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Professor Michael A. ("Mike") Skinner

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease

Emeritus Professor in Virology
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 3938m.skinner Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mrs Yasmin Mallu +44 (0)20 7594 3972

 
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Location

 

315Medical SchoolSt Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Gyuranecz:2013:10.1128/JVI.03183-12,
author = {Gyuranecz, M and Foster, JT and Dan, A and Ip, HS and Egstad, KF and Parker, PG and Higashiguchi, JM and Skinner, MA and Hofle, U and Kreizinger, Z and Dorrestein, GM and Solt, S and Sos, E and Kim, YJ and Uhart, M and Pereda, A and Gonzalez-Hein, G and Hidalgo, H and Blanco, JM and Erdelyi, K},
doi = {10.1128/JVI.03183-12},
journal = {Journal of Virology},
title = {Worldwide Phylogenetic Relationship of Avian Poxviruses},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.03183-12},
volume = {87},
year = {2013}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Poxvirus infections have been found in 230 species of wild and domestic birds worldwide in both terrestrial and marine environments. This ubiquity raises the question of how infection has been transmitted and globally dispersed. We present a comprehensive global phylogeny of 111 novel poxvirus isolates in addition to all available sequences from GenBank. Phylogenetic analysis of Avipoxvirus genus has traditionally relied on one gene region (4b core protein). In this study we have expanded the analyses to include a second locus (DNA polymerase gene), allowing for a more robust phylogenetic framework, finer genetic resolution within specific groups and the detection of potential recombination. Our phylogenetic results reveal several major features of avipoxvirus evolution and ecology and propose an updated avipoxvirus taxonomy, including three novel subclades. The characterization of poxviruses from 57 species of birds in this study extends the current knowledge of their host range and provides the first evidence of the phylogenetic effect of genetic recombination of avipoxviruses. The repeated occurrence of avian family or order-specific grouping within certain clades (e.g. starling poxvirus, falcon poxvirus, raptor poxvirus, etc.) indicates a marked role of host adaptation, while the sharing of poxvirus species within prey-predator systems emphasizes the capacity for cross-species infection and limited host adaptation. Our study provides a broad and comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the Avipoxvirus genus, an ecologically and environmentally important viral group, to formulate a genome sequencing strategy that will clarify avipoxvirus taxonomy.
AU  - Gyuranecz,M
AU  - Foster,JT
AU  - Dan,A
AU  - Ip,HS
AU  - Egstad,KF
AU  - Parker,PG
AU  - Higashiguchi,JM
AU  - Skinner,MA
AU  - Hofle,U
AU  - Kreizinger,Z
AU  - Dorrestein,GM
AU  - Solt,S
AU  - Sos,E
AU  - Kim,YJ
AU  - Uhart,M
AU  - Pereda,A
AU  - Gonzalez-Hein,G
AU  - Hidalgo,H
AU  - Blanco,JM
AU  - Erdelyi,K
DO  - 10.1128/JVI.03183-12
PY  - 2013///
SN  - 1098-5514
TI  - Worldwide Phylogenetic Relationship of Avian Poxviruses
T2  - Journal of Virology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.03183-12
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/22047
VL  - 87
ER  -
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