LCNTDR

Answering key questions to inform NTD control policy

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An innovative research collaboration bringing together leading experts to tackle neglected tropical diseases

Research collecting field data on trachoma - Image courtesy of Sightsavers

The London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research (LCNTDR) is an innovative research collaboration between Imperial College London, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the Natural History Museum, the Royal Veterinary College.

The London Centre brings together leading experts to conduct cutting-edge research to build the evidence base around the design, implementation and evaluation of neglected tropical disease (NTD) control and elimination programmes.

News

LCNTDR Research Afternoon - Genetic diversity of NTD pathogens

28 May 2018

Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) elimination experts convene in Colombo

21 May 2018

Joanne Webster nominated for Innovator of the Year Award

10 May 2018

Tropical Data – helping to assess the burden of trachoma and other NTDS

03 May 2018

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Selected Research Projects

WEAR: WEarable Aedes Repellent Technologies

TUMIKIA: evaluation of school- versus community-based deworming on the transmission of STH in coastal Kenya

Measuring the height of a child to identify correct dosages

NTD Modelling Consortium: Reaching the 2020 Goals for human onchocerciasis

DeWorm3: Demonstrating the feasibility of STH elimination

Publications

01 Aug 2018

Phylogenetic relationships within the Opisthorchis viverrini species complex with specific analysis of O. viverrini sensu lato from Sakon Nakhon, Thailand by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequencing

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Peer-reviewed article

22 Jun 2018

Predicted distribution and burden of podoconiosis in Cameroon

BMJ Global Health

Peer-reviewed article

20 Jun 2018

Including refugees in disease elimination: challenges observed from a sleeping sickness programme in Uganda

Conflict and Health

Peer-reviewed article

13 Jun 2018

One round of azithromycin MDA adequate to interrupt transmission in districts with prevalence of trachomatus inflammation follicular of 5.0-9.9%: Evidence from Malawi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Peer-reviewed article

@NTDResearch on Twitter

RT @STytheridge: Support our Ticked Off! campaign to help us tackle neglected tick-borne diseases @ARCTEC_LSHTM @BugOff_official https://t.co/eR0t2SSFiJ

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RT @fionaflemingSCI: Wow 109.2 million reached in 2017 to #beatNTDs through @DFID_NTDs @DFID_UK!! Proud @sci_ntds is part of this achiev… https://t.co/C7TQ8aY3EW

1 week 1 day ago

RT @LSHTM: Today is the first ever #LGBTSTEMDay, recognising and supporting all #LGBTQ+ people working across science, tech, e… https://t.co/yXwCQ09wA4

1 week 5 days ago

RT @LSHTMrdm: FAIR access should be provided for all research outputs https://t.co/NI2qADfohd

1 week 5 days ago

RT @Pete_M_M: Are you a Masters student at a local University in Kenya and have completed your coursework? A great opportunity aw… https://t.co/gjq533gFjC

1 week 5 days ago

RT @OpenDataKit: The QRealTime QGIS plugin enables automatic form creation from GIS layers and data upload to Aggregate servers. Use… https://t.co/93lfKcHFFI

1 week 5 days ago

RT @StfnFlsch: Interested in a pre PhD taster in infectious disease modelling? Join us for up to 18 month to estimate the potentia… https://t.co/09IP8G6RoR

1 week 6 days ago

RT @RTIfightsNTDs: New publication from @MikeDFrench @Darin3vans @fionaflemingSCI et. al - Schistosomiasis in Africa: Improving strate… https://t.co/MurRBnGUIP

1 week 6 days ago

RT @InfImmAg: Don't forget to register for our fantastic meeting. See you next week. https://t.co/MkbrwggrRl #immunity… https://t.co/f52XXnMXSj

2 weeks 1 day ago

RT @RSTMH: Register now for our two-day Annual Meeting on #NTDs intersections, 19-20 September, at the @RCPLondon. Speaker inf… https://t.co/cvODMQ0hep

2 weeks 5 days ago

interesting @bugbittentweets blog on mozzie surveillance and control https://t.co/XH5oObpCW9

2 weeks 5 days ago

Happy 20th Birthday @ITIatlanta We love working in partnership w. ITI to build the #NTDs evidence base &… https://t.co/HddgwVg4CJ

2 weeks 6 days ago

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News

LCNTDR Research Afternoon - Genetic diversity of NTD pathogens

Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) elimination experts convene in Colombo

Joanne Webster nominated for Innovator of the Year Award

Tropical Data – helping to assess the burden of trachoma and other NTDS

The NTD research directory.

