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Sharon J. Peacock

Researcher Next ID · RN-027765

Researcher · Medicine

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, Portugal

Not currently recruitingFunding unknown
Works count
700
Citation count
68,165
H-index
117
i10-index
480

Research interests

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Burkholderia infections and melioidosis
Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

Publications

  • Antimicrobial resistance: a concise update

    The Lancet Microbe · 2024 · 10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.07.010

  • SARS-CoV-2 variant biology: immune escape, transmission and fitness

    Nature Reviews Microbiology · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-022-00841-7

  • SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike mutations and immune escape

    Nature Reviews Microbiology · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-021-00573-0

  • Pathophysiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

    JAMA · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.12839

  • Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate cases of health-care associated COVID-19: a prospective genomic surveillance study

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30562-4

  • Human placenta has no microbiome but can contain potential pathogens

    Nature · 2019 · 10.1038/s41586-019-1451-5

  • Recognizing the reagent microbiome

    Nature Microbiology · 2018 · 10.1038/s41564-018-0202-y

  • Melioidosis

    Nature Reviews Disease Primers · 2018 · 10.1038/nrdp.2017.107

  • Predicted global distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei and burden of melioidosis

    Nature Microbiology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2015.8

  • Mechanisms of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

    Annual Review of Biochemistry · 2015 · 10.1146/annurev-biochem-060614-034516

  • Whole-genome sequencing to identify transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus between patients with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study

    The Lancet · 2013 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60632-7

  • Routine Use of Microbial Whole Genome Sequencing in Diagnostic and Public Health Microbiology

    PLoS Pathogens · 2012 · 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002824

  • Melioidosis

    New England Journal of Medicine · 2012 · 10.1056/nejmra1204699

  • Rapid Whole-Genome Sequencing for Investigation of a Neonatal MRSA Outbreak

    New England Journal of Medicine · 2012 · 10.1056/nejmoa1109910

  • Emergence and global spread of epidemic healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile

    Nature Genetics · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2478

  • Whole-genome sequencing for analysis of an outbreak of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a descriptive study

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2012 · 10.1016/s1473-3099(12)70268-2

  • Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with a novel mecA homologue in human and bovine populations in the UK and Denmark: a descriptive study

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2011 · 10.1016/s1473-3099(11)70126-8

  • Evolution of MRSA During Hospital Transmission and Intercontinental Spread

    Science · 2010 · 10.1126/science.1182395

  • Increasing Incidence of Human Melioidosis in Northeast Thailand

    American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2010 · 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0038

  • Melioidosis: insights into the pathogenicity of Burkholderia pseudomallei

    Nature Reviews Microbiology · 2006 · 10.1038/nrmicro1385

  • Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: Evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 10.1073/pnas.0402521101

  • Genomic plasticity of the causative agent of melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 10.1073/pnas.0403302101

  • How Clonal Is Staphylococcus aureus ?

    Journal of Bacteriology · 2003 · 10.1128/jb.185.11.3307-3316.2003

  • Virulent Combinations of Adhesin and Toxin Genes in Natural Populations of Staphylococcus aureus

    Infection and Immunity · 2002 · 10.1128/iai.70.9.4987-4996.2002

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing for Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Clones ofStaphylococcus aureus

    Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2000 · 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1008-1015.2000

Current projects

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