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Amber Barton
@amberbarton.bsky.social
Bringing together 'omics 🧬 epidemiology 🌎 and immunology 💉 to dig into enteric infections and neglected tropical diseases. SEED Fellow @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Delighted to share our preprint on the evolution of pandemic cholera at its global source in the ganges basin!
doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.03.25321585
Evolution of Pandemic Cholera at its Global Source
The seventh pandemic of cholera, caused by the 7th Pandemic El Tor Lineage (7PET) Vibrio cholerae, was previously shown to have emanated in three global waves from the Bay of Bengal, bordering Banglad...
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February 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Had a wonderful time at 17th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition in Nepal- fantastic to meet up with infection researchers from all over the world, share results, chair a session for the first time and explore Kathmandu!
December 13, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Reposted by Amber Barton
Pleased to share this preprint on Yaws transmission dynamics following mass azithromycin administration, led by Amber Barton www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Following MDA campaign, we sequenced >half of infections, showing recrudescence driven by existing lineages & persistence linked to key SNPs.
The Effect of Repeated Mass Drug Administration on the Transmission of Yaws: A Genomic Epidemiology Study
Background: Yaws, a neglected tropical disease caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue, has evaded eradication, in part due to a high proportion of asymptomatic cases. A cluster-randomised tr...
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October 29, 2024 at 10:03 AM