Paola Vaz

Virulence factors of Mycoplasma synoviae: Three genes influencing colonization, immunogenicity, and transmissibility

Sara M Klose, Oluwadamilola S Omotainse, Sahar Zare, Paola K Vaz, Parisa Armat, Pollob Shil, Nadeeka Wawegama, Anna Kanci Condello, Denise O'Rourke, Jillian F Disint, Daniel M Andrews, Gregory J Underwood, Chris J Morrow, Marc S Marenda, Amir H Noormohammadi

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Infections caused by Mycoplasma synoviae are major welfare and economic concerns in poultry industries worldwide. These infections..

Construction and characterisation of glycoprotein E and glycoprotein I deficient mutants of Australian strains of infectious laryngotracheitis virus using traditional and CRISPR/Cas9-assisted homologous recombination techniques

Marzieh Armat, Paola K Vaz, Glenn F Browning, Amir H Noormohammadi, Carol A Hartley, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article  |  2022  |  VIRUS GENES

In alphaherpesviruses, glycoproteins E and I (gE and gI, respectively) form a heterodimer that facilitates cell-to-cell spread of ..

Whole genome sequence analysis of equid gammaherpesvirus-2 field isolates reveals high levels of genomic diversity and recombination

Adepeju E Onasanya, Charles El-Hage, Andres Diaz-Mendez, Paola K Vaz, Alistair R Legione, Glenn F Browning, Joanne M Devlin, Carol A Hartley

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMC GENOMICS

BACKGROUND: Equid gammaherpesvirus 2 (EHV2) is a gammaherpesvirus with a widespread distribution in horse populations globally. Al..

Molecular detection of two new putative species of gammaherpesvirus in petaurid possums

JK Douch, JM Devlin, P Whiteley, CA Hartley, PK Vaz

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

A molecular survey of herpesviruses in Australian native mammals was conducted, spanning 260 individuals from 27 species. Among th..

Tracheal cellular immune response in chickens inoculated with Mycoplasma synoviae vaccine, MS-H or its parent strain 86079/7NS

Oluwadamilola S Omotainse, Nadeeka K Wawegama, Sathya N Kulappu Arachchige, Mauricio JC Coppo, Paola K Vaz, Andrew P Woodward, Somayeh Kordafshari, Mirjana Bogeski, Mark Stevenson, Amir H Noormohammadi, Andrew W Stent

Journal article  |  2022  |  VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY

Mycoplasma synoviae causes respiratory tract disease in chickens characterised by mild to moderate lymphoplasmacytic infiltration ..

Mucosal immune responses in the trachea after chronic infection with Mycoplasma gallisepticum in unvaccinated and vaccinated mature chickens

Sathya N Kulappu Arachchige, Nadeeka K Wawegama, Mauricio JC Coppo, Habtamu B Derseh, Paola K Vaz, Anna Kanci Condello, Oluwadamilola S Omotainse, Amir H Noormohammadi, Glenn F Browning

Journal article  |  2021  |  CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Tracheitis associated with the chronic respiratory disease in chickens caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum is marked by infiltratio..

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..

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Herpesviridae 2021

Derek Gatherer, Daniel P Depledge, Carol A Hartley, Moriah L Szpara, Paola K Vaz, Maria Benko, Curtis R Brandt, Neil A Bryant, Akbar Dastjerdi, Andor Doszpoly, Ursula A Gompels, Naoki Inoue, Keith W Jarosinski, Rajeev Kaul, Vincent Lacoste, Peter Norberg, Francesco C Origgi, Richard J Orton, Philip E Pellett, D Scott Schmid, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Members of the family Herpesviridae have enveloped, spherical virions with characteristic complex structures consisting of symmetr..

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..