Dr Bonnie Webster

Grants

Schistosome and Snail Resource (SSR); supporting global schistosomiasis research
Role: Principal investigator
Co-investigator: Emery A
Funding: Wellcome Trust
Dates: 2022 - 2026

Snail molecular xenomonitoring of urogenital schistosomiasis transmission in Zanzibar
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: Wellcome Trust
Total value £97,314
Dates: 2017 - 2019

Snail infection / pre-patency surveillance approach for schistosomiasis control and elimination programs: Tanzania
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: BMGF
Total value £70,715
Dates: 2017 - 2018

: Development of a Mobile Suitcase Laboratory (MSL) for the Point-Of-Need (PON) diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis by Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) techno
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: Royal Society
Total value £13,500 (to Museum £13,500)
Dates: 2016 - 2017

Other projects

Mitogenomics of minor phyla and their placement on the metazoan tree of life
Role: Researcher
Funding: Museum development
Dates: 2014 - 2015.

Publications

Platt RN, Le Clec'h W, Chevalier FD, McDew‐White M, LoVerde PT, Ramiro de Assis R, Oliveira G, Kinung'hi S, Djirmay AG, Steinauer ML, Gouvras A, Rabone M, Allan F, Webster BL, Webster JP, Emery AM, Rollinson D, Anderson TJC (2022) Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: Colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. Molecular Ecology, 31 (8) : 2242 - 2263. doi: 10.1111/mec.16395

Landeryou T, Rabone M, Allan F, Maddren R, Rollinson D, Webster BL, Tchuem-Tchuenté L-A, Anderson RM, Emery AM (null) Genome-wide insights into adaptive hybridisation across the Schistosoma haematobium group in West and Central Africa. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16 (1) : e0010088 - e0010088. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010088

Marascio N, Loria MT, Lamberti AG, Pavia G, Adams NJ, Quirino A, Divenuto F, Mazzitelli M, Greco G, Trecarichi EM, Perandin F, Bisoffi Z, Webster BL, Liberto MC, Torti C, Matera G (null) Molecular characterization of Schistosoma infections in African migrants: identification of a Schistosoma haematobium-bovis hybrid in bladder biopsies. Journal of Travel Medicine, doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab194

Rey O, Toulza E, Chaparro C, Allienne J-F, Kincaid-Smith J, Mathieu-Begné E, Allan F, Rollinson D, Webster BL, Boissier J (null) Diverging patterns of introgression from Schistosoma bovis across S. haematobium African lineages. PLOS Pathogens, 17 (2) : e1009313 - e1009313. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009313

Rey O, Webster BL, Huyse T, Rollinson D, Van den Broeck F, Kincaid-Smith J, Onyekwere A, Boissier J (2021) Population genetics of African Schistosoma species. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 89 : 104727 - 104727. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104727

Pennance T, Ame SM, Amour AK, Suleiman KR, Cable J, Webster BL (2021) The detection of Schistosoma bovis in livestock on Pemba Island, Zanzibar: A preliminary study. Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases, 1 : 100056 - 100056. doi: 10.1016/j.crpvbd.2021.100056

Archer J, Barksby R, Pennance T, Rostron P, Bakar F, Knopp S, Allan F, Kabole F, Ali SM, Ame SM, Rollinson D, Webster BL (null) Analytical and Clinical Assessment of a Portable, Isothermal Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) Assay for the Molecular Diagnosis of Urogenital Schistosomiasis. Molecules, 25 (18) : 4175 - 4175. doi: 10.3390/molecules25184175

Pennance T, Archer J, Lugli EB, Rostron P, Llanwarne F, Ali SM, Amour AK, Suleiman KR, Li S, Rollinson D, Cable J, Knopp S, Allan F, Ame SM, Webster BL (null) Development of a Molecular Snail Xenomonitoring Assay to Detect Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis Infections in their Bulinus Snail Hosts. Molecules, 25 (17) : 4011 - 4011. doi: 10.3390/molecules25174011

Namsanor J, Pitaksakulrat O, Kopolrat K, Kiatsopit N, Webster BL, Gower CM, Webster JP, Laha T, Saijuntha W, Laoprom N, Andrews RH, Petney TN, Blair D, Sithithaworn P (2020) Impact of geography and time on genetic clusters of Opisthorchis viverrini identified by microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis. International Journal for Parasitology, 50 (14) : 1133 - 1144. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.06.011

