Search Results - "Mee, Peter T."
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Enhanced Arbovirus Surveillance with High-Throughput Metatranscriptomic Processing of Field-Collected Mosquitoes
Published in Viruses (01-12-2022)“…Surveillance programs are essential for the prevention and control of mosquito-borne arboviruses that cause serious human and animal diseases. Viral…”
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Quantitative PCR assay for the detection of Aedes vigilax in mosquito trap collections containing large numbers of morphologically similar species and phylogenetic analysis of specimens collected in Victoria, Australia
Published in Parasites & vectors (28-08-2021)“…Aedes vigilax is one of the most significant arbovirus vector and pest species in Australia's coastal regions. Occurring in multiple countries, this mosquito…”
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Rapid, in-field deployable, avian influenza virus haemagglutinin characterisation tool using MinION technology
Published in Scientific reports (13-07-2022)“…Outbreaks of avian influenza virus (AIV) from wild waterfowl into the poultry industry is of upmost significance and is an ongoing and constant threat to the…”
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Environmental risk factors associated with the presence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Victoria, Australia
Published in PloS one (13-09-2022)“…In recent years reported cases of Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, have increased substantially in Victoria, Australia, with the epidemic also…”
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Zika vector transmission risk in temperate Australia: a vector competence study
Published in Virology journal (09-06-2017)“…Zika virus is an emerging pathogen of global importance. It has been responsible for recent outbreaks in the Americas and in the Pacific region. This study…”
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Field Verification of an African Swine Fever Virus Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay During an Outbreak in Timor-Leste
Published in Viruses (15-12-2020)“…Recent outbreaks of African swine fever virus (ASFV) have seen the movement of this virus into multiple new regions with devastating impact. Many of these…”
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Detection of Elizabethkingia spp. in Culicoides Biting Midges, Australia
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-08-2017)“…The bacterial pathogen Elizabethkingia is known to exist in certain species of mosquito but was unknown in other arthropods. We report the detection and…”
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Use of Field Based Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Technology for a Prevalence Survey and Proof of Freedom Survey for African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste in 2019
Published in Frontiers in veterinary science (21-06-2021)“…African Swine Fever (ASF) has been spreading in numerous southeast Asian countries since a major incursion in mainland China in 2018. Timor-Leste confirmed an…”
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Sensitivity and specificity of metatranscriptomics as an arbovirus surveillance tool
Published in Scientific reports (18-12-2019)“…The ability to identify all the viruses within a sample makes metatranscriptomic sequencing an attractive tool to screen mosquitoes for arboviruses. Practical…”
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Urban population structure and dispersal of an Australian mosquito (Aedes notoscriptus) involved in disease transmission
Published in Heredity (01-02-2023)“…Dispersal is a critical parameter for successful pest control measures as it determines the rate of movement across target control areas and influences the…”
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Detection of Low-Level Cardinium and Wolbachia Infections in Culicoides
Published in Applied and environmental microbiology (01-09-2015)“…Bacterial endosymbionts have been identified as potentially useful biological control agents for a range of invertebrate vectors of disease. Previous studies…”
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The Australian Biosecurity Genomic Database: a new resource for high-throughput sequencing analysis based on the National Notifiable Disease List of Terrestrial Animals
Published in Database : the journal of biological databases and curation (28-08-2024)“…The Australian Biosecurity Genomic Database (ABGD) is a curated collection of reference viral genome sequences based on the Australian National Notifiable…”
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Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia
Published in Nature microbiology (01-02-2024)“…Buruli ulcer, a chronic subcutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans , is increasing in prevalence in southeastern Australia. Possums are a local…”
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Distribution of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in southern Australia and insight into the Culicoides victoriae morpho‐variants
Published in Austral entomology (01-08-2021)“…Certain Culicoides species (biting midges) are important vectors globally of a range of viruses, protozoa and filarial parasites, imposing a significant…”
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Independent repeated mutations within the alphaviruses Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus indicates convergent evolution and past positive selection in ancestral populations despite ongoing purifying selection
Published in Virus evolution (15-10-2024)“…Abstract Ross River virus (RRV) and Barmah Forest virus (BFV) are arthritogenic arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) that exhibit generalist host associations…”
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Publisher Correction: Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia
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Contrasting dynamics of two incursions of low-pathogenicity avian influenza virus into Australia
Published in Virus evolution (2024)“…Abstract The current panzootic of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 demonstrates how viral incursions can have major ramifications for wildlife and…”
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Incursion of Novel Eurasian Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza H5 Virus, Australia, 2023
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-11-2024)“…Australia is a sink for low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses, with isolated circulation occurring on the continent. We report the incursion of a Eurasian…”
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