Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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Socioeconomic, geographic and climatic risk factors for canine parvovirus infection and euthanasia in Australia
Published 2020Infection of canids with canine parvovirus (CPV) can result in severe, often fatal disease. This study aimed to examine climatic, socioeconomic and geographic risk factors for CPV infection and CPV-associated euthanasia ...Article -
Cell‐to‐cell spread of vaccinia virus is promoted by TGF ‐β‐independent Smad4 signalling
Published 2020The induction of Smad signalling by the extracellular ligand TGF‐β promotes tissue plasticity and cell migration in developmental and pathological contexts. Here, we show that vaccinia virus (VACV) stimulates the activity ...Article -
Geodemography, Environment and Societal Characteristics Drive the Global Diversity of Emerging, Zoonotic and Human Pathogens
Published 2020Background: Understanding human disease, zoonoses, and emergence is a global priority. Multifactorial aetiologies have been proposed, but mechanistic analyses to quantify the underlying factors are limited. A deep understanding ...Preprint -
Will online symptom checkers improve health care in Australia?
Published 2020In times when health services are under increasing strain, digital health technologies such as online symptom checkers appear convenient and cost‐effective tools for reducing the burden on clinics, telemedicine services, ...Article -
Bat IFITM3 restriction depends on S-palmitoylation and a polymorphic site within the CD225 domain
Published 2020Host interferon-induced transmembrane proteins (IFITMs) are broad-spectrum antiviral restriction factors. Of these, IFITM3 potently inhibits viruses that enter cells through acidic endosomes, many of which are zoonotic and ...Article