Dr Katarina Oravcova
- Lecturer (Infectious Disease Ecology)
telephone:
01413304015
email:
Katarina.Oravcova@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, Jarrett Building, OHRBID Lab (Room 337), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1QH
Research interests
Publications
2025
Pagnossin, Davide, Smith, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-4078, Weir, William
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X, McDonald, Eisin, Coelho, Juliana, Ure, Roisin and Oravcová, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803
(2025)
Epidemiological and genomic characterisation of an outbreak of Streptococcus pyogenes emm5.23.
Journal of Infection,
(doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106498)
(In Press)
Sajib, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Brunker, Kirstyn
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6299, Everest, Paul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-8048, Galarion, Ma Jowina H., Fuentes, Manuel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9253-316X, Wilson, Catherine, Murphy, Michael E. and Forde, Taya
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826
(2025)
MultiSeq-AMR: a modular amplicon-sequencing workflow for rapid detection of bloodstream infection and antimicrobial resistance markers.
Microbial Genomics, 11(4),
001383.
(doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001383)
2024
Silago, Vitus, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Matthews, Louise
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-8367, Mshana, Stephen E, Claus, Heike and Seni, Jeremiah
(2024)
Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance trends of pathogens causing urinary tract infections in Mwanza, Tanzania: a comparative study during and after the implementation of the National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (2017-2022).
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 147,
107208.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107208)
(PMID:39128601)
Dirks, R. P. et al. (2024) The human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the fish pathogen Mycobacterium marinum trigger a core set of late innate immune response genes in zebrafish larvae. Biology, 13(9), 688. (doi: 10.3390/biology13090688)
Sajib, Mohammad Saiful Islam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3962-9805, Brunker, Kirstyn
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6299, Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Everest, Paul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-8048, Murphy, Michael E. and Forde, Taya
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826
(2024)
Advances in host depletion and pathogen enrichment methods for rapid sequencing-based diagnosis of bloodstream infection.
Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 26(9),
pp. 741-753.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2024.05.008)
(PMID:38925458)
Parcell, Benjamin J., Pettigrew, Kerry A. and Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803
(2024)
Application of pathogen genomics to outbreak investigation.
In: Gillespie, Stephen H. (ed.)
Antibiotic Resistance Protocols.
Series: Methods in molecular biology (MIMB) (2833).
Humana: New York, NY, pp. 161-183.
ISBN 9781071639801
(doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3981-8_16)
2023
Akhmetova, A. et al. (2023) Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in sympatric badger and cattle populations in Northern Ireland. Microbial Genomics, 9(5), 001023. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001023) (PMID:37227264) (PMCID:PMC10272874)
Pagnossin, Davide, Weir, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X, Smith, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-4078, Fuentes, Manuel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9253-316X, Coelho, Juliana and Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803
(2023)
Streptococcus canis genomic epidemiology reveals the potential for zoonotic transfer.
Microbial Genomics, 9(3),
000974.
(doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000974)
(PMID:37000493)
(PMCID:PMC10132062)
2022
Neffe, Lisa, Forde, Taya L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Köhler, Ute, Bautsch, Wilfried, Tomasch, Jürgen and Häussler, Susanne
(2022)
Genomic epidemiology of clinical ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a German hospital suggests infections are primarily community- and regionally-acquired.
Microbial Genomics, 8(12),
000901.
(doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000901)
(PMID:36748515)
(PMCID:PMC9837565)
Pagnossin, Davide, Smith, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-4078, Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803 and Weir, William
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X
(2022)
Streptococcus canis, the underdog of the genus.
Veterinary Microbiology, 273,
109524.
(doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2022.109524)
(PMID:35933975)
Kovacs, Dory, Silago, Vitus, Msanga, Delfina R., Mshana, Stephen E., Seni, Jeremiah, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803 and Matthews, Louise
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-8367
(2022)
The hospital environment versus carriage: transmission pathways for third-generation cephalosporin-resistant bacteria in blood in neonates in a low-resource country healthcare setting.
Scientific Reports, 12,
8347.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11626-6)
(PMID:35589773)
(PMCID:PMC9120020)
Dennis, Tristan P.W., Mable, Barbara K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-4116, Brunelle, Brian, Devault, Alison, Carter, Ryan W., Ling, Clare L., Mmbaga, Blandina T., Halliday, Jo E.B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1329-9035, Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803 and Forde, Taya L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826
(2022)
Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for challenging-to-culture bacteria of public health importance.
