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List of works by Adam Polkinghorne

"Candidatus Similichlamydia laticola", a novel Chlamydia-like agent of epitheliocystis in seven consecutive cohorts of farmed Australian barramundi, Lates calcarifer (Bloch).

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A Prototype Recombinant-Protein Based Chlamydia pecorum Vaccine Results in Reduced Chlamydial Burden and Less Clinical Disease in Free-Ranging Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus).

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

A Review on Chlamydial Diseases in Animals: Still a Challenge for Pathologists?

scientific article published in January 2018

A Sarcoptes scabiei specific isothermal amplification assay for detection of this important ectoparasite of wombats and other animals.

scientific article published on 27 July 2018

A natural freshwater origin for two chlamydial species, Candidatus Piscichlamydia salmonis and Candidatus Clavochlamydia salmonicola, causing mixed infections in wild brown trout (Salmo trutta).

scientific article published on 19 December 2011

A new equine and zoonotic threat emerges from an old avian pathogen, Chlamydia psittaci

scientific article published on 2 June 2017

A transcriptome resource for the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): insights into koala retrovirus transcription and sequence diversity

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Abortion in cattle caused by Chlamydia psittaci

scientific article published on September 2002

Adaptation and conservation insights from the koala genome

scientific article published on 02 July 2018

An epizootic of Chlamydia psittaci equine reproductive loss associated with suspected spillover from native Australian parrots.

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Antibody and Cytokine Responses of Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) Vaccinated with Recombinant Chlamydial Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) with Two Different Adjuvants

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Antigenic specificity of a monovalent versus polyvalent MOMP based Chlamydia pecorum vaccine in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus).

scientific article published on 07 January 2013

Asymptomatic infections with highly polymorphic Chlamydia suis are ubiquitous in pigs.

scientific article published in December 2017

Australian human and parrot Chlamydia psittaci strains cluster within the highly virulent 6BC clade of this important zoonotic pathogen

scientific article published on 04 August 2016

Characterisation of Chlamydia pneumoniae and other novel chlamydial infections in captive snakes

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Characterisation of MHC class I genes in the koala

scientific article published on July 2017

Characterisation of the immune compounds in koala milk using a combined transcriptomic and proteomic approach

scientific article published on 07 October 2016

Characterisation of the in vitro Chlamydia pecorum response to IFN-γ.

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Characterization of shifts of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) intestinal microbial communities associated with antibiotic treatment.

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Chlamydia Serine Protease Inhibitor, targeting HtrA, as a New Treatment for Koala Chlamydia infection

scientific article published on 17 August 2016

Chlamydia abortus YhbZ, a truncated Obg family GTPase, associates with the Escherichia coli large ribosomal subunit

scientific article published on 30 December 2010

Chlamydia genomics: providing novel insights into chlamydial biology

scientific article published on 02 June 2014

Chlamydia pecorum gastrointestinal tract infection associations with urogenital tract infections in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Chlamydia pecorum in Joint Tissue and Synovial Fluid of a Koala ( Phascolarctos cinereus) with Arthritis.

scientific article published on 2 March 2018

Chlamydia pecorum infections in sheep and cattle: A common and under-recognised infectious disease with significant impact on animal health.

scientific article published on 03 October 2015

Chlamydia pecorum prevalence in South Australian koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations: Identification and modelling of a population free from infection

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Chlamydia pneumoniae: modern insights into an ancient pathogen ⬇️

scientific article published on 05 December 2012

Chlamydial infections in wildlife-conservation threats and/or reservoirs of 'spill-over' infections?

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Chlamydial infections of fish: diverse pathogens and emerging causes of disease in aquaculture species

scientific article published on June 2014

Chlamydial infections of fish: diverse pathogens and emerging causes of disease in aquaculture species.

scientific article published on 03 February 2014

Chlamydophila pneumoniae HflX belongs to an uncharacterized family of conserved GTPases and associates with the Escherichia coli 50S large ribosomal subunit.

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Clinical, diagnostic and pathologic features of presumptive cases of Chlamydia pecorum-associated arthritis in Australian sheep flocks

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Comparative diagnostics reveals PCR assays on skin scrapings is the most reliable method to detect Sarcoptes scabiei infestations.

