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Email

pvaz@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Research Fellow - Research Focussed
Melbourne Veterinary School
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
PhD
The University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Monash University
ORCID

0000-0001-6877-7383

Dr Paola Vaz

Research Fellow - Research Focussed
Melbourne Veterinary School

67 Scholarly works
10 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    How Do Kangaroo Herpesviruses Jump to New Host Species?
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Genomic diversity and natural recombination of equid gammaherpesvirus 5 isolates
    DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2023.105517
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Whole genome sequence analysis of equid gammaherpesvirus -2 field isolates reveals high levels of genomic diversity and recombination
    DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08789-x
  • 2022

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Towards \2018real World\2019 Models of Infectious Diseases; How Do Common Pathogens Interact During Co-Infection?
  • 2021

    Internal Research Grant

    Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme - 2021 - SEP
  • 2019

    Journal article

    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
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213866
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Replication-independent reduction in the number and diversity of recombinant progeny viruses in chickens vaccinated with an attenuated infectious laryngotracheitis vaccine
    DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.08.012
Paola Vaz

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2022
MPF - Melbourne Postdoctoral Fellowship
2017
Presenter travel award International Herpesvirus Workshop
2017
Dr Sue Newton Travelling Scholarship Faculty of Veterinary and Agriculture Sciences. University of Melbourne
2016
VESKI - Victoria Fellowship

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Evaluation of four molecular detection assays for the diagnosis of Chlamydia pecorum infection in Victorian koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) using Bayesian latent class analysis
    DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2026.106809
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Australian strains of the avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus predominantly target the respiratory tract rather than the kidneys in specific-pathogen-free chickens
    DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.002213
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Advancing standardization of diagnostics and antimicrobial susceptibility testing for pathogenic mycoplasmas of livestock origin: insights from the MyMIC network
    DOI: 10.1186/s12917-025-05154-4
  • 2025

    Journal article

    New insights into the range and transmission dynamics of a koala gammaherpesvirus, phascolarctid gammaherpesvirus 2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-90626-8
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Three-dimensional exploration of the chicken embryo, a comparative study of light sheet and histological visualisation
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320483
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Bovine tracheal organoids for studying Mycoplasma bovis respiratory infections.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2024.110340
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Molecular detection of antimicrobial resistance in livestock mycoplasmas: current status and future prospects
    DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1699077
  • 2025

    Journal article

    ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Duplodnaviria 2025
    DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.002139

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