Search our Projects

Search our Researchers

Selected Research Projects

WEAR: WEarable Aedes Repellent Technologies

TUMIKIA: evaluation of school- versus community-based deworming on the transmission of STH in coastal Kenya

NTD Modelling Consortium: Reaching the 2020 Goals for human onchocerciasis

DeWorm3: Demonstrating the feasibility of STH elimination

Publications

Phylogenetic relationships within the Opisthorchis viverrini species complex with specific analysis of O. viverrini sensu lato from Sakon Nakhon, Thailand by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequencing

Predicted distribution and burden of podoconiosis in Cameroon

Including refugees in disease elimination: challenges observed from a sleeping sickness programme in Uganda

One round of azithromycin MDA adequate to interrupt transmission in districts with prevalence of trachomatus inflammation follicular of 5.0-9.9%: Evidence from Malawi

@NTDResearch on Twitter

Members

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Imperial College London

Natural History Museum

Royal Veterinary College

Schistosomiasis Control Initiative

Partnership for Child Development

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Apicomplexa
Avian influenza
Buruli Ulcer
Chagas
Chikungunya
Dengue
Dicrocoeliosis
Ebola
Food-borne trematodiases
Giardiasis
Human African trypanosomiasis
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy
Loa loa
Lymphatic filariasis
Non-falciparum malaria
Onchocerciasis
Plasmodium
Rabies
Scabies
Schistosomiasis
Soil transmitted helminths
Taeniasis/cysticercosis
Theileria
Toxoplasmosis
Trachoma
Trypanosoma brucei
Visceral leishmaniasis
Yaws
Yellow fever
Zika
Zoonoses

Anthropology
Bacteriology
Behavioural economics
Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Biology
Cellular biology
Chemotherapy
Child health
Clinical Epidemiology
Clinical immunology
Clinical Medicine
Clinical Research
Clinical trials
Clinical Tropical Medicine
Data collection
Development studies
Diagnostics
Disease control
Drug development
Ecology
Economics
Engineering
Entomology
Epidemiology
Genetic diversity
Genetic epidemiology
Genetic sampling
Genetics
Genomics
GIS/Spatial analysis
Health economics
Health inequalities
History
Host-parasite relationships
Hygiene
Immunoepidemiology
Immunology
Immunopathology
Impact evaluations
Implementation science
Infectious disease policy
Informing policy
Mathematical modelling
Medical anthropology
Medicine
Microbiology
Mobile technologies
Modelling
Molecular biology
Molecular diagnostics
molecular epidemiology
Molecular Genetics
Network analysis
Nutrition
Operational research
Opthalmology
Parasitology
Pathogen genomics
Pathogenesis
Pharmacology
Phylogenetics
Policy science
Population genetics
Process evaluations
Programmatic research
Programme evaluation
Public health
Science & technology studies
Science Communication
Sexual health
Social sciences
Sociology
Spatial epidemiology
Statistical analysis
Statistics
synthetic biology
Taxonomy
Toxoplasmosis
Transmission biology
Transmission studies
Vaccinology
Vector biology
Vector Control
Virology
Water and sanitation
Xenomonitoring

