A Professor of Parasitology, Dr. Robinson combines various diagnostic techniques with
the results of electron micrographs and cytochemistry to provide novel information on
infectious diseases in Jamaica. Over the years, he has investigated the transmission
of Angiostrongylus cantonensis to humans as well as the presence of the infection in
wild rats and snails. He was also involved in the study of infection in red tilapia,
intestinal helminths in dogs in the Kingston Metropolitan Area with an emphasis on
Ancylostoma sp. and the plant compound, Eryngial, as an effective treatment against
human Strongyloides stercoralis infection.
Submitted Articles
- Robinson RD, O'Connor NPG & Steele, RD. Susceptibility of marine, cage-cultured red
hybrid tilapia to Neobenedenia melleni (Monogenea). North American Journal of Aquaculture.
- Robinson RD, Lounges HE and Lindo JF. Seroepidemiology of human tococariasis in a low
socioeconomic community in Kingston, Jamaica. Journal of Parasitology.
Published Articles
- Waugh CA, Lindo JF, Foronda P, Ángeles-Santana M, Lorenzo-Morales J & Robinson RD.
Population distribution and zoonotic potential of gastrointestinal helminths of wild rats,
Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus, from Jamaica. Journal of
Parasitology (in press).
- Waugh C, Shafir S, Wise M, Robinson RD, Eberhard M & Lindo JF. Transmission of
Angiostrongylus cantonensis to humans in Jamaica. Emerging Infectious
Diseases 11(12): 1977-1978.
- Levette PN, Douglas KA, Waugh CA, Robinson RD & Lindo JF (2004). Failure to detect
Angiostrongylus in Barbados. West Indian Medical Journal 53:58.
- Lindo, JF, Waugh CA, Hall J, Cunningham-Myrie C, Ashley D, Eberhard M, Sullivan JJ,
Bishop HS, Robinson DG, Holtz, T & Robinson RD (2002). Enzootic Angiostrongylus
cantonensis in rats and snails, following an outbreak of human eosinophilic
meningitis, Jamaica. Emerging Infectious Diseases 8(3): 324-326.
- Lindo, J.F, Lyn-Sue, A.E, Palmer, C.J., Lee, M.G., Vogel P & Robinson, R.D. (1999).
Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection in a Jamaican community.
Tropical Medicine and International Health 4(12): 862-866.
- Atkins, N.S., Lindo, J.F., Hanchard, B., Lee, M.S. Robinson, R.D. & Bundy D.A.P.
(1998). Strongyloidiasis and human T-cell leukemia virus type-I; immuno-modulatory effects
of concurrent HTLV-I infection. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
and Human Retrovirology 18: 188-190.
- Atkins, N.S., Lindo, J.F., Lee, M.G., Conway D., Bailey, JW, Robinson, R.D. &
Bundy, D.A.P. (1997). Humoral responses in human strongyloidiasis: correlations with
infection chronicity. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene 91: 609-613.
- Lindo, J.F., Atkins, N.S., Lee, M.G., Robinson, R.D. & Bundy, D.A.P. (1997).
Long-term serum antibody isotype responses to Strongyloides stercoralis filariform
antigens in eight patients treated with ivermectin. American Journal of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene 55: 474-476.
- Lindo, J.F., Atkins, N.S., Lee, M.G., Robinson, R.D. & Bundy, D.A.P. (1996).
Parasite-specific serum IgG following successful treatment of endemic strongyloidiasis
using ivermectin. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene 90: 701-702.
- Conway, D.J., Lindo, J.F, Robinson, R.D. & Bundy, D.A.P. (1996). Towards effective
control of strongyloidiasis. Parasitology Today 11: 420-424.
- Robinson, R.D. (1995). Parasitic infections in HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean Region.
Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organisation 29(2): 129-137.
- Lindo, J.F., Robinson, R.D., Terry, S.I., Vogel, P., Gam, A.A. & Neva, F.A. &
Bundy D.A.P. (1995). Age-prevalence profile and household clustering of cases of
Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Jamaica. Parasitology
110: 97-102.
- Hammond, M.P. & Robinson, R.D. (1994). Endoreplication in the ovary, testis and
intestine of Strongyloides stercoralis. Journal of Parasitology
80(6): 905-910.
- Hammond, M.P. & Robinson, R.D. (1994). Chromosome complement, gametogenesis and
development in Strongyloides stercoralis. Journal of Parasitology
80(5): 689-695.
- Lindo, J.F., Conway, D.J., Atkins, N.S., Bianco, A.E., Robinson, R.D. & Bundy
D.A.P. (1994). Prospective evaluation of ELISA and Immunoblot for the diagnosis of endemic
Strongyloides stercoralis infection. American Journal of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene 51: 175-179.
- Conway, D.J, Lindo, J.F., Robinson, R.D., Bundy, D.A.P & Bianco, A.E.(1994).
Strongyloides stercoralis: characterisation of immuno-diagnostic larval
antigens. Experimental Parasitology 79: 99-105.
- Robinson, R.D., Lindo, J.F., Neva, F.A., Gam, A.A., Terry, S.I., Vogel, P. &
Cooper, E.S. (1994). Immuno-epidemiologic studies of Stongyloides stercoralis
and Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) infections in Jamaica. Journal of
Infectious Diseases 169: 692-696.
- Conway, D.J., Bailey, J.W., Lindo, J.F., Robinson, R.D., Bundy, D.A.P. & Bianco,
A.E. (1993). Serum IgG reactivity with 41kDa, 31kDa and 28 kDa larval proteins of
Strongyloides stercoralis in individuals with strongyloidiasis. Journal
of Infectious Diseases 168: 784-787.
- Conway, D.J., Atkins, N.S., Lillywhite, J.E., Bailey, J.W., Robinson, R.D., Bundy,
D.A.P. & Bianco, A.E. (1993). Immunodiagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis
infection: a method for increasing the specificity of the indirect ELISA.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 87: 173-176.
- Walker, S.P., Robinson, R.D., Powell, C. & Grantham-McGregor, S. (1992). Stunting,
intestinal parasitism and the home environment. Transactions of the Royal Society
of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 86: 331-332.
- Robinson, R.D., Murphy, E.L., Wilks, R.J., Neva, F.A., Terry, S., Hanchard, B.,
Figueroa, J.P. & Blattner, W.A. (1991). Gastrointestinal parasitic infection in
healthy Jamaican carriers of HTLV-I. Journal of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene 94: 411-415.
- Robinson, R.D., Lindo, J.F., Williams, L.A.D., Mansingh, A. & Terry, S.I. (1990).
Inactivation of filariform larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis in vitro by six
Jamaican plant extracts and three commercial anthelmintics. West Indian Medical Journal
39: 213-217.
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