Microbial Genomics, 8(5),
000836.
(doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000836)
(PMID:35622897)
(PMCID:PMC9465068)
Benavides, Julio A., Godreuil, Sylvain, Opazo-Capurro, Andres, Mahamat, Oumar O., Falcon, Nestor, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Streicker, Daniel G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 and Shiva, Carlos
(2022)
Long-term maintenance of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli carried by vampire bats and shared with livestock in Peru.
Science of the Total Environment, 810,
152045.
(doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152045)
(PMID:34883172)
2021
Kovacs, Dory, Msanga, Delfina R., Mshana, Stephen E., Bilal, Muhammad, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803 and Matthews, Louise
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-8367
(2021)
Developing practical clinical tools for predicting neonatal mortality at a neonatal intensive care unit in Tanzania.
BMC Pediatrics, 21,
537.
(doi: 10.1186/s12887-021-03012-4)
(PMID:34852794)
(PMCID:PMC8638252)
Silago, Vitus, Kovacs, Dory, Samson, Happyness, Seni, Jeremiah, Matthews, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-8367, Oravcová, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Lupindu, Athumani M., Hoza, Abubakar S. and Mshana, Stephen E.
(2021)
Existence of multiple ESBL genes among phenotypically confirmed ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli concurrently isolated from clinical, colonization and contamination samples from neonatal units at Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Antibiotics, 10(5),
476.
(doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10050476)
(PMID:33919117)
(PMCID:PMC8143173)
Pagnossin, Davide, Smith, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-4078, Weir, William
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X, Crestani, Chiara, Lindsay, Diane, Ure, Roisin and Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803
(2021)
Complete genome sequences of three invasive strains of Streptococcus pyogenes subtype emm5.23 isolated in Scotland.
Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(15),
e00101-21.
(doi: 10.1128/MRA.00101-21)
(PMID:33858921)
(PMCID:PMC8050963)
2020
Silago, Vitus, Kovacs, Dory, Msanga, Delfina R., Seni, Jeremiah, Matthews, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-8367, Oravcová, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Zadoks, Ruth N.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000, Lupindu, Athumani M., Hoza, Abubakar S. and Mshana, Stephen E.
(2020)
Bacteremia in critical care units at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania: the role of colonization and contaminated cots and mothers’ hands in cross-transmission of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria.
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 9,
58.
(doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00721-w)
(PMID:32375857)
(PMCID:PMC7201549)
Sabiiti, Wilber, Mtafya, Bariki, De Lima, Daniela Alferes, Dombay, Evelin, Baron, Vincent O., Azam, Khalide, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Sloan, Derek J. and Gillespie, Stephen H.
(2020)
A tuberculosis molecular bacterial load assay (TB-MBLA).
Journal of Visualized Experiments, 158,
e60460.
(doi: 10.3791/60460)
(PMID:32420999)
Franco-Martínez, Lorena, Martínez-Subiela, Silvia, Cerón, José Joaquín, Tecles, Fernando, Eckersall, Peter David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5254-5502, Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803 and Tvarijonaviciute, Asta
(2020)
Biomarkers of health and welfare: a One Health perspective from the laboratory side.
Research in Veterinary Science, 128,
pp. 299-307.
(doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2019.12.012)
(PMID:31869596)
Sabiiti, W. et al. (2020) Tuberculosis bacillary load, an early marker of disease severity: the utility of tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay. Thorax, 75(7), pp. 606-608. (doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-214238) (PMID:32354738) (PMCID:PMC7361026)
2018
Harkins, C. P. et al. (2018) The widespread use of topical antimicrobials enriches for resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from atopic dermatitis patients. British Journal of Dermatology, 179(4), pp. 951-958. (doi: 10.1111/bjd.16722) (PMID:29729180) (PMCID:PMC6221151)
Parcell, B.J., Oravcova, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Pinheiro, M., Holden, M.T.G., Phillips, G., Turton, J.F. and Gillespie, S.H.
(2018)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa intensive care unit outbreak: winnowing of transmissions with molecular and genomic typing.
Journal of Hospital Infection, 98(3),
pp. 282-288.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.12.005)
(PMID:29229490)
(PMCID:PMC5840502)
Harkins, C. P. et al. (2018) The microevolution and epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus colonization during atopic eczema disease flare. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 138(2), pp. 336-343. (doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.09.023) (PMID:28951239) (PMCID:PMC5780352)
2017
Gillespie, Stephen H., Sabiiti, Wilber and Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803
(2017)
Mycobacterial load assay [Protocol].