Africa
-Eastern Africa
--Burundi
--Comoros
--Djibouti
--Eritrea
--Ethiopia
--Kenya
--Madagascar
--Malawi
--Mauritius
--Mayotte
--Mozambique
--Réunion
--Rwanda
--Seychelles
--Somalia
--South Sudan
--Tanzania, United Republic of
--Uganda
--Zambia
--Zimbabwe
-Middle Africa
--Angola
--Cameroon
--Central African Republic
--Chad
--Congo
--Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
--Equatorial Guinea
--Gabon
--Sao Tome and Principe
-Northern Africa
--Algeria
--Egypt
--Libya
--Morocco
--Sudan
--Tunisia
--Western Sahara
-Southern Africa
--Botswana
--Lesotho
--Namibia
--South Africa
--Swaziland
-Western Africa
--Benin
--Burkina Faso
--Cabo Verde
--Côte d'Ivoire
--Gambia
--Ghana
--Guinea
--Guinea-Bissau
--Liberia
--Mali
--Mauritania
--Niger
--Nigeria
--Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
--Senegal
--Sierra Leone
--Togo
Americas
-Caribbean
--Anguilla
--Antigua and Barbuda
--Aruba
--Bahamas
--Barbados
--Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
--Cayman Islands
--Cuba
--Curaçao
--Dominica
--Dominican Republic
--Grenada
--Guadeloupe
--Haiti
--Jamaica
--Martinique
--Montserrat
--Puerto Rico
--Saint Barthélemy
--Saint Kitts and Nevis
--Saint Lucia
--Saint Martin (French part)
--Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
--Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
--Trinidad and Tobago
--Turks and Caicos Islands
--Virgin Islands (British)
--Virgin Islands (U.S.)
-Central America
--Belize
--Costa Rica
--El Salvador
--Guatemala
--Honduras
--Mexico
--Nicaragua
--Panama
-Northern America
--Bermuda
--Canada
--Greenland
--Saint Pierre and Miquelon
--United States of America
-South America
--Argentina
--Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
--Brazil
--Chile
--Colombia
--Ecuador
--Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
--French Guiana
--Guyana
--Paraguay
--Peru
--Suriname
--Uruguay
--Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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Asia
-Central Asia
--Kazakhstan
--Kyrgyzstan
--Tajikistan
--Turkmenistan
--Uzbekistan
-Eastern Asia
--China
--Hong Kong
--Japan
--Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)
--Korea (Republic of)
--Macao
--Mongolia
--Taiwan, Province of China
-South-Eastern Asia
--Brunei Darussalam
--Cambodia
--Indonesia
--Lao People's Democratic Republic
--Malaysia
--Myanmar
--Philippines
--Singapore
--Thailand
--Timor-Leste
--Viet Nam
-Southern Asia
--Afghanistan
--Bangladesh
--Bhutan
--India
--Iran (Islamic Republic of)
--Maldives
--Nepal
--Pakistan
--Sri Lanka
-Western Asia
--Armenia
--Azerbaijan
--Bahrain
--Cyprus
--Georgia
--Iraq
--Israel
--Jordan
--Kuwait
--Lebanon
--Oman
--Palestine, State of
--Qatar
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--Syrian Arab Republic
--Turkey
--United Arab Emirates
--Yemen
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--Belarus
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-Northern Europe
--Åland Islands
--Denmark
--Estonia
--Faroe Islands
--Finland
--Guernsey
--Iceland
--Ireland
--Isle of Man
--Jersey
--Latvia
--Lithuania
--Norway
--Svalbard and Jan Mayen
--Sweden
--United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
-Southern Europe
--Albania
--Andorra
--Bosnia and Herzegovina
--Croatia
--Gibraltar
--Greece
--Holy See
--Italy
--Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of)
--Malta
--Montenegro
--Portugal
--San Marino
--Serbia
--Slovenia
--Spain
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--Austria
--Belgium
--France
--Germany
--Liechtenstein
--Luxembourg
--Monaco
--Netherlands
--Switzerland
French Southern Territories
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Oceania
-Australia and New Zealand
--Australia
--New Zealand
--Norfolk Island
-Melanesia
--Fiji
--New Caledonia
--Papua New Guinea
--Solomon Islands
--Vanuatu
-Micronesia
--Guam
--Kiribati
--Marshall Islands
--Micronesia (Federated States of)
--Nauru
--Northern Mariana Islands
--Palau
-Polynesia
--American Samoa
--Cook Islands
--French Polynesia
--Niue
--Pitcairn
--Samoa
--Tokelau
--Tonga
--Tuvalu
--Wallis and Futuna
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
United States Minor Outlying Islands

