Publications

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2022

• Tarlinton RE, Legione AR, Sarker N, Fabijan J, Meers J, McMichael L, Simmons G, Owen H, Seddon JM, Dick G, Ryder JS, Hemmatzedah F, Trott DJ, Speight N, Holmes N, Loose M, Emes RD (2022) Differential and defective transcription of Koala Retrovirus indicate complexity of host and virus evolution. Journal of General Virology 103 (6), 001749

• Onasanya AE, Diaz-Méndez A, El-Hage C, Vaz PK, Legione AR, Browning GF, Devlin JM, Hartley CA (2022). Whole genome sequence analysis of equid herpesvirus type 2 field isolates reveals high levels of genomic diversity and recombination. BMC Genomics (in press)

• Anstey S, White RT, Kasimov V, Jenkins C, Devlin JM, El-hage C, Pannekoek Y, Legione AR, Jelocnik M (2022). Whole-genome sequencing of Australian equine and avian Chlamydia psittaci strains: One clone to rule them all? Microbial Genomics (in press)

• Steventon C, Harley D, Wicker L, Legione AR, Devlin JM, Hufschmid J (2022). An assessment of ectoparasites across highland and lowland populations of Leadbeater’s possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri): Implications for genetic rescue translocations. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 18, 152-156.

• Asif K, O’Rourke D, Shil P, Steer-Cope PA, Legione AR, Marenda MS, Noormohammadi AH (2022). Rapid typing of infectious laryngotracheitis virus directly from tracheal tissues based on next-generation sequencing. Archives of Virology 167 (4), 1151-1155.

2021

• Asif K, O’Rourke D, Legione AR, Shil P, Marenda MS, Noormohammadi AH (2021). Whole-genome based strain identification of fowlpox virus directly from cutaneous tissue and propagated virus. PloS one, 16(12), e0261122.

• White RT, Legione AR, Taylor-Brown A, Fernandez CM, Higgins DP, Timms P & Jelocnik M (2021). Completing the Genome Sequence of Chlamydia pecorum Strains MC/MarsBar and DBDeUG: New Insights into This Enigmatic Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Pathogen. Pathogens, 10(12), 1543.

• Akter R, El-Hage CM, Sansom FM, Carrick J, Devlin JM^, Legione AR^ (2021). Metagenomic investigation of potential abortigenic pathogens in foetal tissues from Australian horses. BMC genomics. Dec;22(1):1-4.
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• Anstey SI, Kasimov V, Jenkins C, Legione A, Devlin J, Amery-Gale J, Gilkerson J, Hair S, Perkins N, Peel AJ, Borel N, Pannekoek Y, Chaber AL, Woolford L, Timms P, Jelocnik M (2021). Chlamydia Psittaci ST24: Clonal Strains of One Health Importance Dominate in Australian Horse, Bird and Human Infections. Pathogens. Aug;10(8):1015.

• Steventon C, Koehler AV, Dobson E, Wicker L, Legione AR, Devlin JM, Harley D, Gasser RB (2021). Detection of Breinlia sp.(Nematoda) in the Leadbeater’s possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri). International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 15:249.

• Akter R, Sansom FM, El-Hage CM, Gilkerson JR, Devlin JM^ and Legione, AR^ (2021). A 25-year retrospective study of Chlamydia psittaci in association with equine reproductive loss in Australia. Journal of Medical Microbiology, jmm.0.001284
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2020

• Akter R, Stent A, Sansom F, Gilkerson J, Burden C, Devlin JM^, El‐Hage C^ and Legione AR^ (2020). Chlamydia psittaci: a suspected cause of reproductive loss in three Victorian horses. Australian Veterinary Journal, 98: 570-573.
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• Asif K, O’Rourke D, Legione AR, Steer-Cope PA, Shil P, Marenda MS and Noormohammadi AH (2020). Development of a rapid technique for extraction of viral DNA/RNA for whole genome sequencing directly from clinical liver tissues. Journal of Virological Methods, p.113907.

• Akter R, Legione A, Sansom FM, El-Hage CM, Hartley CA, Gilkerson JR, Devlin JM (2020). Detection of Coxiella burnetii and equine herpesvirus 1, but not Leptospira spp. or Toxoplasma gondii, in cases of equine abortion in Australia-a 25 year retrospective study. Plos one. 15(5):e0233100.

