Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth
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Deirdre Hollingsworth
Senior Group Leader
Deirdre is an infectious disease epidemiologist who uses mathematical models and statistical analyses to study the evolution and transmission dynamics of infectious diseases with the aim of informing the design of more effective control interventions. She is particularly interested in neglected tropical diseases, a group of diseases which cause suffering amongst the poorest populations of the world. She leads the NTD Modelling Consortium, an international network of neglected tropical disease modellers.
Her research foci are lymphatic filariasis, visceral leishmaniasis and a group of intestinal worms (soil transmitted helminths or STHs) which affect a large number of children and adults in low income settings. She has ongoing interests in the transmission and evolution of HIV in both Africa and European/North American settings as well as malaria and influenza.
Recent publications
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Health economic analyses of latent tuberculosis infection screening and preventive treatment among people living with HIV in lower tuberculosis incidence settings: a systematic review
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Baggaley RF. et al, (2023), Wellcome Open Research, 6, 51 - 51
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Diagnosis of helminths depends on worm fecundity and the distribution of parasites within hosts.
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Crellen T. et al, (2023), Proceedings. Biological sciences, 290
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Comparing antigenaemia- and microfilaraemia as criteria for stopping decisions in lymphatic filariasis elimination programmes in Africa.
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Stolk WA. et al, (2022), PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 16
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Considering equity in priority setting using transmission models: Recommendations and data needs.
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Quaife M. et al, (2022), Epidemics, 41
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Evaluating and mitigating the potential indirect effect of COVID-19 on control programmes for seven neglected tropical diseases: a modelling study.
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Borlase A. et al, (2022), The Lancet. Global health, 10, e1600 - e1611