Andy Allen

Hypnotics with novel modes of action

Daniel Hoyer, Andrew Allen, Laura H Jacobson

Journal article  |  2020  |  BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Insomnia and, more generally, lack of sleep are on the rise. Traditionally treated by classical hypnotics, such as benzodiazepines..

Discovery of a novel iflavirus sequence in the eastern paralysis tick Ixodes holocyclus

Caitlin A O'Brien, Sonja Hall-Mendelin, Jody Hobson-Peters, Georgia Deliyannis, Andy Allen, Ala Lew-Tabor, Manuel Rodriguez-Valle, Dayana Barker, Stephen C Barker, Roy A Hall

Journal article  |  2018  |  ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

Ixodes holocyclus, the eastern paralysis tick, is a significant parasite in Australia in terms of animal and human health. However..

Recombinant LipL32 stimulates interferon-gamma production in cattle vaccinated with a monovalent Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo subtype Hardjobovis vaccine

Deanna S Deveson Lucas, Miranda Lo, Dieter M Bulach, Noelene S Quinsey, Gerald L Murray, Andy Allen, Ben Adler

Journal article  |  2014  |  VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo subtype Hardjobovis (Hardjobovis) is the main causative agent of bovine leptospirosis in ..

Evaluation of 238 antigens of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo for protection against kidney colonisation

Gerald L Murray, Miranda Lo, Dieter M Bulach, Amporn Srikram, Torsten Seemann, Noelene S Quinsey, Rasana W Sermswan, Andy Allen, Ben Adler

Journal article  |  2013  |  VACCINE

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease affecting animals and humans worldwide. Leptospiral infection in cattle can cause reproductive..

Exploring the use of an anti-tick vaccine as a tool for the integrated eradication of the cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus

Robert Miller, Agustin Estrada-Pena, Consuelo Almazan, Andrew Allen, Lauren Jory, Kathleen Yeater, Matthew Messenger, Dee Ellis, Adalberto A Perez de Leon

Journal article  |  2012  |  VACCINE

Bovine babesiosis, also known as cattle fever, is a tick-borne protozoal disease foreign to the United States. It was eradicated b..

Comprehensive identification of essential Staphylococcus aureus genes using Transposon-Mediated Differential Hybridisation (TMDH)

Roy R Chaudhuri, Andrew G Allen, Paul J Owen, Gil Shalom, Karl Stone, Marcus Harrison, Timothy A Burgis, Michael Lockyer, Jorge Garcia-Lara, Simon J Foster, Stephen J Pleasance, Sarah E Peters, Duncan J Maskell, Ian G Charles

Journal article  |  2009  |  BMC GENOMICS

BACKGROUND: In recent years there has been an increasing problem with Staphylococcus aureus strains that are resistant to treatmen..

Comprehensive Identification of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Genes Required for Infection of BALB/c Mice

Roy R Chaudhuri, Sarah E Peters, Stephen J Pleasance, Helen Northen, Chrissie Willers, Gavin K Paterson, Danielle B Cone, Andrew G Allen, Paul J Owen, Gil Shalom, Dov J Stekel, Ian G Charles, Duncan J Maskell

Journal article  |  2009  |  PLOS PATHOGENS

Genes required for infection of mice by Salmonella Typhimurium can be identified by the interrogation of random transposon mutant ..

Mannose-resistant Proteus-like and P-mirabilis fimbriae have specific and additive roles in P-mirabilis urinary tract infections

Pablo Zunino, Vanessa Sosa, Geraldine Schlapp, Andrew G Allen, Andrew Preston, Duncan J Maskell

Journal article  |  2007  |  FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Proteus mirabilis is an important uropathogen that can cause complicated urinary tract infections (UTI). It produces several types..

Bordetella pertussis risA, but not risS, is required for maximal expression of Bvg-repressed genes

TH Stenson, AG Allen, JA al-Meer, D Maskell, MS Peppler

Journal article  |  2005  |  INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Expression of virulence determinants by Bordetella pertussis, the primary etiological agent of whooping cough, is regulated by the..

Distribution, genetic diversity, and variable expression of the gene encoding hyaluronate lyase within the Streptococcus suis population

SJ King, AG Allen, DJ Maskell, CG Dowson, AM Whatmore

Journal article  |  2004  |  JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Although Streptococcus suis is an economically important pathogen of pigs and an occasional cause of zoonotic infections of humans..