• Arachchige SN, Young ND, Shil PK, Legione AR, Condello AK, Browning GF, Wawegama NK (2020). Differential Response of the Chicken Trachea to Chronic Infection with Virulent Mycoplasma gallisepticum Strain Ap3AS and Vaxsafe MG (Strain ts-304): a Transcriptional Profile. Infection and Immunity. 88(5).

• Amery-Gale J, Legione AR, Marenda MS, Owens J, Eden PA, Konsak-Ilievski BM, Whiteley PL, Dobson EC, Browne EA, Slocombe RF, Devlin JM (2020). Surveillance for Chlamydia spp. with multilocus sequence typing analysis in wild and captive birds in Victoria, Australia. J Wildl Dis. 56 (1): 16–26

2019

• Hesseling J, Legione AR, Stevenson M, McCowan C, Pyman M, Finochio C, Nguyen D, Roic C, Thiris, O, Zhang A, Schaik G, Coombe J. 2019. Bovine digital dermatitis in Victoria, Australia. Aust Vet J. 97(10):404-413.

• Sutherland M, Sarker S, Vaz PK, Legione AR, Devlin JM, MacWhirter PL, Whiteley PL, Raidal SR. 2019. Disease surveillance in wild Victorian cacatuids reveals co-infection with multiple agents and detection of novel avian viruses. Vet Microbiol. 235:257-264.

• Vaz PK, Legione AR, Hartley CA, Devlin JM. 2019. Detection and differentiation of two koala gammaherpesviruses using high resolution melt (HRM) analysis reveals differences in viral prevalence and clinical associations in a large study of free-ranging koalas. J Clin Microbiol. 9:JCM-01478.

• Holz PH, Lumsden LF, Legione AR, Hufschmid J. 2019. Polychromophilus melanipherus and haemoplasma infections not associated with clinical signs in southern bent-winged bats (Miniopterus orianae bassanii) and eastern bent-winged bats (Miniopterus orianae oceanensis). Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl 8:10-18

2018

• Watt AE, Browning GF, Legione AR, Bushell RN, Stent A, Cutler RS, Young ND, Marenda MS. 2018. A novel Glaesserella sp. isolated from severe respiratory infections in pigs has a mosaic genome with virulence factors putatively acquired by horizontal transfer. Appl Environ Microbiol doi:10.1128/AEM.00092-18:AEM. 00092-00018.

• Legione AR, Amery-Gale J, Lynch M, Haynes L, Gilkerson JR, Sansom FM, Devlin JM. 2018. Variation in the microbiome of the urogenital tract of Chlamydia-free female koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) with and without ‘wet bottom’. PLoS ONE 13:e0194881.

• Holz PH, Lumsden LF, Druce J, Legione AR, Vaz P, Devlin JM, Hufschmid J. 2018. Virus survey in populations of two subspecies of bent-winged bats (Miniopterus orianae bassanii and oceanensis) in south-eastern Australia reveals a high prevalence of diverse herpesviruses. PLoS ONE 13:e0197625.

• Coppo MJC, Devlin JM, Legione AR, Vaz PK, Lee S-W, Quinteros JA, Gilkerson JR, Ficorilli N, Reading PC, Noormohammadi AH. 2018. The infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) viral chemokine-binding protein glycoprotein G alters the transcription of key inflammatory mediators in vitro and in vivo. J Virol 92(1) pii e01534-17

2017

• Skogvold K, Warren KS, Jackson B, Holyoake CS, Stalder K, Devlin JM, Vitali SD, Wayne AF, Legione AR, Robertson I, Vaughan-Higgins RJ. 2017. Infectious Disease Surveillance in the Woylie (Bettongia penicillata). EcoHealth 14(3):518-529.

• Legione AR, Patterson JLS, Whiteley P, Firestone SM, Curnick M, Bodley K, Lynch M, Gilkerson JR, Sansom FM, Devlin JM. 2017. Koala retrovirus genotyping analyses reveal a low prevalence of KoRV-A in Victorian koalas and an association with clinical disease. J Med Microbiol 66:236-244.

