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rabies, landscape epidemiology, phylodynamics, NGS

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University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Glasgow, GB

2023-04-01 to 2026 | Research Fellow (SBOHVM)
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Kirstyn Brunker

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University of Glasgow: Glasgow, GB

2011-09-01 to 2015-09-01 | Ph.D. (IBAHCM)
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Kirstyn Brunker

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Genomic Epidemiology to underpin One Health surveillance for rabies

2023-04-01 to 2026-03-31 | Grant
Medical Research Council (Swindon, GB)
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Works (34)

Genomic characterization of a dog-mediated rabies outbreak in El Pedregal, Arequipa, Peru

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2025-03-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012396
Contributors: Renzo Salazar; Monique Léchenne; Kirstyn Brunker; Elvis W. Díaz; Edith Zegarra; Ynes Monroy; Gorky N. Baldarrago; Katty Borrini-Mayorí; Micaela De la Puente-León; Natasha Palmalux et al.
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From emergence to endemicity of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza viruses in Taiwan

Nature Communications
2024-10-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53816-y
Contributors: Yao-Tsun Li; Hui-Ying Ko; Joseph Hughes; Ming-Tsan Liu; Yi-Ling Lin; Katie Hampson; Kirstyn Brunker
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MultiSeq-AMR: A modular amplicon-sequencing workflow for rapid detection of bloodstream infection and antimicrobial resistance markers

2024-10-27 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.25.24316117
Contributors: Mohammad Saiful Islam Sajib; Katarina Oravcova; Kirstyn Brunker; Paul Everest; Ma Jowina H. Galarion; Manuel Fuentes; Catherine Wilson; Michael E. Murphy; Taya Forde
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Advances in Host Depletion and Pathogen Enrichment Methods for Rapid Sequencing–Based Diagnosis of Bloodstream Infection

The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
2024-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2024.05.008
Contributors: Mohammad S. Islam Sajib; Kirstyn Brunker; Katarina Oravcova; Paul Everest; Michael E. Murphy; Taya Forde
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Rapid pathogen surveillance: field-ready sequencing solutions

Nature Reviews Genetics
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41576-024-00734-w
Contributors: Kirstyn Brunker
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Genomic Characterization of a Dog-Mediated Rabies Outbreak in El Pedregal, Arequipa, Peru

2024-08-22 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.21.608982
Contributors: Renzo Salazar; Kirstyn Brunker; Elvis W Díaz; Edith Zegarra; Ynes Monroy; Gorky N Baldarrago; Katty Borrini-Mayorí; Michaela De la Puente-León; Sandeep Kasaragod; Michael Z Levy et al.
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From emergence to endemicity: highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza viruses in Taiwan

2024-06-20 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.19.24309176
Contributors: Yao-Tsun Li; Hui-Ying Ko; Joseph Hughes; Ming-Tsan Liu; Yi-Ling Lin; Katie Hampson; Kirstyn Brunker
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Viral sequencing to inform the global elimination of dog-mediated rabies - a systematic review

One Health & Implementation Research
2024-05-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.20517/ohir.2023.61
Contributors: Gurdeep Jaswant; Criselda T. Bautista; Brian Ogoti; Joel Changalucha; Julius O. Oyugi; Kathryn Campbell; Mumbua Mutunga; S.M. Thumbi; Katie Hampson; Kirstyn Brunker
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Uncovering the endemic circulation of rabies in Cambodia

Molecular Ecology
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.17087
Contributors: Maylis Layan; Laurent Dacheux; Philippe Lemey; Kirstyn Brunker; Laurence Ma; Cécile Troupin; Philippe Dussart; Véronique Chevalier; James L. N. Wood; Sowath Ly et al.
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Examining the molecular clock hypothesis for the contemporary evolution of the rabies virus

2023-09-04 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.04.556169
Contributors: Rowan Durrant; Christina A. Cobbold; Kirstyn Brunker; Kathryn Campbell; Jonathan Dushoff; Elaine A. Ferguson; Gurdeep Jaswant; Ahmed Lugelo; Kennedy Lushasi; Lwitiko Sikana et al.
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Integrating contact tracing and whole-genome sequencing to track the elimination of dog-mediated rabies

2022-11-29 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.11.24.22282675
Contributors: Kennedy Lushasi; Kirstyn Brunker; Malavika Rajeev; Elaine A Ferguson; Gurdeep Jaswant; Laurie Baker; Roman Biek; Joel Changalucha; Sarah Cleaveland; Anna Czupryna et al.
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Making genomic surveillance deliver: A lineage classification and nomenclature system to inform rabies elimination

PLOS Pathogens
2022-05-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010023
Contributors: Kathryn Campbell; Adam S. Lauring; Robert J. Gifford; Joshua Singer; Verity Hill; Aine O’Toole; Andrew Rambaut; Katie Hampson; Kirstyn Brunker
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Rabies shows how scale of transmission can enable acute infections to persist at low prevalence

Science
2022-04-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.abn0713
Contributors: Rebecca Mancy; Malavika Rajeev; Ahmed Lugelo; Kirstyn Brunker; Sarah Cleaveland; Elaine A. Ferguson; Karen Hotopp; Rudovick Kazwala; Matthias Magoto; Kristyna Rysava et al.
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Making Genomic Surveillance Deliver: A Lineage Classification and Nomenclature System to Inform Rabies Elimination

