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Overview

Simon Gubbins is affiliated with The Pirbright Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across several interdisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine. Within these broader categories, their work frequently addresses subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Infectious Diseases, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Epidemiology.

The primary research topics covered by Simon Gubbins include:

  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Poxvirus research and outbreaks
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Simon Gubbins has published extensively, with frequent contributions to various scientific journals. The most common publication venues for their work include:

  • EFSA Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Viruses
  • Parasites & Vectors

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Lumpy skin disease epidemiological report IV: data collection and analysis" (2020, EFSA Journal)
  • "Rift Valley Fever - epidemiological update and risk of introduction into Europe" (2020, EFSA Journal)
  • "Quantifying and Modeling the Acquisition and Retention of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus by Hematophagus Insects Reveals Clinically but Not Subclinically Affected Cattle Are Promoters of Viral Transmission and Key Targets for Control of Disease Outbreaks" (2021, Journal of Virology)
  • "Endemic persistence of a highly contagious pathogen: Foot-and-mouth disease in its wildlife host" (2021, Science)
  • "Airborne Transmission of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus: A Review of Past and Present Perspectives" (2022, Viruses)

Collaboration is a key component of Simon Gubbins' research. They have frequently co-authored with several researchers, including:

  • Julian Ashley Drewe
  • Virginie Michel
  • Carrie Batten
  • Christian Gortázar
  • José Luis Gonzales Rojas

Best Publications

  • Assessing the risk of bluetongue to UK livestock: uncertainty and sensitivity analyses of a temperature-dependent model for the basic reproduction number

    Simon Gubbins;Simon Carpenter;Matthew Baylis;James L.N Wood

  • Relationship Between Clinical Signs and Transmission of an Infectious Disease and the Implications for Control

    Bryan Charleston;Bartlomies M. Bankowski;Simon Gubbins;Margo E. Chase-Topping

  • An assessment of Culicoides surveillance techniques in northern Europe: have we underestimated a potential bluetongue virus vector?

    Simon Carpenter;Camille Szmaragd;James Barber;Karien Labuschagne

  • Survival of African Swine Fever Virus in Excretions from Pigs Experimentally Infected with the Georgia 2007/1 Isolate.

    K. Davies;Lynnette C. Goatley;C. Guinat;C. Guinat;Christopher L Netherton

  • Temperature Dependence of the Extrinsic Incubation Period of Orbiviruses in Culicoides Biting Midges

    Simon Carpenter;Anthony Wilson;James Barber;Eva Veronesi

  • Application of non-structural protein antibody tests in substantiating freedom from foot-and-mouth disease virus infection after emergency vaccination of cattle.

    David J. Paton;Kris de Clercq;Matthias Greiner;Aldo Dekker

  • Understanding the transmission of foot-and-mouth disease virus at different scales

    David J Paton;Simon Gubbins;Donald P King

  • Influence of season and meteorological parameters on flight activity of Culicoides biting midges

    Christopher J. Sanders;Chris R. Shortall;Simon Gubbins;Laura Burgin

  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Can Induce a Specific and Rapid CD4+ T-Cell-Independent Neutralizing and Isotype Class-Switched Antibody Response in Naïve Cattle

    Nicholas Juleff;Miriam Windsor;Eric A. Lefevre;Simon Gubbins

  • Normal variation in thermal radiated temperature in cattle: implications for foot-and-mouth disease detection

    John Gloster;Katja Ebert;Simon Gubbins;John Bashiruddin

  • Systematic literature review of Rift Valley fever virus seroprevalence in livestock, wildlife and humans in Africa from 1968 to 2016.

    Madeleine H. A. Clark;Madeleine H. A. Clark;George M. Warimwe;George M. Warimwe;Antonello Di Nardo;Nicholas A. Lyons

  • Experimental pig-to-pig transmission dynamics for African swine fever virus, Georgia 2007/1 strain

    Claire Guinat;Simon Gubbins;Timothée Vergne;Jose L. Gonzales

  • Implicating Culicoides Biting Midges as Vectors of Schmallenberg Virus Using Semi-Quantitative RT-PCR

    Eva Veronesi;Mark Henstock;Simon Gubbins;Carrie Batten

  • Evidence for Transmission of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 26 through Direct Contact

    Carrie Batten;Karin Darpel;Mark Henstock;Petra Fay

  • A modeling framework to describe the transmission of bluetongue virus within and between farms in Great Britain.

    Camille Szmaragd;Anthony J. Wilson;Simon Carpenter;James L. N. Wood

  • Lumpy skin disease epidemiological report IV: data collection and analysis.

    Paolo Calistri;Kris De Clercq;Simon Gubbins

  • Investigating Incursions of Bluetongue Virus Using a Model of Long-Distance Culicoides Biting Midge Dispersal

    L. E. Burgin;J. Gloster;C. Sanders;P. S. Mellor

  • Invasion and persistence of plant parasites in a spatially structured host population

    Andrew W. Park;Simon Gubbins;Christopher A. Gilligan

  • Veterinary and human vaccine evaluation methods

    T.J.D. Knight-Jones;Karen Edmond;S. Gubbins;D.J. Paton

  • Transplacental transmission of bluetongue virus 8 in cattle, UK.

    Karin E. Darpel;Carrie A. Batten;Eva Veronesi;Susanna Williamson

  • The spread of bluetongue virus serotype 8 in Great Britain and its control by vaccination.

    Camille Szmaragd;Anthony J. Wilson;Simon Carpenter;James L. N. Wood

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Paton
David J. Paton The Pirbright Institute
Bryan Charleston
Bryan Charleston The Pirbright Institute
James Barber
James Barber Imperial College London
Matthew Baylis
Matthew Baylis University of Liverpool
Philip S. Mellor
Philip S. Mellor The Pirbright Institute
Peter P. C. Mertens
Peter P. C. Mertens University of Nottingham
Christopher A. Gilligan
Christopher A. Gilligan University of Cambridge
Satya Parida
Satya Parida The Pirbright Institute
Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong
Julio Alvarez
Julio Alvarez Complutense University of Madrid

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