Research Publications

Take a look at recently published papers involving staff from the Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey.

Healed impact trauma to a Neolithic cattle frontal bone: a posthuman perspective. International Journal of Paleopathology (2019) 24:197-200. Contributing Authors: E Banfield, A L Stoll and R Thomas

Malignant cutaneous peripheral nerve sheath tumour with rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation (Triton tumour) in a domestic cat. Journal of Comparative Pathology (2018) 165:1-5. Contributing Authors: A L Stoll, A Suarez-Bonnet, B A Summers and S L Priestnall

Development and Evaluation of a Serological Assay for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Alpacas and Llamas. Front. Vet. Sci., 13 August 2018. Contributing Author: Francisco J Salguero

Isolation and characterisation of alveolar type II pneumocytes from adult bovine lung. Nature Scientific Reports volume 8, Article number: 11927 (2018)  Contributing Authors: Diane Frances Lee, Francisco Javier Salguero, Duncan Grainger, Robert James Francis, Kirsty MacLellan-Gibson, Mark Andrew Chambers  

The Blood Transcriptome of Experimental Melioidosis Reflects Disease Severity and Shows Considerable Similarity with the Human Disease (2015). Journal of Immunology, 195:3248-3261 Contributing Author: Salguero FJ

Colonisation of poultry by Salmonella Enteritidis S1400 is reduced by combined administration of Lactobacillus salivarius 59 and Enterococcus faecium PXN-33. Vet Microbiol. 199:100-107.
Contributing Author: Prof. Roberto La Ragione

Host-microbiome interactions in human type 2 diabetes following prebiotic fibre (galacto-oligosaccharide) intake. Br J Nutr. 116(11):1869-1877.
Contributing Author: Prof. Roberto La Ragione

Beyond Antimicrobial Resistance: Evidence for a Distinct Role of the AcrD Efflux Pump in Salmonella Biology. MBio. 22;7(6).
Contributing Author: Prof. Roberto La Ragione

Testing of a palatable bait and compatible vaccine carrier for the oral vaccination of European badgers (Meles meles) against tuberculosis. Contributing Author: Professor Mark Chambers

CD1- and CD1+ porcine blood dendritic cells are enriched for the orthologues of the two major mammalian conventional subsets

Scientific Reports 7: 40942; J.C. Edwards, H.E. Everett, M. Pedrera, H. Mokhtar, E. Marchi, F. Soldevila, D.A. Kaveh, P.J. Hogarth, H.L. Johns, J. Nunez-Garcia, F. Steinbach, H.R. Crooke, S.P. Graham. 2017. Contributing Authors: Professor Falko Steinbach, Dr Simon P Graham

Ascaris phylogeny based on multiple whole mtDNA genomes. 

Nejsum P, Hawash MB, Betson M, Stothard JR, Gasser RB, Andersen LO.
Infect Genet Evol. 2016 Dec 7;48:4-9. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.003.  Contributing Author: Dr Martha Betson

Beyond Antimicrobial Resistance: Evidence for a Distinct Role of the AcrD Efflux Pump in Salmonella Biology. 

Buckner MM, Blair JM, La Ragione RM, Newcombe J, Dwyer DJ, Ivens A, Piddock LJ.
MBio. 2016 Nov 22;7(6). pii: e01916-16. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01916-16.
Contributing Author: Professor Rob La Ragione

Comparative genomics of European avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC). 

Cordoni G, Woodward MJ, Wu H, Alanazi M, Wallis T, La Ragione RM.
BMC Genomics. 2016 Nov 22;17(1):960.
Contributing Author: Professor Rob La Ragione

EFFECTS OF IMAGE PLANE, PATIENT POSITIONING, AND FORAMINAL ZONE ON MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING MEASUREMENTS OF CANINE LUMBOSACRAL INTERVERTEBRAL FORAMINA .

Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound. doi: 10.1111/vru.12438
Zindl, C., Tucker, R. L., Jovanovik, J., Gomez Alvarez, C., Price, D. and Fitzpatrick, N. (2016), Contributing Author: Dr Constanza Gomez Alvarez

Eco-social processes influencing infectious disease emergence and spread. 

Jones BA, Betson M, Pfeiffer DU.
Parasitology. 2016 Sep 9:1-11. [Epub ahead of print]  Contributing Author: Dr Martha Betson

Behaviour of European badgers and non-target species towards candidate baits for oral delivery of a tuberculosis vaccine.

Andrew Robertson, Richard J. Delahay, Robbie A. McDonald, Paul Aylett,Ray Henderson, Sonya Gowtage, Mark A. Chambers, Stephen P. Carter. Contributing Author: Professor Mark Chambers

One Health: parasites and beyond. 

Blake DP, Betson M.
Parasitology. 2016 Aug 30:1-6. [Epub ahead of print] Contributing Author: Dr Martha Betson

The Campylobacter jejuni oxidative stress regulator RrpB is associated with a genomic hypervariable region and altered oxidative stress resistance.

Gundogdu O,  Teixeira Da Silva D,  Mohammad BAS,  Elmi A,  Wren BW, van Vliet AHM, Dorrell N (2016). Frontiers in Microbiology, in press.
Contributing Author: Dr Arnoud van Vliet

Use of pan-genome analysis for the identification of lineage-specific genes of Helicobacter pylori. 

van Vliet AHM (2016). FEMS Microbiology Letters, in press. Contributing Author: Dr Arnoud van Vliet