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A. J. van Tonder

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1

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A. Asante-Poku· 1 shared A. B. Brueggemann· 1 shared A. Baddoo· 1 shared A. Forson· 1 shared A. I. Yahayah· 1 shared A. Kurioka· 1 shared A. Skoczynska· 1 shared A. von Gottberg· 1 shared

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A novel mosaic tetracycline resistance gene tet(S/M) detected in a multidrug-resistant pneumococcal CC230 lineage that underwent capsular switching in South Africa

S. W. Lo, R. A. Gladstone, A. J. van Tonder, M. du Plessis, J. E. Cornick, P. A. Hawkins, S. A. Madhi, S. A. Nzenze, R. Kandasamy, K. Ravikumar, N. Elmdaghri, B. Kwambana-Adams, S. C. G. Almeida, A. Skoczynska, E. Egorova, , A. von Gottberg

The paper identifies a novel tetracycline resistance gene tet(S/M) in a multidrug-resistant pneumococcal lineage in South Africa and links its spread to HIV treatment and vaccine implementation.

bioRxiv · Jul 30, 2019 · PreprintMicrobiology

Molecular epidemiology and whole genome sequencing analysis of clinical Mycobacterium bovis from Ghana

I. D. Otchere, A. J. van Tonder, A. Asante-Poku, L. Sanchez-Buso, M. Coscolla, S. Osei-Wusu, P. Asare, S. Y. Aboagye, S. A. Ekuban, A. I. Yahayah, A. Forson, A. Baddoo, C. Laryea, J. Parkhill, S. R. Harris, , D. Yeboah-Manu

This study analyzes Mycobacterium bovis isolates from Ghana using whole-genome sequencing to identify risk factors and genetic characteristics associated with bovine tuberculosis.

bioRxiv · Dec 6, 2018Microbiology

Diverse Streptococcus pneumoniae strains drive a MAIT cell response through MR1-dependent and cytokine-driven pathways

A. Kurioka, B. van Wilgenburg, R. R. Javan, R. Hoyle, A. J. van Tonder, C. L. Harrold, T. Leng, L. J. Howson, D. Shepherd, V. Cerundolo, A. B. Brueggemann, P. Klenerman

This study shows that diverse Streptococcus pneumoniae strains activate MAIT cells via MR1-dependent and cytokine-driven pathways, with conserved riboflavin operon genes across strains.

bioRxiv · Jul 17, 2017Immunology