Ms Alice Broos
- Research Technician / Laboratory Manager (Virology)
telephone:
0141 330 2283
email:
Alice.Broos@glasgow.ac.uk
Centre for Virus Research, Garscube Campus, Henry Wellcome Building, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH
Research interests
Member of the Streicker Group.
Publications
2022
Meza, D. K. et al. (2022) Ecological determinants of rabies virus dynamics in vampire bats and spillover to livestock. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 289(1982), 20220860. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0860) (PMID:36069012) (PMCID:PMC9449476)
Griffiths, M. E. , Broos, A. , Bergner, L. M. , Meza, D. K., Suarez, N. M., Da Silva Filipe, A. , Tello, C., Becker, D. J. and Streicker, D. G. (2022) Longitudinal deep sequencing informs vector selection and future deployment strategies for transmissible vaccines. PLoS Biology, 20(4), e3001580. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001580) (PMID:35439242) (PMCID:PMC9017877)
Aggarwal, D. et al. (2022) Genomic assessment of quarantine measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 importation and transmission. Nature Communications, 13, 1012. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28371-z) (PMID:35197443) (PMCID:PMC8866425)
Aggarwal, D. et al. (2022) Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a UK university identifies dynamics of transmission. Nature Communications, 13, 751. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27942-w) (PMID:35136068) (PMCID:PMC8826310)
Twohig, K. A. et al. (2022) Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22(1), pp. 35-42. (doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00475-8) (PMID:34461056) (PMCID:PMC8397301)
2021
Vöhringer, H. S. et al. (2021) Genomic reconstruction of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England. Nature, 600(7889), pp. 506-511. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04069-y) (PMID:34649268) (PMCID:PMC8674138)
Meza, D. K. , Broos, A. , Becker, D. J., Behdenna, A., Willett, B. J. , Viana, M. and Streicker, D. G. (2021) Predicting the presence and titre of rabies virus‐neutralizing antibodies from low‐volume serum samples in low‐containment facilities. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 68(3), pp. 1564-1576. (doi: 10.1111/tbed.13826) (PMID:32931658)
Graham, M. S. et al. (2021) Changes in symptomatology, reinfection, and transmissibility associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7: an ecological study. Lancet Public Health, 6(5), e335-e345. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00055-4)
Volz, E. et al. (2021) Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England. Nature, 593(7858), pp. 266-269. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03470-x) (PMID:33767447)
Hughes, E. C. et al. (2021) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 serosurveillance in a patient population reveals differences in virus exposure and antibody-mediated immunity according to host demography and healthcare setting. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 223(6), pp. 971-980. (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa788) (PMID:33367847) (PMCID:PMC7798933)
Becker, D. J., Broos, A. , Bergner, L. , Meza, D. K. , Simmons, N. B., Fenton, M. B., Altizer, S. and Streicker, D. (2021) Temporal patterns of vampire bat rabies and host connectivity in Belize. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 68(2), pp. 870-879. (doi: 10.1111/tbed.13754) (PMCID:PMC8246562)
Bergner, L. M. , Mollentze, N. , Orton, R. J. , Tello, C., Broos, A. , Biek, R. and Streicker, D. G. (2021) Characterizing and evaluating the zoonotic potential of novel viruses discovered in vampire bats. Viruses, 13(2), 252. (doi: 10.3390/v13020252) (PMID:33562073) (PMCID:PMC7914986)
Bergner, L. M. , Orton, R. J. , Broos, A. , Tello, C., Becker, D. J., Carrera, J. E., Patel, A. H. , Biek, R. and Streicker, D. G. (2021) Diversification of mammalian deltaviruses by host shifting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(3), e201990711. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2019907118) (PMID:33397804) (PMCID:PMC7826387)
2020
Griffiths, M. E. , Bergner, L. M. , Broos, A. , Meza, D. K. , Da Silva Filipe, A. , Davison, A. , Tello, C., Becker, D. J. and Streicker, D. G. (2020) Epidemiology and biology of a herpesvirus in rabies endemic vampire bat populations. Nature Communications, 11, 5951. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19832-4) (PMID:33230120) (PMCID:PMC7683562)
Alm, E. et al. (2020) Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020. Eurosurveillance, 25(32), 2001410. (doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.32.2001410) (PMID:32794443) (PMCID:PMC7427299)
2019
