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  1. Confronting and mitigating the risk of COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, July 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  2. Elevated Prevalence of Azole-Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in Urban versus Rural Environments in the United Kingdom

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2019, ASM Journals

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  3. Nonrandom Distribution of Azole Resistance across the Global Population of Aspergillus fumigatus

    Article • mBio, May 2019, ASM Journals

    Professor Matthew C Fisher, Dr Jacques F Meis

  4. Elevated prevalence of azole resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in urban versus rural environments in the United Kingdom

    Article • April 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  5. Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

    Article • Science, March 2019, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  6. Dynamic ploidy changes drive fluconazole resistance in human cryptococcal meningitis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, January 2019, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  7. High prevalence of triazole resistance in clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolates in a specialist cardiothoracic centre

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, November 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  8. Transcriptional Heterogeneity of Cryptococcus gattii VGII Compared with Non-VGII Lineages Underpins Key Pathogenicity Pathways

    Article • mSphere, October 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  9. Surveillance for Azole-Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in a Centralized Diagnostic Mycology Service, London, United Kingdom, 1998–2017

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, September 2018, Frontiers

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  10. Diagnosing Emerging Fungal Threats: A One Health Perspective

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, September 2018, Frontiers

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  11. Transcriptional heterogeneity of Cryptococcus gattii VGII compared with non-VGII lineages underpins key pathogenicity pathways

    Article • August 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  12. Airway persistence by the emerging multi-azole-resistant Rasamsonia argillacea complex in cystic fibrosis

    Article • Mycoses, June 2018, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  13. Climate structuring of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in the threatened amphibians of the northern Western Ghats, India

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, June 2018, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  14. An infectious way to teach students about outbreaks

    Article • Epidemics, June 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  15. Author Correction: Genomic epidemiology of the UK outbreak of the emerging human fungal pathogen Candida auris

    Article • Emerging Microbes & Infections, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  16. Breaching Pathogeographic Barriers by the Bat White-Nose Fungus

    Article • mBio, May 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  17. The Cryptococcus neoformans Titan cell is an inducible and regulated morphotype underlying pathogenesis

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, May 2018, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  18. Development and worldwide use of non-lethal, and minimal population-level impact, protocols for the isolation of amphibian chytrid fungi

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  19. Worldwide emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs challenges human health and food security

    Article • Science, May 2018, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  20. Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines

    Article • Science, May 2018, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  21. Genomic epidemiology of the UK outbreak of the emerging human fungal pathogen Candida auris

    Article • Emerging Microbes & Infections, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  22. Amphibian chytridiomycosis outbreak dynamics are linked with host skin bacterial community structure

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2018, Nature

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  23. In VitroandIn VivoEfficacy of a Novel and Long-Acting Fungicidal Azole, PC1244, onAspergillus fumigatusInfection

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor Matthew C Fisher, Dr Yasuo Kizawa, Dr Kazuhiro Ito

  24. Decision-making for mitigating wildlife diseases: From theory to practice for an emerging fungal pathogen of amphibians

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, February 2018, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  25. Development and worldwide use of a non-lethal and minimal population-level impact protocols for the isolation of chytrids from amphibians

    Article • January 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  26. Genomic epidemiology of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from native and invasive amphibian species in Chile

    Article • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, December 2017, Wiley

    David E. Uribe-Rivera, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  27. Early exposure to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis causes profound immunosuppression in amphibians

    Article • European Journal of Wildlife Research, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  28. Rapid genome sequencing for outbreak analysis of the emerging human fungal pathogen Candida auris

    Article • October 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  29. Emerging Fungal Threats to Plants and Animals Challenge Agriculture and Ecosystem Resilience

    Article • October 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Helen N Fones, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  30. Tracing Genetic Exchange and Biogeography of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii at the Global Population Level

    Article • Genetics, July 2017, Genetics Society of America

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  31. Chytrid fungus infection in zebrafish demonstrates that the pathogen can parasitize non-amphibian vertebrate hosts

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2017, Nature

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  32. Ecology: In peril from a perfect pathogen

    Article • Nature, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  33. Genomic innovations linked to infection strategies across emerging pathogenic chytrid fungi

    Article • Nature Communications, March 2017, Nature

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  34. A Population Genomics Approach to Assessing the Genetic Basis of Within-Host Microevolution Underlying Recurrent Cryptococcal Meningitis Infection

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, February 2017, Genetics Society of America

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  35. MLST-Based Population Genetic Analysis in a Global Context Reveals Clonality amongst Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii VNI Isolates from HIV Patients in Southeastern Brazil

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, January 2017, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  36. The Case for Adopting the “Species Complex” Nomenclature for the Etiologic Agents of Cryptococcosis

