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Mark Mayo is affiliated with Charles Darwin University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with substantial contributions spanning epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, biomedical engineering, and small animal studies.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Burkholderia infections and melioidosis
  • Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
  • Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Mark Mayo has authored several recent papers covering an array of infectious diseases and immunological responses. Notable publications include:

  • "Robust and prototypical immune responses toward COVID-19 vaccine in First Nations peoples are impacted by comorbidities" (2023, Nature Immunology)
  • "Pathogen to commensal? Longitudinal within-host population dynamics, evolution, and adaptation during a chronic >16-year Burkholderia pseudomallei infection" (2020, PLoS Pathogens)
  • "Whole-genome sequencing of Burkholderia pseudomallei from an urban melioidosis hot spot reveals a fine-scale population structure and localised spatial clustering in the environment" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Comparative genomics confirms a rare melioidosis human-to-human transmission event and reveals incorrect phylogenomic reconstruction due to polyclonality" (2020, Microbial Genomics)
  • "Searching for a technology-driven acute rheumatic fever test: the START study protocol" (2021, BMJ Open)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Mark Mayo include:

  • Bart J. Currie
  • Jessica R. Webb
  • Mirjam Kaestli
  • Paul Keim
  • Celeste Woerle

Mark Mayo has published in several key scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Microbiology Australia
  • BMJ Open
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Scientific Reports

The research contributions by Mark Mayo provide data relevant to infectious disease epidemiology and microbial genomics, with a particular emphasis on Burkholderia pseudomallei infections and melioidosis. Their work includes both population dynamics and genomic studies, focusing on understanding transmission patterns, immune responses, and diagnostic technologies.

Best Publications

  • The epidemiology of melioidosis in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

    Bart J Currie;Dale A Fisher;Diane M Howard;James N.C Burrow

  • A prospective study of the impact of community-based azithromycin treatment of trachoma on carriage and resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    Amanda J. Leach;Tania M. Shelby-James;Mark Mayo;Mike Gratten

  • Development and Evaluation of a Real-Time PCR Assay Targeting the Type III Secretion System of Burkholderia pseudomallei

    Ryan T Novak;Mindy B Glass;Jay E Gee;Daniel Gal

  • Phylogeographic reconstruction of a bacterial species with high levels of lateral gene transfer

    Talima Pearson;Philip Giffard;Philip Giffard;Stephen Beckstrom-Sternberg;Stephen Beckstrom-Sternberg;Raymond Auerbach;Raymond Auerbach

  • Animal melioidosis in Australia.

    Jodie Low Choy;Mark Mayo;Anton Janmaat;Bart J Currie

  • Global and regional dissemination and evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei.

    Claire Chewapreecha;Claire Chewapreecha;Claire Chewapreecha;Matthew T. G. Holden;Matthew T. G. Holden;Minna Vehkala;Niko Välimäki

  • A cluster of melioidosis cases from an endemic region is clonal and is linked to the water supply using molecular typing of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates.

    Bart J. Currie;Mark Mayo;Nicholas M. Anstey;Phillip Donohoe

  • Systematic Review and Consensus Guidelines for Environmental Sampling of Burkholderia pseudomallei

    Direk Limmathurotsakul;David A. B. Dance;David A. B. Dance;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Mirjam Kaestli

  • Burkholderia stagnalis sp. nov. and Burkholderia territorii sp. nov., two novel Burkholderia cepacia complex species from environmental and human sources

    Birgit De Smet;Birgit De Smet;Mark J. Mayo;Charlotte Peeters;James E. A. Zlosnik

  • Development of a prototype lateral flow immunoassay (LFI) for the rapid diagnosis of melioidosis.

    Raymond L. Houghton;Dana E. Reed;Mark A. Hubbard;Michael J. Dillon

  • Within-Host Evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei over a Twelve-Year Chronic Carriage Infection

    Erin P. Price;Derek S. Sarovich;Mark Mayo;Apichai Tuanyok

  • Development and validation of Burkholderia pseudomallei-specific real-time PCR assays for clinical, environmental or forensic detection applications.

    Erin P. Price;Julia L. Dale;James M. Cook;Derek S. Sarovich

  • Variable Virulence Factors in Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melioidosis) Associated with Human Disease

    Derek S. Sarovich;Erin P. Price;Jessica R. Webb;Linda M. Ward

  • Landscape changes influence the occurrence of the melioidosis bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil in northern Australia.

    Mirjam Kaestli;Mark Mayo;Glenda Harrington;Linda Ward

  • Out of the ground: aerial and exotic habitats of the melioidosis bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei in grasses in Australia

    Mirjam E. Kaestli;Michael Schmid;Mark J. Mayo;Michael Rothballer

  • Extreme weather events and environmental contamination are associated with case-clusters of melioidosis in the Northern Territory of Australia

    Allen C Cheng;Susan P Jacups;Daniel Gal;Mark J Mayo

  • Genomic islands from five strains of Burkholderia pseudomallei

    Apichai Tuanyok;Benjamin R. Leadem;Raymond K. Auerbach;Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg;Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg

  • Phylogenomic Analysis Reveals an Asian Origin for African Burkholderia pseudomallei and Further Supports Melioidosis Endemicity in Africa.

    Derek S Sarovich;Benoit Garin;Birgit De Smet;Birgit De Smet;Mirjam Kaestli

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, Are Predominantly Susceptible to Aminoglycosides and Macrolides

    Yuwana Podin;Derek S. Sarovich;Erin P. Price;Mirjam Kaestli

  • Tandem repeat regions within the Burkholderia pseudomallei genome and their application for high resolution genotyping

    Jana M U'Ren;James M Schupp;Talima Pearson;Heidie Hornstra

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei virulence: definition, stability and association with clonality

    Glen Charles Ulett;Bart J. Currie;Timothy W. Clair;Mark Mayo

  • Characterization of ceftazidime resistance mechanisms in clinical isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei from Australia.

    Derek S. Sarovich;Erin P. Price;Alex T. von Schulze;James M. Cook

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart J. Currie
Bart J. Currie Charles Darwin University
Paul Keim
Paul Keim Northern Arizona University
David M. Wagner
David M. Wagner Northern Arizona University
Talima Pearson
Talima Pearson Northern Arizona University
Brian G. Spratt
Brian G. Spratt Imperial College London
Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge
Allen C. Cheng
Allen C. Cheng Monash University
David A. B. Dance
David A. B. Dance University of Oxford
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Direk Limmathurotsakul
Direk Limmathurotsakul Mahidol University

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