Archer J, O’Halloran L, Al-Shehri H, Summers S, Bhattacharyya T, Kabaterine NB, Atuhaire A, Adriko M, Arianaitwe M, Stewart M, LaCourse EJ, Webster BL, Bustinduy AL, Stothard JR (null) Intestinal Schistosomiasis and Giardiasis Co-Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can a One Health Approach Improve Control of Each Waterborne Parasite Simultaneously?. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 5 (3) : 137 - 137. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030137

Archer J, LaCourse JE, Webster BL, Stothard JR (2020) An update on non-invasive urine diagnostics for human-infecting parasitic helminths: what more could be done and how?. Parasitology, 147 (8) : 873 - 888. doi: 10.1017/s0031182019001732

Mutsaka-Makuvaza MJ, Zhou X-N, Tshuma C, Abe E, Manasa J, Manyangadze T, Allan F, Chin’ombe N, Webster B, Midzi N (2020) Genetic diversity of Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni in Shamva district, Zimbabwe: role on intestinal schistosomiasis transmission. Molecular Biology Reports, 47 (7) : 4975 - 4987. doi: 10.1007/s11033-020-05541-0

Pennance T, Allan F, Emery A, Rabone M, Cable J, Garba AD, Hamidou AA, Webster JP, Rollinson D, Webster BL (2020) Interactions between Schistosoma haematobium group species and their Bulinus spp. intermediate hosts along the Niger River Valley. Parasites & Vectors, 13 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04136-9

Allan F, Ame SM, Tian-Bi Y-NT, Hofkin BV, Webster BL, Diakité NR, N’Goran EK, Kabole F, Khamis IS, Gouvras AN, Emery AM, Pennance T, Rabone M, Kinung’hi S, Hamidou AA, Mkoji GM, McLaughlin JP, Kuris AM, Loker ES, Knopp S, Rollinson D (2020) Snail-Related Contributions from the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation Program Including Xenomonitoring, Focal Mollusciciding, Biological Control, and Modeling. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103 (1_Suppl) : 66 - 79. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0831

Webster JP, Neves MI, Webster BL, Pennance T, Rabone M, Gouvras AN, Allan F, Walker M, Rollinson D (2020) Parasite Population Genetic Contributions to the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation within Sub-Saharan Africa. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103 (1_Suppl) : 80 - 91. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0827

Mutsaka-Makuvaza MJ, Zhou X-N, Tshuma C, Abe E, Manasa J, Manyangadze T, Allan F, Chinómbe N, Webster B, Midzi N (2020) Molecular diversity of Bulinus species in Madziwa area, Shamva district in Zimbabwe: implications for urogenital schistosomiasis transmission. Parasites & Vectors, 13 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-3881-1

Boon NAM, Mbow M, Paredis L, Moris P, Sy I, Maes T, Webster BL, Sacko M, Volckaert FAM, Polman K, Huyse T (2019) No barrier breakdown between human and cattle schistosome species in the Senegal River Basin in the face of hybridisation. International Journal for Parasitology, 49 (13-14) : 1039 - 1048. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.08.004

Rostron P, Pennance T, Bakar F, Rollinson D, Knopp S, Allan F, Kabole F, Ali SM, Ame SM, Webster BL (2019) Development of a recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) fluorescence assay for the detection of Schistosoma haematobium. Parasites & Vectors, 12 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3755-6

Wood CL, Sokolow SH, Jones IJ, Chamberlin AJ, Lafferty KD, Kuris AM, Jocque M, Hopkins S, Adams G, Buck JC, Lund AJ, Garcia-Vedrenne AE, Fiorenza E, Rohr JR, Allan F, Webster B, Rabone M, Webster JP, Bandagny L, Ndione R, Senghor S, Schacht A-M, Jouanard N, Riveau G, De Leo GA (2019) Precision mapping of snail habitat provides a powerful indicator of human schistosomiasis transmission. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (46) : 23182 - 23191. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1903698116

Rabone M, Wiethase JH, Allan F, Gouvras AN, Pennance T, Hamidou AA, Webster BL, Labbo R, Emery AM, Garba AD, Rollinson D (2019) Freshwater snails of biomedical importance in the Niger River Valley: evidence of temporal and spatial patterns in abundance, distribution and infection with Schistosoma spp.. Parasites & Vectors, 12 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3745-8

