Papers
Statutory and Exotic Bacterial Diseases

Al-Momani W, Nicholas RAJ 2006
Small ruminant mycoplasmoses with particular reference to the Middle East.
Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science. Nutrition and Natural Resources 1 (4) 1-11.

Ayling RD, Bisgaard-Frantzen S, March JB, Godinho K, Nicholas RAJ 2005
Assessing the in vitro effectiveness of antimicrobials against Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides small-colony type to reduce contagious bovine pleuropneumonia infection.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 49 (12) 5162-5165.

Ayling RD, McAuliffe L, Bisgaard- Frantzen S, Bashiruddin S, Miles K, Nicholas RAJ 2005
Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae:
recent developments in diagnosis and the in vitro susceptibility to antimicrobials.
In: Proceedings 6th International Sheep Veterinary Congress, 17-21 June 2005, 134-135.

Ayling RD, Nicholas RAJ 2005
Treatment of mycoplasma infections: susceptibility of field isolates and outcome of treatment; recovered cattle: risk or bonus?
In: 38th Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners held at Salt Lake City, on the 22nd - 24th September 2005.

Bigi F, Garcia-Pelayo MC, Nunez- Garcia J, Peralta A, Caimi KC, Golby P, Hinds J, Cataldi A, Gordon SV, Romano MI 2005
Identification of genetic markers for Mycobacterium pinnipedii through genome analysis.
FEMS Microbiology Letters 248 (2) 147- 152.

Buddle BM, Aldwell FE, Skinner MA, Lisle GW de, Denis M, Vordermeier HM, Hewinson RG, Wedlock DN 2005
Effect of oral vaccination of cattle with lipid-formulated BCG on immune responses and protection against bovine tuberculosis.
Vaccine 23 (27) 3581-3589.

Cadmus S, Palmer S, Okker M, Dale J, Gover K, Smith N, Jahans K, Hewinson RG, Gordon SV 2006
Molecular analysis of human and bovine tubercle bacilli from a local setting in Nigeria.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 44 (1) 29-34.

Chambers MA, Gavier-Widen D, Hewinson RG 2006
Histopathogenesis of experimental Mycobacterium bovis infection in mice.
Research in Veterinary Science 80 (1) 62- 70.

Christian M 2005
Johne’s disease vaccine.
Veterinary Record 157 (11) 327.

Commander NJ, Thirlwall RE, Stack JA, Macmillan AP 2005
A novel vaccine for protection of sheep and goats against Brucella melitensis, which does not compromise current diagnostic tests.
In: Proceedings 6th International Sheep Veterinary Congress, 17-21 June 2005, 164-165.

Dawson CE 2005
Anti-brucella antibodies in pinnipeds of Australia.
Microbiology Australia (26) 87-89.

Dean GS, Rhodes SG, Coad M, Whelan AO, Cockle PJ, Clifford DJ, Hewinson RG, Vordermeier HM 2005
Minimum infective dose of Mycobacterium bovis in cattle.
Infection and Immunity 73 (10) 6467- 6471.

Diggle P, Zheng P, Durr P 2005
Nonparametric estimation of spatial segregation in a multivariate point process: bovine tuberculosis in Cornwall, UK.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C - Applied Statistics 54 (3) 645- 658.

Donnelly CA, Woodroffe R, Cox DR, Bourne FJ, Cheeseman CL, Clifton-Hadley RS, Wei G, Gettinby G, Gilks P, Jenkins H, Johnston WT, Le Fevre AM, McInerney JP, Morrison WI 2006
Positive and negative effects of widespread badger culling on tuberculosis in cattle.
Nature 439 (7078) 843-846.

Ewer K, Cockle P, Gordon S, Mansoor H, Govaerts M, Walravens K, Marche S, Hewinson G, Vordermeier M 2006
Antigen mining with iterative genome screens identifies novel diagnostics for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 13 (1) 90-97.

Fend R, Geddes R, Lesellier S, Vordermeier HM, Corner LAL, Gormley E, Costello E, Hewinson RG, Marlin DJ, Woodman AC, Chambers MA 2005
Use of an electronic nose to diagnose Mycobacterium bovis infection in badgers and cattle.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 43 (4) 1745-1751.

