Ugandan Children with Schistosoma mansoni Infection
A. Bustinduy, José C. Sousa-Figueiredo, M. Adriko, M. Betson +3 more
2013PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases52 citations Open access
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Environmental Epidemiology of Intestinal Schistosomiasis in Uganda: Population Dynamics of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Lake Albert and Lake Victoria with Observations on Natural Infections with Digenetic Trematodes
Candia Rowel, B. Fred, M. Betson, J. C. Sousa-Figueiredo +2 more
2015BioMed Research International51 citations Open access
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Bovine fasciolosis at increasing altitudes: Parasitological and malacological sampling on the slopes of Mount Elgon, Uganda
Alison K. Howell, Lawrence Mugisha, Juliet Davies, E. J. LaCourse +6 more
2012Parasites & Vectors51 citations Open access
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Patterns of intestinal schistosomiasis among mothers and young children from Lake Albert, Uganda: water contact and social networks inferred from wearable global positioning system dataloggers.
E. Seto, J. C. Sousa-Figueiredo, M. Betson, Chris Byalero +2 more
2012Geospatial Health50 citations Open access
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p190A RhoGAP Is a Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3-β Substrate Required for Polarized Cell Migration*
Wei Jiang, M. Betson, Roseann Mulloy, R. Foster +3 more
2008Journal of Biological Chemistry49 citations Open access
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Emergence of Nonfalciparum Plasmodium Infection Despite Regular Artemisinin Combination Therapy in an 18-Month Longitudinal Study of Ugandan Children and Their Mothers
M. Betson, S. Clifford, M. Stanton, N. Kabatereine +1 more
2018Journal of Infectious Diseases44 citations Open access
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Treatment of schistosomiasis in African infants and preschool-aged children: downward extension and biometric optimization of the current praziquantel dose pole
J. C. Sousa-Figueiredo, M. Betson, J. Stothard
2012International Health42 citations Open access
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Zoonotic Ascariasis, United Kingdom
R. Bendall, M. Barlow, M. Betson, J. Stothard +1 more
2011Emerging Infectious Diseases42 citations Open access
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Human Trichuriasis: Whipworm Genetics, Phylogeny, Transmission and Future Research Directions
M. Betson, M. J. Søe, P. Nejsum
2015Current Tropical Medicine Reports39 citations Open access
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Status of insecticide susceptibility in Anopheles gambiae s.l. from malaria surveillance sites in The Gambia
M. Betson, M. Jawara, T. S. Awolola
2009Malaria Journal39 citations Open access
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Systematic Review and Modelling of Age-Dependent Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Livestock, Wildlife and Felids in Europe
Filip Dámek, A. Swart, H. Waap, P. Jokelainen +16 more
2023Pathogens38 citations Open access
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A molecular epidemiological investigation of Ascaris on Unguja, Zanzibar using isoenyzme analysis, DNA barcoding and microsatellite DNA profiling.
M. Betson, F. Halstead, P. Nejsum, Emma Imison +4 more
2011Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene38 citations Open access
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Investigating portable fluorescent microscopy (CyScope®) as an alternative rapid diagnostic test for malaria in children and women of child-bearing age
J. C. Sousa-Figueiredo, D. Oguttu, M. Adriko, F. Besigye +6 more
2010Malaria Journal38 citations Open access
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Detection and quantification of schistosome DNA in freshwater snails using either fluorescent probes in real-time PCR or oligochromatographic dipstick assays targeting the ribosomal intergenic spacer.
R. A. Kane, J. Stothard, D. Rollinson, T. Leclipteux +7 more
2013Acta Tropica37 citations Open access
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Molecular evidence for sustained transmission of zoonotic Ascaris suum among zoo chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).
P. Nejsum, M. Bertelsen, M. Betson, J. Stothard +1 more
2010Veterinary parasitology37 citations Open access
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Contamination of Soil, Water, Fresh Produce, and Bivalve Mollusks with Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts: A Systematic Review
Nadia María López Ureña, U. Chaudhry, R. Calero-Bernal, Santiago Cano Alsua +7 more
2022Microorganisms36 citations Open access
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Investigating the spatial micro-epidemiology of diseases within a point-prevalence sample: a field applicable method for rapid mapping of households using low-cost GPS-dataloggers
J. Stothard, José C. Sousa-Figueiredo, M. Betson, E. Seto +1 more
2011Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene35 citations Open access
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One Health: parasites and beyond
D. Blake, M. Betson
2016Parasitology34 citations Open access
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Population genomics of ancient and modern Trichuris trichiura
S. Doyle, M. J. Søe, P. Nejsum, M. Betson +15 more
2021Nature Communications33 citations Open access
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Eco-social processes influencing infectious disease emergence and spread
B. Jones, M. Betson, D. Pfeiffer
2016Parasitology33 citations Open access
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Brain food: rethinking food-borne toxocariasis
Sara R. Healy, E. Morgan, J. Prada, M. Betson
2021Parasitology30 citations Open access
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A genetic analysis of Trichuris trichiura and Trichuris suis from Ecuador
Hayley Meekums, Mohamed B. F. Hawash, A. Sparks, Y. Oviedo +6 more
2015Parasites & Vectors28 citations Open access
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Ascaris lumbricoides or Ascaris suum: What′s in a Name?
M. Betson, J. Stothard
2016Journal of Infectious Diseases27 citations Open access
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Confirmed Infection with Intestinal Schistosomiasis in Semi-Captive Wild-Born Chimpanzees on Ngamba Island, Uganda
C. Standley, Lawrence Mugisha, J. Verweij, M. Adriko +11 more
2011Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases25 citations Open access
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Identification of key interactions of benzimidazole resistance-associated amino acid mutations in Ascaris β-tubulins by molecular docking simulations
B. Jones, A. V. van Vliet, E. J. LaCourse, M. Betson
2021Scientific Reports24 citations Open access
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Use of Fecal Occult Blood Tests as Epidemiologic Indicators of Morbidity Associated with Intestinal Schistosomiasis during Preventive Chemotherapy in Young Children
M. Betson, J. C. Sousa-Figueiredo, N. Kabatereine, J. Stothard
2012American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene24 citations Open access
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Co-infection of intestinal helminths in humans and animals in the Philippines
O. T. Kajero, E. Janoušková, E. A. Bakare, Vicente Belizario +6 more
2022Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene23 citations Open access
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Zoonotic transmission of intestinal helminths in southeast Asia: Implications for control and elimination.
M. Betson, A. I. Alonte, R. Ancog, Angelou Marie O. Aquino +15 more
2020Advances in Parasitology23 citations Open access
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