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Introduction
Maureen A. Kelly is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University. Maureen does research in Veterinary Parasitology, Diagnostics, and Epidemiology. Her current research involves understanding filarial nematodes commonly found in companion animals in the USA. She also works to create and develop reliable diagnostic tests for rapid and accurate results of dogs and cats.
Current institution
Education
August 2019 - May 2021
Tulane University
Field of study
- Tropical Medicine
August 2013 - May 2018
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Publications (4)
Background
Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) are illnesses caused by pathogens transmitted by blood-feeding arthropods such as ticks and mosquitoes. Many CVBDs, including dirofilariosis, anaplasmosis, and ehrlichiosis, are globally distributed and may cause a variety of clinical signs in dogs. Several CVBD agents are zoonotic, making epidemiolog...
Onchocercalupi is a zoonotic filarioid parasite of dogs and cats with widespread distribution. A specific non-invasive diagnostic assay for the detection of O.lupi infections remains unavailable. This study aimed to assess the accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity of an ELISA test designed using nine peptides from two O.lupi proteins. Sera (n = 54...
Filarioid nematodes, which are vector-borne parasites of cosmopolitan distribution, of dogs are medically important. They are represented by species in which microfilariae were found to be circulating in the bloodstream (e.g., Dirofilaria sp., Acanthocheilonema sp., and Brugia sp.) or skin-dwelling (e.g., Cercopithifilaria sp. and Onchocerca sp.)....
