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List of works by Ross Fitzgerald

A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic

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A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

A single natural nucleotide mutation alters bacterial pathogen host tropism

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Bovine Staphylococcus aureus Superantigens Stimulate the Entire T Cell Repertoire of Cattle

scientific article published on 25 October 2018

Evolutionary Dynamics of Pandemic Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus ST398 and Its International Spread via Routes of Human Migration

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Fibronectin Binding Proteins SpsD and SpsL Both Support Invasion of Canine Epithelial Cells by Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.

scientific article published on 3 August 2015

Gene exchange drives the ecological success of a multi-host bacterial pathogen

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Genome sequences of two Staphylococcus aureus ovine strains that induce severe (strain O11) and mild (strain O46) mastitis

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Genomics of Natural Populations of Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article published on 29 July 2016

Host-specialized fibrinogen-binding by a bacterial surface protein promotes biofilm formation and innate immune evasion

scientific article published on 19 June 2019

IL-1β-Induced Protection of Keratinocytes against Staphylococcus aureus-Secreted Proteases Is Mediated by Human β-Defensin 2.

scientific article published on 09 September 2016

Identification of LukPQ, a novel, equid-adapted leukocidin of Staphylococcus aureus

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Identification of source and sink populations for the emergence and global spread of the East-Asia clone of community-associated MRSA.

scientific article published on 26 July 2016

Knowledge gaps and research priorities in Staphylococcus aureus mastitis control.

scientific article published on 6 October 2017

Molecular basis of virulence in Staphylococcus aureus mastitis

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Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolated from milk of cows with subclinical mastitis

scientific article published on 20 August 2018

Molecular tracing of the emergence, adaptation, and transmission of hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Not just a matter of size: a hospital-level risk factor analysis of MRSA bacteraemia in Scotland.

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Phage-mediated horizontal transfer of a Staphylococcus aureus virulence-associated genomic island

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Population Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Reveals a Cryptic, Highly Prevalent Superantigen SElW That Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Bacteremia

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Population Genomics of Legionella longbeachae and Hidden Complexities of Infection Source Attribution.

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Population analysis of Legionella pneumophila reveals a basis for resistance to complement-mediated killing

scientific article published on 09 December 2021

Population genomics of bacterial host adaptation

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Recombination-Mediated Host Adaptation by Avian Staphylococcus aureus

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Recombination-mediated remodelling of host-pathogen interactions during Staphylococcus aureus niche adaptation.

scientific article published on 30 October 2015

Reduced lysosomal clearance of autophagosomes promotes survival and colonization of Helicobacter pylori

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Staphylococcus aureus Lipase 1 Enhances Influenza A Virus Replication

scientific article published on 07 July 2020

Staphylococcus aureus proteins SSL6 and SElX interact with neutrophil receptors as identified using secretome phage display.

scientific article published on 19 June 2014

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Surface Protein L (SpsL) Is Required for Abscess Formation in a Murine Model of Cutaneous Infection

scientific article published on 25 October 2018

Tandem Amplification of the Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Element Can Drive High-Level Methicillin Resistance in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article published on 17 July 2017

The Staphylococcus aureus superantigen SElX is a bifunctional toxin that inhibits neutrophil function

scientific article published on 7 September 2017

Time-Scaled Evolutionary Analysis of the Transmission and Antibiotic Resistance Dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 398.

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