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Linda K. Dixon is affiliated with The Pirbright Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers on animal disease management, with a specific focus on viral infections affecting livestock. The major areas of their work include agricultural and biological sciences, medicine, and several specialized subfields such as agronomy and crop science, ecology, evolutionary behavior, infectious diseases, and molecular biology.

The scientist's publications predominantly appear in several recurring venues, including:

  • Journal of Virology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Pathogens
  • Viruses

Linda K. Dixon has contributed to a range of topics related to animal health and virology, notably:

  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "A Pool of Eight Virally Vectored African Swine Fever Antigens Protect Pigs against Fatal Disease," 2020, Vaccines
  • "Differential Effect of Deleting Members of African Swine Fever Virus Multigene Families 360 and 505 from the Genotype II Georgia 2007/1 Isolate on Virus Replication, Virulence, and Induction of Protection," 2022, Journal of Virology
  • "No hasty solutions for African swine fever," 2020, Science
  • "Absence of Long-Term Protection in Domestic Pigs Immunized with Attenuated African Swine Fever Virus Isolate OURT88/3 or BeninΔMGF Correlates with Increased Levels of Regulatory T Cells and Interleukin-10," 2020, Journal of Virology
  • "Deletion of the Gene for the Type I Interferon Inhibitor I329L from the Attenuated African Swine Fever Virus OURT88/3 Strain Reduces Protection Induced in Pigs," 2020, Vaccines

Frequent collaborators in their research include Lynnette C. Goatley, Ana Luísa Reis, Anusyah Rathakrishnan, Christopher L. Netherton, and Raquel Portugal. The collaboration with these co-authors has resulted in multiple joint publications, contributing to the domains of viral pathogenesis and immune response in livestock diseases.

The overall research focus of Linda K. Dixon integrates multidisciplinary approaches to viral epidemiology and immunology with a predominant emphasis on African swine fever virus-a significant pathogen affecting global pig populations and agricultural biosecurity.

Best Publications

  • African swine fever virus replication and genomics

    Linda K. Dixon;David A.G. Chapman;Christopher L. Netherton;Chris Upton

  • African swine fever: how can global spread be prevented?

    Solenne Costard;Barbara Wieland;William De Glanville;Ferran Jori

  • African Swine Fever Virus Isolate, Georgia, 2007

    Rebecca J. Rowlands;Vincent Michaud;Livio Edward Heath;Geoff Hutchings

  • Development of a TaqMan® PCR assay with internal amplification control for the detection of African swine fever virus

    Donald P King;Scott M Reid;Geoffrey H Hutchings;Sylvia S Grierson

  • African swine fever.

    L.K. Dixon;H. Sun;H. Roberts

  • African swine fever: A re-emerging viral disease threatening the global pig industry

    P.J. Sánchez-Cordón;M. Montoya;A.L. Reis;L.K. Dixon

  • African Swine Fever Epidemiology and Control

    Linda K. Dixon;Karl Stahl;Ferran Jori;Laurence Vial

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Asfarviridae.

    Covadonga Alonso;Manuel Borca;Linda Dixon;Yolanda Revilla

  • Transmission routes of African swine fever virus to domestic pigs: current knowledge and future research directions

    Claire Guinat;Andrey Gogin;Sandra Blome;Guenther Keil

  • Comparison of the genome sequences of non-pathogenic and pathogenic African swine fever virus isolates.

    David A. G. Chapman;Vasily Tcherepanov;Chris Upton;Linda K. Dixon

  • Application of next-generation sequencing technologies in virology.

    Alan D. Radford;David Chapman;Linda Dixon;Julian Chantrey

  • Genomic analysis of highly virulent Georgia 2007/1 isolate of African swine fever virus.

    David A.G. Chapman;Alistair C. Darby;Melissa Da Silva;Chris Upton

  • Protection of European domestic pigs from virulent African isolates of African swine fever virus by experimental immunisation

    Katherine King;Dave Chapman;Jordi M. Argilaguet;Emma Fishbourne

  • Characterization of pathogenic and non-pathogenic African swine fever virus isolates from Ornithodoros erraticus inhabiting pig premises in Portugal.

    F. S. Boinas;G. H. Hutchings;L. K. Dixon;P. J. Wilkinson

  • African Swine Fever Virus Protein p54 Interacts with the Microtubular Motor Complex through Direct Binding to Light-Chain Dynein

    Covadonga Alonso;James Miskin;Bruno Hernáez;Patricia Fernandez-Zapatero

  • An IkappaB homolog encoded by African swine fever virus provides a novel mechanism for downregulation of proinflammatory cytokine responses in host macrophages.

    P.P. Powell;L.K. Dixon;R.M.E. Parkhouse

  • Dynamics of African swine fever virus shedding and excretion in domestic pigs infected by intramuscular inoculation and contact transmission

    Claire Guinat;Claire Guinat;Ana Luisa Reis;Christopher L Netherton;Lynnette Goatley

  • African swine fever virus proteins involved in evading host defence systems.

    Linda K Dixon;Charles C Abrams;Gavin Bowick;Lynnette C Goatley

  • Approaches and Perspectives for Development of African Swine Fever Virus Vaccines

    Marisa Arias;Ana de la Torre;Linda Dixon;Carmina Gallardo

  • Deletion of African swine fever virus interferon inhibitors from the genome of a virulent isolate reduces virulence in domestic pigs and induces a protective response

    Ana Luisa Reis;Charles C. Abrams;Lynnette C. Goatley;Chris Netherton

  • A viral mechanism for inhibition of the cellular phosphatase calcineurin

    James E. Miskin;Charles C. Abrams;Lynnette C. Goatley;Linda K. Dixon

  • Initiation of translation of the cauliflower mosaic virus genome from a polycistronic mRNA: evidence from deletion mutagenesis.

    Linda K. Dixon;Thomas Hohn

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong
Geoffrey L. Smith
Geoffrey L. Smith University of Oxford
Geraldine Taylor
Geraldine Taylor Jenner Institute
Emmanuel Albina
Emmanuel Albina INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
François Roger
François Roger University of Montpellier
Christopher J. Leaver
Christopher J. Leaver University of Oxford
Covadonga Alonso
Covadonga Alonso Spanish National Research Council
Ingo Potrykus
Ingo Potrykus ETH Zurich
Simon Gubbins
Simon Gubbins The Pirbright Institute
Ferran Jori
Ferran Jori University of Montpellier

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