David Blair
- david.blair@jcu.edu.au
- Adjunct Professor
- College of Science & Engineering
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Biography
My PhD studies were done at Glasgow University a very long time ago. The topic was the life-cycles of parasites infecting trout in fish-farms.
I have worked at James Cook University for two blocks of time. The first was in the late 1970s and the second started in 1989. In between those times, I was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Queensland (in the then Parasitology Dept) and a lecturer in the Zoology Dept at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Le, Thanh Hoa; Pham, Linh Thi Khanh; Van Quyen, Dong; Nguyen, Khue Thi; Doan, Huong Thi Thanh; Saijuntha, Weerachai; Blair, David (2024) 'The ribosomal transcription units of five echinostomes and their taxonomic implications for the suborder Echinostomata (Trematoda: Platyhelminthes)'. Parasitology Research, 123 (1). [DOI]
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Blair, David; Cannon, Lester R.G.; Littlewood, David; Olson, Peter D.; Sewell, Kim B. (2023) 'The Temnocephalidae (Platyhelminthes): molecular data illuminate the evolution of an ancient group of symbiotic flatworms'. Systematics and Biodiversity, 21 (1). [DOI]
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Responses to predation pressure involve similar sets of genes in two divergent species of Daphnia
2023
Zhang, Xiuping; Wolinska, Justyna; Blair, David; Hu, Wei; Yin, Mingbo (2023) 'Responses to predation pressure involve similar sets of genes in two divergent species of Daphnia'. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92 (9):1743-1758. [DOI]
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Le, Thanh Hoa; Nguyen, Khue Thi; Pham, Linh Thi Khanh; Doan, Huong Thi Thanh; Roan, Do Thi; Le, Xuyen Thi Kim; Agatsuma, Takeshi; Blair, David (2023) 'Mitogenomic and nuclear ribosomal transcription unit datasets support the synonymy of Paragonimus iloktsuenensis and P. ohirai (Paragonimidae: Platyhelminthes)'. Parasitology Research, 122 :1531-1544. [DOI]
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Pei, Yingbing; Deng, Zhixiong; Zhang, Xiuping; Blair, David; Hu, Wei; Yin, Mingbo (2023) 'Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the freshwater cladoceran crustacean Chydorus sphaericus: A resource for discovery of genes responsive to ecological challenges'. Aquatic Toxicology, 260 . [DOI]
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Cryptic marine barriers to gene flow in a vulnerable coastal species, the dugong (Dugong dugon)
2023
McGowan, Alexandra M.; Lanyon, Janet M.; Clark, Nicholas; Blair, David; Marsh, Helene; Wolanski, Eric; Seddon, Jennifer M. (2023) 'Cryptic marine barriers to gene flow in a vulnerable coastal species, the dugong (Dugong dugon)'. Marine Mammal Science, 39 (3):918-939. [DOI]
Deng, Zhixiong; Zhang, Xiuping; Wolinska, Justyna; Blair, David; Hu, Wei; Yin, Mingbo (2023) 'Climate has contributed to population diversification of Daphnia galeata across Eurasia'. Molecular Ecology, 32 (18):5110-5124. [DOI]
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Wang, Lugege; Deng, Zhixiong; Blair, David; Hu, Wei; Yin, Mingbo (2023) 'Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the Scapholeberis kingii species complex (Cladocera: Daphniidae) in China'. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 181 . [DOI]
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Ahasan, Syed Ali; De Elías-Escribano, Alejandra; Artigas, Patricio; Alam, Mohammad Zahangir; Mondal, M. Motahar Hussain; Blair, David; Chowdhury, Emdadul Haque; Bargues, M. Dolores; Mas-Coma, Santiago (2023) 'Wide variation of heterozygotic genotypes of recent fasciolid hybrids from livestock in Bangladesh assessed by rDNA internal transcribed spacer region sequencing and cloning'. One Health, 17 . [DOI]
Pitaksakulrat, O.; Sithithaworn, P.; Kopolrat, K.Y.; Kiatsopit, N.; Saijuntha, W.; Andrews, R.H.; Petney, T.N.; Blair, D. (2022) 'Molecular identification of trematode parasites infecting the freshwater snail Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos in Thailand'. Journal of Helminthology, 96 . [DOI]
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Sota, Pornphutthachat; Suttiprapa, Sutas; Tangkawattana, Sirikachorn; Sripa, Manop; Blair, David; Sripa, Banchob (2022) 'Does Opisthorchis viverrini circulate between humans and domestic cats in an endemic area in Thailand?'. Parasitology, 149 (10):1334-1338. [DOI]
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Yang, Wenwu; Deng, Zhixiong; Blair, David; Hu, Wei; Yin, Mingbo (2022) 'Phylogeography of the freshwater rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus species complex in China'. Hydrobiologia, 849 :2813-2829. [DOI]
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Deng, Zhixiong; Yang, Wenwu; Blair, David; Hu, Wei; Yin, Mingbo (2022) 'Diversity of Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera) in inland saline waters from China: Presence of a new mitochondrial clade on the Tibetan Plateau'. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 171 . [DOI]
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Blair, David (2022) 'Lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus: ancient and re-emerging pathogens'. Parasitology, 149 (10):1286-1295. [DOI]
