2020 Journal Article Analysis of global collection of group A Streptococcus genomes reveals that the majority encode a trio of M and M-like proteinsFrost, Hannah R., Davies, Mark R., Delforge, Valérie, Lakhloufi, Dalila, Sanderson-Smith, Martina, Srinivasan, Velusamy, Steer, Andrew C., Walker, Mark J., Beall, Bernard, Botteaux, Anne and Smeesters, Pierre R. (2020). Analysis of global collection of group A Streptococcus genomes reveals that the majority encode a trio of M and M-like proteins. mSphere, 5 (1) e00806. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00806-19 |
2020 Journal Article Neisseria gonorrhoeae becomes susceptible to polymyxin B and colistin in the presence of PBT2Jen, Freda E.-C., Everest-Dass, Arun V., El-Deeb, Ibrahim M., Singh, Sanjesh, Haselhorst, Thomas, Walker, Mark J., Von Itzstein, Mark and Jennings, Michael P. (2020). Neisseria gonorrhoeae becomes susceptible to polymyxin B and colistin in the presence of PBT2. ACS Infectious Diseases, 6 (1), 50-55. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.9b00307 |
2019 Journal Article Increased incidence of scarlet fever — China, 1999−2018You, Yuanhai, Qin, Ying, Walker, Mark J., Feng, Luzhao and Zhang, Jianzhong (2019). Increased incidence of scarlet fever — China, 1999−2018. China CDC Weekly, 1 (5), 63-66. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2019.019 |
2019 Journal Article Characterizing the role of tissue-type plasminogen activator in a mouse model of Group A streptococcal infectionLy, Diane, Donahue, Deborah, Walker, Mark J., Ploplis, Victoria A., McArthur, Jason D., Ranson, Marie, Castellino, Francis J. and Sanderson-Smith, Martina L. (2019). Characterizing the role of tissue-type plasminogen activator in a mouse model of Group A streptococcal infection. Microbes and Infection, 21 (8-9), 412-417. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2019.04.004 |
2019 Journal Article Scarlet fever changes its spotsBrouwer, Stephan, Lacey, Jake A., You, Yuanhai, Davies, Mark R. and Walker, Mark J. (2019). Scarlet fever changes its spots. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19 (11), 1154-1155. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30494-3 |
2019 Journal Article Human glycan expression patterns influence Group A streptococcal colonization of epithelial cellsDe Oliveira, David M. P., Everest-Dass, Arun, Hartley-Tassell, Lauren, Day, Christopher J., Indraratna, Anuk, Brouwer, Stephan, Cleary, Ailish, Kautto, Liisa, Gorman, Jody, Packer, Nicolle H., Jennings, Michael P., Walker, Mark J. and Sanderson-Smith, Martina L. (2019). Human glycan expression patterns influence Group A streptococcal colonization of epithelial cells. FASEB Journal, 33 (10), 10808-10818. doi: 10.1096/fj.201900559R |
2019 Journal Article The serotype-specific role of regulator of cov polymorphisms in the pathogenesis of invasive group a streptococcal infectionsBrouwer, Stephan and Walker, Mark J. (2019). The serotype-specific role of regulator of cov polymorphisms in the pathogenesis of invasive group a streptococcal infections. American Journal of Pathology, 189 (10), 1913-1915. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2019.07.005 |
2019 Journal Article Author correction: Atlas of group A streptococcal vaccine candidates compiled using large-scale comparative genomicsDavies, Mark R., McIntyre, Liam, Mutreja, Ankur, Lacey, Jake A., Lees, John A., Towers, Rebecca J., Duchêne, Sebastián, Smeesters, Pierre R., Frost, Hannah R., Price, David J., Holden, Matthew T. G., David, Sophia, Giffard, Philip M., Worthing, Kate A., Seale, Anna C., Berkley, James A., Harris, Simon R., Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Berking, Olga, Cork, Amanda J., Torres, Rosângela S. L. A., Lithgow, Trevor, Strugnell, Richard A., Bergmann, Rene, Nitsche-Schmitz, Patric, Chhatwal, Gusharan S., Bentley, Stephen D., Fraser, John D., Moreland, Nicole J. ... Walker, Mark J. (2019). Author correction: Atlas of group A streptococcal vaccine candidates compiled using large-scale comparative genomics. Nature Genetics, 51 (8), 1295-1295. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0482-z |