Ferrand RA, Bothamley GH, Whelan A, Dockrell HM 2005
Interferon-gamma responses to ESAT-6 in tuberculosis patients early into and after anti-tuberculosis treatment.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 9 (9) 1034-1039.

Gilbert M, Mitchell A, Bourn D, Mawdsley J, Clifton-Hadley R, Wint W 2005
Cattle movements and bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain.
Nature 435 (7041) 491-496.

Gordon SV, Cadmus S, Oluwasola A 2005
Molecular methods needed for the accurate assessment of Mycobacterium bovis infection.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 9 (6) 704.

Gous TA, Janse van Rensburg WJ, Gray M, Perrett LL, Brew SD, Young EJ, Whatmore AM, Gers S, Picard J 2005
Brucella canis
in South Africa.
Veterinary Record 157 (21) 668.

Hewinson RG, Vordermeier HM, Smith NH, Gordon SV 2006
Recent advances in our knowledge of Mycobacterium bovis: a feeling for the organism.
Veterinary Microbiology 112 (2-4) 127- 139.

Hogarth PJ, Logan KE, Ferraz JC, Hewinson RG, Chambers MA 2006
Protective efficacy induced by Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette- Guerin can be augmented in an antigen independent manner by use of noncoding plasmid DNA.
Vaccine 24 (1) 95-101.

Hogarth PJ, Logan KE, Vordermeier HM, Singh M, Hewinson RG, Chambers MA 2005
Protective immunity against Mycobacterium bovis induced by vaccination with Rv3109c - a member of the esat-6 gene family.
Vaccine 23 (20) 2557-2564.

Hope JC, Thom ML, Villarreal-Ramos B, Vordermeier HM, Hewinson RG, Howard CJ 2005
Exposure to Mycobacterium avium induces low-level protection from Mycobacterium bovis infection but compromises diagnosis of disease in cattle.
Clinical and Experimental Immunology 141 (3) 432-439.

Hotter GS, Wards BJ, Mouat P, Besra GS, Gomes J, Singh M, Bassett S, Kawakami P, Wheeler PR, Lisle GW de, Collins DM 2005
Transposon mutagenesis of Mb0100 at the ppe1-nrp locus in Mycobacterium bovis disrupts phthiocerol dimycocerosate (PDIM) and glycosylphenol-PDIM biosynthesis, producing an avirulent strain with vaccine properties at least equal to those of M.bovis BCG.
Journal of Bacteriology 187 (7) 2267- 2277.

Jungersen G, Sorensen V, Giese SB, Stack JA, Riber U 2006
Differentiation between serological responses to Brucella suis and Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:9 after natural or experimental infection in pigs.
Epidemiology and Infection 134 (2) 347- 357.

Khan LA, Loria GR, Ramirez AS, Nicholas RAJ, Miles RJ, Fielder MD 2005
Biochemical characterisation of some non fermenting, non arginine hydrolysing mycoplasmas of ruminants.
Veterinary Microbiology 109 (1-2) 129- 134.

Logan KE, Chambers MA, Hewinson RG, Hogarth PJ 2005
Frequency of IFN-gamma producing cells correlates with adjuvant enhancement of bacille Calmette-Guerin induced protection against Mycobacterium bovis.
Vaccine 23 (48-49) 5526-5532.

Loria GR, Tamburello A, Liga F, Lawes J, Nicholas RJ 2005
Isolation of mycoplasmas from pigeons suffering eye lesions and respiratory disease.
Veterinary Record 157 (21) 664-665.

Mathews F, Macdonald DW, Taylor GM, Gelling M, Norman RA, Honess PE, Foster R, Gower CM, Varley S, Harris A, Palmer S, Hewinson G, Webster JP 2006
Bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) in British farmland wildlife: the importance to agriculture.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273 (1584) 357-365.

McAuliffe L, Ellis RJ, Lawes JR, Ayling RD, Nicholas RAJ 2005
16S rDNA PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; a single generic test for detecting and differentiating mycoplasma species.
Journal of Medical Microbiology 54 (8) 731-739.

McAuliffe L, Ellis RJ, Miles K, Ayling RD, Nicholas RAJ 2006
Biofilm formation by mycoplasma species and its role in environmental persistence and survival.
Microbiology 152 (4) 913-922.