    Article • mSphere, January 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Kyung (or June) Joo Kwon-Chung, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  37. Describing Genomic and Epigenomic Traits Underpinning Emerging Fungal Pathogens

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  38. Tracking the amphibian pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans using a highly specific monoclonal antibody and lateral-flow technology

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, December 2016, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  39. Cryptococcal meningitis: epidemiology, immunology, diagnosis and therapy

    Article • Nature Reviews Neurology, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  40. Genomic epidemiology of Cryptococcus yeasts identifies adaptation to environmental niches underpinning infection across an African HIV/AIDS cohort

    Article • Molecular Ecology, November 2016, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  41. Calcineurin Orchestrates Lateral Transfer of Aspergillus fumigatus during Macrophage Cell Death

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, November 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  42. A population genomics approach to assessing the genetic basis of within-host microevolution underlying recurrent cryptococcal meningitis infection

    Article • October 2016, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  43. Tackling emerging fungal threats to animal health, food security and ecosystem resilience

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  44. Climate forcing of an emerging pathogenic fungus across a montane multi-host community

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  45. Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycoses in nature

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  46. Clinical implications of globally emerging azole resistance inAspergillus fumigatus

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Jacques F Meis, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  47. Microevolutionary traits and comparative population genomics of the emerging pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus gattii

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  48. First hospital outbreak of the globally emerging Candida auris in a European hospital

    Article • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  49. The global amphibian trade flows through Europe: the need for enforcing and improving legislation

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  50. Dr Jekyll and Mrs Hyde: Risky hybrid sex by amphibian-parasitizing chytrids in the Brazilian Atlantic Forests

    Article • Molecular Ecology, July 2016, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  51. Assessing the ability of swab data to determine the true burden of infection for the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

    Article • EcoHealth, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  52. Successful elimination of a lethal wildlife infectious disease in nature

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, November 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  53. Consistency of Published Results on the Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Madagascar: Formal Comment on Kolby et al. Rapid Response to Evaluate the Presence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Wild Amp...

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2015, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  54. Erratum for Abdolrasouli et al., Genomic Context of Azole Resistance Mutations in Aspergillus fumigatus Determined Using Whole-Genome Sequencing

    Article • mBio, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Matthew C Fisher, Dr Jacques F Meis

  55. Genotypic Diversity Is Associated with Clinical Outcome and Phenotype in Cryptococcal Meningitis across Southern Africa

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, June 2015, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  56. Genomic Context of Azole Resistance Mutations in Aspergillus fumigatus Determined Using Whole-Genome Sequencing

    Article • mBio, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Matthew C Fisher, Dr Jacques F Meis

  57. Host species vary in infection probability, sub-lethal effects, and costs of immune response when exposed to an amphibian parasite

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2015, Nature

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  58. Context-dependent conservation responses to emerging wildlife diseases

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, May 2015, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  59. Emerging disease in UK amphibians

    Article • Veterinary Record, May 2015, BMJ

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  60. Elevated Corticosterone Levels and Changes in Amphibian Behavior Are Associated with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) Infection and Bd Lineage

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2015, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  61. Short Term Minimum Water Temperatures Determine Levels of Infection by the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in Alytes obstetricans Tadpoles

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2015, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  62. Widespread presence of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild amphibian communities in Madagascar

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  63. Illuminating Choices for Library Prep: A Comparison of Library Preparation Methods for Whole Genome Sequencing of Cryptococcus neoformans Using Illumina HiSeq

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2014, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  64. Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders

    Article • Science, October 2014, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  65. Moving Beyond Too Little, Too Late: Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases in Wild Populations Requires International Policy and Partnerships

    Article • EcoHealth, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  66. Cryptococcus gattii in North American Pacific Northwest: Whole-Population Genome Analysis Provides Insights into Species Evolution and Dispersal

    Article • mBio, July 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Matthew C Fisher, Dr Kerstin Voelz

  67. Molecular detection of Pythium insidiosum from soil in Thai agricultural areas

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, May 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  68. Efficient phagocytosis and laccase activity affect the outcome of HIV-associated cryptococcosis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, April 2014, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  69. Microscopic Aquatic Predators Strongly Affect Infection Dynamics of a Globally Emerged Pathogen

    Article • Current Biology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  70. Emergence of the Chytrid FungusBatrachochytrium Dendrobatidisand Global Amphibian Declines

    Article • October 2013, Wiley

    Dr Jason Stajich, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  71. Species-specific PCR to describe local-scale distributions of four cryptic species in the Penicillium chrysogenum complex

    Article • Fungal Ecology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  72. First parasitological survey of Endangered Bornean elephants Elephas maximus borneensis

    Article • Endangered Species Research, September 2013, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  73. Transmission of Hypervirulence Traits via Sexual Reproduction within and between Lineages of the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii

    Article • PLoS Genetics, September 2013, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher, Dr Kerstin Voelz

  74. Geographically Structured Populations of Cryptococcus neoformans Variety grubii in Asia Correlate with HIV Status and Show a Clonal Population Structure

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2013, PLOS

    Dr Jacques F Meis, Dr Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  75. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans sp. nov. causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  76. A SURVEY FOR BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS IN ENDANGERED AND HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE VIETNAMESE SALAMANDERS ( TYLOTOTRITON SPP.)

    Article • Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, September 2013, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

    Professor Freddy Haesebrouck, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  77. Assessing Risk and Guidance on Monitoring ofBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisin Europe through Identification of Taxonomic Selectivity of Infection

    Article • Conservation Biology, August 2013, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  78. Chromosomal Copy Number Variation, Selection and Uneven Rates of Recombination Reveal Cryptic Genome Diversity Linked to Pathogenicity

    Article • PLoS Genetics, August 2013, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  79. Context-dependent amphibian host population response to an invading pathogen

    Article • Ecology, August 2013, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  80. Resistance to Chytridiomycosis in European Plethodontid Salamanders of the Genus Speleomantes

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2013, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  81. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection and Lethal Chytridiomycosis in Caecilian Amphibians (Gymnophiona)

    Article • EcoHealth, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher, Mr Thomas Doherty-Bone

  82. Using False Discovery Rates to Benchmark SNP-callers in next-generation sequencing projects

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David J Studholme, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  83. Evidence for the Introduction of Lethal Chytridiomycosis Affecting Wild Betic Midwife Toads (Alytes dickhilleni)

    Article • EcoHealth, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  84. Mapping the Global Emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2013, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  85. A Non-Invasive Stress Assay Shows That Tadpole Populations Infected with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Have Elevated Corticosterone Levels

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2013, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  86. Evidence of chytrid-mediated population declines in common midwife toad in Serra da Estrela, Portugal

    Article • Animal Conservation, November 2012, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  87. Clonality Despite Sex: The Evolution of Host-Associated Sexual Neighborhoods in the Pathogenic Fungus Penicillium marneffei

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, October 2012, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  88. Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health

    Article • Nature, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  89. Sex, drugs and recombination: the wild life ofAspergillus

    Article • Molecular Ecology, March 2012, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  90. The Gut Fungus Basidiobolus ranarum Has a Large Genome and Different Copy Numbers of Putatively Functionally Redundant Elongation Factor Genes

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2012, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  91. Global and endemic Asian lineages of the emerging pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis widely infect amphibians in China

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, January 2012, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  92. The rise and rise of emerging infectious fungi challenges food security and ecosystem health

    Article • Fungal Biology Reviews, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  93. Multiple emergences of genetically diverse amphibian-infecting chytrids include a globalized hypervirulent recombinant lineage

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  94. Speciation despite globally overlapping distributions in Penicillium chrysogenum: the population genetics of Alexander Fleming’s lucky fungus

    Article • Molecular Ecology, September 2011, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  95. Genetic Diversity, Recombination, and Divergence in Animal Associated Penicillium dipodomyis

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2011, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  96. The need for jumpstarting amphibian genome projects

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, August 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  97. Population Genetic Structure of Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Blastomyces dermatitidis, Based on 27 Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  98. Ambient Ultraviolet B Radiation and Prevalence of Infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Two Amphibian Species

    Article • Conservation Biology, June 2011, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  99. Low Diversity Cryptococcus neoformans Variety grubii Multilocus Sequence Types from Thailand Are Consistent with an Ancestral African Origin

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, April 2011, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  100. Common Reservoirs for Penicillium marneffei Infection in Humans and Rodents, China

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  101. Climate change, chytridiomycosis or condition: an experimental test of amphibian survival

    Article • Global Change Biology, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Marcus Rowcliffe, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  102. Epidemiology and Evolution of Fungal Pathogens in Plants and Animals

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  103. Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia

    Article • Ecology Letters, March 2010, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  104. A molecular perspective: biology of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, December 2009, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  105. Expression Profiling the Temperature-Dependent Amphibian Response to Infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2009, PLOS

    Dr Ming-Shi Li, Professor Matthew C Fisher, Dr Jacques Robert

  106. Endemic and introduced haplotypes ofBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisin Japanese amphibians: sink or source?

    Article • Molecular Ecology, December 2009, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  107. Global Emergence ofBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisand Amphibian Chytridiomycosis in Space, Time, and Host

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, October 2009, Annual Reviews

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  108. Presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in feral populations of Xenopus laevis in Chile

    Article • Biological Invasions, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  109. Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus

    Article • Diversity, September 2009, MDPI AG

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  110. The Link Between Rapid Enigmatic Amphibian Decline and the Globally Emerging Chytrid Fungus

    Article • EcoHealth, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  111. Frequency and Evolution of Azole Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus Associated with Treatment Failure1

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  112. Rapid Global Expansion of the Fungal Disease Chytridiomycosis into Declining and Healthy Amphibian Populations

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, May 2009, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  113. Life history tradeoffs influence mortality associated with the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

    Article • Oikos, May 2009, Wiley

    Dr Marcus Rowcliffe, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  114. Non-invasive sampling methods for the detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in archived amphibians

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, April 2009, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  115. The Amphibian Trade: Bans or Best Practice?

    Article • EcoHealth, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  116. Using itraconazole to clear Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection, and subsequent depigmentation of Alytes muletensis tadpoles

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, February 2009, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  117. Proteomic and phenotypic profiling of the amphibian pathogenBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisshows that genotype is linked to virulence

    Article • Molecular Ecology, February 2009, Wiley

    Dr Jason Stajich, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  118. Consensus multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii

    Article • Medical Mycology, January 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas G. Mitchell, Professor Matthew C Fisher

  119. Molecular toolkit unlocks life cycle of the panzootic amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  120. Invasive pathogens threaten species recovery programs

    Article • Current Biology, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  121. Persistence of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis outside the amphibian host greatly increases the probability of host extinction

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, February 2008, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  122. Environmental detection of Penicillium marneffei and growth in soil microcosms in competition with Talaromyces stipitatus

    Article • Fungal Ecology, February 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  123. Isolation and identification of the human pathogen Pythium insidiosum from environmental samples collected in Thai agricultural areas

    Article • Medical Mycology, January 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  124. Potential interactions between amphibian immunity, infectious disease and climate change

    Article • Animal Conservation, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  125. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the human oomycete pathogen Pythium insidiosum

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  126. Environmental detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in a temperate climate

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, September 2007, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  127. Attila Lorincz: Nucleic acid testing for human disease, 2006

    Article • Human Genetics, May 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  128. The relationship between the emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the international trade in amphibians and introduced amphibian species

    Article • Fungal Biology Reviews, February 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  129. Climate change and outbreaks of amphibian chytridiomycosis in a montane area of Central Spain; is there a link?

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, January 2007, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  130. Taxonomic and diagnostic markers for identification of Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii

    Article • Medical Mycology, January 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  131. Introduction: species and speciation in micro-organisms

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, November 2006, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  132. The emerging amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis globally infects introduced populations of the North American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2006, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  133. Penicillium marneffei Infection and Recent Advances in the Epidemiology and Molecular Biology Aspects

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, January 2006, ASM Journals

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  134. Low Effective Dispersal of Asexual Genotypes in Heterogeneous Landscapes by the Endemic Pathogen Penicillium marneffei

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, January 2005, PLOS

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  135. Role of Cannomys badius as a Natural Animal Host of Penicillium marneffei in India

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  136. Multilocus Microsatellite Typing System for Penicillium marneffei Reveals Spatially Structured Populations

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  137. Epidemiological and genetic analysis of severe acute respiratory syndrome

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, November 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  138. A highly discriminatory multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) system for Penicillium marneffei

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, September 2004, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  139. Fungal multilocus sequence typing — it’s not just for bacteria

    Article • Current Opinion in Microbiology, August 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  140. Disease surveillance in recombining pathogens: Multilocus genotypes identify sources of human Coccidioides infections

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2002, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  141. Biogeographic range expansion into South America byCoccidioides immitismirrors New World patterns of human migration

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2001, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  142. Phylogenetic Species Recognition and Species Concepts in Fungi

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, October 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  143. A Test for Concordance Between the Multilocus Genealogies of Genes and Microsatellites in the Pathogenic Fungus Coccidioides immitis

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, August 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  144. Inferring infection processes of a parasitic nematode using population genetics

    Article • Parasitology, February 2000, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  145. THEEVOLUTION OFASEXUALFUNGI: Reproduction, Speciation and Classification

    Article • Annual Review of Phytopathology, September 1999, Annual Reviews

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  146. Primers for genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellites in the pathogenic fungus Coccidioides immitis

    Article • Molecular Ecology, June 1999, Wiley

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  147. The population genetic structure of the facultatively sexual parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti in wild rats

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, April 1998, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  148. Microsatellites of the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti

    Article • Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, October 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Matthew C Fisher

  149. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) in fungi

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor Matthew C Fisher