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List of works by Chris R Helps

A Novel Variant in CMAH Is Associated with Blood Type AB in Ragdoll Cats

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A novel haemoplasma species identified in archived primate blood smears.

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Amino acid changes in the spike protein of feline coronavirus correlate with systemic spread of virus from the intestine and not with feline infectious peritonitis

scientific article published on 25 April 2014

An investigation of polymorphisms in innate and adaptive immune response genes in canine leishmaniosis

scientific article published on 26 April 2019

An update on FIV and FeLV test performance using a Bayesian statistical approach.

scientific article published in June 2007

Analysis of risk factors and prevalence of haemoplasma infection in dogs.

scientific article published on 17 March 2016

Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Bartonella spp., haemoplasma species and Hepatozoon spp. in ticks infesting cats: a large-scale survey

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Applications and efficiencies of the first cat 63K DNA array.

scientific article published on 4 May 2018

Aristaless-Like Homeobox protein 1 (ALX1) variant associated with craniofacial structure and frontonasal dysplasia in Burmese cats

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Association between canine leishmaniosis and Ehrlichia canis co-infection: a prospective case-control study

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Comparison of the value of measurement of serum galactomannan and Aspergillus-specific antibodies in the diagnosis of canine sino-nasal aspergillosis

scientific article published on 05 August 2008

Complete genome sequence of Mycoplasma haemofelis, a hemotropic mycoplasma

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Correction: A Novel Variant in CMAH Is Associated with Blood Type AB in Ragdoll Cats

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Cytokine mRNA quantification in histologically normal canine duodenal mucosa by real-time RT-PCR

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Description of outcomes of experimental infection with feline haemoplasmas: copy numbers, haematology, Coombs' testing and blood glucose concentrations

scientific article published on 21 June 2009

Detection of Chlamydophila felis and feline herpesvirus by multiplex real-time PCR analysis.

scientific article published on June 2003

Detection of cold-tolerant clostridia other than Clostridium estertheticum in raw vacuum-packed chill-stored meat

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Detection of feline haemoplasma species in experimental infections by in-situ hybridisation

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Detection of humoral response using a recombinant heat shock protein 70, DnaK, of Mycoplasma haemofelis in experimentally and naturally hemoplasma-infected cats

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Detection of the single nucleotide polymorphism causing feline autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease in Persians from the UK using a novel real-time PCR assay.

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Development and application of multiple internal reference (housekeeper) gene assays for accurate normalisation of canine gene expression studies

scientific article published on 31 January 2007

Development and use of real-time PCR to detect and quantify Mycoplasma haemocanis and "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum" in dogs

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Diagnosis of feline haemoplasma infection in Australian cats using a real-time PCR assay.

scientific article published in December 2004

Distinct tissue cytokine and chemokine mRNA expression in canine sino-nasal aspergillosis and idiopathic lymphoplasmacytic rhinitis

scientific article published on 03 February 2007

Distribution of Mycoplasma haemofelis in blood and tissues following experimental infection

scientific article published on 23 September 2009

Ecology of Arcobacter species in chicken rearing and processing.

scientific article published in January 2005

Effect of chronic FIV infection, and efficacy of marbofloxacin treatment, on Mycoplasma haemofelis infection

scientific article published on 28 July 2006

Effect of chronic feline immunodeficiency infection, and efficacy of marbofloxacin treatment, on 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' infection.

scientific article published on 17 January 2006

Erythrocyte pyruvate kinase deficiency mutation identified in multiple breeds of domestic cats

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Evaluating the association between blood genotype or phenotype and haemoplasma infection in UK and Italian cats

scientific article published in 2022

Evaluation of polymorphisms in inflammatory mediator and cellular adhesion genes as risk factors for feline infectious peritonitis

scientific article published on 02 August 2019

Evaluation of real-time RT-PCR for the quantification of FCoV shedding in the faeces of domestic cats.

scientific article published on 20 February 2008

Evaluation of the repeatability of ultrasound scanning for detection of feline polycystic kidney disease

scientific article published on 05 August 2009

FIP: a novel approach to vaccination. Proceedings from the 2nd International FCoV/FIP Symposium, Glasgow, 4-7 August 2002.

scientific article published on April 2004

Feline blood genotyping versus phenotyping, and detection of non-AB blood type incompatibilities in UK cats

scientific article published on 01 April 2014

Feline coronavirus quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction on effusion samples in cats with and without feline infectious peritonitis.

scientific article published on 16 October 2015

First WNK4-hypokalemia animal model identified by genome-wide association in Burmese cats

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Frequency and phylogeny of norovirus in diarrheic children in Istanbul, Turkey.

scientific article published on 17 May 2011

Genome sequence for "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum," a low-pathogenicity hemoplasma species

scientific article published on February 2012

Genotyping coronaviruses associated with feline infectious peritonitis.

scientific article published on 9 February 2015

Haemoplasma infection is not a common cause of canine immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia in the UK.

scientific article published on October 2010

Identification and isolation of cDNA clones encoding the abundant secreted proteins in the saliva proteome of Culicoides nubeculosus.