Arminder Deol
Jane Whitton
Maria Inês Neves
Tansy Edwards
Tara Mtuy
Dr Aidan Emery
Dr Amaya Bustinduy
Dr Anna Phillips
Dr Bonnie Webster
Dr Chrissy Roberts
Dr Colin Sutherland
Dr Daniel Martin-Vega
Dr Emma Harding-Esch
Dr James Logan
Dr Judd Walson
Dr Lesley Drake
Dr Maddy Gupta-Wright
Dr Martin Hall
Dr Martin Walker
Dr Michael Marks
Dr Michael Templeton
Dr Rachel Pullan
Dr Sakib Burza
Dr Sam Alsford
Dr Steve Walker
Dr Zulma M. Cucunubá
Professor Alan Fenwick
Professor Alison Elliott
Professor Christl Donnelly
Professor David Mabey
Professor David Rollinson
Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth
Professor Dirk Pfeiffer
Professor Dirk Werling
Professor Graham Medley
Professor Joanne Webster
Professor John Kelly
Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez
Professor Martin Holland
Professor Mary Cameron
Professor Matthew Burton
Professor Robin Bailey
Professor Simon Croft
Professor Sir Roy Anderson

Apicomplexa
Avian influenza
Buruli Ulcer
Chagas
Chikungunya
Dengue
Dicrocoeliosis
Ebola
Food-borne trematodiases
Giardiasis
Human African trypanosomiasis
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy
Loa loa
Lymphatic filariasis
Non-falciparum malaria
Onchocerciasis
Plasmodium
Rabies
Scabies
Schistosomiasis
Soil transmitted helminths
Taeniasis/cysticercosis
Theileria
Toxoplasmosis
Trachoma
Trypanosoma brucei
Visceral leishmaniasis
Yaws
Yellow fever
Zika
Zoonoses

Anthropology
Bacteriology
Behavioural economics
Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Biology
Cellular biology
Chemotherapy
Child health
Clinical Epidemiology
Clinical immunology
Clinical Medicine
Clinical Research
Clinical trials
Clinical Tropical Medicine
Data collection
Development studies
Diagnostics
Disease control
Drug development
Ecology
Economics
Engineering
Entomology
Epidemiology
Genetic diversity
Genetic epidemiology
Genetic sampling
Genetics
Genomics
GIS/Spatial analysis
Health economics
Health inequalities
History
Host-parasite relationships
Hygiene
Immunoepidemiology
Immunology
Immunopathology
Impact evaluations
Implementation science
Infectious disease policy
Informing policy
Mathematical modelling
Medical anthropology
Medicine
Microbiology
Mobile technologies
Modelling
Molecular biology
Molecular diagnostics
molecular epidemiology
Molecular Genetics
Network analysis
Nutrition
Operational research
Opthalmology
Parasitology
Pathogen genomics
Pathogenesis
Pharmacology
Phylogenetics
Policy science
Population genetics
Process evaluations
Programmatic research
Programme evaluation
Public health
Science & technology studies
Science Communication
Sexual health
Social sciences
Sociology
Spatial epidemiology
Statistical analysis
Statistics
synthetic biology
Taxonomy
Toxoplasmosis
Transmission biology
Transmission studies
Vaccinology
Vector biology
Vector Control
Virology
Water and sanitation
Xenomonitoring

