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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Spatial scales of COVID-19 transmission in Mexico
Journal article
Klein B. et al, (2024), PNAS Nexus, 3
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Routes of importation and spatial dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants during localised interventions in Chile
Preprint
Gutierrez B. et al, (2024)
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Ancient chicken remains reveal the origins of virulence in Marek's disease virus.
Journal article
Fiddaman SR. et al, (2023), Science, 382, 1276 - 1281
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Seasonal dynamics of the wild rodent faecal virome.
Journal article
Raghwani J. et al, (2023), Mol Ecol, 32, 4763 - 4776
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Genetic diversity, recombination and cross-species transmission of a waterbird gammacoronavirus in the wild.
Journal article
François S. et al, (2023), J Gen Virol, 104