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Investigation of human haemotropic Mycoplasma infections using a novel generic haemoplasma qPCR assay on blood samples and blood smears.

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Investigations on the frequency of norovirus contamination of ready-to-eat food items in Istanbul, Turkey, by using real-time reverse transcription PCR.

scientific article published in May 2011

Limitations of using feline coronavirus spike protein gene mutations to diagnose feline infectious peritonitis.

scientific article published on 5 October 2017

Measurement of cytokine mRNA expression in intestinal biopsies of cats with inflammatory enteropathy using quantitative real-time RT-PCR.

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Measurement of messenger RNA encoding the alpha-chain, polymeric immunoglobulin receptor, and J-chain in duodenal mucosa from dogs with and without chronic diarrhea by use of quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction ass

scientific article published in January 2005

Measurement of serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) specific for house dust mite antigens in normal cats and cats with allergic skin disease

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Molecular characterisation of 12 Chlamydophila felis polymorphic membrane protein genes.

scientific article published on 08 April 2007

Molecular characterization of the uncultivatable hemotropic bacterium Mycoplasma haemofelis

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Non-ribosomal phylogenetic exploration of Mollicute species: new insights into haemoplasma taxonomy

scientific article published on 08 February 2014

Pathogens in fleas collected from cats and dogs: distribution and prevalence in the UK

scientific article published on 06 February 2019

Phylogenetic analysis of feline coronavirus strains in an epizootic outbreak of feline infectious peritonitis.

scientific article published on 20 March 2013

Polymerase chain reaction survey of feline haemoplasma infections in Greece

scientific article published on 02 July 2010

Polymorphic membrane proteins 1 and 7 from Chlamydophila felis are significant immunodominant proteins.

scientific article published on 18 February 2010

Prevalence and demographics of the MYBPC3-mutations in ragdolls and Maine coons in the British Isles.

scientific article published on 7 March 2014

Prevalence and distribution of Borrelia and Babesia species in ticks feeding on dogs in the U.K.

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Prevalence and phylogenetic analysis of haemoplasmas from cats infected with multiple species

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Prevalence of canine haemotropic mycoplasma infections in Sydney, Australia.

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Prevalence of ticks and tick-borne pathogens: Babesia and Borrelia species in ticks infesting cats of Great Britain.

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Prevalence study and risk factor analysis of selected bacterial, protozoal and viral, including vector-borne, pathogens in cats from Cyprus

scientific article published on 13 March 2017

Protective immunity against infection with Mycoplasma haemofelis.

scientific article published on 19 November 2014

Quantitative real-time RT-PCR measurement of cytokine mRNA expression in the skin of normal cats and cats with allergic skin disease.

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RNase P RNA gene (rnpB) phylogeny of Hemoplasmas and other Mycoplasma species

scientific article published on 12 March 2008

Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction detection of haemoplasmas in healthy and unhealthy dogs from Central Macedonia, Greece.

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The Chlamydophila felis plasmid is highly conserved.

scientific article published on 08 May 2010

The in vitro effects of proxymetacaine, fluorescein, and fusidic acid on real-time PCR assays used for the diagnosis of Feline herpesvirus 1 and Chlamydophila felis infections.

scientific article published on September 2011

The prevalence of three species of feline haemoplasmas in samples submitted to a diagnostics service as determined by three novel real-time duplex PCR assays

scientific article published on 26 June 2007

Ticks infesting domestic dogs in the UK: a large-scale surveillance programme.

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Use of a Taqman PCR to determine the response of Mycoplasma haemofelis infection to antibiotic treatment.

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Use of quantitative real-time PCR to monitor the response of Chlamydophila felis infection to doxycycline treatment.

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Use of real-time PCR to detect Mycoplasma haemofelis and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' in the saliva and salivary glands of haemoplasma-infected cats.

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Use of real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction to monitor antibiotic therapy in a dog with naturally acquired Mycoplasma haemocanis infection.

scientific article published on July 2010

Whole blood and tissue fungal DNA quantification in the diagnosis of canine sino-nasal aspergillosis

scientific article published on 02 October 2007

Whole genome sequencing in cats, identifies new models for blindness in AIPL1 and somite segmentation in HES7.

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