Table 3.
List of Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) funded projects in Kazakhstan and publications. The publications listed reflects those authored by Kazakhstani, US, and UK collaborators published in English language journals including number of times cited [x] via Google search (1 June 2019).
| Project | Topic | Publications and Selected Abstracts |
|---|---|---|
| KZ-1 | anthrax | Mullins JC, Garofolo G, Van Ert M, Fasanella A, Lukhnova L, Hugh-Jones ME, Blackburn JK. Ecological niche modeling of Bacillus anthracis on three continents: evidence for genetic-ecological divergence? PloS one. 2013 Aug 19;8(8):e72451.e72451. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072451. |
| Kracalik IT, Blackburn JK, Lukhnova L, Pazilov Y, Hugh-Jones ME, Aikimbayev A. Analysing the spatial patterns of livestock anthrax in Kazakhstan in relation to environmental factors: a comparison of local (Gi*) and morphology cluster statistics. Geospatial Health. 2012;7(1):111–26. | ||
| Mullins J, Lukhnova L, Aikimbayev A, Pazilov Y, Van Ert M, Blackburn JK. Ecological Niche Modelling of the Bacillus anthracis A1.a sub-lineage in Kazakhstan. BMC ecology. 2011 Dec;11(1):32. | ||
| Joyner TA, Lukhnova L, Pazilov Y, Temiralyeva G, Hugh-Jones ME, Aikimbayev A, Blackburn JK. Modeling the potential distribution of Bacillus anthracis under multiple climate change scenarios for Kazakhstan. PloS one. 2010 Mar 9;5(3):e9596. | ||
| Aikembayev AM, Lukhnova L, Temiraliyeva G, Meka-Mechenko T, Pazylov Y, Zakaryan S, Denissov G, Easterday WR, Van Ert MN, Keim P, Francesconi SC. Historical distribution and molecular diversity of Bacillus anthracis, Kazakhstan. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2010 May;16(5):789. | ||
| KZ-2 | Brucellosis | Mizanbayeva S, Smits HL, Zhalilova K, Abdoel TH, Kozakov S, Ospanov KS, Elzer PH, Douglas JT. The evaluation of a user-friendly lateral flow assay for the serodiagnosis of human brucellosis in Kazakhstan. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 2009 Sep 1;65(1):14–20. |
| KZ-2, phase II | Brucellosis | Abstracts: Omasheva, G., Aikimbayev, A., Zhandossov, Sh., Tuleov, A., Hagius, S., Elzer, P., Nikolich, M.P., Blackburn, J.K. Brucellosis in Kazakhstan. 66th Annual Brucellosis Research Conference, 7–8 December 2013, Chicago, IL. |
| Syzdykov, M.S., Kuznetsov, A.N., Sadovskaya, V.P., Blackburn, J.K. Spatial analysis of the brucellosis distribution in southeastern Kazakhstan using GIS technologies. URISA GIS in Public Health Conference, Miami, FL 17–20 June 2013. | ||
| Sydyzkov, M.S., Kuznetsov, A.N., Huang, X., Elzer, P.H., Espembetov, B.A., Daulbayeva, S.F., Blackburn, J.K., Nikolich, M.P. Evaluation of spatial patterns of brucellosis in southern Kazakhstan using GIS technologies. 66th Annual Brucellosis Research Conference, 7–8 December 2013, Chicago, IL. | ||
| Sytnik, I., Tyulegneov, S., Karibayev, T., Dzhailbekova, A., Shcherbakov, A., Seidakhmetova, R., Abenova, A., Nikolich, M., Elzer, P., Blackburn, J.K., Huang, X. Ecology of Brucella biotypes in southern Kazakhstan. 66th Annual Brucellosis Research Conference, 7–8 December 2013, Chicago, IL. | ||
| J. Blackburn, M. Nikolich, P. Elzer, X. Huang, G. Omasheva, A. Aikimbayev. Results and Prospects of Brucellosis Research in Kazakhstan. Brucellosis Research Conference, Chicago, IL, December 1,2, 2012. | ||
| Syzdykov, M.S., B.B. Atshabar, S.V. Kazakov, A.N. Kuznetsov, T.A. Grushina, S.F. Daulbaeva, J.K. Blackburn, S. Mizanbayeva. Development of a GIS-based surveillance system to monitor human brucellosis in Kazakhstan. Brucellosis 2011 International Research Conference, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 21–23,2011. | ||
| T. Grushina, P. Elzer, J.K. Blackburn, X.Huang, B. Atshabar, O. Karpova, M. Syzdykov, S. Daulbayeva, A. Kuznetsov, K. Ospanov, S. Kazakov, S. Mizanbayeva, D. Akzholtaeva, G. Mukhamadiyanova, G. Kalykova, T. Karibayev, S. Tyulegenov, D. Berezovskiy, M. Nikolich. Evaluation of Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis Method for Genotyping Human Brucella isolates in Kazakhstan. Brucellosis 2011 International Research Conference, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 21–23, 2011. | ||
