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Kate E. Dingle is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of medicine, with a significant emphasis on infectious diseases, epidemiology, and molecular biology. Additional subfields include surgery and ecology.

The scientist's work largely addresses topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, detection and testing of the virus, as well as studies concerning other bacterial pathogens such as Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, and antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus. Further topics of study include tuberculosis research and epidemiology and clinical research studies related to COVID-19.

Kate E. Dingle has published research extensively in various venues. Frequent publication sites include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Microbial Genomics
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on diagnostic and immunological aspects of SARS-CoV-2:

  • Performance characteristics of five immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2: a head-to-head benchmark comparison, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel, 2020, Wellcome Open Research
  • Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected in blood products from patients with COVID-19 is not associated with infectious virus, 2020, Wellcome Open Research (two papers)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Derrick W. Crook, David W. Eyre, Sarah Hoosdally, Philippa C. Matthews, and Kathryn Auckland. These collaborations indicate a network of researchers working together on infectious disease and clinical microbiology topics.

Best Publications

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing System for Campylobacter jejuni

    K. E. Dingle;F. M. Colles;D. R. A. Wareing;R. Ure

  • Diverse Sources of C. difficile Infection Identified on Whole-Genome Sequencing

    D W Eyre;M L Cule;D J Wilson;D Griffiths

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing of Clostridium difficile

    David Griffiths;David Griffiths;Warren Fawley;Melina Kachrimanidou;Melina Kachrimanidou;Rory Bowden

  • Performance characteristics of five immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2: a head-to-head benchmark comparison

    M Ainsworth;M Andersson;M Andersson;K Auckland;J K Baillie

  • Comparative Genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, Multilocus Sequence Typing, and Short Repeat Sequencing: Strain Diversity, Host Range, and Recombination

    Leo M. Schouls;Sanne Reulen;Birgitta Duim;Jaap A. Wagenaar

  • Molecular characterization of Campylobacter jejuni clones: a basis for epidemiologic investigation.

    Kate E. Dingle;Frances M. Colles;Roisin Ure;Jaap A. Wagenaar

  • Effects of control interventions on Clostridium difficile infection in England: an observational study

    Kate E Dingle;Kate E Dingle;Kate E Dingle;Xavier Didelot;T Phuong Quan;T Phuong Quan;T Phuong Quan;David W Eyre;David W Eyre

  • Sequence Typing and Comparison of Population Biology of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni

    Kate E. Dingle;Kate E. Dingle;Frances M. Colles;Daniel Falush;Martin C. J. Maiden

  • Correlation of patient immune responses with genetically characterized small round-structured viruses involved in outbreaks of nonbacterial acute gastroenteritis in the United States, 1990 to 1995

    Jacqueline S. Noel;Tamie Ando;Jose Paulo Leite;Kim Y. Green

  • Predictors of First Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection: Implications for Initial Management

    David W. Eyre;A. Sarah Walker;David Wyllie;Kate E. Dingle;Kate E. Dingle

  • Relationship Between Bacterial Strain Type, Host Biomarkers, and Mortality in Clostridium difficile Infection

    A. Sarah Walker;David W. Eyre;David H. Wyllie;Kate E. Dingle

  • Microevolutionary analysis of Clostridium difficile genomes to investigate transmission

    Xavier Didelot;David W Eyre;Madeleine Cule;Camilla Lc Ip

  • Characterisation of Clostridium difficile Hospital Ward–Based Transmission Using Extensive Epidemiological Data and Molecular Typing

    A. Sarah Walker;A. Sarah Walker;David W. Eyre;David H. Wyllie;Kate E. Dingle;Kate E. Dingle

  • Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel

    E R Adams;M Ainsworth;R Anand;M I Andersson

  • Evolutionary History of the Clostridium difficile Pathogenicity Locus

    K.E. Dingle;Briony Elliott;E.R. Robinson;D.T. Griffiths;D.T. Griffiths

  • Human enteric Caliciviridae: the complete genome sequence and expression of virus-like particles from a genetic group II small round structured virus

    Dingle Ke;Lambden Pr;Caul Eo;Clarke In

  • Clinical Clostridium difficile: clonality and pathogenicity locus diversity.

    Kate E. Dingle;Kate E. Dingle;David Griffiths;David Griffiths;Xavier Didelot;Jessica Evans;Jessica Evans

  • Host-associated genetic import in Campylobacter jejuni.

    Noel D. McCarthy;Frances M. Colles;Kate E. Dingle;Mary C. Bagnall

  • Real-Time Genomic Epidemiological Evaluation of Human Campylobacter Isolates by Use of Whole-Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing

    Alison J. Cody;Noel D. McCarthy;Melissa Jansen van Rensburg;Tomide Isinkaye

  • Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel

    Emily Adams;Mark Ainsworth;Rekha Anand;Monique I Andersson

Frequent Co-Authors

Derrick W. Crook
Derrick W. Crook University of Oxford
Tim E. A. Peto
Tim E. A. Peto University of Oxford
Mark H. Wilcox
Mark H. Wilcox University of Leeds
David W. Eyre
David W. Eyre University of Oxford
Nicole Stoesser
Nicole Stoesser University of Oxford
Martin C. J. Maiden
Martin C. J. Maiden University of Oxford
Xavier Didelot
Xavier Didelot University of Warwick
A. Sarah Walker
A. Sarah Walker University of Oxford
David H. Wyllie
David H. Wyllie Public Health England
Jaap A. Wagenaar
Jaap A. Wagenaar Utrecht University

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