Chevalier FD, Le Clec’h W, McDew-White M, Menon V, Guzman MA, Holloway SP, Cao X, Taylor AB, Kinung'hi S, Gouvras AN, Webster BL, Webster JP, Emery AM, Rollinson D, Garba Djirmay A, Al Mashikhi KM, Al Yafae S, Idris MA, Moné H, Mouahid G, Hart PJ, LoVerde PT, Anderson TJC (null) Oxamniquine resistance alleles are widespread in Old World Schistosoma mansoni and predate drug deployment. PLOS Pathogens, 15 (10) : e1007881 - e1007881. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007881

Mutsaka-Makuvaza MJ, Matsena-Zingoni Z, Tshuma C, Katsidzira A, Webster B, Zhou X-N, Midzi N (2019) Knowledge, perceptions and practices regarding schistosomiasis among women living in a highly endemic rural district in Zimbabwe: implications on infections among preschool-aged children. Parasites & Vectors, 12 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3668-4

Mutsaka-Makuvaza MJ, Matsena-Zingoni Z, Katsidzira A, Tshuma C, Chin’ombe N, Zhou X-N, Webster B, Midzi N (2019) Urogenital schistosomiasis and risk factors of infection in mothers and preschool children in an endemic district in Zimbabwe. Parasites & Vectors, 12 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3667-5

Stroehlein AJ, Korhonen PK, Chong TM, Lim YL, Chan KG, Webster B, Rollinson D, Brindley PJ, Gasser RB, Young ND (2019) High-quality Schistosoma haematobium genome achieved by single-molecule and long-range sequencing. GigaScience, 8 (9) : doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giz108

Platt RN, McDew-White M, Le Clec’h W, Chevalier FD, Allan F, Emery AM, Garba A, Hamidou AA, Ame SM, Webster JP, Rollinson D, Webster BL, Anderson TJC (2019) Ancient Hybridization and Adaptive Introgression of an Invadolysin Gene in Schistosome Parasites. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36 (10) : 2127 - 2142. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz154

Tian-Bi Y-NT, Webster B, Konan CK, Allan F, Diakité NR, Ouattara M, Salia D, Koné A, Kakou AK, Rabone M, Coulibaly JT, Knopp S, Meïté A, Utzinger J, N’Goran EK, Rollinson D (2019) Molecular characterization and distribution of Schistosoma cercariae collected from naturally infected bulinid snails in northern and central Côte d’Ivoire. Parasites & Vectors, 12 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3381-3

Oey H, Zakrzewski M, Gravermann K, Young ND, Korhonen PK, Gobert GN, Nawaratna S, Hasan S, Martínez DM, You H, Lavin M, Jones MK, Ragan MA, Stoye J, Oleaga A, Emery AM, Webster BL, Rollinson D, Gasser RB, McManus DP, Krause L (null) Whole-genome sequence of the bovine blood fluke Schistosoma bovis supports interspecific hybridization with S. haematobium. PLOS Pathogens, 15 (1) : e1007513 - e1007513. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007513

Cumberlidge N, Rollinson D, Vercruysse J, Tchuem Tchuenté L-A, Webster B, Clark PF (2018) Paragonimusand paragonimiasis in West and Central Africa: unresolved questions. Parasitology, 145 (13) : 1748 - 1757. doi: 10.1017/s0031182018001439

Pennance T, Ame SM, Amour AK, Suleiman KR, Allan F, Rollinson D, Webster BL (2018) Occurrence of Schistosoma bovis on Pemba Island, Zanzibar: implications for urogenital schistosomiasis transmission monitoring - CORRIGENDUM. Parasitology, 145 (13) : 1732 - 1732. doi: 10.1017/s0031182018001622

Sene-Wade M, Marchand B, Rollinson D, Webster BL (2018) Urogenital schistosomiasis and hybridization between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis in adults living in Richard-Toll, Senegal. Parasitology, 145 (13) : 1723 - 1726. doi: 10.1017/s0031182018001415

Stothard JR, Littlewood DTJ, Gasser RB, Webster BL (2018) Advancing the multi-disciplinarity of parasitology within the British Society for Parasitology: studies of host–parasite evolution in an ever-changing world. Parasitology, 145 (13) : 1641 - 1646. doi: 10.1017/s0031182018001476