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Comparative genomic analysis of human Chlamydia pneumoniae isolates from respiratory, brain and cardiac tissues

scientific article published on 26 September 2015

Comparative genomics of koala, cattle and sheep strains of Chlamydia pecorum

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Comparison of antigen detection and quantitative PCR in the detection of chlamydial infection in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus).

scientific article published on September 2012

Conjunctivitis associated with Chlamydia pecorum in three koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia.

scientific article published on October 2013

Culture-independent approaches to chlamydial genomics.

scientific article published on 3 January 2018

Culture-independent genome sequencing of clinical samples reveals an unexpected heterogeneity of infections by Chlamydia pecorum.

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Culture-independent genomic characterisation of Candidatus Chlamydia sanzinia, a novel uncultivated bacterium infecting snakes

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Culture-independent genomics of a novel chlamydial pathogen of fish provides new insight into host-specific adaptations utilized by these intracellular bacteria

scientific article published on 15 February 2017

Culture-independent metagenomics supports discovery of uncultivable bacteria within the genus Chlamydia.

scientific article published on 6 September 2017

Detection of Chlamydiaceae in ocular swabs from Australian pre-export feedlot sheep

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Detection of a range of genetically diverse chlamydiae in Australian domesticated and wild ungulates

scientific article published on 03 April 2019

Detection of chlamydiae in boar semen and genital tracts

scientific article published on 02 May 2006

Detection of mycobacteria and chlamydiae in granulomatous inflammation of reptiles: a retrospective study.

scientific article published on July 2004

Detection of novel chlamydiae in cats with ocular disease

scientific article published in November 2003

Development and evaluation of rapid novel isothermal amplification assays for important veterinary pathogens: Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia pecorum

scientific article published on 8 September 2017

Differential expression of chlamydial signal transduction genes in normal and interferon gamma-induced persistent Chlamydophila pneumoniae infections

scientific article published on 22 July 2005

Epidemiology of chlamydial infection and disease in a free-ranging koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) population

scientific article published on 27 December 2017

Epitheliocystis in fish: An emerging aquaculture disease with a global impact.

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Evaluation of the relationship between Chlamydia pecorum sequence types and disease using a species-specific multi-locus sequence typing scheme (MLST).

scientific article published on 27 August 2014

Expanded Molecular Typing of Sarcoptes scabiei Provides Further Evidence of Disease Spillover Events in the Epidemiology of Sarcoptic Mange in Australian Marsupials

scientific article published on 10 August 2018

From genomes to genotypes: molecular epidemiological analysis of Chlamydia gallinacea reveals a high level of genetic diversity for this newly emerging chlamydial pathogen.

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Genetic diversity in the plasticity zone and the presence of the chlamydial plasmid differentiates Chlamydia pecorum strains from pigs, sheep, cattle, and koalas

scientific article published on 4 November 2015

Genetic diversity of Chlamydia pecorum strains in wild koala locations across Australia and the implications for a recombinant C. pecorum major outer membrane protein based vaccine.

scientific article published on 18 August 2013

Genomic Comparison of Translocating and Non-Translocating Escherichia coli.

scientific article published on 28 August 2015

HapFlow: visualizing haplotypes in sequencing data

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Humoral immune response against two surface antigens of Chlamydia pecorum in vaccinated and naturally infected sheep.

scientific article published on 30 November 2017

Humoral immune responses in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) either naturally infected with Chlamydia pecorum or following administration of a recombinant chlamydial major outer membrane protein vaccine.

scientific article published on 30 December 2015

Identification of A Novel Picorna-Like Virus, Burpengary Virus, that is Negatively Associated with Chlamydial Disease in the Koala

scientific article published on 02 March 2019

Identification of unusual Chlamydia pecorum genotypes in Victorian koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and clinical variables associated with infection

scientific article published in March 2016

Identification, characterisation and expression analysis of natural killer receptor genes in Chlamydia pecorum infected koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

Immunization of a wild koala population with a recombinant Chlamydia pecorum Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) or Polymorphic Membrane Protein (PMP) based vaccine: New insights into immune response, protection and clearance

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Immunohistochemical detection of survivin in canine lymphoma.