2021-10-14 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.13.464180
Contributors: K. Campbell; R.J. Gifford; J. Singer; V. Hill; A. O’Toole; A. Rambaut; K. Hampson; K. Brunker
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Author Correction: Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland

Nature Microbiology
2021-01-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-021-00869-0
Contributors: Ana da Silva Filipe; James G. Shepherd; Thomas Williams; Joseph Hughes; Elihu Aranday-Cortes; Patawee Asamaphan; Shirin Ashraf; Carlos Balcazar; Kirstyn Brunker; Alasdair Campbell et al.
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Publisher Correction: Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland

Nature Microbiology
2021-01-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-021-00865-4
Contributors: Ana da Silva Filipe; James G. Shepherd; Thomas Williams; Joseph Hughes; Elihu Aranday-Cortes; Patawee Asamaphan; Shirin Ashraf; Carlos Balcazar; Kirstyn Brunker; Alasdair Campbell et al.
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Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland

Nature Microbiology
2020-12-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-020-00838-z
Contributors: Ana da Silva Filipe; James G. Shepherd; Thomas Williams; Joseph Hughes; Elihu Aranday-Cortes; Patawee Asamaphan; Shirin Ashraf; Carlos Balcazar; Kirstyn Brunker; Alasdair Campbell et al.
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Rapid in-country sequencing of whole virus genomes to inform rabies elimination programmes

Wellcome Open Research
2020-05-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15518.2
Contributors: Kirstyn Brunker; Gurdeep Jaswant; S.M. Thumbi; Kennedy Lushasi; Ahmed Lugelo; Anna M. Czupryna; Fred Ade; Gati Wambura; Veronicah Chuchu; Rachel Steenson et al.
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Rabies virus MinION sequencing protocol

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2020-03-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.ba4figtn
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Washing a MinION flowcell

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2020-03-09 | Journal article | Author
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bddzi276
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One-pot native barcoding of amplicons (Ultra II AMII ligation)

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2020-03-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bdaqi2dw
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RNA extraction from field-collected brain tissue samples from suspect rabid animals

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2020-03-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bdcei2te
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DNA quantification using the Qubit fluorometer

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2020-03-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bc6vize6
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Rapid in-country sequencing of whole virus genomes to inform rabies elimination programmes [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]

2020-01-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15518.1
Part of ISSN: 2398-502X
Contributors: Kirstyn Brunker; Gurdeep Jaswant; S.M. Thumbi; Kennedy Lushasi; Ahmed Lugelo; Anna M. Czupryna; Fred Ade; Gati Wambura; Veronicah Chuchu; Rachel Steenson et al.
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Genomic sequencing, evolution and molecular epidemiology of rabies virus

Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE
2018-08-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.20506/rst.37.2.2810
Part of ISSN: 0253-1933
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Rabies Virus

Trends in Microbiology
2018-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.07.001
Part of ISSN: 0966-842X
Contributors: Kirstyn Brunker; Nardus Mollentze
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Landscape attributes governing local transmission of an endemic zoonosis: Rabies virus in domestic dogs

Molecular Ecology
2018-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.14470
Contributors: Kirstyn Brunker; Philippe Lemey; Denise A. Marston; Anthony R. Fooks; Ahmed Lugelo; Chanasa Ngeleja; Katie Hampson; Roman Biek
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Exploiting Genetic Information to Trace Plant Virus Dispersal in Landscapes

Annual Review of Phytopathology
2017-08-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080516-035616
Part of ISSN: 0066-4286
Contributors: Coralie Picard; Sylvie Dallot; Kirstyn Brunker; Karine Berthier; Philippe Roumagnac; Samuel Soubeyrand; Emmanuel Jacquot; Gaël Thébaud
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Environmental risk factors for Ixodes ricinus ticks and their infestation on lambs in a changing ecosystem: Implications for tick control and the impact of woodland encroachment on tick-borne disease in livestock

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
2017-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.12.041
Part of ISSN: 0167-8809
Contributors: Lucy Gilbert; Kirstyn Brunker; Unni Lande; Ingeborg Klingen; Lise Grøva
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Surveillance to Establish Elimination of Transmission and Freedom from Dog-mediated Rabies

2016 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/096883
Contributors: Katie Hampson; Bernadette Abela-Ridder; Kirstyn Brunker; S. Tamara M. Bucheli; Mary Carvalho; Eduardo Caldas; Joel Changalucha; Sarah Cleaveland; Jonathan Dushoff; Veronica Gutierrez et al.
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Elucidating the phylodynamics of endemic rabies virus in eastern Africa using whole-genome sequencing

Virus Evolution
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ve/vev011
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Integrating the landscape epidemiology and genetics of RNA viruses: Rabies in domestic dogs as a model

Parasitology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201200090X
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Contributors: Brunker, K.; Hampson, K.; Horton, D.L.; Biek, R.
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Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in natural leishmania populations vary with genetic background

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001514
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2-s2.0-84857852404
Contributors: Decuypere, S.; Vanaerschot, M.; Brunker, K.; Imamura, H.; Müller, S.; Khanal, B.; Rijal, S.; Dujardin, J.-C.; Coombs, G.H.
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Metabolomics to unveil and understand phenotypic diversity between pathogen populations

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000904
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2-s2.0-78649776458
Contributors: T'Kindt, R.; Scheltema, R.A.; Jankevics, A.; Brunker, K.; Rijal, S.; Dujardin, J.; Breitling, R.; Watson, D.G.; Coombs, G.H.; Decuypere, S.
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