Pennance T, Ame SM, Amour AK, Suleiman KR, Allan F, Rollinson D, Webster BL (2018) Occurrence ofSchistosoma bovison Pemba Island, Zanzibar: implications for urogenital schistosomiasis transmission monitoring. Parasitology, 145 (13) : 1727 - 1731. doi: 10.1017/s0031182018001154

Le Clec'h W, Chevalier FD, McDew-White M, Allan F, Webster BL, Gouvras AN, Kinunghi S, Tchuem Tchuenté L-A, Garba A, Mohammed KA, Ame SM, Webster JP, Rollinson D, Emery AM, Anderson TJC (2018) Whole genome amplification and exome sequencing of archived schistosome miracidia. Parasitology, 145 (13) : 1739 - 1747. doi: 10.1017/s0031182018000811

Pitaksakulrat O, Webster BL, Webster JP, Laha T, Saijuntha W, Lamberton PHL, Kiatsopit N, Andrews RH, Petney TN, Sithithaworn P (2018) Phylogenetic relationships within the Opisthorchis viverrini species complex with specific analysis of O. viverrini sensu lato from Sakon Nakhon, Thailand by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequencing. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 62 : 86 - 94. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.04.022

Abbasi I, Webster BL, King CH, Rollinson D, Hamburger J (2017) The substructure of three repetitive DNA regions of Schistosoma haematobium group species as a potential marker for species recognition and interbreeding detection. Parasites & Vectors, 10 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2281-7

Gouvras AN, Allan F, Kinung’hi S, Rabone M, Emery A, Angelo T, Pennance T, Webster B, Nagai H, Rollinson D (2017) Longitudinal survey on the distribution of Biomphalaria sudanica and B. choanomophala in Mwanza region, on the shores of Lake Victoria, Tanzania: implications for schistosomiasis transmission and control. Parasites & Vectors, 10 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2252-z

Campbell SJ, Stothard JR, O’Halloran F, Sankey D, Durant T, Ombede DE, Chuinteu GD, Webster BL, Cunningham L, LaCourse EJ, Tchuem-Tchuenté L-A (2017) Urogenital schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) in Cameroon: An epidemiological update at Barombi Mbo and Barombi Kotto crater lakes assessing prospects for intensified control interventions. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 6 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s40249-017-0264-8

Pitaksakulrat O, Kiatsopit N, Laoprom N, Webster BL, Webster JP, Lamberton PHL, Laha T, Andrews RH, Petney TN, Blair D, Carlton EJ, Spear RC, Sithithaworn P (2017) Preliminary genetic evidence of two different populations of Opisthorchis viverrini in Lao PDR. Parasitology Research, 116 (4) : 1247 - 1256. doi: 10.1007/s00436-017-5401-6

Léger E, Garba A, Hamidou AA, Webster BL, Pennance T, Rollinson D, Webster JP (2016) Introgressed Animal Schistosomes Schistosoma curassoni and S. bovis Naturally Infecting Humans. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22 (12) : 2212 - 2214. doi: 10.3201/eid2212.160644

Guan W, Li S-Z, Abe EM, Webster BL, Rollinson D, Zhou X-N (2016) The genetic diversity and geographical separation study of Oncomelania hupensis populations in mainland China using microsatellite loci. Parasites & Vectors, 9 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1321-z

Young ND, Chan K-G, Korhonen PK, Min Chong T, Ee R, Mohandas N, Koehler AV, Lim Y-L, Hofmann A, Jex AR, Qian B, Chilton NB, Gobert GN, McManus DP, Tan P, Webster BL, Rollinson D, Gasser RB (2015) Exploring molecular variation in Schistosoma japonicum in China. Scientific Reports, 5 (1) : doi: 10.1038/srep17345

Rosser A, Rollinson D, Forrest M, Webster BL (2015) Isothermal Recombinase Polymerase amplification (RPA) of Schistosoma haematobium DNA and oligochromatographic lateral flow detection. Parasites & Vectors, 8 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1055-3

Webster BL, Rabone M, Pennance T, Emery AM, Allan F, Gouvras A, Knopp S, Garba A, Hamidou AA, Mohammed KA, Ame SM, Rollinson D, Webster JP (2015) Development of novel multiplex microsatellite polymerase chain reactions to enable high-throughput population genetic studies of Schistosoma haematobium. Parasites & Vectors, 8 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1044-6