In: Bishop-Lilly, K. (ed.)
Diagnostic Bacteriology.
Series: Methods in molecular biology (1616).
Humana Press, pp. 89-105.
ISBN 9781493970353
(doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7037-7_5)
2016
Kaclíková, Eva and Oravcová, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803
(2016)
Identification of thermotolerant Cronobacter strains using multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction.
Journal of Food and Nutrition Research, 55(3),
pp. 278-281.
Koreňová, Janka, Oravcová, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Véghová, Adriana, Karpíšková, Renata and Kuchta, Tomas
(2016)
Biofilm formation in various conditions is not a key factor of persistence potential if Listeria monocytogenes in food-processing environment.
Journal of Food and Nutrition Research, 55(2),
pp. 189-193.
2015
Hammond, Robert J.H., Baron, Vincent O., Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Lipworth, Sam and Gillespie, Stephen H.
(2015)
Phenotypic resistance in mycobacteria: is it because I am old or fat that I resist you?
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70(10),
pp. 2823-2827.
(doi: 10.1093/jac/dkv178)
(PMID:26163401)
Gillespie, S. H. et al. (2015) Genomic investigations unmask Mycoplasma amphoriforme, a new respiratory pathogen. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 60(3), pp. 381-388. (doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu820) (PMID:25344534) (PMCID:PMC4293396)
Hu, Yanmin, Liu, Alexander, Menendez, Maria C., Garcia, Maria J., Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Gillespie, Stephen H., Davies, Gerry R., Mitchison, Denis A. and Coates, Anthony R.M.
(2015)
HspX knock-out in Mycobacterium tuberculosis leads to shorter antibiotic treatment and lower relapse rate in a mouse model – A potential novel therapeutic target.
Tuberculosis, 95(1),
pp. 31-36.
(doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2014.11.002)
(PMID:25481272)
2014
Ling, C. L. et al. (2014) Tools for detection of Mycoplasma amphoriforme: a primary respiratory pathogen? Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(4), pp. 1177-1181. (doi: 10.1128/JCM.03049-13) (PMID:24478412) (PMCID:PMC3993489)
Articles
Pagnossin, Davide, Smith, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-4078, Weir, William
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X, McDonald, Eisin, Coelho, Juliana, Ure, Roisin and Oravcová, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803
(2025)
Epidemiological and genomic characterisation of an outbreak of Streptococcus pyogenes emm5.23.
Journal of Infection,
(doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106498)
(In Press)
Sajib, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Brunker, Kirstyn
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6299, Everest, Paul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-8048, Galarion, Ma Jowina H., Fuentes, Manuel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9253-316X, Wilson, Catherine, Murphy, Michael E. and Forde, Taya
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826
(2025)
MultiSeq-AMR: a modular amplicon-sequencing workflow for rapid detection of bloodstream infection and antimicrobial resistance markers.
Microbial Genomics, 11(4),
001383.
(doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001383)
Silago, Vitus, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Matthews, Louise
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-8367, Mshana, Stephen E, Claus, Heike and Seni, Jeremiah
(2024)
Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance trends of pathogens causing urinary tract infections in Mwanza, Tanzania: a comparative study during and after the implementation of the National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (2017-2022).
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 147,
107208.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107208)
(PMID:39128601)
Dirks, R. P. et al. (2024) The human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the fish pathogen Mycobacterium marinum trigger a core set of late innate immune response genes in zebrafish larvae. Biology, 13(9), 688. (doi: 10.3390/biology13090688)
Sajib, Mohammad Saiful Islam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3962-9805, Brunker, Kirstyn
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6299, Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Everest, Paul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-8048, Murphy, Michael E. and Forde, Taya
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826
(2024)
Advances in host depletion and pathogen enrichment methods for rapid sequencing-based diagnosis of bloodstream infection.
Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 26(9),
pp. 741-753.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2024.05.008)
(PMID:38925458)
Akhmetova, A. et al. (2023) Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in sympatric badger and cattle populations in Northern Ireland. Microbial Genomics, 9(5), 001023. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001023) (PMID:37227264) (PMCID:PMC10272874)
Pagnossin, Davide, Weir, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X, Smith, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-4078, Fuentes, Manuel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9253-316X, Coelho, Juliana and Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803
(2023)
Streptococcus canis genomic epidemiology reveals the potential for zoonotic transfer.
