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Overview
After completing my MBiolSci in Zoology at the University of Sheffield, I took up a research assistant role at Cardiff University, helping a PhD student investigating the immune function of German cockroaches under coinfection with gregarines and nematodes. I was then employed on a ISSF population grant (Untangling intestinal schistosomiasis and malaria interactions using a longitudinal cohort study of mothers and pre-school children in Uganda) at Cardiff University. Here I investigated the interactions between malaria and schistosomiasis in ugandan preschool children and the comorbidities associated with coinfection. It was throughout this project I gained an interest in the ecology of trematodes and pursued a PhD in disease ecology.
Publication
2022
- McDowell, D., Hurt, L., Kabatereine, N. B., Stothard, J. R. and Lello, J. 2022. Infection history and current co-infection with Schistosoma mansoni decreases Plasmodium species intensities in pre-school children from Uganda. Journal of Infectious Diseases 225(12), pp. 2181-2186. (10.1093/infdis/jiac072)
Articles
- McDowell, D., Hurt, L., Kabatereine, N. B., Stothard, J. R. and Lello, J. 2022. Infection history and current co-infection with Schistosoma mansoni decreases Plasmodium species intensities in pre-school children from Uganda. Journal of Infectious Diseases 225(12), pp. 2181-2186. (10.1093/infdis/jiac072)
Research
- Disease ecology
- Community ecology
- Biocontrol and integrated disease management
Teaching
- PGR Demonstrator