Africa
-Eastern Africa
--Burundi
--Comoros
--Djibouti
--Eritrea
--Ethiopia
--Kenya
--Madagascar
--Malawi
--Mauritius
--Mayotte
--Mozambique
--Réunion
--Rwanda
--Seychelles
--Somalia
--South Sudan
--Tanzania, United Republic of
--Uganda
--Zambia
--Zimbabwe
-Middle Africa
--Angola
--Cameroon
--Central African Republic
--Chad
--Congo
--Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
--Equatorial Guinea
--Gabon
--Sao Tome and Principe
-Northern Africa
--Algeria
--Egypt
--Libya
--Morocco
--Sudan
--Tunisia
--Western Sahara
-Southern Africa
--Botswana
--Lesotho
--Namibia
--South Africa
--Swaziland
-Western Africa
--Benin
--Burkina Faso
--Cabo Verde
--Côte d'Ivoire
--Gambia
--Ghana
--Guinea
--Guinea-Bissau
--Liberia
--Mali
--Mauritania
--Niger
--Nigeria
--Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
--Senegal
--Sierra Leone
--Togo
Americas
-Caribbean
--Anguilla
--Antigua and Barbuda
--Aruba
--Bahamas
--Barbados
--Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
--Cayman Islands
--Cuba
--Curaçao
--Dominica
--Dominican Republic
--Grenada
--Guadeloupe
--Haiti
--Jamaica
--Martinique
--Montserrat
--Puerto Rico
--Saint Barthélemy
--Saint Kitts and Nevis
--Saint Lucia
--Saint Martin (French part)
--Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
--Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
--Trinidad and Tobago
--Turks and Caicos Islands
--Virgin Islands (British)
--Virgin Islands (U.S.)
-Central America
--Belize
--Costa Rica
--El Salvador
--Guatemala
--Honduras
--Mexico
--Nicaragua
--Panama
-Northern America
--Bermuda
--Canada
--Greenland
--Saint Pierre and Miquelon
--United States of America
-South America
--Argentina
--Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
--Brazil
--Chile
--Colombia
--Ecuador
--Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
--French Guiana
--Guyana
--Paraguay
--Peru
--Suriname
--Uruguay
--Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Antarctica
Asia
-Central Asia
--Kazakhstan
--Kyrgyzstan
--Tajikistan
--Turkmenistan
--Uzbekistan
-Eastern Asia
--China
--Hong Kong
--Japan
--Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)
--Korea (Republic of)
--Macao
--Mongolia
--Taiwan, Province of China
-South-Eastern Asia
--Brunei Darussalam
--Cambodia
--Indonesia
--Lao People's Democratic Republic
--Malaysia
--Myanmar
--Philippines
--Singapore
--Thailand
--Timor-Leste
--Viet Nam
-Southern Asia
--Afghanistan
--Bangladesh
--Bhutan
--India
--Iran (Islamic Republic of)
--Maldives
--Nepal
--Pakistan
--Sri Lanka
-Western Asia
--Armenia
--Azerbaijan
--Bahrain
--Cyprus
--Georgia
--Iraq
--Israel
--Jordan
--Kuwait
--Lebanon
--Oman
--Palestine, State of
--Qatar
--Saudi Arabia
--Syrian Arab Republic
--Turkey
--United Arab Emirates
--Yemen
Bouvet Island
British Indian Ocean Territory
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Europe
-Eastern Europe
--Belarus
--Bulgaria
--Czech Republic
--Hungary
--Moldova (Republic of)
--Poland
--Romania
--Russian Federation
--Slovakia
--Ukraine
-Northern Europe
--Åland Islands
--Denmark
--Estonia
--Faroe Islands
--Finland
--Guernsey
--Iceland
--Ireland
--Isle of Man
--Jersey
--Latvia
--Lithuania
--Norway
--Svalbard and Jan Mayen
--Sweden
--United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
-Southern Europe
--Albania
--Andorra
--Bosnia and Herzegovina
--Croatia
--Gibraltar
--Greece
--Holy See
--Italy
--Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of)
--Malta
--Montenegro
--Portugal
--San Marino
--Serbia
--Slovenia
--Spain
-Western Europe
--Austria
--Belgium
--France
--Germany
--Liechtenstein
--Luxembourg
--Monaco
--Netherlands
--Switzerland
French Southern Territories
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Oceania
-Australia and New Zealand
--Australia
--New Zealand
--Norfolk Island
-Melanesia
--Fiji
--New Caledonia
--Papua New Guinea
--Solomon Islands
--Vanuatu
-Micronesia
--Guam
--Kiribati
--Marshall Islands
--Micronesia (Federated States of)
--Nauru
--Northern Mariana Islands
--Palau
-Polynesia
--American Samoa
--Cook Islands
--French Polynesia
--Niue
--Pitcairn
--Samoa
--Tokelau
--Tonga
--Tuvalu
--Wallis and Futuna
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
United States Minor Outlying Islands