Q&A: What are pathogens, and what have they done to and for us?

by Francois Balloux, Lucy van Dorp
Published 2017-10-01

Large-scale network analysis captures biological features of bacterial plasmids

by Mislav Acman, Lucy van Dorp, Joanne M. Santini, Francois Balloux
Published 2020-05-01

No evidence for increased transmissibility from recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2

by Lucy van Dorp, Damien Richard, Cedric C. S. Tan, Liam P. Shaw, Mislav Acman, François Balloux
Published 2020-11-01

Chromosomal copy number variation, selection and uneven rates of recombination reveal cryptic genome diversity linked to pathogenicity.

by Rhys A Farrer, Daniel A Henk, Trenton W J Garner, Francois Balloux, Douglas C Woodhams, Matthew C Fisher
Published 2013-01-01

Impact of HIV co-infection on the evolution and transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

by Vegard Eldholm, Adrien Rieux, Johana Monteserin, Julia Montana Lopez, Domingo Palmero, Beatriz Lopez, Viviana Ritacco, Xavier Didelot, Francois Balloux
Published 2016-08-01

Whole genome sequencing Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from sputum identifies more genetic diversity than sequencing from culture

by Camus Nimmo, Liam P. Shaw, Ronan Doyle, Rachel Williams, Kayleen Brien, Carrie Burgess, Judith Breuer, Francois Balloux, Alexander S. Pym
Published 2019-05-01

Correction to: Whole genome sequencing Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from sputum identifies more genetic diversity than sequencing from culture

by Camus Nimmo, Liam P. Shaw, Ronan Doyle, Rachel Williams, Kayleen Brien, Carrie Burgess, Judith Breuer, Francois Balloux, Alexander S. Pym
Published 2019-05-01

A de novo Assembly of the Common Frog (Rana temporaria) Transcriptome and Comparison of Transcription Following Exposure to Ranavirus and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

by Stephen J Price, Trenton W J Garner, Francois Balloux, Chris Ruis, Konrad H Paszkiewicz, Karen Moore, Amber G F Griffiths
Published 2015-01-01

Transient structural variations have strong effects on quantitative traits and reproductive isolation in fission yeast

by Daniel C. Jeffares, Clemency Jolly, Mimoza Hoti, Doug Speed, Liam Shaw, Charalampos Rallis, Francois Balloux, Christophe Dessimoz, Jürg Bähler, Fritz J. Sedlazeck
Published 2017-01-01

Dynamics of within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis diversity and heteroresistance during treatment

by Camus Nimmo, Kayleen Brien, James Millard, Alison D. Grant, Nesri Padayatchi, Alexander S. Pym, Max O'Donnell, Richard Goldstein, Judith Breuer, François Balloux
Published 2020-05-01

Horizontal versus familial transmission of Helicobacter pylori.

by Sandra Schwarz, Giovanna Morelli, Barica Kusecek, Andrea Manica, Francois Balloux, Robert J Owen, David Y Graham, Schalk van der Merwe, Mark Achtman, Sebastian Suerbaum
Published 2008-10-01

A timescale for evolution, population expansion, and spatial spread of an emerging clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

by Ulrich Nübel, Janina Dordel, Kevin Kurt, Birgit Strommenger, Henrik Westh, Sanjay K Shukla, Helena Zemlicková, Raphaël Leblois, Thierry Wirth, Thibaut Jombart, François Balloux, Wolfgang Witte
Published 2010-04-01

Salmonella enterica from a soldier from the 1652 siege of Barcelona (Spain) supports historical transatlantic epidemic contacts

by Toni de-Dios, Pablo Carrión, Iñigo Olalde, Laia Llovera Nadal, Esther Lizano, Dídac Pàmies, Tomas Marques-Bonet, François Balloux, Lucy van Dorp, Carles Lalueza-Fox
Published 2021-09-01

The Human Salivary Microbiome Is Shaped by Shared Environment Rather than Genetics: Evidence from a Large Family of Closely Related Individuals

by Liam Shaw, Andre L. R. Ribeiro, Adam P. Levine, Nikolas Pontikos, Francois Balloux, Anthony W. Segal, Adam P. Roberts, Andrew M. Smith, Claire M. Fraser
Published 2017-09-01

The global distribution and spread of the mobilized colistin resistance gene mcr-1

by Ruobing Wang, Lucy van Dorp, Liam P. Shaw, Phelim Bradley, Qi Wang, Xiaojuan Wang, Longyang Jin, Qing Zhang, Yuqing Liu, Adrien Rieux, Thamarai Dorai-Schneiders, Lucy Anne Weinert, Zamin Iqbal, Xavier Didelot, Hui Wang, Francois Balloux
Published 2018-03-01

A New Lineage of Cryptococcus gattii (VGV) Discovered in the Central Zambezian Miombo Woodlands

by Rhys A. Farrer, Miwha Chang, Michael J. Davis, Lucy van Dorp, Dong-Hoon Yang, Terrance Shea, Thomas R. Sewell, Wieland Meyer, Francois Balloux, Hannah M. Edwards, Duncan Chanda, Geoffrey Kwenda, Mathieu Vanhove, Yun C. Chang, Christina A. Cuomo, Matthew C. Fisher, Kyung J. Kwon-Chung
Published 2019-11-01

Population-level emergence of bedaquiline and clofazimine resistance-associated variants among patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in southern Africa: a phenotypic and phylog...

by Camus Nimmo, PhD, James Millard, MBBS, Lucy van Dorp, PhD, Kayleen Brien, MSc, Sashen Moodley, BSc, Allison Wolf, MPH, Alison D Grant, ProfPhD, Nesri Padayatchi, ProfPhD, Alexander S Pym, PhD, François Balloux, ProfPhD, Max O'Donnell, MD
Published 2020-08-01

Comparative genomics and epidemiology of the amphibian-killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

by Farrer, Rhys
Published 2013