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Alaine Knipes
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 15
Citations - 209
Alaine Knipes is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Lymphatic filariasis. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 12 publications receiving 150 citations. Previous affiliations of Alaine Knipes include University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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A digital microfluidic system for serological immunoassays in remote settings
Alphonsus H. C. Ng,Ryan Fobel,Christian Fobel,Julian Lamanna,Darius G. Rackus,Aimee Summers,Christopher Dixon,Michael D. M. Dryden,Charis Lam,Man Ho,Nooman S. Mufti,Victor Lee,Mohd Afiq Mohd Asri,Edward A. Sykes,M. Dean Chamberlain,Rachael Joseph,Maurice Ope,Heather M. Scobie,Alaine Knipes,Paul A. Rota,Nina Marano,Paul M. Chege,Mary Njuguna,Rosemary Nzunza,Ngina Kisangau,John Kiogora,Michael Karuingi,John Wagacha Burton,Peter Borus,Eugene Lam,Aaron R. Wheeler +30 more
TL;DR: A compact and portable, field-deployable, point-of-care system relying on digital microfluidics that can rapidly test a small volume of capillary blood for disease-specific antibodies for measles and rubella is described.
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Controlling Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Haiti: Implementation Strategies and Evidence of Their Success.
Jean Frantz Lemoine,Anne Marie Desormeaux,Franck Monestime,Carl Renad Fayette,Luccene Desir,Abdel N. Direny,Sarah Carciunoiu,Lior Miller,Alaine Knipes,Patrick J. Lammie,Penelope Smith,Melissa Stockton,Lily Trofimovich,Kalpana Bhandari,Richard Reithinger,Kathryn Crowley,Eric A. Ottesen,Margaret Baker +17 more
TL;DR: Haiti’s very successful MDA campaign resulted in steady progress toward LF elimination and development of a strong foundation for ongoing STH control, which has not only helped establish the global portfolio of “best practices” for NTD control but also is poised to help solve two of the most important future NTD challenges.
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New and emended descriptions of gregarines from flour beetles (Tribolium spp. and Palorus subdepressus: Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
John J. Janovy Jr.,Jillian Tikka Detwiler,Samana Schwank,Matthew G. Bolek,Alaine Knipes,Gabriel J. Langford +5 more
TL;DR: The following new gregarine taxa are described from larvae of flour beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): Awrygregarina billmani, n.
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Partnering for impact: Integrated transmission assessment surveys for lymphatic filariasis, soil transmitted helminths and malaria in Haiti.
Alaine Knipes,Jean Frantz Lemoine,Franck Monestime,Carl Renad Fayette,Abdel N. Direny,Luccene Desir,Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars,Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars,Thomas G. Streit,Kristen Renneker,Brian K. Chu,Michelle A. Chang,Kimberly E. Mace,Kimberly Y. Won,Patrick J. Lammie +14 more
TL;DR: Haiti’s 2014–2015 Integrated TAS surveys provide evidence of the feasibility of using the LF TAS as a platform for integration of assessments for STH and or malaria.
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Community Structure and Seasonal Dynamics of Dactylogyrus Spp. (Monogenea) on the Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) from the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Alaine Knipes,John J. Janovy Jr. +1 more
TL;DR: The gill monogene communities of Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow) in 3 distinct sites on converging streams were investigated from 2004 to 2006 in 3 different seasons, finding that fish size and sex are not predictive of Dactylogyrus infection.