2016

• Quinteros JA, Lee S-W, Markham PF, Noormohammadi AH, Hartley CA, Legione AR, Coppo MJC, Vaz PK, Browning GF. 2016. Full genome analysis of Australian infectious bronchitis viruses suggests frequent recombination events between vaccine strains and multiple phylogenetically distant avian coronaviruses of unknown origin. Vet Microbiol 197:27-38.

• Legione AR, Patterson JLS, Whiteley PL, Amery-Gale J, Lynch M, Haynes L, Gilkerson JR, Polkinghorne A, Devlin JM, Sansom FM. 2016. Identification of unusual Chlamydia pecorum genotypes in Victorian koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and clinical variables associated with infection. J Med Microbiol 65:420-428.

• Legione AR, Amery-Gale J, Lynch M, Haynes L, Gilkerson JR, Sansom FM, Devlin JM. 2016. Chlamydia pecorum infection in free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) on French Island, Victoria, Australia. J Wildl Dis 52:426-429.

2015

• Quinteros JA, Markham PF, Lee S-W, Hewson KA, Hartley CA, Legione AR, Coppo MJC, Vaz PK, Browning GF. 2015. Analysis of the complete genomic sequences of two virus subpopulations of the Australian infectious bronchitis virus vaccine VicS. Avian Pathol 44:182-191.

• Patterson JLS, Lynch M, Anderson GA, Noormohammadi AH, Legione AR, Gilkerson JR, Devlin JM. 2015. The prevalence and clinical significance of Chlamydia infection in island and mainland populations of Victorian koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). J Wildl Dis 51:309-317.

• Lee S-W, Hartley CA, Coppo MJC, Vaz PK, Legione AR, Quinteros JA, Noormohammadi AH, Markham PF, Browning GF, Devlin JM. 2015. Growth Kinetics and Transmission Potential of Existing and Emerging Field Strains of Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus. PLoS ONE 10:e0120282.

• Korsa MG, Browning GF, Coppo MJC, Legione AR, Gilkerson JR, Noormohammadi AH, Vaz PK, Lee S-W, Devlin JM, Hartley CA. 2015. Protection Induced in Broiler Chickens following Drinking-Water Delivery of Live Infectious Laryngotracheitis Vaccines against Subsequent Challenge with Recombinant Field Virus. PLoS ONE 10:e0137719.

2014

• Shil NK, Legione AR, Markham PF, Noormohammadi AH, Devlin JM. 2014. Development and Validation of TaqMan Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for the Quantitative and Differential Detection of Wild-Type Infectious Laryngotracheitis Viruses from a Glycoprotein G-Deficient Candidate Vaccine Strain. Avian Dis 59:7-13.

• O’Brien CR, Handasyde KA, Hibble J, Lavender CJ, Legione AR, McCowan C, Globan M, Mitchell AT, McCracken HE, Johnson PDR. 2014. Clinical, microbiological and pathological findings of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in three Australian Possum species. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8:e2666.

2013

• Lee S-W, Markham PF, Coppo MJC, Legione AR, Shil NK, Quinteros JA, Noormohammadi AH, Browning GF, Hartley CA, Devlin JM. 2013. Cross-protective immune responses between genotypically distinct lineages of infectious laryngotracheitis viruses. Avian Dis 58:147-152.

2012

• Legione AR, Coppo MJC, Lee S-W, Noormohammadi AH, Hartley CA, Browning GF, Gilkerson JR, O’Rourke D, Devlin JM. 2012. Safety and vaccine efficacy of a glycoprotein G deficient strain of infectious laryngotracheitis virus delivered in ovo. Vaccine 30:7193-7198.

• Lee S-W, Markham PF, Coppo MJC, Legione AR, Markham JF, Noormohammadi AH, Browning GF, Ficorilli N, Hartley CA, Devlin JM. 2012. Attenuated Vaccines Can Recombine to Form Virulent Field Viruses. Science 337:188.

2011

• O’Brien CR, McMillan E, Harris O, O’Brien DP, Lavender CJ, Globan M, Legione AR, Fyfe JA. 2011. Localised Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in four dogs. Aust Vet J 89:506-510.

2010

• Fyfe JA, Lavender CJ, Handasyde KA, Legione AR, O’Brien CR, Stinear TP, Pidot SJ, Seemann T, Benbow ME, Wallace JR, McCowan C, Johnson PDR. 2010. A major role for mammals in the ecology of Mycobacterium ulcerans. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4:e791