List of works - Richard J Orton

50 years of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses: progress and prospects.

scientific article

A plasmid DNA-launched SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics system and coronavirus toolkit for COVID-19 research

scientific article

Author Correction: Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland ⬇️

correction of a scholarly article

Changes to virus taxonomy and the Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2020)

scientific article published on 20 August 2020

Characterizing and Evaluating the Zoonotic Potential of Novel Viruses Discovered in Vampire Bats

scientific article

Complete Genome Sequence of an Alphacoronavirus from Common Vampire Bats in Peru

scientific article published on 20 August 2020

Consensus statement: Virus taxonomy in the age of metagenomics

scientific article

Cryptic proteins translated from deletion-containing viral genomes dramatically expand the influenza virus proteome

scientific article published in 2024

Demographic and environmental drivers of metagenomic viral diversity in vampire bats

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory samples from cats in the UK associated with human-to-cat transmission

scientific article

Distinguishing low frequency mutations from RT-PCR and sequence errors in viral deep sequencing data

scientific article

Diversification of mammalian deltaviruses by host shifting

scientific article published on 01 January 2021

Estimating viral bottleneck sizes for FMDV transmission within and between hosts and implications for the rate of viral evolution

scientific article published on 13 December 2019

Fundamental properties of the mammalian innate immune system revealed by multispecies comparison of type I interferon responses.

scientific article published on 18 December 2017

Genetic analysis of a rabies virus host shift event reveals within-host viral dynamics in a new host

scientific article published in July 2017

Genetic diversity, infection prevalence, and possible transmission routes of Bartonella spp. in vampire bats

scholarly article by Daniel J. Becker et al published September 2018 in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland

scholarly article

GoPrime: Development of an In Silico Framework to Predict the Performance of Real-Time PCR Primers and Probes Using Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus as a Model

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

In vitro selection of Remdesivir resistance suggests evolutionary predictability of SARS-CoV-2

scientific article published on 17 September 2021

Investigating intra-host and intra-herd sequence diversity of foot-and-mouth disease virus

scientific article

Late Ebola virus relapse causing meningoencephalitis: a case report

scientific article

Next-generation sequencing in veterinary medicine: how can the massive amount of information arising from high-throughput technologies improve diagnosis, control, and management of infectious diseases?

scientific article

No evidence for distinct types in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Observing micro-evolutionary processes of viral populations at multiple scales

scientific article

Population genomics of louping ill virus provide new insights into the evolution of tick-borne flaviviruses

scientific article published on 14 September 2020

Predicting reservoir hosts and arthropod vectors from evolutionary signatures in RNA virus genomes

scientific article published in Science

Publisher Correction: Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland ⬇️

correction of a scholarly article

Quantifying and Cataloguing Unknown Sequences within Human Microbiomes

scientific article published on 08 March 2022

Quantifying the roles of host movement and vector dispersal in the transmission of vector-borne diseases of livestock.

scientific article

Recent changes to virus taxonomy ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2022)

scientific article published in 2022

Risk factors for bovine Tuberculosis at the national level in Great Britain

scientific article

Risk of Foot-and-Mouth Disease spread due to sole occupancy authorities and linked cattle holdings

scientific article

Selection Analysis Identifies Clusters of Unusual Mutational Changes in Omicron Lineage BA.1 That Likely Impact Spike Function

scientific article published on 01 April 2022

The P681H mutation in the Spike glycoprotein confers Type I interferon resistance in the SARS-CoV-2 alpha (B.1.1.7) variant

scientific article published on 10 November 2021

The antiviral state has shaped the CpG composition of the vertebrate interferome to avoid self-targeting

scientific article published on 07 September 2021

The hyper-transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant exhibits significant antigenic change, vaccine escape and a switch in cell entry mechanism

Use of bacterial whole-genome sequencing to investigate local persistence and spread in bovine tuberculosis

scientific article

Using non-invasive metagenomics to characterize viral communities from wildlife

scientific article published on 19 October 2018

Virus Adaptation and Selection Following Challenge of Animals Vaccinated against Classical Swine Fever Virus

scientific article published on 10 October 2019

Virus taxonomy: the database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

Whole genome sequencing reveals local transmission patterns of Mycobacterium bovis in sympatric cattle and badger populations

scientific article

List of works by Richard J Orton

50 years of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses: progress and prospects.

A plasmid DNA-launched SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics system and coronavirus toolkit for COVID-19 research

Author Correction: Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland ⬇️

Changes to virus taxonomy and the Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2020)

Characterizing and Evaluating the Zoonotic Potential of Novel Viruses Discovered in Vampire Bats

Complete Genome Sequence of an Alphacoronavirus from Common Vampire Bats in Peru

Consensus statement: Virus taxonomy in the age of metagenomics

Cryptic proteins translated from deletion-containing viral genomes dramatically expand the influenza virus proteome

Demographic and environmental drivers of metagenomic viral diversity in vampire bats

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory samples from cats in the UK associated with human-to-cat transmission

Distinguishing low frequency mutations from RT-PCR and sequence errors in viral deep sequencing data

Diversification of mammalian deltaviruses by host shifting

Estimating viral bottleneck sizes for FMDV transmission within and between hosts and implications for the rate of viral evolution

Fundamental properties of the mammalian innate immune system revealed by multispecies comparison of type I interferon responses.

Genetic analysis of a rabies virus host shift event reveals within-host viral dynamics in a new host

Genetic diversity, infection prevalence, and possible transmission routes of Bartonella spp. in vampire bats

Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland

GoPrime: Development of an In Silico Framework to Predict the Performance of Real-Time PCR Primers and Probes Using Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus as a Model

In vitro selection of Remdesivir resistance suggests evolutionary predictability of SARS-CoV-2

Investigating intra-host and intra-herd sequence diversity of foot-and-mouth disease virus

Late Ebola virus relapse causing meningoencephalitis: a case report

Next-generation sequencing in veterinary medicine: how can the massive amount of information arising from high-throughput technologies improve diagnosis, control, and management of infectious diseases?

No evidence for distinct types in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2

Observing micro-evolutionary processes of viral populations at multiple scales

Population genomics of louping ill virus provide new insights into the evolution of tick-borne flaviviruses

Predicting reservoir hosts and arthropod vectors from evolutionary signatures in RNA virus genomes

Publisher Correction: Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland ⬇️

Quantifying and Cataloguing Unknown Sequences within Human Microbiomes

Quantifying the roles of host movement and vector dispersal in the transmission of vector-borne diseases of livestock.

Recent changes to virus taxonomy ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2022)

Risk factors for bovine Tuberculosis at the national level in Great Britain

Risk of Foot-and-Mouth Disease spread due to sole occupancy authorities and linked cattle holdings

Selection Analysis Identifies Clusters of Unusual Mutational Changes in Omicron Lineage BA.1 That Likely Impact Spike Function

The P681H mutation in the Spike glycoprotein confers Type I interferon resistance in the SARS-CoV-2 alpha (B.1.1.7) variant

The antiviral state has shaped the CpG composition of the vertebrate interferome to avoid self-targeting

The hyper-transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant exhibits significant antigenic change, vaccine escape and a switch in cell entry mechanism

Use of bacterial whole-genome sequencing to investigate local persistence and spread in bovine tuberculosis

Using non-invasive metagenomics to characterize viral communities from wildlife

Virus Adaptation and Selection Following Challenge of Animals Vaccinated against Classical Swine Fever Virus

Virus taxonomy: the database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).

Whole genome sequencing reveals local transmission patterns of Mycobacterium bovis in sympatric cattle and badger populations