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Wellcome Sanger Institute: Cambridge, Cambridge, GB

2021-04-01 to present | Head of Programme (Parasites and Microbes)
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Nicholas Thomson

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: London, London, GB

2013-10-01 to present | Professor of Bacterial Genomics and evolution (Pathogen Molecular Biology )
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Nicholas Thomson

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2014-07-01 to 2021-04-01 | Pathogen Faculty Group Head (Parasites and Microbes)
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Nicholas Thomson

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2013-08-01 to 2014-07-01 | Principal Scientist (Pathogens)
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Nicholas Thomson

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2006-06-01 to 2013-08-01 | Senior Scientist (Pathogens)
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Nicholas Thomson

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

1999-08-01 to 2006-06-01 | Senior Computer Biologist (Pathogens)
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Nicholas Thomson

University of Cambridge : Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

1996-10-01 to 1999-08-01 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Department of Biochemistry)
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Nicholas Thomson

University of Warwick: Coventry, Coventry, GB

1991-08-01 to 1992-06-01 | Research Assistant (Biological Sciences )
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Nicholas Thomson

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Warwick: Coventry, Coventry, GB

1992-09-01 to 1996-08-01 | PhD - Bacterial Molecular Genetics (Biological Sciences)
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Nicholas Thomson

University of Warwick: Coventry, Coventry, GB

1988-08-01 to 1991-07-29 | BSc - Microbiology and Microbial technology (Biological Sciences)
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Professional activities (1)

University of St Andrews: St Andrews, Fife, GB

2011-09-01 | Honorary Professor (School of Medicine)
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Funding (18)

Causal pathways to colonisation with extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae during hospitalisation in a low-income setting (CAPSULE)

2022-01-01 to 2024-12-31 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, UK, GB)
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223012/A/21/Z

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223012/Z/21/Z

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Establishing genomic epidemiology hubs across Latin America

2021-05-01 to 2022-04-30 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, UK, GB)
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223610/A/21/Z

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223610/Z/21/Z

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Dissecting the genetic basis of melioidosis infection

2019-08-05 to 2024-08-04 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, UK, GB)
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216457/A/19/Z

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216457/Z/19/Z

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The National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal)

2019-05-01 to 2024-05-01 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, UK, GB)
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212931/A/18/Z

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212931/Z/18/Z

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Cholera vaccine effectiveness in Nsanje and Chikwawa, Malawi

2018-09-30 to 2019-06-30 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
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214662/A/18/Z

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Nicholas Thomson via DimensionsWizard

The role of leukotriene A4 hydrolase in dictating inflammation and remodelling in chronic lung diseases

2018-05-01 to 2023-04-30 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
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209458/A/17/Z

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Nicholas Thomson via DimensionsWizard

Drivers of Resistance in Uganda and Malawi: The DRUM Consortium

2018-04-30 to 2021-01-31 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: MR/S004793/1
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Nicholas Thomson via DimensionsWizard

Health Priorities in Resource-Limited Settings

2018-01-15 to 2021-01-14 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, UK, GB)
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216299/A/19/Z

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203919/Z/16/Z

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STRONGER-SAFE: Understanding transmission and optimising interventions for an enhanced S.A.F.E. strategy for trachoma elimination

2017-09-01 to 2022-09-01 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
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206275/Z/17/Z

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Nicholas Thomson via DimensionsWizard

STRONGER-SAFE: Understanding transmission and optimising interventions for an enhanced S.A.F.E. strategy for trachoma elimination

2017-09-01 to 2022-08-31 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
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206275/B/17/Z

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Nicholas Thomson via DimensionsWizard

Health Priorities in Resource-Limited Settings

2017-09-01 to 2020-09-01 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, UK, GB)
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204059/A/16/A

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203919/Z/16/Z

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Studies towards infectious disease elimination on the Bijagos Archipelago of Guinea Bissau

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Nicholas Thomson via DimensionsWizard
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Saturation Transposon mutagenesis of Chlamydia trachomatis