Sady H, Al-Mekhlafi HM, Webster BL, Ngui R, Atroosh WM, Al-Delaimy AK, Nasr NA, Chua KH, Lim YAL, Surin J (2015) New insights into the genetic diversity of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobiumin Yemen. Parasites & Vectors, 8 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1168-8

Webster BL, Rabone M, Pennance T, Emery AM, Allan F, Gouvras A, Knopp S, Garba A, Hamidou AA, Mohammed KA, Ame SM, Rollinson D, Webster JP (2015) Erratum to: Development of novel multiplex microsatellite polymerase chain reactions to enable high-throughput population genetic studies of Schistosoma haematobium. Parasites & Vectors, 8 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1134-5

Knowles SCL, Webster BL, Garba A, Sacko M, Diaw OT, Fenwick A, Rollinson D, Webster JP (null) Epidemiological Interactions between Urogenital and Intestinal Human Schistosomiasis in the Context of Praziquantel Treatment across Three West African Countries. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9 (10) : e0004019 - e0004019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004019

Gower CM, Gouvras AN, Lamberton PHL, Deol A, Shrivastava J, Mutombo PN, Mbuh JV, Norton AJ, Webster BL, Stothard JR, Garba A, Lamine MS, Kariuki C, Lange CN, Mkoji GM, Kabatereine NB, Gabrielli AF, Rudge JW, Fenwick A, Sacko M, Dembelé R, Lwambo NJS, Tchuem Tchuenté L-A, Rollinson D, Webster JP (2013) Population genetic structure of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium from across six sub-Saharan African countries: Implications for epidemiology, evolution and control. Acta Tropica, 128 (2) : 261 - 274. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.09.014

Nyakaana S, Stothard JR, Nalugwa A, Webster BL, Lange CN, Jørgensen A, Rollinson D, Kristensen TK (2013) Bulinus globosus (Planorbidae; Gastropoda) populations in the Lake Victoria basin and coastal Kenya show extreme nuclear genetic differentiation. Acta Tropica, 128 (2) : 226 - 233. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.12.010

Stothard JR, Ameri H, Khamis IS, Blair L, Nyandindi US, Kane RA, Johnston DA, Webster BL, Rollinson D (2013) Parasitological and malacological surveys reveal urogenital schistosomiasis on Mafia Island, Tanzania to be an imported infection. Acta Tropica, 128 (2) : 326 - 333. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.09.006

Webster BL, Culverwell CL, Khamis IS, Mohammed KA, Rollinson D, Stothard JR (2013) DNA barcoding of Schistosoma haematobium on Zanzibar reveals substantial genetic diversity and two major phylogenetic groups. Acta Tropica, 128 (2) : 206 - 217. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.06.002

Webster BL, Diaw OT, Seye MM, Faye DS, Stothard JR, Sousa-Figueiredo JC, Rollinson D (2013) Praziquantel treatment of school children from single and mixed infection foci of intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis along the Senegal River Basin: monitoring treatment success and re-infection patterns. Acta Tropica, 128 (2) : 292 - 302. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.09.010

Webster BL, Webster JP, Gouvras AN, Garba A, Lamine MS, Diaw OT, Seye MM, Tchuem Tchuenté L-A, Simoonga C, Mubila L, Mwanga JR, Lwambo NJS, Kabatereine NB, Lange CN, Kariuki C, Mkoji GM, Rollinson D, Stothard JR (2013) DNA ‘barcoding’ of Schistosoma mansoni across sub-Saharan Africa supports substantial within locality diversity and geographical separation of genotypes. Acta Tropica, 128 (2) : 250 - 260. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.08.009

Glenn TC, Lance SL, McKee AM, Webster BL, Emery AM, Zerlotini A, Oliveira G, Rollinson D, Faircloth BC (2013) Significant variance in genetic diversity among populations of Schistosoma haematobium detected using microsatellite DNA loci from a genome-wide database. Parasites & Vectors, 6 (1) : doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-300

Huyse T, Van den Broeck F, Jombart T, Webster BL, Diaw O, Volckaert FAM, Balloux F, Rollinson D, Polman K (2013) Regular treatments of praziquantel do not impact on the genetic make-up of Schistosoma mansoni in Northern Senegal. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 18 : 100 - 105. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.05.007

