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Research Publications - Microbial Genomics

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Recent Papers

The evolutionary drivers and correlates of viral host jumps
25 Mar 2024 Nature Ecology & Evolution 
Tan CCS, van Dorp L, Balloux F

The emergence and diversification of a zoonotic pathogen from within the microbiota of intensively farmed pigs
14 Nov 2023 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Murray GGR, Hossain ASMM, Miller EL, Bruchmann S, Balmer AJ, Matuszewska M, Herbert J, Hadjirin NF, Mugabi R, Li G, Ferrando ML, Fernandes de Oliveira IM, Nguyen T, Yen PLK, Phuc HD, Zaw Moe A, Su Wai T, Gottschalk M, Aragon V, Valentin-Weigand P, Heegaard PMH, Vrieling M, Thein Maw M, Thidar Myint H, Tun Win Y, Thi Hoa N, Bentley SD, Clavijo MJ, Wells JM, Tucker AW, Weinert LA

Role of mobile genetic elements in the global dissemination of the carbapenem resistance gene blaNDM
3 Mar 2022 Nature Communications
Acman M, Wang R, van Dorp L, Shaw LP, Wang Q, Luhmann N, Yin Y, Sun S, Chen H, Wang H, Balloux F

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to animals and potential host adaptation
2022 Research SquarTan C, Lam SD, Richard D, Owen C, Berchtold D, Orengo C, Nair M, Kuchipudi S, Kapur V, Dorp LV, Balloux F

Stable antibiotic resistance and rapid human adaptation in livestock-associated MRSA
Jun 2022 eLife
Matuszewska M, Murray GGR, Ba X, Wood R, Holmes MA, Weinert LA

Emergence and widespread circulation of a recombinant SARS-CoV-2 lineage in North America.
August 22 Cell Host Microbe
Gutierrez B, Castelán Sánchez HG, Candido DDS, Jackson B, Fleishon S, Houzet R, Ruis C, Delaye L, Faria NR, Rambaut A, Pybus OG, Escalera-Zamudio M.

Parallel evolution in the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses 
23 Nov 2020 Nature Communications
Escalera-Zamudio M, Golden M, Gutierrez B, Theze J, Keown JR, Carrique L, Bowden TA, Pybus OG

 

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