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Nicholas Thomson via DimensionsWizard
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Treatment of multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections using capsule depolymerases

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Nicholas Thomson via DimensionsWizard
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Eradication of high-risk bacterial clones using bacteriophages

2016-01-01 to 2019-01-01 | Grant
National Health and Medical Research Council (n/a, AU)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1107322
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Nicholas Thomson via DimensionsWizard
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I Okeke, University of Ibadan - Pathogenic lineages of enteric bacteria in Nigeria

2014-12-17 to 2019-12-16 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: MR/L00464X/1
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Nicholas Thomson via DimensionsWizard

Systematic investigation of conceivable mechanisms that could lead to false positive diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections in young children.

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Nicholas Thomson via DimensionsWizard
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A global Chlamydia trachomatis biobank integrated with a comprehensive genome sequence database.

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Nicholas Thomson via DimensionsWizard
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Works (50 of 276)

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Genetic Markers in <i>S.</i> Paratyphi C Reveal Primary Adaptation to Pigs

Microorganisms
2020-04 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Satheesh Nair; Maria Fookes; Craig Corton; Nicholas Thomson; John Wain; Gemma C. Langridge
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Antimicrobial Resistance Diversity Suggestive of Distinct Salmonella Typhimurium Sources or Selective Pressures in Food-Production Animals

Frontiers in Microbiology
2019 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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Caribbean multi-centre study of Klebsiella pneumoniae: whole-genome sequencing, antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors

Microbial genomics
2019 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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Genomic insights into the 2016-2017 cholera epidemic in Yemen

Nature
2019 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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High quality reference genomes for toxigenic and non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae serogroup O139

Scientific reports
2019 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
grade
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Publisher Correction: Genomic insights into the 2016-2017 cholera epidemic in Yemen

Nature
2019 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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The history, genome and biology of NCTC 30: a non-pandemic Vibrio cholerae isolate from World War One

Proceedings. Biological sciences
2019 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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Wave 2 strains of atypical Vibrio cholerae El Tor caused the 2009-2011 cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea

Microbial genomics
2019 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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Whole genome sequence of Vibrio cholerae directly from dried spotted filter paper

PLoS neglected tropical diseases
2019 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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Defining endemic cholera at three levels of spatiotemporal resolution within Bangladesh

Nature genetics
2018 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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Dynamics of cholera epidemics from Benin to Mauritania

PLoS neglected tropical diseases
2018 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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Long-Lasting Geomagnetically Induced Currents and Harmonic Distortion Observed in New Zealand During the 7-8 September 2017 Disturbed Period

Space Weather-the International Journal of Research and Applications
2018 | Journal article
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WOS:000438371500011

Contributors: Clilverd, Mark A.; Rodger, Craig J.; Brundell, James B.; Dalzell, Michael; Martin, Ian I.; Manus, Daniel H. Mac; Thomson, Neil R.; Petersen, Tanja; Obana, Yuki
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Antimicrobial-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Carriage and Infection in Specialized Geriatric Care Wards Linked to Acquisition in the Referring Hospital.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2018-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Gorrie CL; Mirceta M; Wick RR; Judd LM; Wyres KL; Thomson NR; Strugnell RA; Pratt NF; Garlick JS; Watson KM et al.
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Microevolution and Patterns of Transmission of Shigella sonnei within Cyclic Outbreaks Shigellosis, Israel.

Emerging Infectious Diseases
2018-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Behar A; Baker KS; Bassal R; Ezernitchi A; Valinsky L; Thomson NR; Cohen D
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Genomic evidence that the live Chlamydia abortus vaccine strain 1B is not attenuated and has the potential to cause disease.

Vaccine
2018-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Longbottom D; Sait M; Livingstone M; Laroucau K; Sachse K; Harris SR; Thomson NR; Seth-Smith HMB
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Morphological, genomic and transcriptomic responses of Klebsiella pneumoniae to the last-line antibiotic colistin.