Webster BL, Diaw OT, Seye MM, Webster JP, Rollinson D (null) Introgressive Hybridization of Schistosoma haematobium Group Species in Senegal: Species Barrier Break Down between Ruminant and Human Schistosomes. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7 (4) : e2110 - e2110. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002110

Webster BL, Emery AM, Webster JP, Gouvras A, Garba A, Diaw O, Seye MM, Tchuente LAT, Simoonga C, Mwanga J, Lange C, Kariuki C, Mohammed KA, Stothard JR, Rollinson D (null) Genetic Diversity within Schistosoma haematobium: DNA Barcoding Reveals Two Distinct Groups. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 6 (10) : e1882 - e1882. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001882

Waeschenbach A, Webster BL, Littlewood DTJ (2012) Adding resolution to ordinal level relationships of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) with large fragments of mtDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63 (3) : 834 - 847. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.020

Webster BL, Littlewood DTJ (2012) Mitochondrial gene order change in Schistosoma (Platyhelminthes: Digenea: Schistosomatidae). International Journal for Parasitology, 42 (3) : 313 - 321. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.02.001

Tchuente L-AT, Diaw OT, Garba A, Webster B, Stothard R, Rollinson D, Kristensen T (2010) DYNAMICS OF TRANSMISSION AND REINFECTION PATTERNS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS AFTER TREATMENT. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 83 (5) : 265 - 266.

Norton AJ, Webster JP, Lwambo NJS, Fenwick A, Lamberton PHL, Webster BL, Blair L, Gower CM (2010) Genetic Consequences of Mass Human Chemotherapy for Schistosoma mansoni: Population Structure Pre- and Post-Praziquantel Treatment in Tanzania. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 83 (4) : 951 - 957. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0283

Webster BL, Rollinson D, Stothard JR, Huyse T (2010) Rapid diagnostic multiplex PCR (RD-PCR) to discriminate Schistosoma haematobium and S. bovis. Journal of Helminthology, 84 (1) : 107 - 114. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x09990447

Curini-Galletti M, Webster BL, Huyse T, Casu M, Schockaert ER, Artois TJ, Littlewood DTJ (2010) New insights on the phylogenetic relationships of the Proseriata (Platyhelminthes), with proposal of a new genus of the family Coelogynoporidae. ZOOTAXA, 1 - 18.

ROLLINSON D, WEBSTER JP, WEBSTER B, NYAKAANA S, JØRGENSEN A, STOTHARD JR (2009) Genetic diversity of schistosomes and snails: implications for control. Parasitology, 136 (13) : 1801 - 1811. doi: 10.1017/s0031182009990412

STOTHARD JR, WEBSTER BL, WEBER T, NYAKAANA S, WEBSTER JP, KAZIBWE F, KABATEREINE NB, ROLLINSON D (2009) Molecular epidemiology ofSchistosoma mansoniin Uganda: DNA barcoding reveals substantial genetic diversity within Lake Albert and Lake Victoria populations. Parasitology, 136 (13) : 1813 - 1824. doi: 10.1017/s003118200999031x

Huyse T, Webster BL, Geldof S, Stothard JR, Diaw OT, Polman K, Rollinson D (null) Bidirectional Introgressive Hybridization between a Cattle and Human Schistosome Species. PLoS Pathogens, 5 (9) : e1000571 - e1000571. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000571

Tchuente L-AT, Diaw OT, Garba A, Webster B, Stothard R, Rollinson D (2009) Biological features of transmission and reinfection patterns of intestinal and urinary schistosomiasis after treatment. TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, 14 : 8 - 8.

Healy CJ, Caira JN, Jensen K, Webster BL, Littlewood DTJ (2009) Proposal for a new tapeworm order, Rhinebothriidea. International Journal for Parasitology, 39 (4) : 497 - 511. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.09.002

Webster BL (2009) Isolation and preservation of schistosome eggs and larvae in RNAlater® facilitates genetic profiling of individuals. Parasites & Vectors, 2 (1) : 50 - 50. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-2-50

Huyse T, Maes GE, Geldof S, Vereecken K, Djibril D, Rollinson D, Webster BL, Polman K (2008) HIGH GENETIC DIVERSITY IN SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI IN THE SENEGAL RIVER BASIN, A POPULATION GENETIC ANALYSIS 20 YEARS AFTER THE EPIDEMIC OUTBREAK. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 79 (6) : 86 - 87.

