Genomic Analysis of a Salmonella enterica outbreak
11 October 2017
Salmonellosis, caused by nontyphoidal serovars of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica is the second largest cause of bacterial enteritis in New Zealand and a significant burden on public health. For example, during 1998-2012, an extended...Read More
PhD student Samuel Bloomfield presents genomic analysis of Salmonella outbreak at ASM Microbe conference
22 August 2017
From the 1st to the 5th of June, 2017 IDRECs Samuel Bloomfield attended the ASM Microbe conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. During the conference Samuel attended a workshop on new bacterial genomics software (PATRIC), networked with a...Read More
Soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer respond differently to warming and freeze-thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys
22 August 2017
Recently published research by IDREC researcher Matt Knox and co-authors show decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze-thaw cycles (FTCs), in the Antarctic Dry Valleys. Using a laboratory...Read More
Population risk factors for measles in New Zealand
8 June 2017
Despite eliminating endemic measles in New Zealand, small outbreaks continue to occur, with recorded cases in Auckland , Palmerston North and Waikato within the last 12 months alone. Since measles outbreaks over the last decade in...Read More
Bat and Virus Ecology in a Dynamic World
5 May 2017
The March 2017 issue of Microbiology Australia features an "Under the Microscope" article by IDReC researchers David Wilkinson and David Hayman. Understanding of ecological relationships leading up to viral spillover can potentially help...Read More
Antimicrobial Resistance Challenges in New Zealand
23 February 2017
The March 2017 issue of the New Zealand Veterinary Journal focuses on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and features papers authored by several researchers in IDReC. Leah Toombs-Ruane and co-authors present a review of multidrug resistant...Read More
Molecular epidemiology of New Zealand Campylobacter coli strains
20 January 2017
Campylobacteriosis is one of the most common foodborne diseases worldwide and a significant health burden in New Zealand. Campylobacter jejuni is the predominant Campylobacter species worldwide, accounting for approximately 90% of human...Read More
The origin of Cryptosporidium - a major infectious disease in vertebrates.
8 November 2016
Cryptosporidium species are parasites that have been found in all vertebrate groups although most of their diversity is associated with mammal and bird species. They are increasingly known as major contributors to diarrhoea morbidity and...Read More
David Hayman and Reed Hranac present at the International Bat Research Conference
7 September 2016
Dr David Hayman and PhD student Reed Hranac recently presented at the International Bat Research Conference in Umhlanga, Durban. With warm weather and beautiful scenery (as depicted in some of the photos) it was clearly an ideal location for a...Read More
IDReC and University of Glasgow researchers establish an African Leptospirosis Network
1 August 2016
There is growing evidence of a substantial burden of human leptospirosis in Africa but it is rarely considered as a differential diagnosis for acute febrile illness, and there is little access to diagnostic services for leptospirosis on the...Read More
IDReC Sam Bloomfield , Research into cause of human salmonellosis cases in New Zealand.
20 May 2016
In New Zealand, most salmonellosis cases are caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. In 1998, Salmonella Typhimurium DT160 was isolated from a human salmonellosis patient in New Zealand. S. Typhimurium DT160 then became the...Read More
IDReC Dr David A Wilkinson, has made the front cover of the latest issue of Environmental Microbiology.
9 December 2015
Research by one of IDReC's new postdoctoral researchers, Dr David A Wilkinson, has made the front cover of the latest issue of Environmental Microbiology. Together with other researchers from Reunion Island, in the Indian Ocean, he was...Read More
Biannual birth pulses allow filoviruses to persist in bat populations
25 February 2015
Pioneers of the application of mathematics to infectious disease biology posed three interrelated questions about infectious disease dynamics: can we predict and explain the size and periodicity of epidemics, how does the flow of susceptible...Read More
Shedding and Seroprevalence of Pathogenic Leptospira spp. in Sheep and Cattle at a New Zealand Abattoir
31 October 2014
Fang Fang PhD Candidate, mEpiLab /IVABS / EpiCentre Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of worldwide importance caused by pathogenic spirochaetes belonging to the genus Leptospira. Feral and domestic mammals can be maintenance hosts to...Read More
The transmission of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis between farms via livestock movements
22 August 2014
Nelly Marquetoux PhD candidate, EpiCentre / IVABS Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the causal agent for paratuberculosis (PTB) or Johne’s disease in livestock. The purchase of infected stock is thought to be...Read More
Identification of populations for disease surveillance in a translocated network of endangered Takahe
21 March 2014
Zoë Grange PhD Candidate, Allan Wilson Centre, mEpilab, Wildbase and Victoria University of Wellington Social network analysis is being increasingly used in epidemiology and disease modelling in humans, domestic animals, and...Read More
Risk factors for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections in humans in New Zealand
1 November 2013
Patricia Jaros PhD Candidate, mEpiLab Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) such as E. coli O157:H7 and related non-O157 STEC strains are pathogens of public health concern worldwide. They can cause...Read More
Genomic Analysis of the Kiwifruit Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae
4 October 2013
Photo credit: Rami El-Shareif HONOUR McCANN Postdoctoral Researcher, Rainey Lab / IDReC / NZIAS, Massey University I work on the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, which numbers among the most destructive bacterial...Read More