Scientific reports
2018-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Cain AK; Boinett CJ; Barquist L; Dordel J; Fookes M; Mayho M; Ellington MJ; Goulding D; Pickard D; Wick RR et al.
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Pan-genome Analysis of Ancient and Modern Salmonella enterica Demonstrates Genomic Stability of the Invasive Para C Lineage for Millennia.

Current biology : CB
2018-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhou Z; Lundstrøm I; Tran-Dien A; Duchêne S; Alikhan NF; Sergeant MJ; Langridge G; Fotakis AK; Nair S; Stenøien HK et al.
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

An outbreak of a rare Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype (O117:H7) among men who have sex with men.

Microbial genomics
2018-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Baker KS; Dallman TJ; Thomson NR; Jenkins C
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

Genomic epidemiology of Shigella in the United Kingdom shows transmission of pathogen sublineages and determinants of antimicrobial resistance.

Scientific reports
2018-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Baker KS; Dallman TJ; Field N; Childs T; Mitchell H; Day M; Weill FX; Lefèvre S; Tourdjman M; Hughes G et al.
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

Genomic insights into the emergence and spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial pathogens.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
2018-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Baker S; Thomson N; Weill FX; Holt KE
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

Direct Whole-Genome Sequencing of Cutaneous Strains of Haemophilus ducreyi.

Emerging Infectious Diseases
2018-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Marks M; Fookes M; Wagner J; Ghinai R; Sokana O; Sarkodie YA; Solomon AW; Mabey DCW; Thomson NR
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Egg-and-Banana Sign: A Novel Diagnostic CT Marker for Pulmonary Hypertension.

AJR. American journal of roentgenology
2018-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Scelsi CL; Bates WB; Melenevsky YV; Sharma GK; Thomson NB; Keshavamurthy JH
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

Horizontal antimicrobial resistance transfer drives epidemics of multiple Shigella species.

Nature communications
2018-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Baker KS; Dallman TJ; Field N; Childs T; Mitchell H; Day M; Weill FX; Lefèvre S; Tourdjman M; Hughes G et al.
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

The role of intra-NAPL diffusion on mass transfer from MGP residuals.

Journal of contaminant hydrology
2018-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Shafieiyoun S; Thomson NR
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Diagnostics for Yaws Eradication: Insights From Direct Next-Generation Sequencing of Cutaneous Strains of Treponema pallidum.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2018-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Marks M; Fookes M; Wagner J; Butcher R; Ghinai R; Sokana O; Sarkodie YA; Lukehart SA; Solomon AW; Mabey DCW et al.
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

PlasmidTron: assembling the cause of phenotypes and genotypes from NGS data.

Microbial genomics
2018-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Page AJ; Wailan A; Shao Y; Judge K; Dougan G; Klemm EJ; Thomson NR; Keane JA
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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The Chlamydia muridarum plasmid revisited : new insights into growth kinetics.

Wellcome Open Research
2018-03 | Journal article
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PPR44769

Contributors: Skilton RJ; Wang Y; O'Neill C; Filardo S; Marsh P; Bénard A; Thomson NR; Ramsey KH; Clarke IN
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

Whole-genome sequencing revealed concurrent outbreaks of shigellosis in the English Orthodox Jewish Community caused by multiple importations of Shigella sonnei from Israel.

Microbial genomics
2018-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Rew V; Mook P; Trienekens S; Baker KS; Dallman TJ; Jenkins C; Crook PD; Thomson NR
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Population-based analysis of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis in trachoma-endemic West African communities identifies genomic markers of disease severity.

Genome medicine
2018-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Last AR; Pickering H; Roberts CH; Coll F; Phelan J; Burr SE; Cassama E; Nabicassa M; Seth-Smith HMB; Hadfield J et al.
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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The Hidden Genomics of Chlamydia trachomatis.

