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Low S, ONeill M, Kerry W, Wild N, Krysiak M, Nong Y, et al.
Commun Biol . 2025 Jan; 8(1):147. PMID: 39885339
Critical to the success of CRISPR-based diagnostic assays is the selection of a diagnostic target highly specific to the organism of interest, a process often requiring iterative cycles of manual...
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Taouk M, Featherstone L, Taiaroa G, Seemann T, Ingle D, Stinear T, et al.
Microb Genom . 2025 Jan; 11(1. PMID: 39812553
Phylogenetic analyses are crucial for understanding microbial evolution and infectious disease transmission. Bacterial phylogenies are often inferred from SNP alignments, with SNPs as the fundamental signal within these data. SNP...
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Thung T, Hall A, Jati A, White M, Bamert R, Tan K, et al.
mBio . 2024 Oct; 15(12):e0256424. PMID: 39475328
Importance: Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that prey on bacteria. This study sampled natural phage populations to test the hypothesis that untapped genetic variation within a population can be the basis...
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Taouk M, Taiaroa G, Duchene S, Low S, Higgs C, Lee D, et al.
Nat Commun . 2024 Sep; 15(1):8076. PMID: 39277590
N. gonorrhoeae, which causes the sexually transmissible infection gonorrhoea, remains a significant public health threat globally, with challenges posed by increasing transmission and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The COVID-19 pandemic introduced...
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Pidot S, Klatt S, Ates L, Frigui W, Sayes F, Majlessi L, et al.
PLoS Pathog . 2024 Aug; 20(8):e1012440. PMID: 39207937
Reconstructing the evolutionary origins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of human tuberculosis, has helped identify bacterial factors that have led to the tubercle bacillus becoming such a formidable human...
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Taiaroa G, Chibo D, Herman S, Taouk M, Gooey M, DCosta J, et al.
Lancet Reg Health West Pac . 2024 Jul; 47:101103. PMID: 38953059
Background: In Australia the incidence of HIV has declined steadily, yet sustained reduction of HIV transmission in this setting requires improved public health responses. As enhanced public health responses and...
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Marck C, Ayton D, Steward T, Koay H, Wiley J, Taiaroa G, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2024 Apr; 24(1):1122. PMID: 38654184
There are reports of poor working conditions for early and mid-career academics (EMCAs) in universities, however, empirical data using validated tools are scarce. We conducted an online, cross-sectional survey using...
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Mee P, Buultjens A, Oliver J, Brown K, Crowder J, Porter J, et al.
Nat Microbiol . 2024 Apr; 9(9):2463. PMID: 38622381
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Nong Y, Steinig E, Pollock G, Taiaroa G, Carter G, Monk I, et al.
Commun Biol . 2024 Mar; 7(1):349. PMID: 38514781
The past decade has seen an increase in the prevalence of sequence type (ST) 45 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), yet the underlying drivers for its emergence and spread remain unclear....
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Moso M, Taiaroa G, Steinig E, Zhanduisenov M, Butel-Simoes G, Savic I, et al.
Lancet Microbe . 2024 Feb; 5(4):e317-e325. PMID: 38359857
Background: There has been high uptake of rapid antigen test device use for point-of-care COVID-19 diagnosis. Individuals who are symptomatic but test negative on COVID-19 rapid antigen test devices might...