User profiles for Susan J. Woolhouse

susan woolhouse

Family Physician, Inner City Health Associates
Verified email at smh.ca
Cited by 174

Female feticide

SJ Woolhouse - CMAJ, 2012 - Can Med Assoc
Rajendra Kale, in his editorial entitled “‘It’sa girl’—could be a death sentence” 1 sheds light
on the despicable societal forces that lead women to abort female fetuses preferentially. He …

Quantifying the level of under‐detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness cases

…, SC Welburn, MEJ Woolhouse - Tropical Medicine & …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
To formally quantify the level of under‐detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping
sickness (SS) during an epidemic in Uganda, a decision tree (under‐detection) model …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative evidence for a link between Peyer's patch development and susceptibility to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

…, DJ Shaw, SM Rhind, RG Will, MEJ Woolhouse - BMC infectious …, 2006 - Springer
Background Epidemiological analyses indicate that the age distribution of natural cases of
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) reflect age-related risk of infection, …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the burden of rhodesiense sleeping sickness during an outbreak in Serere, eastern Uganda

EM Fèvre, M Odiit, PG Coleman, MEJ Woolhouse… - BMC Public Health, 2008 - Springer
Background Zoonotic sleeping sickness, or HAT (Human African Trypanosomiasis), caused
by infection with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, is an under-reported and neglected …

Characterizing sequence variation in the VP1 capsid proteins of foot and mouth disease virus (serotype 0) with respect to virion structure

…, AR Samuel, D Stuart, MEJ Woolhouse - Journal of molecular …, 1998 - Springer
The VP1 capsid protein of foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) is highly polymorphic and
contains several of the major immunogenic sites important to effective antibody neutralization …

Using remote sensing and geographic information systems to identify villages at high risk for rhodesiense sleeping sickness in Uganda

…, J McDermott, MEJ Woolhouse - Transactions of the …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing were used to identify villages at
high risk for sleeping sickness, as defined by reported incidence. Landsat Enhanced …

[HTML][HTML] Schistosome infection intensity is inversely related to auto-reactive antibody levels

…, N Rujeni, KM Mitchell, N Midzi, MEJ Woolhouse… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
In animal experimental models, parasitic helminth infections can protect the host from auto-immune
diseases. We conducted a population-scale human study investigating the …

Quantification of Peyer's patches in Cheviot sheep for future scrapie pathogenesis studies

…, D Parnham, RG Will, MEJ Woolhouse… - Veterinary immunology …, 2007 - Elsevier
Peyer's patches (PPs) are the most probable sites of intestinal uptake of the transmissible
spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) agent. The amount of PP tissue varies considerably …

Female feticide

JEJ Kopp - CMAJ, 2012 - Can Med Assoc
Rajendra Kale, in his editorial entitled “‘It’sa girl’—could be a death sentence” 1 sheds light
on the despicable societal forces that lead women to abort female fetuses preferentially. He …

Female feticide

N Auger, HS Kang - CMAJ, 2012 - Can Med Assoc
Rajendra Kale, in his editorial entitled “‘It’sa girl’—could be a death sentence” 1 sheds light
on the despicable societal forces that lead women to abort female fetuses preferentially. He …