Paola Vaz

A WIDESPREAD NOVEL GAMMAHERPESVIRUS IN APPARENTLY HEALTHY WILD QUOKKAS (SETONIX BRACHYURUS): A THREATENED AND ENDEMIC WALLABY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Pedro Martinez-Perez, Timothy H Hyndman, Patricia A Fleming, Paola K Vaz, Nino P Ficorilli, Colin R Wilks

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE

Five genetically distinct macropodid marsupial herpesviruses have been reported [Macropodid alphaherpesviruses 1 and 2 (MaHV-1 and..

Genome Sequences of Two Marsupial Simplex Viruses, Macropodid Alphaherpesviruses 2 and 4

PK Vaz, TJ Mahony, CA Hartley, J Motha, JM Devlin

Journal article  |  2021  |  MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS

We present the genome sequences of macropodid alphaherpesviruses 2 and 4, two closely related pathogens of macropods. Both encoded..

Herpesvirus Infection in Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi)

Amy L Shima, Paola K Vaz, Linda Johnson, Joanne M Devlin, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Herpesvirus infections associated with a range of clinical findings are widespread in free-ranging and captive Australian marsupia..

BASELINE HEALTH AND DISEASE ASSESSMENT OF FOUNDER EASTERN QUOLLS (DASYURUS VIVERRINUS) DURING A CONSERVATION TRANSLOCATION TO MAINLAND AUSTRALIA

Timothy J Portas, Maldwyn J Evans, David Spratt, Paola K Vaz, Joanne M Devlin, Amanda Duarte Barbosa, Belinda A Wilson, Annette Rypalski, Claire Wimpenny, Don Fletcher, Iain J Gordon, Jenny Newport, Adrian D Manning

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

We evaluated the health of 31 (eight males, 23 females) founder eastern quolls (Dasyurus viverrinus), translocated to a fenced res..

Genomic recombination between infectious laryngotracheitis vaccine strains occurs under a broad range of infection conditions in vitro and in ovo

Omid Fakhri, Joanne M Devlin, Glenn F Browning, Paola K Vaz, Dulari Thilakarathne, Sang-Won Lee, Carol A Hartley

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS ONE

Gallid alphaherpesvirus 1 causes infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) in farmed poultry worldwide. Intertypic recombination between ..

Disease surveillance in wild Victorian cacatuids reveals co-infection with multiple agents and detection of novel avian viruses

Michelle Sutherland, Subir Sarker, Paola K Vaz, Alistair R Legione, Joanne M Devlin, Patricia L Macwhirter, Pamela L Whiteley, Shane R Raidal

Journal article  |  2019  |  VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Wild birds are known reservoirs of bacterial and viral pathogens, some of which have zoonotic potential. This poses a risk to both..

Attenuated infectious laryngotracheitis virus vaccines differ in their capacity to establish latency in the trigeminal ganglia of specific pathogen free chickens following eye drop inoculation

Dulari S Thilakarathne, Mauricio JC Coppo, Carol A Hartley, Andres Diaz-Mendez, Jose A Quinteros, Omid Fakhri, Paola K Vaz, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLoS One

Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) is a respiratory disease that affects chickens. It is caused by the alphaherpesvirus, infectiou..

Koala and Wombat Gammaherpesviruses Encode the First Known Viral NTPDase Homologs and Are Phylogenetically Divergent from All Known Gammaherpesviruses

Paola K Vaz, Carol A Hartley, Sang-Yong Lee, Fiona M Sansom, Timothy E Adams, Kathryn Stalder, Lesley Pearce, George Lovrecz, Glenn F Browning, Christa E Mueller, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

There is a large taxonomic gap in our understanding of mammalian herpesvirus genetics and evolution corresponding to those herpesv..

Detection and Differentiation of Two Koala Gammaherpesviruses Using High Resolution Melt (Hrm) Analysis Reveals Differences in Viral Prevalence and Clinical Associations in a Large Study of Free-Ranging Koalas

PK Vaz, AR Legione, CA Hartley, JM Devlin

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

The iconic koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is host to two divergent gammaherpesviruses, phascolarctid gammaherpesviruses 1 and 2 (P..

Replication-independent reduction in the number and diversity of recombinant progeny viruses in chickens vaccinated with an attenuated infectious laryngotracheitis vaccine

Carlos A Loncoman, Carol A Hartley, Mauricio JC Coppo, Glenn F Browning, Jose A Quinteros, Andres Diaz-Mendez, Dulari Thilakarathne, Omid Fakhri, Paola K Vaz, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article  |  2018  |  VACCINE

Recombination is closely linked with virus replication and is an important mechanism that contributes to genome diversification an..