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Immunohistochemical study about the Flt-1/VEGFR1 expression in the gastrointestinal tract of mouse, rat, dog, swine and monkey

scientific article published on 18 July 2005

In vitro analysis of genetically distinct Chlamydia pecorum isolates reveals key growth differences in mammalian epithelial and immune cells

scientific article published on 31 March 2019

Interleukin 17A is an immune marker for chlamydial disease severity and pathogenesis in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

scientific article (publication date: October 2014)

Investigation of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) hindgut microbiome via 16S pyrosequencing.

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Isolation, marine transgression and translocation of the bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Koala immunology and infectious diseases: How much can the koala bare?

scientific article published on 27 January 2018

Metagenomic Analysis of Fish-Associated Ca. Parilichlamydiaceae Reveals Striking Metabolic Similarities to the Terrestrial Chlamydiaceae

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Microscopic and molecular analysis of Babesia canis in archived and diagnostic specimens reveal the impact of anti-parasitic treatment and postmortem changes on pathogen detection.

scientific article published on 18 October 2017

Mini Review: Antimicrobial Control of Chlamydial Infections in Animals: Current Practices and Issues

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Mitochondrial genome sequencing reveals potential origins of the scabies mite Sarcoptes scabiei infesting two iconic Australian marsupials

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Molecular and pathological insights into Chlamydia pecorum-associated sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis (SBE) in Western Australia

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Molecular and serological dynamics of Chlamydia pecorum infection in a longitudinal study of prime lamb production.

scientific article published on 25 January 2018

Molecular characterisation and expression analysis of interferon gamma in response to natural Chlamydia infection in the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus

scientific article published on 18 June 2013

Molecular characterisation of the Chlamydia pecorum plasmid from porcine, ovine, bovine, and koala strains indicates plasmid-strain co-evolution.

scientific article published on 04 February 2016

Molecular characterization of "Candidatus Parilichlamydia carangidicola," a novel Chlamydia-like epitheliocystis agent in yellowtail kingfish, Seriola lalandi (Valenciennes), and the proposal of a new family, "Candidatus Parilichlamydiaceae" fam. no

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Molecular characterization of "Candidatus Similichlamydia latridicola" gen. nov., sp. nov. (Chlamydiales: "Candidatus Parilichlamydiaceae"), a novel Chlamydia-like epitheliocystis agent in the striped trumpeter, Latris lineata (Forster).

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Molecular detection of Anaplasma platys, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Wolbachia sp. but not Ehrlichia canis in Croatian dogs

scientific article published on 14 September 2017

Molecular evidence for chlamydial infections in the eyes of sheep.

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Molecular evidence for novel chlamydial infections in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).

scientific article published on June 2003

Molecular evidence of Chlamydia pecorum and arthropod-associated Chlamydiae in an expanded range of marsupials

scientific article published on 9 October 2017

Molecular evidence to suggest pigeon-type Chlamydia psittaci in association with an equine foal loss.

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Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) of Chlamydiales

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Multilocus sequence analysis provides insights into molecular epidemiology of Chlamydia pecorum infections in Australian sheep, cattle, and koalas.

scientific article published on 05 June 2013

Multilocus sequence typing identifies an avian-like Chlamydia psittaci strain involved in equine placentitis and associated with subsequent human psittacosis

scientific article published on 15 February 2017

New and emerging chlamydial infections of creatures great and small.

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New evidence for domesticated animals as reservoirs of Chlamydia-associated community acquired pneumonia

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Novel Chlamydiales associated with epitheliocystis in a leopard shark Triakis semifasciata

scientific article published on July 2010

Novel Chlamydiales genotypes identified in ticks from Australian wildlife

scientific article (publication date: 26 January 2017)

Novel molecular markers of Chlamydia pecorum genetic diversity in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). ⬇️

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Novel sequence types of Chlamydia pecorum infect free-ranging Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Switzerland

scientific article published on 03 February 2015

Olfactory Neuroblastoma in Dogs and Cats – a Histological and Immunohistochemical Analysis

scientific article published on 23 July 2011

Ovine Enzootic Abortion (OEA): a comparison of antibody responses in vaccinated and naturally-infected swiss sheep over a two year period

