Marina Papaiakovou

Improved PCR-Based Detection of Soil Transmitted Helminth Infections Using a Next-Generation Sequencing Approach to Assay Design

Nils Pilotte, Marina Papaiakovou, Jessica R. Grant et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016 · 162 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Effects of single and integrated water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition interventions on child soil-transmitted helminth and Giardia infections: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Kenya

Amy J. Pickering, Sammy M. Njenga, Lauren Steinbaum et al. · PLoS Medicine · 2019 · 85 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Child Health, Infectious Diseases +17

The increased sensitivity of qPCR in comparison to Kato-Katz is required for the accurate assessment of the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infection in settings that have received multiple rounds of mass drug administration

Julia C. Dunn, Marina Papaiakovou, Kay Thwe Han et al. · Parasites & Vectors · 2020 · 72 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +15

A comparative analysis of preservation techniques for the optimal molecular detection of hookworm DNA in a human fecal specimen

Marina Papaiakovou, Nils Pilotte, Benjamin S. Baumer et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018 · 69 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17

A novel, species-specific, real-time PCR assay for the detection of the emerging zoonotic parasite Ancylostoma ceylanicum in human stool

Marina Papaiakovou, Nils Pilotte, Jessica R. Grant et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017 · 67 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +16