Contact information
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Oliver Pybus
Professor of Evolution & Infectious Disease
Research Interests
My research aims to explain the evolutionary dynamics of pathogens, particularly viral infections of humans, including HIV/AIDS, the hepatitis C virus, and Influenza. I hope to understand how evolutionary and ecological processes - which occur on the same timescale for many pathogens - combine and interact in natural populations.
Additional Information: I am Editor-in-Chief of the journal Virus Evolution, published by Oxford University Press. I am also one of the Department of Zoology's Athena Swan Champions.
Recent publications
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Evolutionary features of a prolific subtype of avian influenza A virus in European waterfowl
Journal article
Wille M. et al, (2022), VIRUS EVOLUTION, 8
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Endogenous viral elements in shrew genomes provide insights into Pestivirus ancient history.
Journal article
Li YQ. et al, (2022), Mol Biol Evol
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Context-specific emergence and growth of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant.
Journal article
McCrone JT. et al, (2022), Nature
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SARS-CoV-2 lineage dynamics in England from September to November 2021: high diversity of Delta sub-lineages and increased transmissibility of AY.4.2.
Journal article
Eales O. et al, (2022), BMC Infect Dis, 22
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Comparing the evolutionary dynamics of predominant SARS-CoV-2 virus lineages co-circulating in Mexico
Castelán-Sánchez H. et al, (2022)