McCorry T, Whelan AO, Welsh MD, McNair J, Walton E, Bryson DG, Hewinson RG, Vordermeier HM, Pollock JM 2005
Shedding of Mycobacterium bovis in the nasal mucus of cattle infected experimentally with tuberculosis by the intranasal and intratracheal routes.
Veterinary Record 157 (20) 613-618.

Miles K, Churchward CP, McAuliffe L, Ayling RD, Nicholas RAJ 2006
Identification and differentiation of European and African/Australian strains of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small-colony type using polymerase chain reaction analysis.
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 18 (2) 168-171.

Miles K, McAuliffe L, Persson A, Ayling RD, Nicholas RAJ 2005
Insertion sequence profiling of UK Mycoplasma bovis field isolates.
Veterinary Microbiology 107 (3-4) 301- 306.

Mitchell A, Bourn D, Mawdsley J, Wint W, Clifton-Hadley R, Gilbert M 2005
Characteristics of cattle movements in Britain - an analysis of records from the cattle tracing system.
Animal Science 80 (3) 265-273.

Monies B, Jahans K, Rua R de la 2006
Bovine tuberculosis in cats.
Veterinary Record 158 (7) 245-246.

Mostowy S, Inwald J, Gordon S, Martin C, Warren R, Kremer K, Cousins D, Behr MA 2005
Revisiting the evolution of Mycobacterium bovis.
Journal of Bacteriology 187 (18) 6386- 6395.

Nicholas RAJ, Al-Momani W, McAuliffe L, Ayling RD, Abo-Shehada MN 2005
A re-assessment of the mycoplasma flora of sheep.
In: Proceedings 6th International Sheep Veterinary Congress, 17-21 June 2005, 258-259.

Nicholas RAJ, Ayling RD, Woodger N, Houlihan MG 2005
Mycoplasmas in adult cattle: bugs worth bothering with?
Cattle Practice 13 (2) 167-170.

Nielsen K, Smith P, Yu W, Nicoletti P, Jungersen G, Stack J, Godfroid J 2006
Serological discrimination by indirect enzyme immunoassay between the antibody response to brucella sp. and Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 in cattle and pigs.
Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 109 (1-2) 69-78.

Patel H, Mackintosh D, Ayling R, Nicholas RAJ, Fielder MD 2005
The characterisation of a high yielding growth medium for Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, a cause of atypical pneumonia in sheep and goats.
In: Proceedings 6th International Sheep Veterinary Congress, 17-21 June 2005, 263-264.

Perrett LL, Stack JA, Young EJ 2005
Characterisation of Brucella melitensis.
In: Proceedings 6th International Sheep Veterinary Congress, 17-21 June 2005, 367.

Pitcher DG, Nicholas RAJ 2005
Mycoplasma host specificity: fact or fiction?
Veterinary Journal 170 (3) 300-306.

Regan EJ, Harrison GAJ, Butler S, McLauchlin J, Thomas M, Mitchell S 2005
Primary cutaneous listeriosis in a veterinarian.
Veterinary Record 157 (7) 207.

Renshaw PS, Lightbody KL, Veverka V, Muskett FW, Kelly G, Frenkiel TA, Gordon SV, Hewinson RG, Burke B, Norman J, Williamson RA, Carr MD 2005
Structure and function of the complex formed by the tuberculosis virulence factors CFP-10 and ESAT-6.
EMBO Journal (2005) 1-8.

Saleem IY, Vordermeier M, Barralet JE, Coombes AGA 2005
Improving peptide-based assays to differentiate between vaccination and Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle using nanoparticle carriers for adsorbed antigens.
Journal of Controlled Release 102 (3) 551-561.

Scott JC, Wright DJM, Cutler SJ 2005
Typing African relapsing fever spirochetes.
Emerging Infectious Diseases 11 (11) 1722-1729.

Skinner MA, Wedlock DN, Lisle GW de, Cooke MM, Tascon RE, Ferraz JC, Lowrie DB, Vordermeier HM, Hewinson RG, Buddle BM 2005
The order of prime-boost vaccination of neonatal calves with Mycobacterium bovis BCG and a DNA vaccine encoding mycobacterial proteins Hsp65, Hsp70, and Apa is not critical for enhancing protection against bovine tuberculosis.
Infection and Immunity 73 (7) 4441- 4444.

Smith NH, Kremer K, Inwald J, Dale J, Driscoll JR, Gordon SV, Soolingen D van, Hewinson RG, Smith JM 2006
Ecotypes of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
Journal of Theoretical Biology 239 (2) 220-225.

