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Robert Ricketson, MD, Research, Edmond, OK

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Robert Ricketson, MD

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Summary

  • Dr. Robert Ricketson is a researcher in Edmond, OK with a primary focus on emerging pathogens and other neglected tropical diseases. He received his medical degree from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and has been in practice 30 years.

    • Publications and Research

    This link provides a direct download for many of our research publications since 1993 along with a list of current research projects.

Education & Training

  • University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
    University of Oklahoma College of MedicineClass of 1987

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A cross-sectional survey on fruit bat-human interaction in Pakistan; one health perspective  
    Touseef Ahmed,Osama Bin Amjad,Haseeb Ahmed, Shafique Ahmed, Jamil Ahmed Ansari, Robert Ricketson and Muhammad Farooq Tahir, One Health Outlook; (2023) 5:3; https://doi.org/10.1186/s42522-023-00078-1, 2/28/2023
  • Delta Dawn: The Emergence of SARS CoV-2 Variants of Concern in Oklahoma  
    Robert Ricketson, BS, MD, The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, 2/20/2022
  • Knowledge, Attitude and Practices KAP Survey of Rabies Disease in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab Province of Pakistan  
    Touseef Afmed, Sabir Hussain, Ubaid-Ur-Rehman Zia, Robert Ricketson, Preprint, 6/2020
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Advances in Parasitology, Volume 104 
    Chapter: Diagnosis and drug resistance of human soil-transmitted helminth infections: a public health perspective 
    Ngoy Mutombo, Robert Ricketson, Nicola Man, Peter Nejsum, Catherine Gordon, Archie Clements, Nathalie Fonseca, Veeranoot Nissapatorn, Joanne Webster, Mary-Louse McLawsEditors: David Rollinson, Russell Stothard.ElsevierEdition 1,2019

Abstracts/Posters

  • Footprints to Gondwana: Endogenous Filoviral Elements in New World Bats
    R Ricketson, P Mutombo, J Caravotta, G Kamenesi, M Alonso, J Muyembe, C Pettan-Brewer, P Zanotto, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, National Harbor, Maryland, 11/20/2020
  • Zooanthroponotic Transmission of SARS CoV-2: A One Health Risk Assessment
    Robert Ricketson, COVID-19 Pandemic scenario and Health Challenges, Presentation at Virtual University of Pakistan, 7/21/2020
  • Investigation into Silencing the Oncogenic Potential of Alphapapillomavirus
    Robert Ricketson, IPAK, Pittsburg, PA, 4/15/2018
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Authored Content

  • Footprints to Gondwana: An Investigation into the Emergence of Filoviridae in the New WorldSeptember 2020
  • Zooanthroponotic Transmission of SARS CoV-2: A Comparative Medicine One Health Risk AssessmentJuly 2020
  • Coronavirus in Oklahoma: The First 30 DaysApril 2020
  • Infectivity of the Wuhan Coronavirus: a preliminary report A Comparative Medicine One Health AssessmentFebruary 2020
  • Painful lumbosacral sensory distribution patterns: Embryogenesis to adulthoodOctober 1993
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Research History

  • Investigations into the Emergence of Filoviridae in the New WorldThis is a current, ongoing, paleovirologic study.2018 - Present
  • Footprints to Gondwana: Part 1 Nonretroviral integrated RNA virus sequences in exposed and unexposed Old World BatsRESULTS: In the exposed group, the mean integrated elements was 5.3 as compared to 1.9 in the unexposed group of bats. This was found to be very statistically significant (t-value 4.11, p=0.000087) Conclusion: The presence of integrated filoviral elements in bats may be a useful biomarker.2018 - 2019
  • Evolution of VP35 in Filoviruses and New World Bats: Gondwana to LaurasiaVP35, a major virulence factor in Ebola and Marburg viruses, contains an RNA polymerase cofactor at its N-terminus and interferon inhibitory domain at its C-terminus. Interestingly, there is a VP35-like peptide in both Old and New World Myotis bats. Our molecular phylogeny dates back to Gondwana.2018 - 2019
  • Diagnosis and drug resistance of human soil-transmitted helminth infections: a public health perspectiveThis is a collaborative, international project nearing publication.2018 - 2019
  • Effective Filovirus Entry May Depend upon Conserved Tandem Aspartic Acid Residues within Target NPC12018 - 2018
  • P97 Promoter Silencing as a Potential Intervention for Prevention of HPV Cervical Intraepithelial NeoplasiaThe P97 promoter in alphapapillomaviruses may be an ideal target for gene editing as it is highly conserved among the oncogenic group and there is no evidence of a human homologous sequence tat could be inadvertently targeted. This was submitted a a feasibility proposal.2016 - 2017
  • Computational evidence of a miRNA in the nucleoprotein-VP35 intergenic region of the Zaire Ebolavirus: A potential Pandora elementVirus encoded miRNAs in -single-strand RNA viruses are no commonly identified. This was a comprehensive, computational model that was found to potentially effect multiple human transcripts that are involved in the interleukin pathways only in the Zaire ebolavirus as compared to the other species.2009 - 2010

Professional Memberships

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