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Christopher R Helps is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader subjects, their work focuses on several key subfields including Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

Their scientific contributions cover a diverse range of topics. Notable areas of study include Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments, Vector-borne infectious diseases, Animal Virus Infections Studies, Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology, and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ.

They have published in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Veterinary Record
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Journal of Small Animal Practice

Some recent publications illustrating the scope of their work include:

  • Mutations in the Kinesin-2 Motor KIF3B Cause an Autosomal-Dominant Ciliopathy, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • A domestic cat whole exome sequencing resource for trait discovery, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Prevalence and risk factors for common respiratory pathogens within a cohort of pet cats in the UK, 2023, Journal of Small Animal Practice
  • The prevalence of Rickettsia felis DNA in fleas collected from cats and dogs in the UK, 2020, Veterinary Parasitology
  • Prevalence and distribution of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ticks collected from dogs in the United Kingdom, 2021, Veterinary Record

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Séverine Tasker
  • Leslie A. Lyons
  • Reuben M. Buckley
  • Wesley C. Warren
  • Emi Barker

Best Publications

  • Factors associated with upper respiratory tract disease caused by feline herpesvirus, feline calicivirus, Chlamydophila felis and Bordetella bronchiseptica in cats: experience from 218 European catteries

    C. R. Helps;P. Lait;A. Damhuis;U. BjÖrnehammar

  • Real-time RT-PCR: considerations for efficient and sensitive assay design.

    IR Peters;Christopher R Helps;Edward J Hall;MJ Day

  • Development and application of multiple internal reference (housekeeper) gene assays for accurate normalisation of canine gene expression studies

    Iain R. Peters;Dominique Peeters;Chris R. Helps;Michael J. Day

  • Use of a PCR assay to assess the prevalence and risk factors for Mycoplasma haemofelis and ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’ in cats in the United Kingdom

    S. Tasker;S. H. Binns;M. J. Day;T. J. Gruffydd-Jones

  • Cytokine mRNA expression in mucosal biopsies from German shepherd dogs with small intestinal enteropathies.

    A.J. German;C.R. Helps;E.J. Hall;M.J. Day

  • Phylogenetic Analysis of Hemoplasma Species: an International Study

    Severine Tasker;Christopher R Helps;Michael J Day;DA Harbour

  • Ticks infesting domestic dogs in the UK: a large-scale surveillance programme.

    Swaid Abdullah;Christopher Helps;Severine Tasker;Hannah Newbury

  • Development and use of real-time PCR to detect and quantify Mycoplasma haemocanis and "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum" in dogs.

    Emi Barker;Séverine Tasker;Michael Day;Sheena Warman

  • Amino acid changes in the spike protein of feline coronavirus correlate with systemic spread of virus from the intestine and not with feline infectious peritonitis.

    Emily L Porter;Séverine Tasker;Michael J Day;Ross Harley

  • Prevalence of hemotropic mycoplasmas in healthy and unhealthy cats and dogs in Spain

    Xavier Roura;Iain R. Peters;Laura Altet;Maria-Dolores Tabar

  • Use of Real-Time PCR To Detect and Quantify Mycoplasma haemofelis and “Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum” DNA

    Séverine Tasker;Chris R. Helps;Michael J. Day;Tim J. Gruffydd-Jones

  • Prevalence study and risk factor analysis of selected bacterial, protozoal and viral, including vector-borne, pathogens in cats from Cyprus

    Charalampos Attipa;Kostas Papasouliotis;Laia Solano-Gallego;Gad Baneth

  • The prevalence of three species of feline haemoplasmas in samples submitted to a diagnostics service as determined by three novel real-time duplex PCR assays

    Iain R. Peters;Chris R. Helps;Barbara Willi;Regina Hofmann-Lehmann

  • Detection of Chlamydophila felis and Feline Herpesvirus by Multiplex Real-Time PCR Analysis

    Christopher R Helps;NA Reeves;K Egan;PE Howard

  • Description of outcomes of experimental infection with feline haemoplasmas: Copy numbers, haematology, Coombs' testing and blood glucose concentrations

    Séverine Tasker;Iain R. Peters;Kostas Papasouliotis;Simon M. Cue

  • Cytokine mRNA expression in lesions in cats with chronic gingivostomatitis.

    R. Harley;C. R. Helps;D. A. Harbour;T. J. Gruffydd-Jones

  • Melting curve analysis of feline calicivirus isolates detected by real-time reverse transcription PCR.

    Chris Helps;Philippa Lait;Séverine Tasker;Dave Harbour

  • RNase P RNA Gene (rnpB) Phylogeny of Hemoplasmas and Other Mycoplasma Species

    Iain R. Peters;Chris R. Helps;Laura McAuliffe;Harold Neimark

  • POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF BEEF CARCASES WITH BRAIN TISSUE AT SLAUGHTER

    M. H. Anil;S. Love;S. Williams;A. Shand

  • Factors associated with upper respiratory tract disease caused by feline herpesvirus, feline calicivirus, Chlamydophila felis and Bordetella bronchiseptica in cats

    C R Helps;P Lait;A Damhuis;U Björnehammar

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Day
Michael J. Day Murdoch University
Leslie A. Lyons
Leslie A. Lyons University of Missouri
Richard Malik
Richard Malik University of Sydney
Toby G Knowles
Toby G Knowles University of Bristol
Regina Hofmann-Lehmann
Regina Hofmann-Lehmann University of Zurich
Stuart G. Siddell
Stuart G. Siddell University of Bristol
Anja Kipar
Anja Kipar University of Zurich
Seth Love
Seth Love University of Bristol
Katrin Hartmann
Katrin Hartmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wesley C. Warren
Wesley C. Warren University of Missouri

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