| J. Blackburn, M. Nikolich, P. Elzer, X. Huang, G. Omasheva, A. Aikimbayev. Results and Prospects of Brucellosis Research in Kazakhstan. Brucellosis Research Conference, Chicago, IL, December 1,2, 2012. | ||
| J.K. Blackburn, G. Kazakova, M.J. Wilson, T.A. Joyner, I.T. Kracalik, P. Elzer, G. Mukhamadinov, M.P. Nikolich, I. Sytnik. Exploring spatio-temporal shifts of human and livestock brucellosis using serological surveillance in Kazakhstan 2007—2008. Brucellosis Research Conference, Chicago, Illinois 4–6 December 2010. | ||
| KZ-28 | Multi-pathogen, zoonotic diseases: anthrax, plague, and tularemia | Abstract: Sadovskaya, V.P., Atshabar, B.B., Kazakov, S.V., Burdelov, L.A., Zhumadilova, Z.B., Syzdykov, M.S., Blackburn, J.K. Employing GIS and spatial analysis to inform plague surveillance in Kazakhstan. URISA GIS in Public Health Conference, Miami, FL 17–20 June 2013. |
| KZ-29 | Vector-borne viral and rickettsial disease | Nurmakhanov T, Sansyzbaev Y, Atshabar B, Deryabin P, Kazakov S, Zholshorinov A, Matzhanova A, Sadvakassova A, Saylaubekuly R, Kyraubaev K, Hay J. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in Kazakhstan (1948–2013). International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015 Sep 1;38:19–23. |
| Hay J, Yeh KB, Dasgupta D, Shapieva Z, Omasheva G, Deryabin P, Nurmakhanov T, Ayazbayev T, Andryushchenko A, Zhunushov A, Hewson R, Farris CM and Richards AL (2016) Biosurveillance in Central Asia: Successes and Challenges of Tick-Borne Disease Research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Front. Public Health 4:4. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2016.00004. | ||
| Abstracts: Andryushchenko AV, Ayazbayev TZ, Bidashko FG, Tanitovsky VA, Farris CM, Richards AL. Detection of rickettsial DNA from Ixodid ticks of the West Kazakhstan region. ASM 2014 Boston, MA. 17–20 May 2014. Abst: #852. | ||
| Kyraubayev K, Shapiyeva Z, Utegenova U, Zhandosov S, Beysenaeva M, Ziyadina L, Omasheva G, Hay J, Farris CM, Richards AL. Study of Dermacentor marginatus ticks for rickettsiae in Central Kazakhstan. ASM 2014 Boston, MA. 17–20 May 2014. Abst: #858. | ||
| Nurmakhanov T, Sansyzbayev Y, Yeskhodzhayev O, Vilkova A, Berdibekov A, Matzhanova A, Sailaubek R, St John H, Farris CM, Richards AL. Presence of tick-borne Rickettsia pathogens in southern Kazakhstan. ASM Microbe. Boston June 16–20, 2016. | ||
| TAP-2 | Species identification of tick vectors | Andryushchenko A, Ayazbayev T, Richards A, Pisarcik S. Tick identification in Northwestern Kazakhstan using morphological and molecular characteristics. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014 Apr 1;21S:393. Abstract ICID |
| KZ-31 | Rickettsia and plague in fleas | Sansyzbayev Y, Nurmakhanov T, Berdibekov A, Vilkova A, Yeskhodzhayev O, St. John HK, Jiang J, Farris CM, Richards AL. Survey for Rickettsiae Within Fleas of Great Gerbils, Almaty Oblast, Kazakhstan. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2017 Mar 1;17(3):172–8. |
| Nurmakhanov T, Sansyzbayev Y, John HS, Farris C, Richards A. Flea-Borne Rickettsiae in Almaty Oblast, Kazakhstan. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. 2016 Mar 24;8(1). Abst. | ||
| Yerubayev T, Nurmakhanov T, Meka-Mechenko T, Abdirassilova A, Yeskhojayev O, Vilkova A, Ussenbekova D, Richards A, Farris C, Motin V. Investigating the presence of Rickettsia spp. and Yersinia pestis in flea from the natural plague foci of Kazakhstan. 30th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology, Santa Fe, NM June 8–11, 2019. Poster. Abst #15. KZ-31 | ||
| KZ-33 | MERS-CoV surveillance | Mendenhall IH, Kerimbayev AA, Strochkov VM, Sultankulova KT, Kopeyev SK, Su YCF, Smith GJD, Orynbayev MB. Discovery and Characterization of Novel Bat Coronavirus Lineages from Kazakhstan. Viruses. 2019 Apr 17;11(4). |
| TAP-10 | Tick-borne encephalitis virus, Coxiella, and Brucella in milk | Hay J, Farris C, Elzer P, Andrushchenko A, Hagius S, Richards A, Ayazbayev T. Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus, Coxiella burnetii & Brucella spp. in Milk, Kazakhstan. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. 2016 Mar 24;8(1). Abst. |