2019 Journal Article Atlas of group A streptococcal vaccine candidates compiled using large-scale comparative genomicsDavies, Mark R., McIntyre, Liam, Mutreja, Ankur, Lacey, Jake A., Lees, John A., Towers, Rebecca J., Duchêne, Sebastián, Smeesters, Pierre R., Frost, Hannah R., Price, David J., Holden, Matthew T. G., David, Sophia, Giffard, Philip M., Worthing, Kate A., Seale, Anna C., Berkley, James A., Harris, Simon R., Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Berking, Olga, Cork, Amanda J., Torres, Rosângela S. L. A., Lithgow, Trevor, Strugnell, Richard A., Bergmann, Rene, Nitsche-Schmitz, Patric, Chhatwal, Gusharan S., Bentley, Stephen D., Fraser, John D., Moreland, Nicole J. ... Walker, Mark J. (2019). Atlas of group A streptococcal vaccine candidates compiled using large-scale comparative genomics. Nature Genetics, 51 (6), 1035-1043. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0417-8 |
2019 Journal Article Controlled human infection for vaccination against Streptococcus pyogenes (CHIVAS): Establishing a group A Streptococcus pharyngitis human infection studyOsowicki, Joshua, Azzopardi, Kristy I., Baker, Ciara, Waddington, Claire S., Pandey, Manisha, Schuster, Tibor, Grobler, Anneke, Cheng, Allen C., Pollard, Andrew J., McCarthy, James S., Good, Michael F., Walker, Mark J., Dale, James B., Batzloff, Michael R., Carapetis, Jonathan R., Smeesters, Pierre R. and Steer, Andrew C. (2019). Controlled human infection for vaccination against Streptococcus pyogenes (CHIVAS): Establishing a group A Streptococcus pharyngitis human infection study. Vaccine, 37 (26), 3485-3494. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.03.059 |
2019 Journal Article An experimental Group A Streptococcus vaccine that reduces pharyngitis and tonsillitis in a nonhuman primate modelRivera-Hernandez, Tania, Carnathan, Diane G., Jones, Scott, Cork, Amanda J., Davies, Mark R., Moyle, Peter M., Toth, Istvan, Batzloff, Michael R., McCarthy, James, Nizet, Victor, Goldblatt, David, Silvestri, Guido and Walker, Mark J. (2019). An experimental Group A Streptococcus vaccine that reduces pharyngitis and tonsillitis in a nonhuman primate model. mBio, 10 (2) e00693-19. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00693-19 |
2019 Journal Article Discovery of glycerol phosphate modification on streptococcal rhamnose polysaccharidesEdgar, Rebecca J., van Hensbergen, Vincent P., Ruda, Alessandro, Turner, Andrew G., Deng, Pan, Le Breton, Yoann, El-Sayed, Najib M., Belew, Ashton T., McIver, Kevin S., McEwan, Alastair G., Morris, Andrew J., Lambeau, Gérard, Walker, Mark J., Rush, Jeffrey S., Korotkov, Konstantin V., Widmalm, Göran, van Sorge, Nina M. and Korotkova, Natalia (2019). Discovery of glycerol phosphate modification on streptococcal rhamnose polysaccharides. Nature Chemical Biology, 15 (5), 463-471. doi: 10.1038/s41589-019-0251-4 |
2019 Journal Article Group A Streptococcus co-ordinates manganese import and iron efflux in response to hydrogen peroxide stressTurner, Andrew G., Djoko, Karrera Y., Ong, Cheryl-Lynn Y., Barnett, Timothy C., Walker, Mark J. and McEwan, Alastair G. (2019). Group A Streptococcus co-ordinates manganese import and iron efflux in response to hydrogen peroxide stress. Biochemical Journal, 476 (3), 595-611. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20180902 |
2019 Journal Article A controlled human infection model of Group A Streptococcus pharyngitis: which strain and why?Osowicki, Joshua, Azzopardi, Kristy I., McIntyre, Liam, Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Ong, Cheryl-Lynn Y., Baker, Ciara, Gillen, Christine M., Walker, Mark J., Smeesters, Pierre R., Davies, Mark R. and Steer, Andrew C. (2019). A controlled human infection model of Group A Streptococcus pharyngitis: which strain and why?. mSphere, 4 (1) e00647-18, e00647-18. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00647-18 |
