Area of research
Agronomy and Crop Science · Epidemiology
Research interest
Research interests include Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Influenza Virus Research Studies, Animal Virus Infections Studies, and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.
A phylogenetic contribution to understanding the panzootic spread of African swine fever: from the global to the local scale.
Home is where the host is: Evolutionary history of geographic spread, host switching, and adaptive genomic signatures in two generalist Group B
<i>Streptococcus</i>
clonal groups
Feline infectious peritonitis epizootic caused by a recombinant coronavirus.
Synergy between HA cleavage site sequence and NA-mediated plasminogen recruitment as a virulence mechanism for low pathogenic avian influenza
Genetic reassortment and diversification of host specificity have driven evolutionary trajectories of lineages of panzootic H5N1 influenza
The Winners Take It All? Evolutionary Success of H5Nx Reassortants in the 2020–2024 Panzootic
Experimental evidence of vaccine-driven evolution of respiratory syndrome virus type 2.
A phylogenetic contribution to understanding the panzootic spread of African swine fever: from the global to the local scale
High pathogenicity avian influenza virus transmission is shaped by multi-species social network structure
Investigating
<i>Bacillus anthracis</i>
genomic diversity and trait-specific lineages in an endemic area in northern Tanzania through a combination of traditional and culture-free sequencing approaches
West Nile virus spread in Europe: Phylogeographic pattern analysis and key drivers
West Nile virus spread in Europe: Phylogeographic pattern analysis and key drivers.
Spatiotemporal genotype replacement of H5N8 avian influenza viruses contributed to H5N1 emergence in 2021/2022 panzootic
Genomic and functional determinants of host spectrum in Group B Streptococcus
Sequencing and Analysis of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus Whole Genomes Reveals a New Viral Subgroup in West and Central Africa.
Temporal Dynamics, Discovery, and Emergence of Human-Transmissible RNA Viruses.
The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant was associated with increased clinical severity of COVID-19 in Scotland: A genomics-based retrospective cohort analysis
The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant was associated with increased clinical severity of COVID-19 in Scotland: A genomics-based retrospective cohort analysis.
Mapping the Dynamics of Contemporary PRRSV-2 Evolution and Its Emergence and Spreading Hotspots in the U.S. Using Phylogeography.
Importance of wildlife in the circulation and maintenance of SAT1 and SAT2 foot-and-mouth disease viruses in Africa
Evaluating public health effects of risk-based travel policy for the COVID-19 epidemic in Scotland
Three Accessory Gene Clusters Drive Host-Adaptation in Group B <i>Streptococcus</i>
Multiclonal human origin and global expansion of an endemic bacterial pathogen of livestock
Multiclonal human origin and global expansion of an endemic bacterial pathogen of livestock.
Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of multi-strain RNA viruses.
Investigating the role of binding free energy, binding affinity and antibody escape in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
West Nile Virus spread in Europe - phylogeographic pattern analysis and key drivers
Circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike N439K variants maintain fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity
Adaptation, spread and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in farmed minks and associated humans in the Netherlands
Adaptation, spread and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in farmed minks and associated humans in the Netherlands.