Dr Ruth Kirk

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McKenzie, Maxine, Kirk, Ruth S and Walker, Anthony J (2018) Glucose uptake in the human pathogen 'Schistosoma mansoni' is regulated through Akt/Protein Kinase B signalling. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 218(1), pp. 152-164. ISSN (print) 0022-1899

Churchward, Colin P., Alany, Raid G., Kirk, Ruth S., Walker, Anthony J. and Snyder, Lori A. S. (2017) Prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum caused by 'Neisseria gonorrhoea' using a fatty acid-based formulation. mBio, 8(4), e00534-17. ISSN (print) 2161-2129

Ressurreicao, Margarida, Elbeyioglu, Firat, Kirk, Ruth S., Rollinson, David, Emery, Aidan M, Page, Nigel M and Walker, Anthony J. (2016) Molecular characterization of host-parasite cell signalling in 'Schistosoma mansoni' during early development. Scientific Reports, 6, p. 35614. ISSN (online) 2045-2322

Ressurreicao, Margarida, Kirk, Ruth S, Rollinson, David, Emery, Aidan M, Page, Nigel M and Walker, Anthony J (2015) Sensory protein kinase signalling in ' Schistosoma mansoni ' Cercariae : host location and invasion. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 212(11), pp. 1787-1797. ISSN (print) 0022-1899

Lawton, Scott P., Lim, Rivka M., Dukes, Juliet P., Kett, Stephen M., Cook, Richard T., Walker, Anthony J. and Kirk, Ruth S. (2015) Unravelling the riddle of ' Radix ' : DNA barcoding for species identification of freshwater snail intermediate hosts of zoonotic digeneans and estimating their inter-population evolutionary relationships. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 35, pp. 63-74. ISSN (print) 1567-1348

Zahoor, Zahida, Lockyer, Anne E, Davies, Angela J, Kirk, Ruth, Emery, Aidan M, Rollinson, David, Jones, Catherine S, Noble, Leslie R and Walker, Anthony J. (2014) Differences in the gene expression profiles of Haemocytes from Schistosome-susceptible and -resistant Biomphalaria glabrata exposed to Schistosoma mansoni excretory-secretory products. PloS One, 9(3), e93215. ISSN (print) 1932-6203

Lawton, Scott P., Lim, Rivka M., Dukes, Juliet P., Cook, Richard T., Walker, Anthony J. and Kirk, Ruth S. (2014) Identification of a major causative agent of human cercarial dermatitis, Trichobilharzia franki (Muller and Kimmig 1994), in southern England and its evolutionary relationships with other European populations. Parasites & Vectors, 7, p. 277. ISSN (online) 1756-3305

Ressurreicao, Margarida, De Saram, Paulu, Kirk, Ruth S., Rollinson, David, Emery, Aiden M., Page, Nigel M., Davies, Angela J. and Walker, Anthony J. (2014) Protein Kinase C and extracellular signal-regulated Kinase regulate movement, attachment, pairing and egg release in Schistosoma mansoni. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(6), ISSN (print) 1935-2727

Sealey, Katie L., Kirk, Ruth S., Walker, Anthony J., Rollinson, David and Lawton, Scott (2013) Adaptive radiation within the vaccine target tetraspanin-23 across nine Schistosoma species from Africa. International Journal for Parasitology, 43(1), pp. 95-103. ISSN (print) 0020-7519

Modjtahedi, H., Khelwatty, S.A., Kirk, R.S., Seddon, A.M., Essapen, S., Del Vecchio, C.A., Wong, A.J. and Eccles, S. (2012) Immunohistochemical discrimination of wild-type EGFR from EGFRvIII in fixed tumour specimens using anti-EGFR mAbs ICR9 and ICR10. British Journal of Cancer, 106, pp. 883-888. ISSN (print) 0007-0920

Khattab, Ahmed, Wertheim, David, Petford, Nick, Kirk, Ruth, Wijesinghe, Lasantha and Ibtisam, Ali (2011) Application of confocal microscopy for 3D assessment of carotid plaque structure: implications for carotid blood flow and stroke research. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 4(2), pp. 1-4. ISSN (print) 1941-5893

Bazsalovicsova, Eva, Kralova-Hromadova, Ivica, Stefka, Jan, Scholz, Tomas, Hanzelova, Vladimira, Vavrova, Sylvia, Szemes, Tomas and Kirk, Ruth (2011) Population study of Atractolytocestus huronensis (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), an invasive parasite of common carp introduced to Europe: mitochondrial cox1 haplotypes and intragenomic ribosomal ITS2 variants. Parasitology Research, 109(1), pp. 125-131. ISSN (print) 0932-0113