Microbial Genomics, 9(3),
000974.
(doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000974)
(PMID:37000493)
(PMCID:PMC10132062)
Neffe, Lisa, Forde, Taya L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Köhler, Ute, Bautsch, Wilfried, Tomasch, Jürgen and Häussler, Susanne
(2022)
Genomic epidemiology of clinical ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a German hospital suggests infections are primarily community- and regionally-acquired.
Microbial Genomics, 8(12),
000901.
(doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000901)
(PMID:36748515)
(PMCID:PMC9837565)
Pagnossin, Davide, Smith, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-4078, Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803 and Weir, William
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X
(2022)
Streptococcus canis, the underdog of the genus.
Veterinary Microbiology, 273,
109524.
(doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2022.109524)
(PMID:35933975)
Kovacs, Dory, Silago, Vitus, Msanga, Delfina R., Mshana, Stephen E., Seni, Jeremiah, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803 and Matthews, Louise
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-8367
(2022)
The hospital environment versus carriage: transmission pathways for third-generation cephalosporin-resistant bacteria in blood in neonates in a low-resource country healthcare setting.
Scientific Reports, 12,
8347.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11626-6)
(PMID:35589773)
(PMCID:PMC9120020)
Dennis, Tristan P.W., Mable, Barbara K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-4116, Brunelle, Brian, Devault, Alison, Carter, Ryan W., Ling, Clare L., Mmbaga, Blandina T., Halliday, Jo E.B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1329-9035, Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803 and Forde, Taya L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826
(2022)
Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for challenging-to-culture bacteria of public health importance.
Microbial Genomics, 8(5),
000836.
(doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000836)
(PMID:35622897)
(PMCID:PMC9465068)
Benavides, Julio A., Godreuil, Sylvain, Opazo-Capurro, Andres, Mahamat, Oumar O., Falcon, Nestor, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Streicker, Daniel G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 and Shiva, Carlos
(2022)
Long-term maintenance of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli carried by vampire bats and shared with livestock in Peru.
Science of the Total Environment, 810,
152045.
(doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152045)
(PMID:34883172)
Kovacs, Dory, Msanga, Delfina R., Mshana, Stephen E., Bilal, Muhammad, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803 and Matthews, Louise
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-8367
(2021)
Developing practical clinical tools for predicting neonatal mortality at a neonatal intensive care unit in Tanzania.
BMC Pediatrics, 21,
537.
(doi: 10.1186/s12887-021-03012-4)
(PMID:34852794)
(PMCID:PMC8638252)
Silago, Vitus, Kovacs, Dory, Samson, Happyness, Seni, Jeremiah, Matthews, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-8367, Oravcová, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Lupindu, Athumani M., Hoza, Abubakar S. and Mshana, Stephen E.
(2021)
Existence of multiple ESBL genes among phenotypically confirmed ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli concurrently isolated from clinical, colonization and contamination samples from neonatal units at Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Antibiotics, 10(5),
476.
(doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10050476)
(PMID:33919117)
(PMCID:PMC8143173)
Pagnossin, Davide, Smith, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-4078, Weir, William
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X, Crestani, Chiara, Lindsay, Diane, Ure, Roisin and Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803
(2021)
Complete genome sequences of three invasive strains of Streptococcus pyogenes subtype emm5.23 isolated in Scotland.
Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(15),
e00101-21.
(doi: 10.1128/MRA.00101-21)
(PMID:33858921)
(PMCID:PMC8050963)
Silago, Vitus, Kovacs, Dory, Msanga, Delfina R., Seni, Jeremiah, Matthews, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-8367, Oravcová, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Zadoks, Ruth N.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000, Lupindu, Athumani M., Hoza, Abubakar S. and Mshana, Stephen E.
(2020)
Bacteremia in critical care units at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania: the role of colonization and contaminated cots and mothers’ hands in cross-transmission of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria.
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 9,
58.
(doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00721-w)
(PMID:32375857)
(PMCID:PMC7201549)
Sabiiti, Wilber, Mtafya, Bariki, De Lima, Daniela Alferes, Dombay, Evelin, Baron, Vincent O., Azam, Khalide, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Sloan, Derek J. and Gillespie, Stephen H.
(2020)
A tuberculosis molecular bacterial load assay (TB-MBLA).
