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Overview

David M. Aanensen is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple aspects of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a strong focus on infectious diseases and epidemiology.

Their recent work includes investigations into SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, covering topics such as viral transmissibility, lineage assignment, and variant impact. Notable papers by Aanensen include:

  • Assignment of epidemiological lineages in an emerging pandemic using the pangolin tool, 2021, Virus Evolution
  • Evaluating the Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutation D614G on Transmissibility and Pathogenicity, 2020, Cell
  • Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study, 2021, Cronfa (Swansea University)
  • Establishment and lineage dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the UK, 2021, Science
  • Recurrent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 spike deletion H69/V70 and its role in the Alpha variant B.1.1.7, 2021, Cell Reports

The scientist's research areas extend across several key topics, including:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus

In terms of fields of study, their main contributions are within:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Among subfields, their publications focus on:

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Epidemiology

Aanensen frequently publishes in prominent venues, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Microbial Genomics
  • Nature Communications
  • The Lancet Microbe

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Silvia Argimón
  • Anthony Underwood
  • Khalil Abudahab
  • Sophia David
  • Iruka N. Okeke

Best Publications

  • eBURST: Inferring Patterns of Evolutionary Descent among Clusters of Related Bacterial Genotypes from Multilocus Sequence Typing Data

    Edward J. Feil;Bao C. Li;David M. Aanensen;William P. Hanage

  • Assignment of epidemiological lineages in an emerging pandemic using the pangolin tool.

    Áine O'Toole;Emily Scher;Anthony Underwood;Ben Jackson

  • Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England.

    Erik Volz;Swapnil Mishra;Meera Chand;Jeffrey C. Barrett

  • SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection.

    Steven A. Kemp;Dami A. Collier;Dami A. Collier;Rawlings P. Datir;Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira

  • Genetic analysis of the capsular biosynthetic locus from all 90 pneumococcal serotypes.

    Stephen D Bentley;David M Aanensen;Angeliki Mavroidi;David Saunders

  • Microreact: visualizing and sharing data for genomic epidemiology and phylogeography.

    Silvia Argimón;Khalil Abudahab;Richard J. E. Goater;Artemij Fedosejev

  • Occurrence of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in the European survey of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE): a prospective, multinational study.

    Hajo Grundmann;Hajo Grundmann;Corinna Glasner;Corinna Glasner;Barbara Albiger;David M Aanensen;David M Aanensen

  • Epidemic of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Europe is driven by nosocomial spread

    Sophia David;Sandra Reuter;Simon R. Harris;Corinna Glasner

  • Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 to mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies.

    Dami A. Collier;Dami A. Collier;Anna De Marco;Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira;Bo Meng

  • Geographic Distribution of Staphylococcus aureus Causing Invasive Infections in Europe: A Molecular-Epidemiological Analysis

    Hajo Grundmann;David M. Aanensen;Cees C. van den Wijngaard;Brian G. Spratt

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing and Evolutionary Relationships among the Causative Agents of Melioidosis and Glanders, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei

    Daniel Godoy;Gaynor Randle;Andrew J. Simpson;David M. Aanensen

  • Hierarchical and Spatially Explicit Clustering of DNA Sequences with BAPS Software

    Lu Cheng;Thomas R. Connor;Thomas R. Connor;Jukka Sirén;David M. Aanensen

  • Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines

    Simon J. O’Hanlon;Adrien Rieux;Rhys A. Farrer;Gonçalo M. Rosa;Gonçalo M. Rosa

  • Consensus multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii.

    Wieland Meyer;David M. Aanensen;Teun Boekhout;Massimo Cogliati

  • EpiCollect: linking smartphones to web applications for epidemiology, ecology and community data collection.

    David M. Aanensen;Derek M. Huntley;Edward J. Feil;Fada'a al-Own

  • Phandango: an interactive viewer for bacterial population genomics

    James Hadfield;Nicholas J Croucher;Richard J Goater;Khalil Abudahab

  • A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic

    Matthew T.G. Holden;Li Yang Hsu;Li Yang Hsu;Kevin Kurt;Lucy A. Weinert;Lucy A. Weinert

  • Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study.

    Katherine A Twohig;Tommy Nyberg;Asad Zaidi;Simon Thelwall

  • Rapid Sequence-Based Identification of Gonococcal Transmission Clusters in a Large Metropolitan Area

    Iona M. C. Martin;Catherine A. Ison;David M. Aanensen;Kevin A. Fenton;Kevin A. Fenton

  • Epidemic of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Europe is driven by nosocomial spread

    Sophia David;Sandra Reuter;Simon R. Harris;Corinna Glasner

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian G. Spratt
Brian G. Spratt Imperial College London
Jukka Corander
Jukka Corander University of Oslo
Matthew T. G. Holden
Matthew T. G. Holden University of St Andrews
Edward J. Feil
Edward J. Feil University of Bath
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Stephen D. Bentley
Stephen D. Bentley Wellcome Sanger Institute
Hajo Grundmann
Hajo Grundmann University of Freiburg
Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge
Matthew C. Fisher
Matthew C. Fisher Imperial College London
Simon R. Harris
Simon R. Harris Wellcome Sanger Institute

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