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PREVALENCE AND PATHOLOGIC FEATURES OF CHLAMYDIA PECORUM INFECTIONS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIAN KOALAS (PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS).

scientific article published on 11 March 2016

Phylogenetic analysis of human Chlamydia pneumoniae strains reveals a distinct Australian indigenous clade that predates European exploration of the continent.

scientific article published on 22 December 2015

Predator or prey? Chlamydophila abortus infections of a free-living amoebae, Acanthamoeba castellani 9GU.

scientific article published on 20 January 2008

Preliminary characterisation of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-10 responses to Chlamydia pecorum infection in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

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Prevalence and clinical significance of koala retrovirus in two South Australian koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations

scientific article published on 04 June 2019

Prevalence of chlamydiae in semen and genital tracts of bulls, rams and bucks.

scientific article published on 28 August 2006

Recent advances in understanding the biology, epidemiology and control of chlamydial infections in koalas

scientific article (publication date: August 2013)

Recent history of psittacosis in Australia: expanding our understanding of the epidemiology of this important globally distributed zoonotic disease

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Retrospective study of canine infectious haemolytic anaemia cases reveals the importance of molecular investigation in accurate postmortal diagnostic protocols

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

SNP marker discovery in koala TLR genes

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Safety and immunogenicity of a prototype anti-Chlamydia pecorum recombinant protein vaccine in lambs and pregnant ewes.

scientific article published on 18 May 2017

Seroprevalence of vector-borne pathogens in dogs from Croatia

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Serum Antibody Response to Koala Retrovirus Antigens Varies in Free-Ranging Koalas ( Phascolarctos cinereus ) in Australia: Implications for Vaccine Design.

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Suspected Materno-Fetal Transmission of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Clonal Complex 11 Causing Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

The Chlamydia suis Genome Exhibits High Levels of Diversity, Plasticity, and Mobile Antibiotic Resistance: Comparative Genomics of a Recent Livestock Cohort Shows Influence of Treatment Regimes

scientific article published on 02 March 2017

The Waddlia genome: a window into chlamydial biology

scientific article (publication date: 28 May 2010)

The cascading pathogenic consequences of Sarcoptes scabiei infection that manifest in host disease.

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The emergence of sarcoptic mange in Australian wildlife: an unresolved debate

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The impact of human activities on Australian wildlife

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

The koala immunological toolkit: sequence identification and comparison of key markers of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) immune response

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The limitations of commercial serological assays for detection of chlamydial infections in Australian livestock

scientific article published on 06 March 2019

The prevalence and impact of Babesia canis and Theileria sp. in free-ranging grey wolf (Canis lupus) populations in Croatia

scientific article published on 04 April 2017

Transcriptome sequencing of the long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) reveals conservation and innovation of immune genes in the marsupial order Peramelemorphia.

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Treatment of Chlamydia-associated ocular disease via a recombinant protein based vaccine in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).

scientific article published on 02 October 2016

Twenty years of research into Chlamydia-like organisms: a revolution in our understanding of the biology and pathogenicity of members of the phylum Chlamydiae.

scientific article published on 04 December 2014

Understanding the health and production impacts of endemic Chlamydia pecorum infections in lambs.

scientific article published on 10 March 2018

Using quantitative polymerase chain reaction to correlate Chlamydia pecorum infectious load with ocular, urinary and reproductive tract disease in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).

scientific article published on October 2011

Vaccination of healthy and diseased koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) with a Chlamydia pecorum multi-subunit vaccine: evaluation of immunity and pathology

scientific article published on 09 January 2012

Vaccination of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) with a recombinant chlamydial major outer membrane protein adjuvanted with poly I:C, a host defense peptide and polyphosphazine, elicits strong and long lasting cellular and humoral immune responses.

scientific article published on 04 September 2014

Vaccination of koalas with a recombinant Chlamydia pecorum major outer membrane protein induces antibodies of different specificity compared to those following a natural live infection

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