Trisakul, Kanwara; Nonghanphithak, Ditthawat; Chaiyachat, Pratchakan; Kaewprasert, Orawee; Sakmongkoljit, Kankanon; Reechaipichitkul, Wipa; Chaiprasert, Angkana; Blair, David; Clark, Taane G.; Faksri, Kiatichai (2022) 'High clustering rate and genotypic drug-susceptibility screening for the newly recommended anti-tuberculosis drugs among global extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates'. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 11 (1):1857-1866. [DOI]
Davis, Norman E.; Blair, David; Brant, Sara V. (2022) 'Diversity of Trichobilharzia in New Zealand with a new species and a redescription, and their likely contribution to cercarial dermatitis'. Parasitology, 149 (3):380-395. [DOI]
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Le, Thanh Hoa; Nguyen, Khue Thi; Pham, Linh Thi Khanh; Doan, Huong Thi Thanh; Agatsuma, Takeshi; Blair, David (2022) 'The complete mitogenome of the Asian lung fluke Paragonimus skrjabini miyazakii and its implications for the family Paragonimidae (Trematoda: Platyhelminthes)'. Parasitology, 149 (13):1709-1719. [DOI]
Ma, Xiaolin; Deng, Zhixiong; Blair, David; Bi, Yonghong; Hu, Wei; Yin, Mingbo (2022) 'Cyanobacterial bloom associated with a complete turnover of a Daphnia population in a warm-temperate eutrophic lake in Eastern China'. Freshwater Biology, 67 (3):508-517. [DOI]
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Deng, Zhixiong; Yao, Yiyang; Blair, David; Hu, Wei; Yin, Mingbo (2022) 'Ceriodaphnia (Cladocera: Daphniidae) in China: Lineage diversity, phylogeography and possible interspecific hybridization'. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 175 . [DOI]
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Tol, S.J.; Harrison, M.; Groom, R.; Gilbert, J.; Blair, D.; Coles, R.; Congdon, B.C (2021) 'Using DNA to distinguish between faeces of Dugong dugon and Chelonia mydas: non-invasive sampling for IUCN-listed marine megafauna'. Conservation Genetics Resources, 13 :115-117. [DOI]
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Deng, Zhixiong; Ni, Yijun; Wang, Jinhui; Ebido, Chike Chukwuenyem; Odii, Elijah Chibueze; Okoro, Joseph Onyekwere; Blair, David; Hu, Wei; Yin, Mingbo (2021) 'Cryptic diversity and gene introgression of Moinidae (Crustacea: Cladocera) in Nigeria'. Contributions to Zoology, 90 :463-486. [DOI]
Nonghanphithak, Ditthawat; Chaiprasert, Angkana; Smithtikarn, Saijai; Kamolwat, Phalin; Pungrassami, Petchawan; Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi; Mahasirimongkol, Surakameth; Reechaipichitkul, Wipa; Leepiyasakulchai, Chaniya; Phelan, Jody E.; Blair, David; Clark, Taane G.; Faksri, Kiatichai (2021) 'Clusters of drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis detected by whole-genome sequence analysis of nationwide sample, Thailand, 2014–2017'. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27 (3):813-822. [DOI]
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Werneck, Max Rondon; Conti, Lais Modolo; Blair, David (2021) 'Desmogonius baldassinae n. sp. (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) collected in a green sea turtle—Chelonia mydas—from Brazil'. Parasitology Research, 120 (6):2281-2285. [DOI]
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Zhang, Xiuping; Blair, David; Wolinska, Justyna; Ma, Xiaolin; Yang, Wenwu; Hu, Wei; Yin, Mingbo (2021) 'Genomic regions associated with adaptation to predation in Daphnia often include members of expanded gene families'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 288 (1955). [DOI]
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Tavakol, Sareh; Blair, David; Morgan, Jess A.T.; Halajian, Ali; Luus-Powell, Wilmien J. (2021) 'Molecular characterization of two Australian temnocephalans (Temnocephalida, Platyhelminthes) introduced with alien crayfish (Parastacidae, Decapoda) into South Africa'. Aquaculture Research, 52 (10):4613-4618. [DOI]
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Pitaksakulrat, Opal; Chaiyasaeng, Monticha; Artchayasawat, Atchara; Eamudomkarn, Chatanun; Boonmars, Thidarut; Kopolrat, Kulthida Y.; Prasopdee, Sattrachai; Petney, Trevor Neil; Blair, David; Sithithaworn, Paiboon (2021) 'Genetic diversity and population structure of Haemonchus contortus in goats from Thailand'. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 95 . [DOI]
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Dangolla, A.; Wijesundara, D. L. R.; Blair, D.; Fernando, D. D.; Wijesundera, K. K.; Chathuranga, W. G. D.; de Silva, W. A. P. P.; Rajakaruna, R. S. (2020) 'Canine trypanosomosis in Sri Lanka: an emerging problem reported from three distinct geographic locations'. Parasitology International, 77 . [DOI]
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Namsanor, Jutamas; Pitaksakulrat, Opal; Kopolrat, Kulthilda; Kiatsopit, Nadda; Webster, Bonnie L.; Gower, C.M.; Webster, Joanne P.; Laha, Thewarach; Saijuntha, Weerachai; Laoprom, Nongluk; Andrews, Ross H.; Petney, Trevor N.; Blair, David; Sithithaworn, Paiboon (2020) 'Impact of geography and time on genetic clusters of Opisthorchis viverrini identified by microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis'. International Journal for Parasitology, 50 (14):1133-1144. [DOI]
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Rosa, Bruce A.; Choi, Young-Jun; McNulty, Samantha N.; Jung, Hyeim; Martin, John; Agatsuma, Takeshi; Sugiyama, Hiromu; Le, Thanh Hoa; Doanh, Pham Ngoc; Maleewong, Wanchai; Blair, David; Brindley, Paul J.; Fischer, Peter; Mitreva, Makedonka (2020) 'Comparative genomics and transcriptomics of 4 Paragonimus species provide insights into lung fluke parasitism and pathogenesis'. GigaScience, 9 (7). [DOI]
Blair, David (2021) 'Changing face of paragonimiasis' Tropical Parasitology, 10 (2) :168-171. [DOI]