Stauffer JR, Madsen H, Webster B, Black K, Rollinson D, Konings A (2008) Schistosoma haematobiumin Lake Malaŵi: susceptibility and molecular diversity of the snail hostsBulinus globosusandB. nyassanus. Journal of Helminthology, 82 (4) : 377 - 382. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x08056290

Jones HD, Webster BL, Timothy D, Littlewood J, McDonald JC (2008) Molecular and morphological evidence for two new species of terrestrial planarians of the genus Microplana (Platyhelminthes; Turbellaria; Tricladida; Terricola) from Europe. ZOOTAXA, 1 - 38.

Waeschenbach A, Webster BL, Bray RA, Littlewood DTJ (2007) Added resolution among ordinal level relationships of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) with complete small and large subunit nuclear ribosomal RNA genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45 (1) : 311 - 325. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.03.019

Webster BL, Rudolfová J, Horák P, Littlewood DTJ (2007) THE COMPLETE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME OF THE BIRD SCHISTOSOME TRICHOBILHARZIA REGENTI (PLATYHELMINTHES: DIGENEA), CAUSATIVE AGENT OF CERCARIAL DERMATITIS. Journal of Parasitology, 93 (3) : 553 - 561. doi: 10.1645/ge-1072r.1

HUYSE T, PLAISANCE L, WEBSTER BL, MO TA, BAKKE TA, BACHMANN L, LITTLEWOOD DTJ (2006) The mitochondrial genome of Gyrodactylus salaris (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea), a pathogen of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Parasitology, 134 (5) : 739 - 747. doi: 10.1017/s0031182006002010

GOWER CM, SHRIVASTAVA J, LAMBERTON PHL, ROLLINSON D, WEBSTER BL, EMERY A, KABATEREINE NB, WEBSTER JP (2007) Development and application of an ethically and epidemiologically advantageous assay for the multi-locus microsatellite analysis of Schistosoma mansoni. Parasitology, 134 (4) : 523 - 536. doi: 10.1017/s0031182006001685

Webster BL, Mackenzie-Dodds JA, Telford MJ, Littlewood DTJ (2007) The mitochondrial genome of Priapulus caudatus Lamarck (Priapulida: Priapulidae). Gene, 389 (1) : 96 - 105. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.10.005

Webster BL, Tchuem Tchuenté LA, Southgate VR (2007) A single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) approach for investigating genetic interactions of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma guineensis in Loum, Cameroon. Parasitology Research, 100 (4) : 739 - 745. doi: 10.1007/s00436-006-0310-0

PANKOV P, WEBSTER BL, BLASCO-COSTA I, GIBSON DI, LITTLEWOOD DTJ, BALBUENA JA, KOSTADINOVA A (2006) Robinia aurata n. g., n. sp. (Digenea: Hemiuridae) from the mugilid Liza aurata with a molecular confirmation of its position within the Hemiuroidea. Parasitology, 133 (02) : 217 - 217. doi: 10.1017/s0031182006000126

Littlewood DTJ, Lockyer AE, Webster BL, Johnston DA, Le TH (2006) The complete mitochondrial genomes of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma spindale and the evolutionary history of mitochondrial genome changes among parasitic flatworms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 39 (2) : 452 - 467. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.012

Smith AB, Pisani D, Mackenzie-Dodds JA, Stockley B, Webster BL, Littlewood DTJ (2006) Testing the Molecular Clock: Molecular and Paleontological Estimates of Divergence Times in the Echinoidea (Echinodermata). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23 (10) : 1832 - 1851. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msl039

Webster BL, Copley RR, Jenner RA, Mackenzie-Dodds JA, Bourlat SJ, Rota-Stabelli O, Littlewood DTJ, Telford MJ (2006) Mitogenomics and phylogenomics reveal priapulid worms as extant models of the ancestral Ecdysozoan. Evolution <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&amp;"/> Development, 8 (6) : 502 - 510. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142x.2006.00123.x

WEBSTER B, SOUTHGATE V, LITTLEWOOD D (2006) A revision of the interrelationships of Schistosoma including the recently described Schistosoma guineensis☆. International Journal for Parasitology, 36 (8) : 947 - 955. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.03.005

Bray RA, Webster BL, Bartoli P, Littlewood DTJ (2005) Relationships within the Acanthocolpidae Luhe, 1906 and their place among the Digenea. ACTA PARASITOLOGICA, 50 (4) : 281 - 291.