Stack JA, Perrett LL, Commander NJ 2005
Brucellosis and ovine epididymitis.
In: Proceedings 6th International Sheep Veterinary Congress, 17-21 June 2005, 297-298.

Vordermeier HM, Huygen K, Singh M, Hewinson RG, Xing Z 2006
Immune responses induced in cattle by vaccination with a recombinant adenovirus expressing mycobacterial antigen 85A and Mycobacterium bovis BCG.
Infection and Immunity 74 (2) 1416- 1418.

Vordermeier HM, Chambers MA, Buddle BM, Pollock JM, Hewinson RG 2006
Progress in the development of vaccines and diagnostic reagents to control tuberculosis in cattle.
Veterinary Journal 171 (2) 229-244.

Vordermeier HM, Pontarollo R, Karvonen B, Cockle P, Hecker R, Singh M, Babiuk LA, Hewinson RG, Drunen Littel-van Den Hurk S van 2005
Synthetic peptide vaccination in cattle: induction of strong cellular immune responses against peptides derived from the Mycobacterium bovis antigen Rv3019c.
Vaccine 23 (35) 4375-4384.

Vordermeier M, Goodchild A, Clifton-Hadley R, Rua R de la 2005
The interferon-gamma field trial: background, principles and progress.
Cattle Practice 13 (4) 323-325.
In: Proceedings 6th International Sheep Veterinary Congress, 17-21 June 2005, 297-298.

Vordermeier M, Hogarth P 2005
Vaccine development in the 21st century: a time of living dangerously.
Veterinary Journal 170 (3) 271-272.

Wangoo A, Johnson L, Gough J, Ackbar R, Inglut S, Hicks D, Spencer Y, Hewinson G, Vordermeier M 2005
Advanced granulomatous lesions in Mycobacterium bovis-infected cattle are associated with increased expression of type I procollagen, gammadelta (WC1+) T cells and CD 68+ cells.
Journal of Comparative Pathology 133 (4) 223-234.

Wedlock DN, Denis M, Skinner MA, Koach J, Lisle GW de, Vordermeier HM, Hewinson RG, Drunen Littel-van den Hurk S van, Babiuk LA, Hecker R, Buddle BM 2005
Vaccination of cattle with a CpG oligodeoxynucleotide-formulated mycobacterial protein vaccine and Mycobacterium bovis BCG induces levels of protection against bovine tuberculosis superior to those induced by vaccination with BCG alone.
Infection and Immunity 73 (6) 3540- 3546.

Wedlock DN, Skinner MA, Lisle GW de, Vordermeier HM, Hewinson RG, Hecker R, Drunen Littel-van den Hurk S van, Babiuk LA, Buddle BM 2005
Vaccination of cattle with Mycobacterium bovis culture filtrate proteins and CpG oligodeoxynucleotides induces protection against bovine tuberculosis.
Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 106 (1-2) 53-63.

Wheeler PR, Coldham NG, Keating L, Gordon SV, Wooff EE, Parish T, Hewinson RG 2005
Functional demonstration of reverse transsulfuration in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex reveals that methionine is the preferred sulfur source for pathogenic mycobacteria.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 280 (9) 8069-8078.

Wilkinson KA, Simsova M, Scholvinck E, Sebo P, Leclerc C, Vordermeier HM, Dickinson SJ, Brown JR, Davidson RN, Pasvol G, Levin M, Wilkinson RJ 2005
Efficient ex vivo stimulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis - specific T cells by genetically detoxified Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase antigen toxoids.
Infection and Immunity 73 (5) 2991- 2998.

Woodroffe R, Donnelly CA, Johnston WT, Bourne FJ, Cheeseman CL, Clifton-Hadley RS, Cox DR, Gettinby G, Hewinson RG, Le Fevre AM, McInerney JP, Morrison WI 2005
Spatial association of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle and badgers Meles meles.
Journal of Applied Ecology 42 (5) 852- 862.

Xing Z, Santosuosso M, McCormick S, Yang TC, Millar J, Hitt M, Wan YH, Bramson J, Vordermeier HM 2005
Recent advances in the development of adenovirus- and poxvirus-vectored tuberculosis vaccines.
Current Gene Therapy 5 (5) 485-492.

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