Dr Don King

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Diagnostics, Epidemiology, Virology

Dr Donald King is Head of the Vesicular Disease Reference Laboratory Group and leads the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) World Reference Laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease (WRLFMD). He has a background in veterinary virology and immunology (University of Leeds, University of California, Davis, USA), and has research interests in understanding the processes that drive the evolution of positive-stranded genome viruses such as foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV).

From a practical perspective, work within the group also develops and applies new technologies for the detection and characterisation of important livestock disease agents such as FMDV. These methods underpin the routine diagnostic work of the FMD Reference Laboratory at The Pirbright Institute and are also used to monitor the global patterns of disease, and to recognise new emerging viral lineages that pose threats to the UK and Europe.

Don is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Virological Methods and participates in European collaborative research projects that aim to develop new diagnostic tools (Rapidia-Field), and to use next-generation sequencing approaches for molecular epidemiology.

Don is the OIE expert for foot-and-mouth disease and swine vesicular disease.

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Pirbright study identifies risk factors that drive FMD outbreaks in Asia

Pirbright reports first case of foot-and-mouth disease virus in dogs after eating infected meat

Science Spotlight: Dr Don King

Pirbright case study shows pooled milk can be used for foot-and-mouth disease surveillance

Pirbright demonstrate that testing milk samples could enhance foot-and-mouth disease surveillance in the field

Erickson A, Fisher M, Furukawa-Stoffer T, Ambagala A, Hodko D, Pasick J, King D P, Nfon C, Ortega Polo R, Lung O (2018)

A multiplex reverse transcription PCR and automated electronic microarray assay for detection and differentiation of seven viruses affecting swine

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 65 (2) , e272-e283

Publisher’s version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12749

Paton D J, Gubbins S, King D P (2018)

Understanding the transmission of foot-and-mouth disease virus at different scales

Current Opinion in Virology 28 , 85-91

Publisher’s version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coviro.2017.11.013

Howson E L A, Soldan A, Webster K, Beer M, Zientara S, Belák S, Sánchez-Vizcaíno J M, Van Borm S, King D P, Fowler V L (2017)

Technological advances in veterinary diagnostics: opportunities to deploy rapid decentralised tests to detect pathogens affecting livestock.

Revue Scientifique et Technique 36 (2) , 479-498

Goller K V, Dill V, Madi M, Martin P, Van der Stede Y, Vandenberge V, Haas B, Van Borm S, Koenen F, Kasanga C J, Ndusilo N, Beer M, Liu L, Mioulet V, Armson B, King D P, Fowler V L (2017)

Rapid and simple detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus: Evaluation of a cartridge-based molecular detection system for use in basic laboratories

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 65 (2) , 578-584

Publisher’s version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12744

Lyons N A, Ludi A B, Wilsden G, Hamblin P, Qasim I A, Gubbins S, King D P (2017)

Evaluation of a polyvalent foot-and-mouth disease virus vaccine containing A Saudi-95 against field challenge on large-scale dairy farms in Saudi Arabia with the emerging A/ASIA/G-VII viral lineage

Vaccine 35 (49 pt B) , 6850-6857

Publisher’s version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.10.029

Saduakassova M A, Sultanov A A, Kutumbetov L B, Wadsworth J, Wood B A, Knowles N J, King D P, Bachanek-Bankowska K (2017)

Development and evaluation of a novel real-time RT-PCR to detect foot-and-mouth disease viruses from the emerging A/ASIA/G-VII lineage

Journal of Virological Methods 252 , 37-41

Publisher’s version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2017.10.023

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Vesicular Disease Reference Laboratory

Dr Don King

Pirbright study identifies risk factors that drive FMD outbreaks in Asia

Pirbright reports first case of foot-and-mouth disease virus in dogs after eating infected meat

Science Spotlight: Dr Don King

Pirbright case study shows pooled milk can be used for foot-and-mouth disease surveillance

Pirbright demonstrate that testing milk samples could enhance foot-and-mouth disease surveillance in the field

A multiplex reverse transcription PCR and automated electronic microarray assay for detection and differentiation of seven viruses affecting swine

Understanding the transmission of foot-and-mouth disease virus at different scales

Technological advances in veterinary diagnostics: opportunities to deploy rapid decentralised tests to detect pathogens affecting livestock.

Rapid and simple detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus: Evaluation of a cartridge-based molecular detection system for use in basic laboratories

Evaluation of a polyvalent foot-and-mouth disease virus vaccine containing A Saudi-95 against field challenge on large-scale dairy farms in Saudi Arabia with the emerging A/ASIA/G-VII viral lineage

Development and evaluation of a novel real-time RT-PCR to detect foot-and-mouth disease viruses from the emerging A/ASIA/G-VII lineage

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