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Loy, Richard Paul (2013). Development of a Pathogen Profiling Approach for Detecting and Dissecting Markers of Pathogenicity and Hyper-Variability in Group B Streptococci. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Brookes, Charlotte (2012). High throughput measurement of antibody and complement mediated immunity to meningococcal disease. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Gooch, Karen Elizabeth (2012). A study of immune responses to BCG-immunisation and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in non-human primates. PhD thesis The Open University.

Boakes, Eve (2011). International lineages of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus encoding Panton-Valentine Leukocidin : molecular and phenotypic characteristics and possible impact on therapeutic strategies. PhD thesis The Open University.

Chooneea, Darren Rukesh (2011). Characterisation of the outer membrane proteome of Salmonella Spp. PhD thesis The Open University.

Dhanji, Hiran (2011). Mobile genetic elements in the community spread of CTX-M β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from community, food and environmental sources in the United Kingdom. PhD thesis The Open University.

Hornsey, Michael Andrew (2011). Mechanisms of tigecycline resistance in the Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Bellamy, William (2010). The application of bioinformatics for the study of epidemiology and surveillance of listeria monocytogenes infections. PhD thesis The Open University.

Mohamed, Deqa Hassan A. (2010). Staphylococcus aureus virulence gene studies : a comparative microarray based approach. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Rolfe, Kathryn Jane (2008). Molecular Aspects of Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Associated Mitochondrial DNA Damage. PhD thesis The Open University.

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North, Sarah (2007). Mutational resistance to linezolid and other anti-gram-positive antibiotics in staphylococci. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Swift, Craig (2007). Relationships between bacteriophages and campylobacter. PhD thesis The Open University.

Bishop, Chloe Katherine Brooke (2006). Characterising the variation in genes encoding Salmonella antigens ; emergence of new serotypes and implications for typing. PhD thesis The Open University.

Buckton, Andrew John (2006). Multitypic hepatitis C virus infection. PhD thesis The Open University.

Chowdhury, Nazim (2006). Assessment Of Bacterial Contamination Of Retrieved Musculoskeletal Allograft Tissue. MPhil thesis The Open University.

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Mitchell, Judy Anne (2006). Human metapneumovirus: Investigation of epidemiology strain diversity and human immune response. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Coelho, Juliana de Macedo (2005). Molecular and biochemical investigation of carbapenem-resistant isolates of Acinetobacter spp. PhD thesis The Open University.

Simmonds, Mirjam Ku (2005). Measles virus matrix gene mutations and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. PhD thesis The Open University.

Strauss, Susanne (2005). Studies on the molecular epidemiology of human papillomaviruses. PhD thesis The Open University.

Best, Emma Louisa (2004). Molecular detection methods for the investigation of potential sources of Campylobacter infection. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Chisholm, Stephanie Angela (2004). Developing the role of PCR for detection and characterisation of helicobacters in human infection. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Lopman, Benjamin Alan (2004). Epidemology, determinants and economic impact of healthcare associated gastroenteritis outbreaks. The Open University.

Clode, Fiona Elizabeth (2003). Genotypic And Phenotypic Characterisation Of Isolates Of Burkholderia cepacia From Cystic Fibrosis. MPhil thesis The Open University.

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Mbopi-Kéou, Franҫois-Xavier (2002). The Role of Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) as a cofactor in HIV transmission. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Elliot, Alexander James (2001). The Evolution of the Matrix Genes of Human Influenza A and Relationships to Functional Properties. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Scott, Fiona Wendy (2001). Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism typing of Salmonella and Escherichia coli O157. PhD thesis The Open University.

Vyse, Andrew J. (2001). The epidemiology of vaccine preventable virus infections: studies of rubella virus and hepatitis B virus infections performed by oral fluid testing. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Iturriza-Gómara, Miren (2000). Molecular epidemiology of human rotavirus infections in the UK. PhD thesis The Open University.

Jenkins, Claire (2000). The human antibody response to infection with Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli.. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Lawson, Andrew Jeffrey (2000). The prevalence of Campylobacter species in human gastroenteritis: a molecular approach. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Desai, Meeta (1999). Molecular epidemiological typing of Streptococcus pyogenes. PhD thesis The Open University.

Linton, Dennis (1997). Phylogenetic studies of novel Campylobacter and Helicobacter species and characterisation of intervening sequences in their 16S rRNA genes. PhD thesis The Open University.

Ridley, Anne McAlpine (1996). Epidemiological typing of Listeria monocytogenes. PhD thesis The Open University.

Baquar, Namoos (1995). Molecular epidemiological typing of Salmonella with the DNA insertion sequence IS200. PhD thesis The Open University.

Gallimore, Christopher Ian (1995). Detection and Characterisation of Picobirnaviruses in Human and Rabbit Faeces. MPhil thesis The Open University.

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Said, Bengü (1995). Vibrio cholerae non-01 and V. mimicus in diarrhoeal disease : a study of virulence factors. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Birtles, R (1994). The bartonellaceae and related organisms : taxonomic analysis and new methods for detection and identification. PhD thesis The Open University.