Edson, D. et al. (2019) Time of year, age class and body condition predict Hendra virus infection in Australian black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto). Epidemiology and Infection, 147, e240. (doi: 10.1017/S0950268819001237) (PMID:31364577) (PMCID:PMC6625375)
2017
McMichael, L., Edson, D., Mayer, D., Broos, A. , Kopp, S., Meers, J. and Field, H. (2017) Physiologic biomarkers and hendra virus infection in australian black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 53(1), pp. 111-120. (doi: 10.7589/2016-05-100) (PMID:27723384)
2016
Streicker, D. , Winternitz, J. C., Satterfiled, D. A., Condori-Condori, R. E., Broos, A. , Tello, C., Recuenco, S., Velasco-Villa, A., Altizer, S. and Valderrama, W. (2016) Host-pathogen evolutionary signatures reveal dynamics and future invasions of vampire bat rabies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(39), pp. 10926-10931. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1606587113) (PMID:27621441) (PMCID:PMC5047211)
Field, H.E., Smith, C.S., de Jong, C.E., Melville, D., Broos, A. , Kung, N., Thompson, J. and Dechmann, D.K.N. (2016) Landscape utilisation, animal behaviour and hendra virus risk. EcoHealth, 13(1), pp. 26-38. (doi: 10.1007/s10393-015-1066-8) (PMID:26403793)
2015
Field, H. et al. (2015) Spatiotemporal aspects of hendra virus infection in pteropid bats (Flying-Foxes) in Eastern Australia. PLoS ONE, 10(12), e0144055. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144055) (PMID:26625128) (PMCID:PMC4666458)
Edson, D. et al. (2015) Routes of hendra virus excretion in naturally-infected flying-foxes: implications for viral transmission and spillover risk. PLoS ONE, 10(10), e0140670. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140670) (PMID:26469523) (PMCID:PMC4607162)
Barr, J. et al. (2015) Isolation of multiple novel paramyxoviruses from pteropid bat urine. Journal of General Virology, 96(1), pp. 24-29. (doi: 10.1099/vir.0.068106-0) (PMID:25228492)
2011
Field, H., de Jong, C., Melville, D., Smith, C., Smith, I., Broos, A. , Kung, Y. H. (N.), McLaughlin, A. and Zeddeman, A. (2011) Hendra virus infection dynamics in Australian fruit bats. PLoS ONE, 6(12), e28678. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028678) (PMID:22174865) (PMCID:PMC3235146)
Smith, I. et al. (2011) Identifying hendra virus diversity in pteropid bats. PLoS ONE, 6(9), e25275. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025275) (PMID:21980413) (PMCID:PMC3182206)
2010
Smith, I. L., Smith, G. A. and Broos, A. (2010) Hendra virus. In: Liu, D. (ed.) Molecular Detection of Human Viral Pathogens. CRC Press: Boca Raton, Fla ; London, pp. 471-478. ISBN 9781439812365
Articles
Meza, D. K. et al. (2022) Ecological determinants of rabies virus dynamics in vampire bats and spillover to livestock. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 289(1982), 20220860. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0860) (PMID:36069012) (PMCID:PMC9449476)
Griffiths, M. E. , Broos, A. , Bergner, L. M. , Meza, D. K., Suarez, N. M., Da Silva Filipe, A. , Tello, C., Becker, D. J. and Streicker, D. G. (2022) Longitudinal deep sequencing informs vector selection and future deployment strategies for transmissible vaccines. PLoS Biology, 20(4), e3001580. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001580) (PMID:35439242) (PMCID:PMC9017877)
Aggarwal, D. et al. (2022) Genomic assessment of quarantine measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 importation and transmission. Nature Communications, 13, 1012. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28371-z) (PMID:35197443) (PMCID:PMC8866425)
Aggarwal, D. et al. (2022) Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a UK university identifies dynamics of transmission. Nature Communications, 13, 751. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27942-w) (PMID:35136068) (PMCID:PMC8826310)
Twohig, K. A. et al. (2022) Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22(1), pp. 35-42. (doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00475-8) (PMID:34461056) (PMCID:PMC8397301)
Vöhringer, H. S. et al. (2021) Genomic reconstruction of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England. Nature, 600(7889), pp. 506-511. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04069-y) (PMID:34649268) (PMCID:PMC8674138)
Meza, D. K. , Broos, A. , Becker, D. J., Behdenna, A., Willett, B. J. , Viana, M. and Streicker, D. G. (2021) Predicting the presence and titre of rabies virus‐neutralizing antibodies from low‐volume serum samples in low‐containment facilities. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 68(3), pp. 1564-1576. (doi: 10.1111/tbed.13826) (PMID:32931658)
Graham, M. S. et al. (2021) Changes in symptomatology, reinfection, and transmissibility associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7: an ecological study. Lancet Public Health, 6(5), e335-e345. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00055-4)
