Dr Anna Ludi

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Diagnostics, Vaccinology, Virology

Head of Serology Section, Vesicular Disease Reference Laboratory

Dr Anna Ludi is a member of the Vesicular Disease Reference Laboratories Group, which encompasses the FAO World Reference Laboratory for foot-and mouth disease (WRLFMD) and the European Reference Laboratory for FMD. Her team carries out serological work on foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), swine-vesicular disease virus (SVDV)and vesicular stomatitis virus (VSD). The serological tests are used for the importation and exportation of livestock, to assist with post-vaccination monitoring and vaccine selection. The group also carries out an annual proficiency testing schemes on FMDV and SVDV.

Dr Ludi has a bachelor degree in biotechnology from the Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, a veterinary degree from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, USA and a PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK. Her interests are in the antigenic variability of FMDV including vaccine matching, validation of serological assays and post-vaccination monitoring.

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Early animal studies by Pirbright and Oxford yield promising results for new potential COVID-19 vaccine

Studies at Pirbright demonstrate two doses of Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine boosts immune response in pigs

Pirbright develops universal foot-and-mouth disease virus test

Even small acts can help empower women

Rural poverty in eastern Africa could be reduced with foot-and-mouth disease vaccination strategy

Ulziibat G, Maygmarsuren O, Khishgee B, Basan G, Sandag B, Ruuragc S, Limon G, Wilsden G, Browning C, King D P, Ludi A B, Lyons N A (2020)

Immunogenicity of imported foot-and-mouth vaccines in different species in Mongolia

Vaccine 38 (7) , 1708-1714

Publisher’s version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.12.053

Dekker A, Sanz-Bernardo B, Singanallur N B, Ludi A B, Horsington J, Eble P L, King D P, Vosloo W (2020)

Cross-protection induced by a A/MAY/97 emergency vaccine against intra-serotype heterologous challenge with a foot-and-mouth disease virus from the A/ASIA/G-VII lineage

Vaccines 8 (1) , 24

Publisher’s version: https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8010024

Willems T, De Vleeschauwer A, Perez-Filgueira M, Li Y, Ludi A, Lefebvre D, Wilsden G, Statham B, Haas B, Mattion N, Robiolo B, Beascoechea Perez C, Maradei E, Smitsaart E, La Torre J, De Clercq K (2020)

FMD vaccine matching: inter laboratory study for improved understanding of r1 values

Journal of Virological Methods 276 , 113786

Publisher’s version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2019.113786

Paton D J, Reeve R, Capozzo A V, Ludi A (2019)

Estimating the protection afforded by foot-and-mouth disease vaccines in the laboratory

Vaccine (37) , 515-5524

Publisher’s version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.07.102

Bachanek-Bankowska K, Wadsworth J, Henry E, Ludi A B, Bin-Tarif A, Statham B, King D P, Afzal M, Hussain M, Manzoor S, Abubakar M, Knowles N J (2019)

Genome sequences of antigenically distinct serotype O foot-and-mouth disease viruses from Pakistan

Microbiology Resource Announcements 8 (3) , e01397-18

Publisher’s version: https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01397-18

Casey-Bryars M, Reeve R, Bastola U, Knowles N J, Auty H, Bachanek-Bankowska K, Fowler V L, Fyumagwa R, Kazwala R, Kibona T, King A, King D P, Lankester F, Ludi A B, Lugelo A, Maree F F, Mshanga D, Ndhlovu G, Parekh K, Paton D J, Perry B, Wadsworth J, Parida S, Haydon D T, Marsh T L, Cleaveland S, Lembo T (2018)

Waves of endemic foot-and-mouth disease in eastern Africa suggest feasibility of proactive vaccination approaches

Nature Ecology and Evolution 2 (9) , 1449-1457

Publisher’s version: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0636-x

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Vesicular Disease Reference Laboratory

Dr Anna Ludi

Early animal studies by Pirbright and Oxford yield promising results for new potential COVID-19 vaccine

Studies at Pirbright demonstrate two doses of Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine boosts immune response in pigs

Pirbright develops universal foot-and-mouth disease virus test

Even small acts can help empower women

Rural poverty in eastern Africa could be reduced with foot-and-mouth disease vaccination strategy

Immunogenicity of imported foot-and-mouth vaccines in different species in Mongolia

Cross-protection induced by a A/MAY/97 emergency vaccine against intra-serotype heterologous challenge with a foot-and-mouth disease virus from the A/ASIA/G-VII lineage

FMD vaccine matching: inter laboratory study for improved understanding of r1 values

Estimating the protection afforded by foot-and-mouth disease vaccines in the laboratory

Genome sequences of antigenically distinct serotype O foot-and-mouth disease viruses from Pakistan

Waves of endemic foot-and-mouth disease in eastern Africa suggest feasibility of proactive vaccination approaches

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