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Nick J. Knowles is affiliated with The Pirbright Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine, with particular focus on subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Infectious Diseases, and Ecology.

The scientist's main research topics encompass Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions, Plant Virus Research Studies, Viral Infections and Vectors, and Animal Virus Infections Studies.

Nick J. Knowles has contributed to multiple publications in well-known scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Archives of Virology
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Infection Genetics and Evolution
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Viruses

Recent notable papers include:

  • Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021), Archives of Virology
  • Changes to virus taxonomy and the Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2020), Archives of Virology
  • The new scope of virus taxonomy: partitioning the virosphere into 15 hierarchical ranks (2020), Nature Microbiology
  • Recommendations for the nomenclature of enteroviruses and rhinoviruses (2020), Archives of Virology
  • The history of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype C: the first known extinct serotype? (2021), Virus Evolution

Collaborations play a significant role in their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Donald P. King (28 collaborations)
  • Jemma Wadsworth (26 collaborations)
  • Antonello Di Nardo (13 collaborations)
  • Valérie Mioulet (11 collaborations)
  • Hayley Hicks (11 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Changes to taxonomy and the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2017)

    Andrew M. Q. King;Elliot J. Lefkowitz;Arcady R. Mushegian;Michael J. Adams

  • Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2015).

    M J Adams;E J Lefkowitz;A M Q King;D H Bamford

  • Molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease virus.

    N.J Knowles;A.R Samuel

  • Changes to taxonomy and the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2017)

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  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Picornaviridae

    R. Zell;E. Delwart;A. E. Gorbalenya;T. Hovi

  • Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2016)

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  • Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021)

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  • Foot-and-mouth disease type O viruses exhibit genetically and geographically distinct evolutionary lineages (topotypes).

    A. R. Samuel;N. J. Knowles

  • Complete genome sequence analysis of Seneca Valley virus-001, a novel oncolytic picornavirus.

    Laura M. Hales;Nick J. Knowles;P. Seshidar Reddy;Ling Xu

  • Epidemiological Patterns of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Worldwide

    M. Rweyemamu;P. Roeder;D. Mackay;K. Sumption

  • Classification of enteroviruses based on molecular and biological properties.

    Timo Hyypia;Tapani Hovi;Nicholas J. Knowles;Glyn Stanway

  • Changes to virus taxonomy and the Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2020).

    Peter J. Walker;Stuart G. Siddell;Elliot J. Lefkowitz;Arcady R. Mushegian

  • Picornavirales, a proposed order of positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses with a pseudo-T = 3 virion architecture

    Olivier Le Gall;Peter Christian;Claude M. Fauquet;Andrew M. Q. King

  • The New Scope of Virus Taxonomy: Partitioning the Virosphere Into 15 Hierarchical Ranks

    Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Mart Krupovic;Arcady Mushegian;Andrew M. Kropinski

  • Molecular analysis of duck hepatitis virus type 1 indicates that it should be assigned to a new genus.

    Chun-Hsien Tseng;Nick J. Knowles;Hsiang-Jung Tsai

  • Primary diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.

    Scott M Reid;Nigel P Ferris;Geoffrey H Hutchings;Alan R Samuel

  • Transmission pathways of foot-and-mouth disease virus in the United Kingdom in 2007.

    Eleanor M. Cottam;Jemma Wadsworth;Andrew E. Shaw;Rebecca J. Rowlands

  • Pandemic Strain of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype O

    Nick J. Knowles;Alan R. Samuel;Paul R. Davies;Rebecca J. Midgley

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Caliciviridae.

    Jan Vinjé;Mary K. Estes;Pedro Esteves;Kim Y. Green

  • Combining livestock trade patterns with phylogenetics to help understand the spread of foot and mouth disease in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

    A Di Nardo;N J Knowles;D J Paton

  • Outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype O in the UK caused by a pandemic strain.

    N J Knowles;A R Samuel;P R Davies;R P Kitching

  • Emergence in Asia of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses with Altered Host Range: Characterization of Alterations in the 3A Protein

    Nick J. Knowles;Paul R. Davies;Tina Henry;Vivian O'Donnell

  • Evolution of the capsid protein genes of foot-and-mouth disease virus: antigenic variation without accumulation of amino acid substitutions over six decades.

    M A Martínez;J Dopazo;J Hernández;M G Mateu

  • Genetic characterization of foot-and-mouth disease viruses, Ethiopia, 1981-2007.

    Gelagay Ayelet;Mana Mahapatra;Esayas Gelaye;Berhe G. Egziabher

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald P. King
Donald P. King The Pirbright Institute
David J. Paton
David J. Paton The Pirbright Institute
Alexander E. Gorbalenya
Alexander E. Gorbalenya Leiden University
Peter Simmonds
Peter Simmonds University of Oxford
Daniel T. Haydon
Daniel T. Haydon University of Glasgow
Gábor Reuter
Gábor Reuter University of Pecs
Roland Zell
Roland Zell Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Eric Delwart
Eric Delwart University of California, San Francisco
Jens H. Kuhn
Jens H. Kuhn National Institutes of Health
Glyn Stanway
Glyn Stanway University of Essex

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