Volz, E. et al. (2021) Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England. Nature, 593(7858), pp. 266-269. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03470-x) (PMID:33767447)
Hughes, E. C. et al. (2021) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 serosurveillance in a patient population reveals differences in virus exposure and antibody-mediated immunity according to host demography and healthcare setting. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 223(6), pp. 971-980. (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa788) (PMID:33367847) (PMCID:PMC7798933)
Becker, D. J., Broos, A. , Bergner, L. , Meza, D. K. , Simmons, N. B., Fenton, M. B., Altizer, S. and Streicker, D. (2021) Temporal patterns of vampire bat rabies and host connectivity in Belize. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 68(2), pp. 870-879. (doi: 10.1111/tbed.13754) (PMCID:PMC8246562)
Bergner, L. M. , Mollentze, N. , Orton, R. J. , Tello, C., Broos, A. , Biek, R. and Streicker, D. G. (2021) Characterizing and evaluating the zoonotic potential of novel viruses discovered in vampire bats. Viruses, 13(2), 252. (doi: 10.3390/v13020252) (PMID:33562073) (PMCID:PMC7914986)
Bergner, L. M. , Orton, R. J. , Broos, A. , Tello, C., Becker, D. J., Carrera, J. E., Patel, A. H. , Biek, R. and Streicker, D. G. (2021) Diversification of mammalian deltaviruses by host shifting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(3), e201990711. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2019907118) (PMID:33397804) (PMCID:PMC7826387)
Griffiths, M. E. , Bergner, L. M. , Broos, A. , Meza, D. K. , Da Silva Filipe, A. , Davison, A. , Tello, C., Becker, D. J. and Streicker, D. G. (2020) Epidemiology and biology of a herpesvirus in rabies endemic vampire bat populations. Nature Communications, 11, 5951. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19832-4) (PMID:33230120) (PMCID:PMC7683562)
Alm, E. et al. (2020) Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020. Eurosurveillance, 25(32), 2001410. (doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.32.2001410) (PMID:32794443) (PMCID:PMC7427299)
Edson, D. et al. (2019) Time of year, age class and body condition predict Hendra virus infection in Australian black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto). Epidemiology and Infection, 147, e240. (doi: 10.1017/S0950268819001237) (PMID:31364577) (PMCID:PMC6625375)
McMichael, L., Edson, D., Mayer, D., Broos, A. , Kopp, S., Meers, J. and Field, H. (2017) Physiologic biomarkers and hendra virus infection in australian black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 53(1), pp. 111-120. (doi: 10.7589/2016-05-100) (PMID:27723384)
Streicker, D. , Winternitz, J. C., Satterfiled, D. A., Condori-Condori, R. E., Broos, A. , Tello, C., Recuenco, S., Velasco-Villa, A., Altizer, S. and Valderrama, W. (2016) Host-pathogen evolutionary signatures reveal dynamics and future invasions of vampire bat rabies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(39), pp. 10926-10931. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1606587113) (PMID:27621441) (PMCID:PMC5047211)
Field, H.E., Smith, C.S., de Jong, C.E., Melville, D., Broos, A. , Kung, N., Thompson, J. and Dechmann, D.K.N. (2016) Landscape utilisation, animal behaviour and hendra virus risk. EcoHealth, 13(1), pp. 26-38. (doi: 10.1007/s10393-015-1066-8) (PMID:26403793)
Field, H. et al. (2015) Spatiotemporal aspects of hendra virus infection in pteropid bats (Flying-Foxes) in Eastern Australia. PLoS ONE, 10(12), e0144055. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144055) (PMID:26625128) (PMCID:PMC4666458)
Edson, D. et al. (2015) Routes of hendra virus excretion in naturally-infected flying-foxes: implications for viral transmission and spillover risk. PLoS ONE, 10(10), e0140670. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140670) (PMID:26469523) (PMCID:PMC4607162)
Barr, J. et al. (2015) Isolation of multiple novel paramyxoviruses from pteropid bat urine. Journal of General Virology, 96(1), pp. 24-29. (doi: 10.1099/vir.0.068106-0) (PMID:25228492)
Field, H., de Jong, C., Melville, D., Smith, C., Smith, I., Broos, A. , Kung, Y. H. (N.), McLaughlin, A. and Zeddeman, A. (2011) Hendra virus infection dynamics in Australian fruit bats. PLoS ONE, 6(12), e28678. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028678) (PMID:22174865) (PMCID:PMC3235146)
Smith, I. et al. (2011) Identifying hendra virus diversity in pteropid bats. PLoS ONE, 6(9), e25275. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025275) (PMID:21980413) (PMCID:PMC3182206)
Book Sections
Smith, I. L., Smith, G. A. and Broos, A. (2010) Hendra virus. In: Liu, D. (ed.) Molecular Detection of Human Viral Pathogens. CRC Press: Boca Raton, Fla ; London, pp. 471-478. ISBN 9781439812365