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Overview

Rowland R. Kao is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation, and Epidemiology. Additional areas of study include Agronomy and Crop Science, as well as Genetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to infectious disease dynamics and management, including:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Rowland R. Kao has published frequently in various scientific venues. The most common publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Epidemics
  • Microbial Genomics

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Phylogenetic Structure and Sequential Dominance of Sub-Lineages of PRRSV Type-2 Lineage 1 in the United States," 2021, Vaccines
  • "Site Specific Relationships between COVID-19 Cases and SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Mycobacterium bovis genomics reveals transmission of infection between cattle and deer in Ireland," 2020, Microbial Genomics
  • "Phylodynamic analysis of an emergent Mycobacterium bovis outbreak in an area with no previously known wildlife infections," 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in sympatric badger and cattle populations in Northern Ireland," 2023, Microbial Genomics

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Samantha Lycett
  • Jessica Enright
  • Gianluigi Rossi
  • Ewan Colman
  • Christopher J. Banks

Best Publications

  • Revealing the history of sheep domestication using retrovirus integrations

    Bernardo Chessa;Filipe Pereira;Frederick Arnaud;Antonio Amorim

  • The network of sheep movements within Great Britain: network properties and their implications for infectious disease spread

    Istvan Z Kiss;Darren M Green;Rowland R Kao

  • Demographic structure and pathogen dynamics on the network of livestock movements in Great Britain

    R.R Kao;L Danon;L Danon;D.M Green;I.Z Kiss

  • Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals Local Transmission Patterns of Mycobacterium bovis in Sympatric Cattle and Badger Populations

    Roman Biek;Anthony O'Hare;David Wright;Tom R. Mallon

  • Disease dynamics over very different time-scales: foot-and-mouth disease and scrapie on the network of livestock movements in the UK

    Rowland R Kao;Darren M Green;Jethro Johnson;Istvan Z Kiss

  • Modelling the initial spread of foot-and-mouth disease through animal movements.

    D.M Green;I.Z Kiss;R.R Kao

  • A restatement of the natural science evidence base relevant to the control of bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain.

    H. Charles J. Godfray;Christl A. Donnelly;Rowland R. Kao;David W. Macdonald

  • Estimates for local and movement-based transmission of bovine tuberculosis in British cattle

    Darren M Green;Istvan Z Kiss;Andrew P Mitchell;Rowland R Kao

  • The UK foot-and-mouth disease outbreak — the aftermath

    Daniel T. Haydon;Rowland R. Kao;R. Paul Kitching

  • Disease contact tracing in random and clustered networks.

    Istvan Z Kiss;Darren M Green;Rowland R Kao

  • Contact structures in the poultry industry in Great Britain: Exploring transmission routes for a potential avian influenza virus epidemic

    Jennifer E Dent;Rowland R Kao;Istvan Z Kiss;Kieran Hyder

  • The Potential Size and Duration of an Epidemic of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in British Sheep

    R R Kao;M B Gravenor;M Baylis;C J Bostock

  • Nematode parasites of sheep: a survey of epidemiological parameters and their application in a simple model.

    R. R. Kao;D. M. Leathwick;M. G. Roberts;I. A. Sutherland

  • Using whole genome sequencing to investigate transmission in a multi-host system: bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand.

    Joseph Crispell;Ruth N. Zadoks;Simon R. Harris;Brent Paterson

  • Use of bacterial whole-genome sequencing to investigate local persistence and spread in bovine tuberculosis.

    Hannah Trewby;David Wright;Eleanor L. Breadon;Samantha J. Lycett

  • Data quality of the Cattle Tracing System in Great Britain.

    D. M. Green;R. R. Kao

  • The impact of local heterogeneity on alternative control strategies for foot-and-mouth disease.

    Rowland R. Kao

  • Risk factors for bovine Tuberculosis at the national level in Great Britain

    Paul R Bessell;Paul R Bessell;Richard Orton;Piran C L White;Mike R Hutchings

  • Analysing livestock network data for infectious disease control: an argument for routine data collection in emerging economies.

    G. L. Chaters;P. C. D. Johnson;Sarah Cleaveland;Joseph Crispell

  • Phylodynamic analysis of an emergent Mycobacterium bovis outbreak in an area with no previously known wildlife infections

    Gianluigi Rossi;Joseph Crispell;Tanis Brough;Samantha J. Lycett

  • BSE - a wolf in sheep's clothing?

    Matthew Baylis;Fiona Houston;Rowland R. Kao;Angela R. McLean

  • A model of bovine tuberculosis control in domesticated cattle herds

    R. R. Kao;M. G. Roberts;T. J. Ryan

  • Modelling the national scrapie eradication programme in the UK

    Rowland R. Kao;Michael B. Gravenor;Angela R. McLean

  • Disease management at the wildlife-livestock interface: Using whole-genome sequencing to study the role of elk in Mycobacterium bovis transmission in Michigan, USA.

    Liliana C. M. Salvador;Daniel J. O'Brien;Melinda K. Cosgrove;Tod P. Stuber

  • Site Specific Relationships between COVID-19 Cases and SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent.

    Stephen F Fitzgerald;Gianluigi Rossi;Alison S Low;Sean P McAteer

  • Plasmodium knowlesi transmission: integrating quantitative approaches from epidemiology and ecology to understand malaria as a zoonosis.

    Paddy M Brock;Kimberly M. Fornace;M. Parmiter;J. Cox

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth N. Zadoks
Ruth N. Zadoks University of Sydney
Angela R. McLean
Angela R. McLean University of Oxford
Matthew Baylis
Matthew Baylis University of Liverpool
Richard J. Delahay
Richard J. Delahay Animal and Plant Health Agency
Chris Drakeley
Chris Drakeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Daniel T. Haydon
Daniel T. Haydon University of Glasgow
Piran C. L. White
Piran C. L. White University of York
Alun L. Lloyd
Alun L. Lloyd North Carolina State University
Nora Hunter
Nora Hunter University of Edinburgh
David F. Kelton
David F. Kelton University of Guelph

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