Current topics in microbiology and immunology
2018-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Hadfield J; Bénard A; Domman D; Thomson N
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

Common determinants of antimicrobial resistance in sequential episodes of sexually transmitted shigellosis in men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study

Lancet
2017 | Journal article
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WOS:000396431100017

Contributors: Baker, Kate S.; Dallman, Timothy J.; Field, Nigel; Childs, Tristan; Were, John; Hughes, Gwenda; Jenkins, Claire; Thomson, Nicholas R.
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Galleria mellonella is low cost and suitable surrogate host for studying virulence of human pathogenic Vibrio cholerae

Gene
2017 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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Genomic history of the seventh pandemic of cholera in Africa

Science (New York, N.Y.)
2017 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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Integrated view of Vibrio cholerae in the Americas

Science (New York, N.Y.)
2017 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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Minimal genetic change in Vibrio cholerae in Mozambique over time: Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis and whole genome sequencing

PLoS neglected tropical diseases
2017 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson
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Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium systemic infection of wild type and immune-deficient mice.

PloS one
2017 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Bacterial Flagellins: Does Size Matter?

Trends in microbiology
2017-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Thomson NM; Rossmann FM; Ferreira JL; Matthews-Palmer TR; Beeby M; Pallen MJ
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

Mycoplasma genitalium: whole genome sequence analysis, recombination and population structure.

BMC genomics
2017-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Fookes MC; Hadfield J; Harris S; Parmar S; Unemo M; Jensen JS; Thomson NR
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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A current perspective on antimicrobial resistance in Southeast Asia.

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
2017-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Zellweger RM; Carrique-Mas J; Limmathurotsakul D; Day NPJ; Thwaites GE; Baker S; Southeast Asia Antimicrobial Resistance Network
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

Antimicrobial resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carriage and infection in specialized geriatric care wards linked to acquisition in the referring hospital

2017-11 | Journal article
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PPR16442

Contributors: Gorrie CL; Mirceta M; Wick RR; Judd LM; Wyres KL; Thomson NR; Strugnell RA; Pratt NF; Garlick JF; Watson KM et al.
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

Molecular epidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae invasive infections over a decade at Kilifi County Hospital in Kenya.

International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM
2017-10 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Population-based analysis of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis in trachoma-endemic West African communities identifies genomic markers of disease severity

2017-10 | Journal article
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PPR15798

Contributors: Last AR; Pickering H; Roberts C; Coll F; Phelan J; Burr SE; Cassama E; Nabicassa M; Seth-Smith HMB; Hadfield J et al.
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

Prospective Surveillance and Rapid Whole-Genome Sequencing Detects Two Unsuspected Outbreaks of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a UK Teaching Hospital.

Open forum infectious diseases
2017-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Torok E; Brodrick H; Khokhar F; Blane B; Polgarova P; Brown J; Enoch D; Brown N; Summers C; Preller J et al.
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

PlasmidTron: assembling the cause of phenotypes from NGS data

2017-09 | Journal article
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PPR15504

Contributors: Page AJ; Wailan A; Shao Y; Judge K; Dougan G; Klemm EJ; Thomson NR; Keane JA
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

Assessing gut microbiota perturbations during the early phase of infectious diarrhea in Vietnamese children.

Gut microbes
2017-08 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Genome-wide profiling of humoral immunity and pathogen genes under selection identifies immune evasion tactics of Chlamydia trachomatis during ocular infection.

Scientific reports
2017-08 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Genomic characterisation of Felis catus papillomavirus type 5 with proposed classification within a new papillomavirus genus.

Veterinary microbiology
2017-08 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central

An untypeable enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli represents one of the dominant types causing human disease.

Microbial genomics
2017-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Iguchi A; von Mentzer A; Kikuchi T; Thomson NR
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Brucella Genetic Variability in Wildlife Marine Mammals Populations Relates to Host Preference and Ocean Distribution.

Genome biology and evolution
2017-07 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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Comprehensive global genome dynamics of Chlamydia trachomatis show ancient diversification followed by contemporary mixing and recent lineage expansion.

Genome research
2017-07 | Journal article
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Nicholas Thomson via Europe PubMed Central
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