Desmond P. Leadon

The Genome of a Pathogenic Rhodococcus: Cooptive Virulence Underpinned by Key Gene Acquisitions

Michal Letek, Patricia González, Iain MacArthur et al. · PLoS Genetics · 2010 · 167 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology +17

Molecular Epidemiology of Rhodococcus equi Based on traA, vapA, and vapB Virulence Plasmid Markers

Alain A. Ocampo-Sosa, Deborah Lewis, Jesús Navas et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2007 · 102 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Veterinary Microbiology +15

Evolution of the<i>Rhodococcus equi vap</i>Pathogenicity Island Seen through Comparison of Host-Associated<i>vapA</i>and<i>vapB</i>Virulence Plasmids

Michal Letek, Alain A. Ocampo-Sosa, Mandy Sanders et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 2008 · 102 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +17

Epidemiologic study of results of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of isolates of Rhodococcus equi obtained from horses and horse farms

Noah D. Cohen, Karen E. Smith, Thomas A. Ficht et al. · American Journal of Veterinary Research · 2003 · 32 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Epidemiology, Veterinary Microbiology +13

Investigating the presence of equine piroplasmosis in Ireland

Robert Coultous, Desmond P. Leadon, Brian Shiels et al. · Veterinary Record · 2020 · 11 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Veterinary Parasitology +17