Journal of Visualized Experiments, 158,
e60460.
(doi: 10.3791/60460)
(PMID:32420999)
Franco-Martínez, Lorena, Martínez-Subiela, Silvia, Cerón, José Joaquín, Tecles, Fernando, Eckersall, Peter David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5254-5502, Oravcova, Katarina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803 and Tvarijonaviciute, Asta
(2020)
Biomarkers of health and welfare: a One Health perspective from the laboratory side.
Research in Veterinary Science, 128,
pp. 299-307.
(doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2019.12.012)
(PMID:31869596)
Sabiiti, W. et al. (2020) Tuberculosis bacillary load, an early marker of disease severity: the utility of tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay. Thorax, 75(7), pp. 606-608. (doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-214238) (PMID:32354738) (PMCID:PMC7361026)
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Parcell, B.J., Oravcova, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Pinheiro, M., Holden, M.T.G., Phillips, G., Turton, J.F. and Gillespie, S.H.
(2018)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa intensive care unit outbreak: winnowing of transmissions with molecular and genomic typing.
Journal of Hospital Infection, 98(3),
pp. 282-288.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.12.005)
(PMID:29229490)
(PMCID:PMC5840502)
Harkins, C. P. et al. (2018) The microevolution and epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus colonization during atopic eczema disease flare. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 138(2), pp. 336-343. (doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.09.023) (PMID:28951239) (PMCID:PMC5780352)
Kaclíková, Eva and Oravcová, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803
(2016)
Identification of thermotolerant Cronobacter strains using multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction.
Journal of Food and Nutrition Research, 55(3),
pp. 278-281.
Koreňová, Janka, Oravcová, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Véghová, Adriana, Karpíšková, Renata and Kuchta, Tomas
(2016)
Biofilm formation in various conditions is not a key factor of persistence potential if Listeria monocytogenes in food-processing environment.
Journal of Food and Nutrition Research, 55(2),
pp. 189-193.
Hammond, Robert J.H., Baron, Vincent O., Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Lipworth, Sam and Gillespie, Stephen H.
(2015)
Phenotypic resistance in mycobacteria: is it because I am old or fat that I resist you?
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70(10),
pp. 2823-2827.
(doi: 10.1093/jac/dkv178)
(PMID:26163401)
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(2015)
HspX knock-out in Mycobacterium tuberculosis leads to shorter antibiotic treatment and lower relapse rate in a mouse model – A potential novel therapeutic target.
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Book Sections
Parcell, Benjamin J., Pettigrew, Kerry A. and Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803
(2024)
Application of pathogen genomics to outbreak investigation.
In: Gillespie, Stephen H. (ed.)
Antibiotic Resistance Protocols.
Series: Methods in molecular biology (MIMB) (2833).
Humana: New York, NY, pp. 161-183.
ISBN 9781071639801
(doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3981-8_16)
Gillespie, Stephen H., Sabiiti, Wilber and Oravcova, Katarina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803
(2017)
Mycobacterial load assay [Protocol].
In: Bishop-Lilly, K. (ed.)
Diagnostic Bacteriology.
Series: Methods in molecular biology (1616).
Humana Press, pp. 89-105.
ISBN 9781493970353
(doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7037-7_5)
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Investigating the role of Mangifera indica extracts on transcriptional changes in clinically important pathogens, Streptococcus pyogenes and Klebsiella pneumoniae
Africa Research Excellence Fund
2023 - 2024
- Supporting the National Action Plan for Antimicrobial Resistance (SNAP-AMR) in Tanzania
Medical Research Council
2018 - 2021
- Supporting the National Action Plan on AMR in Tanzania (SNAP-AMR)
Medical Research Council
2017 - 2018
- SULSA Leaders Award
Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance
2017 - 2017
Supervision
- Fernandez Sanhueza, Bastian Ignacio
Zoonotic pathogen emergence in backyard production systems. - Lau, Yuk Ching Eugene
Understanding the ecology of two emerging bacterial pathogens in Arctic wild ungulates - Lee, Sei Ming
Investigation of the duration of immunity in dogs post-vaccination
Research datasets
2022
Dennis, T., Mable, B. , Brunelle, B., Devault, A., Carter, R., Ling, C., MMBAGA, B. T., Halliday, J. , Oravcova, K. and Forde, T. (2022) Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for difficult-to-culture bacteria of public health importance. [Data Collection]