2019 Journal Article Detection of epidemic scarlet fever group A Streptococcus in AustraliaWalker, Mark J., Brouwer, Stephan, Forde, Brian M., Worthing, Kate A., McIntyre, Liam, Sundac, Lana, Maloney, Sam, Roberts, Leah W., Barnett, Timothy C., Richter, Johanna, Cork, Amanda J., Irwin, Adam D., You, Yuanhai, Zhang, Jianzhong, Dougan, Gordon, Yuen, K. Y., Nizet, Victor, Beatson, Scott A., Grimwood, Keith and Davies, Mark R. (2019). Detection of epidemic scarlet fever group A Streptococcus in Australia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69 (7), 1232-1234. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz099 |
2018 Journal Article Chemical synergy between ionophore PBT2 and zinc reverses antibiotic resistanceBohlmann, Lisa, De Oliveira, David M. P., El-Deeb, Ibrahim M., Brazel, Erin B., Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Ong, Cheryl-lynn Y., Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Ferguson, Scott A., Cork, Amanda J., Phan, Minh-Duy, Soderholm, Amelia T., Davies, Mark R., Nimmo, Graeme R., Dougan, Gordon, Schembri, Mark A., Cook, Gregory M., McEwan, Alastair G., von Itzstein, Mark, McDevitt, Christopher A. and Walker, Mark J. (2018). Chemical synergy between ionophore PBT2 and zinc reverses antibiotic resistance. mBio, 9 (6) e02391-18. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02391-18 |
2018 Journal Article Chemical synergy between ionophore PBT2 and zinc reverses antibiotic resistanceBohlmann, Lisa, De Oliveira, David M. P., El-Deeb, Ibrahim M., Brazel, Erin B., Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Ong, Cheryl-lynn Y., Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Ferguson, Scott A., Cork, Amanda J., Phan, Minh-Duy, Soderholm, Amelia T., Davies, Mark R., Nimmo, Graeme R., Dougan, Gordon, Schembri, Mark A., Cook, Gregory M., McEwan, Alastair G., von Itzstein, Mark, McDevitt, Christopher A. and Walker, Mark J. (2018). Chemical synergy between ionophore PBT2 and zinc reverses antibiotic resistance. mBio, 9 (6) e02391-18, 1-12. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02391-18 |
2018 Journal Article Lipoteichoic acid anchor triggers Mincle to drive protective immunity against invasive group A Streptococcus infectionImai, Takashi, Matsumura, Takayuki, Mayer-Lambertz, Sabine, Wells, Christine A., Ishikawa, Eri, Butcher, Suzanne K., Barnett, Timothy C., Walker, Mark J., Imamura, Akihiro, Ishida, Hideharu, Ikebe, Tadayoshi, Miyamoto, Tomofumi, Ato, Manabu, Ohga, Shouichi, Lepenies, Bernd, van Sorge, Nina M. and Yamasaki, Sho (2018). Lipoteichoic acid anchor triggers Mincle to drive protective immunity against invasive group A Streptococcus infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (45), E10662-E10671. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1809100115 |
2018 Journal Article Hypotheses for the resurgence of scarlet fever in ChinaYou, Yuanhai, Davies, Mark R, Walker, Mark J and Zhang, Jianzhong (2018). Hypotheses for the resurgence of scarlet fever in China. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18 (9), 942-943. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30470-5 |
2018 Journal Article Microevolution of aquatic Streptococcus agalactiae ST-261 from Australia indicates dissemination via imported tilapia and ongoing adaptation to marine hosts or environmentKawasaki, Minami, Delamare-Deboutteville, Jerome, Bowater, Rachel O, Walker, Mark J., Beatson, Scott, Ben Zakour, Nouri L. and Barnes, Andrew C. (2018). Microevolution of aquatic Streptococcus agalactiae ST-261 from Australia indicates dissemination via imported tilapia and ongoing adaptation to marine hosts or environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 84 (16) e00859-18, AEM.00859-18. doi: 10.1128/aem.00859-18 |