• Analytical validity of nanopore sequencing for rapid SARS-CoV-2 genome analysis 

      Bull, Rowena A.; Adikari, Thiruni; Hammond, Jillian M.; Stevanovski, Igor; Ferguson, James M.; Beukers, Alicia G.; Naing, Zin; Yeang, Malinna; Verich, Andrey; Gamaarachichi, Hasindu; Kim, Ki Wook; Luciani, Fabio; Stelzer-Braid, Sacha; Eden, John-Sebastian; Rawlinson, William D.; van Hal, Sebastiaan J.; Deveson, Ira W.
      Published 2020
      ABSTRACT Viral whole-genome sequencing (WGS) provides critical insight into the transmission and evolution of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Long-read sequencing devices from Oxford Nanopore ...
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    • Assessment of inter-laboratory differences in SARS-CoV-2 consensus genome assemblies between public health laboratories in Australia 

      Foster, Charles S.P.; Stelzer-Braid, Sacha; Deveson, Ira W.; Bull, Rowena A.; Yeang, Malinna; Phan-Au, Jane; Silva, Mariana Ruiz; van Hal, Sebastiaan J.; Rockett, Rebecca J.; Sintchenko, Vitali; Kim, Ki Wook; Rawlinson, William D.
      Published 2021
      Abstract Whole-genome sequencing of viral isolates is critical for informing transmission patterns and ongoing evolution of pathogens, especially during a pandemic. However, when genomes have low variability in the early ...
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    • Epidemiological and Genomic analysis of a Sydney Hospital COVID-19 Outbreak 

      Tennant, Elaine; Figtree, Melanie; Tallon, Jo; Bull, Rowena A; Yeang, Malinna; Deveson, Ira W; Ferguson, James M; Adikari, Thiruni; Holmes, Edward C.; Van Hal, Sebastiaan; Hammond, Jillian M; Stevanovski, Igor; Mitsakos, Katerina; Hilditch-Roberts, Drew; Rawlinson, William; Hudson, Bernard
      Published 2021
      Abstract Australia’s early COVID-19 experience involved clusters in northern Sydney, including hospital and aged-care facility (ACF) outbreaks. We explore transmission dynamics, drivers and outcomes of a metropolitan ...
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    • Persistent high‐level shedding of cultivable SARS‐CoV‐2 Delta virus 33 days after onset of COVID‐19 in a hospitalized patient with pneumonia 

      Kim, Ki Wook; Wang, Xinye; Adhikari, Anurag; Yeang, Malinna; Jenkins, Frances; Naing, Zin; Walker, Gregory J.; Foster, Charles S. P.; Stelzer‐Braid, Sacha; Deveson, Ira; Craig, Maria E.; Tedla, Nicodemus; Bull, Rowena A.; Martinello, Marianne; Pinto, Angie N.; Chan, Raymond; Turville, Stuart; Rawlinson, William D.; Hal, Sebastiaan
      Published 2022
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    • Respiratory viral co-infections among SARS-CoV-2 cases confirmed by virome capture sequencing 

      Kim, Ki Wook; Deveson, Ira W.; Pang, Chi Nam I.; Yeang, Malinna; Naing, Zin; Adikari, Thiruni; Hammond, Jillian M.; Stevanovski, Igor; Beukers, Alicia G.; Verich, Andrey; Yin, Simon; McFarlane, David; Wilkins, Marc R.; Stelzer-Braid, Sacha; Bull, Rowena A.; Craig, Maria E.; van Hal, Sebastiaan J.; Rawlinson, William D.
      Published 2021
      Accumulating evidence supports the high prevalence of co-infections among Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) patients, and their potential to worsen the clinical outcome of COVID-19. However, there ...
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