Mortazavi, Parisa N, Goldsworthy, Graham, Kirk, Ruth and Khan, Naveed A (2010) 'Acanthamoeba' produces disseminated infection in locusts and traverses the locust blood-brain barrier to invade the central nervous system. BMC Microbiology, 10(1), pp. 186-194. ISSN (online) 1471-2180

Zahoor, Zahida, Davies, Angela J., Kirk, Ruth S., Rollinson, David and Walker, Anthony John (2010) Larval excretory-secretory products from the parasite Schistosoma mansoni modulate HSP70 protein expression in defence cells of its snail host, Biomphalaria glabrata. Cell Stress & Chaperones, 15(5), pp. 639-650. ISSN (print) 1355-8145

Zahoor, Zahida, Davies, Angela J, Kirk, Ruth S, Rollinson, David and Walker, Anthony J (2009) Nitric oxide production by Biomphalaria glabrata haemocytes: effects of Schistosoma mansoni ESPs and regulation through the extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway. Parasites & Vectors, 2(18), ISSN (online) 1756-3305

Mortazavi, P. N., Goldsworthy, G., Kirk, R. and Khan, N. A. (2009) Novel model for the in vivo study of central nervous system infection due to Acanthamoeba spp. (T4 genotype). Journal of Medical Microbiology, 58(4), pp. 503-508. ISSN (print) 0022-2615

Zahoor, Zahida, Davies, Angela J., Kirk, Ruth S., Rollinson, David and Walker, Anthony J. (2008) Disruption of ERK signalling in Biomphalaria glabrata defence cells by Schistosoma mansoni: implications for parasite survival in the snail host. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 32(12), pp. 1561-1571. ISSN (print) 0145-305X

Kirk, R. S. (2003) The impact of Anguillicola crassus on European eels. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 10(6), pp. 385-394. ISSN (print) 0969-997x

Kirk, R.S., Morritt, D., Lewis, J.W. and Kennedy, C.R. (2002) The osmotic relationship of the swimbladder nematode Anguillicola crassus with seawater eels. Parasitology, 124(3), pp. 339-347. ISSN (print) 0031-1820

Kirk, R S, Kennedy, C R and Lewis, J W (2000) Effect of salinity on hatching, survival and infectivity of Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda : Dracunculoidea) larvae. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 40(3), pp. 211-218. ISSN (print) 0177-5103

Kirk, R.S., Lewis, J.W. and Kennedy, C.R. (2000) Survival and transmission of Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974 (Nematoda) in seawater eels. Parasitology, 120(3), pp. 289-295. ISSN (print) 0031-1820

Kirk, R S and Lewis, J W (1998) Histopathology of Sanguinicola inermis infection in carp, Cyprinus carpio. Journal of Helminthology, 72(1), pp. 33-38. ISSN (print) 0022-149X

Kirk, R.S. and Lewis, J.W. (1996) Migration and development of the blood fluke Sanguinicola inermis Plehn, 1905 (Trematoda: Sanguinicolidae) in carp, Cyprinus carpio L. Parasitology, 113(Part 3), pp. 279-285. ISSN (print) 0031-1820

Kirk, R.S. and Lewis, J.W. (1994) The distribution and host range of species of the blood fluke Sanguinicola in British freshwater fish. Journal of Helminthology, 68(4), pp. 315-318. ISSN (print) 0022-149X

Kirk, R.S. and Lewis, J.W. (1993) An evaluation of pollutant induced changes in the gills of rainbow-trout using scanning electron microscopy. Environmental Technology, 14(6), pp. 577-585. ISSN (print) 0959-3330

Kirk, R. S. and Lewis, J. W. (1993) The life-cycle and morphology of 'Sanguinicola inermis' Plehn, 1905 (Digenea, Sanguinicolidae). Systematic Parasitology, 25(2), pp. 125-133. ISSN (print) 0165-5752

Kirk, R.S. and Lewis, J.W. (1992) The laboratory maintenance of 'Sanguinicola inermis' Plehn, 1905 (Digenea : Sanguinicolidae). Parasitology, 104(1), pp. 121-127. ISSN (print) 0031-1820

Book Section

Kirk, Ruth (2012) Sanguinicola inermis and Related Species. In: Woo, Patrick T.K. and Buchmann, Kurt, (eds.) Fish Parasites: Pathobiology and Protection. Wallingford, U.K. : CAB International. pp. 270-281. ISBN 9781845938062

Kirk, Ruth and Lewis, John (1994) Sanguinicoliasis in cyprinid fish in the UK. In: Pike, A.W. and Lewis, J.W., (eds.) Parasitic Diseases of Fish. Dyfed, U.K. : Samara Publishing Limited. pp. 101-117. ISBN 187369203x