Ashleigh Porter

Metagenomic identification of viral sequences in laboratory reagents

AF Porter, J Cobbin, CX Li, JS Eden, EC Holmes

Journal article  |  2021  |  Viruses

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing has transformed the discovery and diagnosis of infectious disease, with the power to charac..

Genomics-informed responses in the elimination of COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia: an observational, genomic epidemiological study

Courtney R Lane, Norelle L Sherry, Ashleigh F Porter, Sebastian Duchene, Kristy Horan, Patiyan Andersson, Mathilda Wilmot, Annabelle Turner, Sally Dougall, Sandra A Johnson, Michelle Sait, Anders Gonsalves da Silva, Susan A Ballard, Tuyet Hoang, Timothy P Stinear, Leon Caly, Vitali Sintchenko, Rikki Graham, Jamie McMahon, David Smith, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH

BACKGROUND: A cornerstone of Australia's ability to control COVID-19 has been effective border control with an extensive supervise..

The origins and genomic diversity of American Civil War Era smallpox vaccine strains.

Ana T Duggan, Jennifer Klunk, Ashleigh F Porter, Anna N Dhody, Robert Hicks, Geoffrey L Smith, Margaret Humphreys, Andrea M McCollum, Whitni B Davidson, Kimberly Wilkins, Yu Li, Amanda Burke, Hanna Polasky, Lowell Flanders, Debi Poinar, Amogelang R Raphenya, Tammy TY Lau, Brian Alcock, Andrew G McArthur, G Brian Golding, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Genome Biology

Vaccination has transformed public health, most notably including the eradication of smallpox. Despite its profound historical imp..

Novel hepaci- and pegi-like viruses in native Australian wildlife and non-human primates.

Ashleigh F Porter, John H-O Pettersson, Wei-Shan Chang, Erin Harvey, Karrie Rose, Mang Shi, John-Sebastian Eden, Jan Buchmann, Craig Moritz, Edward C Holmes

Journal article  |  2020  |  Virus Evolution

The Flaviviridae family of positive-sense RNA viruses contains important pathogens of humans and other animals, including Zika vir..

Diversity and Evolution of Novel Invertebrate DNA Viruses Revealed by Meta-Transcriptomics.

Ashleigh F Porter, Mang Shi, John-Sebastian Eden, Yong-Zhen Zhang, Edward C Holmes

Journal article  |  2019  |  Viruses

DNA viruses comprise a wide array of genome structures and infect diverse host species. To date, most studies of DNA viruses have ..

Comment: Characterization of Two Historic Smallpox Specimens from a Czech Museum.

Ashleigh F Porter, Ana T Duggan, Hendrik N Poinar, Edward C Holmes

Journal article  |  2017  |  Viruses

The complete genome sequences of two strains of variola virus (VARV) sampled from human smallpox specimens present in the Czech Na..