Webster BL, Tchuem Tchuenté LA, Jourdane J, Southgate VR (2005) The interaction of Schistosoma haematobium and S. guineensis in Cameroon. Journal of Helminthology, 79 (3) : 193 - 197. doi: 10.1079/joh2005306

Tchuem Tchuenté L-A, Southgate VR, Jourdane J, Webster BL, Vercruysse J (2003) Schistosoma intercalatum: an endangered species in Cameroon?. Trends in Parasitology, 19 (9) : 389 - 393. doi: 10.1016/s1471-4922(03)00193-4

Webster BL, Southgate VR, Tchuem Tchuenté L-A (2003) Isoenzyme analysis of Schistosoma haematobium, S. intercalatum and their hybrids and occurrences of natural hybridization in Cameroon. Journal of Helminthology, 77 (3) : 269 - 274. doi: 10.1079/joh2003166

WEBSTER BL, SOUTHGATE VR (2003) Mating interactions of Schistosoma haematobium and S. intercalatum with their hybrid offspring. Parasitology, 126 (4) : 327 - 338. doi: 10.1017/s0031182002002883

WEBSTER BL, SOUTHGATE VR (2003) Compatibility of Schistosoma haematobium, S. intercalatum and their hybrids with Bulinus truncatus and B. forskalii. Parasitology, 127 (3) : 231 - 242. doi: 10.1017/s0031182003003597

Southgate VR, Tchuem Tchuenté L-A, Sène M, De Clercq D, Théron A, Jourdane J, Webster BL, Rollinson D, Gryseels B, Vercruysse J (2001) Studies on the biology of schistosomiasis with emphasis on the Senegal river basin. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 96 (suppl) : FapUNIFESP (SciELO) : 75 - 78. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762001000900010

Tchuenté LAT, Southgate VR, Webster BL, De Bont J, Vercruysse J (2001) Impact of installation of a water pump on schistosomiasis transmission in a focus in Cameroon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 95 (3) : 255 - 256. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90228-7

Webster BL, Southgate VR, Tchuem Tchuenté L-A (1999) Mating interactions between Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni. Journal of Helminthology, 73 (4) : 351 - 356. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x99000591

Kinkar L, Gasser R, Webster B, Rollinson D, Littlewood D, Chang B, Stroehlein A, Korhonen P, Young N (null) Nanopore Sequencing Resolves Elusive Long Tandem-Repeat Regions in Mitochondrial Genomes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (4) : 1811 - 1811. doi: 10.3390/ijms22041811

Littlewood DTJ, Webster BL (null) Origins and evolutionary radiation of Schistosoma, In: Schistosoma: Biology, Pathology and Control, Jamieson BGM (Eds). CRC Press : 1 - 8.

Tian-Bi Y-NT, Ouattara M, Knopp S, Coulibaly JT, Hürlimann E, Webster B, Allan F, Rollinson D, Meïté A, Diakité NR, Konan CK, N’Goran EK, Utzinger J (2018) Interrupting seasonal transmission of Schistosoma haematobium and control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in northern and central Côte d’Ivoire: a SCORE study protocol. BMC Public Health, 18 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5044-2

Courses taught

Short course: Integrating molecules with taxonomy and systematics
, London
5/2018.

Short course: Molecular diagnostics for species identification and evolutionary analysis
Natural History Museum, London
2/2018.

Supervision

Doctorate (PhD) Lead supervisor to Pennance T
Co supervisor(s): Cable J
Untangling the relationships between snails, schistosomes and the environment
Funding: NERC
1/1/2017 - on going.

Doctorate (PhD) Co-supervisor to Tober A
Co supervisor(s): Cable J
Spatial epidemiology in sub-Saharan African wildlife: schistosomes of Cape Buffalo
Funding: NERC

Doctorate (PhD) Lead supervisor to Bartonicek Z
Co supervisor(s): Day J
Environmental monitoring of medically and veterinary important freshwater snails and their schistosome parasites
Funding: NERC