Search Results - "Rigas, Vanessa"
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Tracing the environmental footprint of the Burkholderia pseudomallei lipopolysaccharide genotypes in the tropical "Top End" of the Northern Territory, Australia
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-07-2019)“…The Tier 1 select agent Burkholderia pseudomallei is an environmental bacterium that causes melioidosis, a high mortality disease. Variably present genetic…”
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Pediatric melioidosis in Sarawak, Malaysia: Epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (09-06-2017)“…Melioidosis is a serious, and potentially fatal community-acquired infection endemic to northern Australia and Southeast Asia, including Sarawak, Malaysia. The…”
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Melioidosis fatalities in captive slender-tailed meerkats (Suricata suricatta): combining epidemiology, pathology and whole-genome sequencing supports variable mechanisms of transmission with one health implications
Published in BMC veterinary research (19-12-2019)“…Melioidosis is a tropical infectious disease which is being increasingly recognised throughout the globe. Infection occurs in humans and animals, typically…”
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Genomic Epidemiology Links Burkholderia pseudomallei from Individual Human Cases to B. pseudomallei from Targeted Environmental Sampling in Northern Australia
Published in Journal of clinical microbiology (16-03-2022)“…Each case of melioidosis results from a single event when a human is infected by the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Darwin, in tropical…”
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Whole-genome sequencing of Burkholderia pseudomallei from an urban melioidosis hot spot reveals a fine-scale population structure and localised spatial clustering in the environment
Published in Scientific reports (25-03-2020)“…Melioidosis is a severe disease caused by the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei that affects both humans and animals throughout northern…”
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Utility of a Rapid Lateral Flow Assay To Resolve Erroneous Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei as Burkholderia thailandensis by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometry
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Robust and prototypical immune responses toward COVID-19 vaccine in First Nations peoples are impacted by comorbidities
Published in Nature immunology (01-06-2023)“…High-risk groups, including Indigenous people, are at risk of severe COVID-19. Here we found that Australian First Nations peoples elicit effective immune…”
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Next-generation Diagnostics for Melioidosis: Evaluation of a Prototype i-STAT Cartridge to Detect Burkholderia pseudomallei Biomarkers
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (18-07-2019)“…Infection with the gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei can result in melioidosis, a life-threatening disease that can be difficult to diagnose…”
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Broad spectrum SARS-CoV-2-specific immunity in hospitalized First Nations peoples recovering from COVID-19
Published in Immunology and cell biology (01-11-2023)“…Indigenous peoples globally are at increased risk of COVID-19-associated morbidity and mortality. However, data that describe immune responses to SARS-CoV-2…”
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Enhanced melioidosis surveillance in patients attending four tertiary hospitals in Yangon, Myanmar
Published in Epidemiology and infection (22-06-2021)“…To investigate the current epidemiology of melioidosis in Yangon, Myanmar, between June 2017 and May 2019 we conducted enhanced surveillance for melioidosis in…”
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Complete genome sequence of Oligella urethralis MSHR-50412PR, isolated from an ear discharge swab of a child with chronic suppurative otitis media
Published in Microbiology resource announcements (15-02-2024)“…are opportunistic pathogens typically associated with genitourinary infections. Here, we report the complete genome for an isolate recovered from ear discharge…”
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A cluster of melioidosis infections in hatchling saltwater crocodiles ( Crocodylus porosus ) resolved using genome-wide comparison of a common north Australian strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei
Published in Microbial genomics (01-08-2019)“…is a Gram-negative saprophytic bacillus and the aetiological agent of melioidosis, a disease of public-health importance throughout Southeast Asia and northern…”
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Serological evidence of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in U.S. Marines who trained in Australia from 2012-2014: a retrospective analysis of archived samples
Published in MSMR (U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Executive Communications Division) (01-07-2019)“…Infection with the gram-negative bacterium can result in a life-threatening disease known as melioidosis. Historically, melioidosis was a common infection in…”
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Utility of a Rapid Lateral Flow Assay To Resolve Erroneous Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei as Burkholderia thailandensis by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometry
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