George Taiaroa

Detection of Streptococcus pyogenes M1UK in Australia and characterization of the mutation driving enhanced expression of superantigen SpeA.

Mark R Davies, Nadia Keller, Stephan Brouwer, Magnus G Jespersen, Amanda J Cork, Andrew J Hayes, Miranda E Pitt, David MP De Oliveira, Nichaela Harbison-Price, Olivia M Bertolla, Daniel G Mediati, Bodie F Curren, George Taiaroa, Jake A Lacey, Helen V Smith, Ning-Xia Fang, Lachlan JM Coin, Kerrie Stevens, Steven YC Tong, Martina Sanderson-Smith, et al.

Journal article  |  2023  |  Nat Commun

A new variant of Streptococcus pyogenes serotype M1 (designated 'M1UK') has been reported in the United Kingdom, linked with seaso..

Analytical Sensitivity of Lateral Flow Devices against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Subvariants BA.4, BA.5, and BA.2.75

Charlene Mackenzie, Mitchell Batty, Georgina Papadakis, Laura Stevens, Yano Yoga, George Taiaroa, Helen Stefanatos, Ivana Savic, Thomas Tran, Joshua Deerain, Jacqueline Prestedge, Julian Druce, Leon Caly, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

RNase HI Depletion Strongly Potentiates Cell Killing by Rifampicin in Mycobacteria.

Abeer Al-Zubaidi, Chen-Yi Cheung, Gregory M Cook, George Taiaroa, Valerie Mizrahi, J Shaun Lott, Stephanie S Dawes

Journal article  |  2022  |  Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) is defined by the resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative organism, to..

Maintaining genomic surveillance using whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from rapid antigen test devices.

Genevieve E Martin, George Taiaroa, Mona L Taouk, Ivana Savic, Jacinta O'Keefe, Robert Quach, Jacqueline Prestedge, Marcelina Krysiak, Leon Caly, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2022  |  Lancet Infect Dis

The magnitude and timing of recalled immunity after breakthrough infection is shaped by SARS-CoV-2 variants

Marios Koutsakos, Wen Shi Lee, Arnold Reynaldi, Hyon-Xhi Tan, Grace Gare, Paul Kinsella, Kwee Chin Liew, George Taiaroa, Deborah A Williamson, Helen E Kent, Eva Stadler, Deborah Cromer, David S Khoury, Adam K Wheatley, Jennifer A Juno, Miles P Davenport, Stephen J Kent

Journal article  |  2022  |  IMMUNITY

Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 protects from infection and improves clinical outcomes in breakthrough infections, likely reflectin..

Monkeypox infection presenting as genital rash, Australia, May 2022

Yael Hammerschlag, Gina MacLeod, Georgina Papadakis, Asiel Adan Sanchez, Julian Druce, George Taiaroa, Ivana Savic, Jamie Mumford, Jason Roberts, Leon Caly, Deborah Friedman, Deborah A Williamson, Allen C Cheng, James H McMahon

Journal article  |  2022  |  EUROSURVEILLANCE

Rapid diagnosis and whole genome sequencing confirmed a case of monkeypox in an HIV-positive individual receiving antiretroviral t..

Characterisation of Treponema pallidum lineages within the contemporary syphilis outbreak in Australia: a genomic epidemiological analysis

Mona L Taouk, George Taiaroa, Shivani Pasricha, Sophie Herman, Eric PF Chow, Francesca Azzatto, Bowen Zhang, Cheryll M Sia, Sebastian Duchene, Alvin Lee, Nasra Higgins, Jacqueline Prestedge, Yi Wei Lee, Nicholas R Thomson, Bianca Graves, Ella Meumann, Manoji Gunathilake, Jane S Hocking, Catriona S Bradshaw, Mathew A Beale, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  LANCET MICROBE

BACKGROUND: The incidence of syphilis has increased markedly in the past decade in high-income countries, including Australia. To ..

Infective hyperammonaemic encephalopathy after allogeneic stem cell transplant

Michael J Shipton, Paul M Kinsella, Thomas Davis, Francesca Azzato, George Taiaroa, Jeff Szer, David Routledge, Olivia Smibert

Journal article  |  2022  |  BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Global phylogeny of Treponema pallidum lineages reveals recent expansion and spread of contemporary syphilis

Mathew A Beale, Michael Marks, Michelle J Cole, Min-Kuang Lee, Rachel Pitt, Christopher Ruis, Eszter Balla, Tania Crucitti, Michael Ewens, Candela Fernandez-Naval, Anna Grankvist, Malcolm Guiver, Chris R Kenyon, Rafil Khairullin, Ranmini Kularatne, Maider Arando, Barbara J Molini, Andrey Obukhov, Emma E Page, Fruzsina Petrovay, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  NATURE MICROBIOLOGY

Syphilis, which is caused by the sexually transmitted bacterium Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, has an estimated 6.3 million c..

Evolutionary dynamics of multidrug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- in Australia

Danielle J Ingle, Rebecca L Ambrose, Sarah L Baines, Sebastian Duchene, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Darren YJ Lee, Miriam Jones, Mary Valcanis, George Taiaroa, Susan A Ballard, Martyn D Kirk, Benjamin P Howden, Jaclyn S Pearson, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2021  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- (Salmonella 4,[5],12:i:-) is a monophasic variant of Salmonella Typhimurium that has emer..