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Peter P. C. Mertens is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine, with a strong focus on infectious diseases and virology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of vector-borne animal diseases, viral infections, and animal disease management and epidemiology. They have also worked on topics related to agricultural safety, plant virus research, and interactions between plants and fungi. Their primary fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Mertens's subfields of study involve:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology

Peter P. C. Mertens has published research in a variety of scientific venues, with recurring contributions to:

  • Viruses
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Informatik-Spektrum
  • Journal of General Virology
  • Microorganisms

Their recent papers include:

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Sedoreoviridae 2022 (2022, Journal of General Virology)
  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Spinareoviridae 2022 (2022, Journal of General Virology)
  • "Frozen evolution" of an RNA virus suggests accidental release as a potential cause of arbovirus re-emergence (2020, PLoS Biology)
  • Virological, immunological and pathological findings of transplacentally transmitted bluetongue virus serotype 1 in IFNAR1-blocked mice during early and mid gestation (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • The SUMOylation pathway suppresses arbovirus replication in Aedes aegypti cells (2020, PLoS Pathogens)

Mertens's frequent co-authors include:

  • Houssam Attoui
  • Fauziah Mohd Jaafar
  • Baptiste Monsion
  • Carrie Batten
  • Karam Pal Singh

Best Publications

  • Uniformity of rotavirus strain nomenclature proposed by the Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG).

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Sarah M. McDonald;Houssam Attoui

  • Climate change and the recent emergence of bluetongue in Europe.

    Bethan V. Purse;Phillip S. Mellor;David J. Rogers;Alan R. Samuel

  • Recommendations for the classification of group A rotaviruses using all 11 genomic RNA segments.

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Houssam Attoui

  • The atomic structure of the bluetongue virus core

    Jonathan M. Grimes;J. Nicholas Burroughs;Patrice Gouet;Jonathan M. Diprose;Jonathan M. Diprose

  • Assignment of the genome segments of bluetongue virus type 1 to the proteins which they encode

    P.P.C. Mertens;F. Brown;D.V. Sangar

  • Bluetongue virus: virology, pathogenesis and immunity.

    Isabelle Schwartz-Cornil;Peter P C Mertens;Vanessa Contreras;Behzad Hemati

  • Novel bluetongue virus serotype from Kuwait.

    Sushila Maan;Narender S. Maan;Kyriaki Nomikou;Carrie Batten

  • Purification and properties of virus particles, infectious subviral particles, and cores of bluetongue virus serotypes 1 and 4

    P.P.C. Mertens;J.N. Burroughs;J. Anderson

  • 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

  • Analysis and phylogenetic comparisons of full-length VP2 genes of the 24 bluetongue virus serotypes.

    S. Maan;N. S. Maan;A. R. Samuel;S. Rao

  • The dsRNA viruses

    Peter Mertens

  • A review of RT-PCR technologies used in veterinary virology and disease control: sensitive and specific diagnosis of five livestock diseases notifiable to the World Organisation for Animal Health.

    Bernd Hoffmann;Martin Beer;S M Reid;Peter P C Mertens

  • Detection of a fourth orbivirus non-structural protein.

    Mourad Belhouchet;Fauziah Mohd Jaafar;Andrew E. Firth;Jonathan M. Grimes

  • Rapid cDNA synthesis and sequencing techniques for the genetic study of bluetongue and other dsRNA viruses.

    Sushila Maan;Shujing Rao;Narender Singh Maan;Simon John Anthony

  • Clinical signs and pathology shown by British sheep and cattle infected with bluetongue virus serotype 8 derived from the 2006 outbreak in northern Europe

    K. E. Darpel;C. A. Batten;E. Veronesi;A. E. Shaw

  • Complete Genome Characterisation of a Novel 26th Bluetongue Virus Serotype from Kuwait

    Sushila Maan;Narender S. Maan;Kyriaki Nomikou;Eva Veronesi

  • Sequence analysis of bluetongue virus serotype 8 from the Netherlands 2006 and comparison to other European strains

    Sushila Maan;Narender S. Maan;Natalie Ross-smith;Carrie A. Batten

  • The highly ordered double-stranded RNA genome of bluetongue virus revealed by crystallography

    P. Gouet;J. M. Diprose;J. M. Grimes;R. Malby

  • Bluetongue in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin: history of occurrence prior to 2006.

    Philip S. Mellor;Simon Carpenter;Lara Harrup;Matthew Baylis

  • Analysis of the roles of bluetongue virus outer capsid proteins VP2 and VP5 in determination of virus serotype.

    P.P.C. Mertens;S. Pedley;J. Cowley;J.N. Burroughs

  • Development and initial evaluation of a real-time RT-PCR assay to detect bluetongue virus genome segment 1

    A.E. Shaw;P. Monaghan;H.O. Alpar;S. Anthony

  • Invasion of bluetongue and other orbivirus infections into Europe: the role of biological and climatic processes.

    Bethan V. Purse;H.E. Brown;L. Harrup;L. Harrup;P.P.C. Mertens

  • A possible overwintering mechanism for bluetongue virus in the absence of the insect vector.

    H. Takamatsu;P. S. Mellor;P. P. C. Mertens;P. A. Kirkham

  • Enhanced Infectivity of Modified Bluetongue Virus Particles for Two Insect Cell Lines and for TwoCulicoidesVector Species

    P.P.C. Mertens;J.N. Burroughs;A. Walton;M.P. Wellby

  • Bluetongue virus replication, molecular and structural biology.

    P P C Mertens;J Diprose;S Maan;K P Singh

  • Capping and methylation of mRNA by purified recombinant VP4 protein of bluetongue virus.

    N. Ramadevi;Nicholas J. Burroughs;Peter P. C. Mertens;Ian M. Jones

  • Cytoplasmic Polyhedrosis Viruses

    Christopher C. Payne;Peter P. C. Mertens

  • Expression of the Major Core Structural Protein (VP7) of Bluetongue Virus, by a Recombinant Capripox Virus, Provides Partial Protection of Sheep against a Virulent Heterotypic Bluetongue Virus Challenge

    A.M. Wade-Evans;C.H. Romero;P. Mellor;H. Takamatsu

  • Analysis of the terminal sequences of the genome segments of four orbiviruses.

    Mertens Pp;Sangar Dv

  • Bluetongue Virus Targets Conventional Dendritic Cells in Skin Lymph

    Behzad Hemati;Vanessa Contreras;Céline Urien;Michel Bonneau

  • Erratum: Climate change and the recent emergence of bluetongue in Europe

    Bethan V. Purse;Phillip S. Mellor;David J. Rogers;Alan R. Samuel

Frequent Co-Authors

Houssam Attoui
Houssam Attoui The Pirbright Institute
Stéphan Zientara
Stéphan Zientara Université Paris Cité
Philip S. Mellor
Philip S. Mellor The Pirbright Institute
Jonathan M. Grimes
Jonathan M. Grimes University of Oxford
David I. Stuart
David I. Stuart University of Oxford
Simon Gubbins
Simon Gubbins The Pirbright Institute
Polly Roy
Polly Roy London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Massimo Palmarini
Massimo Palmarini University of Glasgow
Joe Brownlie
Joe Brownlie Royal Veterinary College
Robert B. Tesh
Robert B. Tesh The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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