Alex J. McCarthy

Pathogen evolution and disease emergence in carnivores.

Reassessing conflicting evolutionary histories of the Paramyxoviridae and the origins of respiroviruses with Bayesian multigene phylogenies.

Genetic variation in Staphylococcus aureus surface and immune evasion genes is lineage associated: implications for vaccine design and host-pathogen interactions.

Variation in European harbour seal immune response genes and susceptibility to phocine distemper virus (PDV).

The distribution of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in MRSA CC398 is associated with both host and country.

Detection of mobile-genetic-element variation between colonizing and infecting hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates.

Identification of a highly transmissible animal-independent Staphylococcus aureus ST398 clone with distinct genomic and cell adhesion properties.

The distribution of plasmids that carry virulence and resistance genes in Staphylococcus aureus is lineage associated.

Are all meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) equal in all hosts? Epidemiological and genetic comparison between animal and human MRSA.

Staphylococcus aureus temperate bacteriophage: carriage and horizontal gene transfer is lineage associated.

Staphylococcus aureus CC398 clade associated with human-to-human transmission.

Survival of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in the human nose after artificial inoculation.

Comparative host specificity of human- and pig- associated Staphylococcus aureus clonal lineages.

Shuffling of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in successful healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA).

Staphylococcus aureus innate immune evasion is lineage-specific: a bioinfomatics study.

Fructose transport-deficient Staphylococcus aureus reveals important role of epithelial glucose transporters in limiting sugar-driven bacterial growth in airway surface liquid.

Extensive Horizontal Gene Transfer during Staphylococcus aureus Co-colonization In Vivo.