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Dr Katja Fischer

Honorary Principal Fellow
School of Biomedical Sciences
k.fischer@sph.uq.edu.au

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Journal Articles (11)

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Nammunige, Nirupama A., Agnew-Francis, Kylie A., Fernando, Deepani D., Taylor, Sara, Lu, Hieng, Chow, Sharon, Hartel, Gunter, Okano, Satomi, Williams, Craig M. and Fischer, Katja (2025). β-Triketones from Leptospermum scoparium (mānuka) oil show potential as scabicides. Phytomedicine, 136 156321, 156321. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2024.156321
Ranasinghe, Shiwanthi L., Fischer, Katja, Gobert, Geoffrey N. and McManus, Donald P. (2015). A novel coagulation inhibitor from Schistosoma japonicum. Parasitology, 142 (14), 1663-1672. doi: 10.1017/S0031182015001328
Liu, Xue Q., Stacey, Katryn J., Horne-Debets, Joshua M., Cridland, Jasmyn A., Fischer, Katja, Narum, David, Mackay, Fabienne, Pierce, Susan K. and Wykes, Michelle N. (2012). Malaria infection alters the expression of B-cell activating factor resulting in diminished memory antibody responses and survival. European Journal of Immunology, 42 (12), 3291-3301. doi: 10.1002/eji.201242689
Mika, Angela, Goh, Priscilla, Holt, Deborah C., Kemp, Dave J. and Fischer, Katja (2011). Scabies mite peritrophins are potential targets of human host innate immunity. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5 (9) e1331, e1331.1-e1331.11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001331
Mounsey, K, Ho, MF, Kelly, A, Willis, C, Pasay, C, Kemp, DJ, McCarthy, JS and Fischer, K (2010). A tractable experimental model for study of human and animal scabies. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4 (7) e756, e756-1-e756-6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000756
Willis, Charlene, Fischer, Katja, Walton, Shelly F., Currie, Bart J. and Kemp, David J. (2006). Scabies mite inactivated serine protease paralogues are present both internally in the mite gut and externally in feces. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene, 75 (4), 683-687. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.683
Pasay, Cielo, Walton, Shelly, Fischer, Katja, Holt, Deborah and McCarthy, James (2006). Pcr-based assay to survey for knockdown resistance to pyrethroid acaricides in human scabies mites (Sarcoptes scabiei var Hominis). American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene, 74 (4), 649-657. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.649
Hawthorne, Paula L., Trenholme, Katharine R., Skinner-Adams, Tina S., Spielmann, Tobias, Fischer, Katja, Dixon, Matthew W. A., Ortega, Maria R., Anderson, Karen L., Kemp, David J. and Gardiner, Donald L. (2004). A novel Plasmodium falciparum ring stage protein, REX, is located in Maurer's clefts. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 136 (2), 181-189. doi: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.03.013
Holt, D. C., Fischer, K., Pizzutto, S. J., Currie, B. J., Walton, S. F. and Kemp, D. J. (2004). A multigene family of inactivated cysteine proteases in Sarcoptes scabiei. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 123 (1), 240-241. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22716.x
Holt, Deborah C., Fischer, Katja, Tchavtchitch, Marina, Wilson, Danny W., Hauquitz, Nova E., Hawthorne, Paula L., Gardiner, Donald L., Trenholme, Katharine R. and Kemp, David J. (2001). Clags in Plasmodium falciparum and other species of Plasmodium. Molecular And Biochemical Parasitology, 118 (2), 259-263. doi: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00378-4
Cloonan, Nicole, Fischer, Katja, Cheng, Qin and Saul, Allan (2001). Aldolase genes of Plasmodium species. Molecular And Biochemical Parasitology, 113 (2), 327-330. doi: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00226-2
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