Outputs (6)

Lack of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in British wildlife 2020–21 and first description of a stoat (Mustela erminea) Minacovirus (2023)
Journal Article
Apaa, T., Withers, A. J., Mackenzie, L., Staley, C., Dessi, N., Blanchard, A., Bennett, M., Bremner-Harrison, S., Chadwick, E. A., Hailer, F., Harrison, S. W. R., Lambin, X., Loose, M., Mathews, F., & Tarlinton, R. (2023). Lack of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in British wildlife 2020–21 and first description of a stoat (Mustela erminea) Minacovirus. Journal of General Virology, 104(12), https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001917

Repeat spillover of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) into new hosts has highlighted the critical role of cross-species transmission of coronaviruses and establishment of new reservoirs of virus in pandemic and epizootic sp... Read More about Lack of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in British wildlife 2020–21 and first description of a stoat (Mustela erminea) Minacovirus.

COMPARISON BETWEEN SANGER, ILLUMINA AND NANOPORE SEQUENCING EVIDENCING INTRA-HOST VARIATION OF FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS THAT INFECTS DOMESTIC CATS. (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Castillo-Aliaga, C., Blanchard, A. M., Castro-Seriche, S., Hidalgo-Hermoso, E., Jerez-Morales, A., Loose, M. W., & Tarlinton, R. E. (2023). COMPARISON BETWEEN SANGER, ILLUMINA AND NANOPORE SEQUENCING EVIDENCING INTRA-HOST VARIATION OF FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS THAT INFECTS DOMESTIC CATS

Knowledge of Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) sequence variation has mainly been developed using Sanger sequencing methods. However, advances in next generation sequencing methods and their broad use in laboratories has been changing our understanding of... Read More about COMPARISON BETWEEN SANGER, ILLUMINA AND NANOPORE SEQUENCING EVIDENCING INTRA-HOST VARIATION OF FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS THAT INFECTS DOMESTIC CATS..

Lack of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in British wildlife 2020-21 and first description of a stoat (Mustela erminea) Minacovirus (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Apaa, T., Withers, A. J., McKenzie, L., Staley, C., Blanchard, A., Bennett, M., Bremner-Harrison, S., Chadwick, E. A., Hailer, F., Harrison, S. W., Lambin, X., Loose, M., Mathews, F., & Tarlinton, R. (2023). Lack of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in British wildlife 2020-21 and first description of a stoat (Mustela erminea) Minacovirus

Repeat spillover of SARS-CoV-2 into new hosts has highlighted the critical role of cross species transmission of coronaviruses and establishment of new reservoirs of virus in pandemic and epizootic spread of coronaviruses. Species particularly suscep... Read More about Lack of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in British wildlife 2020-21 and first description of a stoat (Mustela erminea) Minacovirus.

Sarbecoviruses of British Horseshoe Bats; Sequence Variation and Epidemiology (2023)
Journal Article
Apaa, T., Withers, A. J., Staley, C. E., Blanchard, A. M., Bennett, M., Bremner-Harrison, S., Chadwick, E. A., Hailer, F., Harrison, S. W. R., Loose, M., Mathews, F., & Tarlinton, R. E. (2023). Sarbecoviruses of British Horseshoe Bats; Sequence Variation and Epidemiology. Journal of General Virology, 104(6), Article 001859. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.14.528476

Horseshoe bats are the natural hosts of the Sarbecovirus subgenus that includes SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV- 2. Despite the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still little known about the underlying epidemiology and virology of sarbecovi... Read More about Sarbecoviruses of British Horseshoe Bats; Sequence Variation and Epidemiology.

Sarbecoviruses of British horseshoe bats; sequence variation and epidemiology (2023)
Journal Article
Apaa, T., Withers, A. J., Staley, C., Blanchard, A., Bennett, M., Bremner-Harrison, S., Chadwick, E. A., Hailer, F., Harrison, S. W. R., Loose, M., Mathews, F., & Tarlinton, R. (2023). Sarbecoviruses of British horseshoe bats; sequence variation and epidemiology. Journal of General Virology, 104(6), https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001859

Horseshoe bats are the natural hosts of the Sarbecovirus subgenus that includes SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV- 2. Despite the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still little known about the underlying epidemiology and virology of sarbecovi... Read More about Sarbecoviruses of British horseshoe bats; sequence variation and epidemiology.

RNA-Seq of untreated wastewater to assess COVID-19 and emerging and endemic viruses for public health surveillance (2023)
Journal Article
Stockdale, S. R., Blanchard, A. M., Nayak, A., Husain, A., Nashine, R., Dudani, H., McClure, C. P., Tarr, A. W., Nag, A., Meena, E., Sinha, V., Shrivastava, S. K., Hill, C., Singer, A. C., Gomes, R. L., Acheampong, E., Chidambaram, S. B., Bhatnagar, T., Vetrivel, U., Arora, S., …Monaghan, T. M. (2023). RNA-Seq of untreated wastewater to assess COVID-19 and emerging and endemic viruses for public health surveillance. The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, 14, Article 100205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100205

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic showcased the power of genomic sequencing to tackle the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. However, metagenomic sequencing of total microbial RNAs in wastewater has the potential to assess multiple infectio... Read More about RNA-Seq of untreated wastewater to assess COVID-19 and emerging and endemic viruses for public health surveillance.