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A. Gofton · SciRah

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A. Gofton

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A. Gofton — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 23
Works: 41
Citations: 1,706

Most-cited papers

Dietary Cholesterol Modulates Pathogen Blocking by Wolbachia
E. P. Caragata, E. Rancès, Lauren M. Hedges, A. Gofton +3 more
2013PLoS Pathogens252 citations Open access
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Recent insights into the tick microbiome gained through next-generation sequencing
T. Greay, A. Gofton, A. Paparini, U. Ryan +2 more
2018Parasites & Vectors190 citations Open access
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The genus Borrelia reloaded
G. Margos, A. Gofton, D. Wibberg, A. Dangel +4 more
2018PLoS ONE111 citations Open access
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Inhibition of the endosymbiont “Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii” during 16S rRNA gene profiling reveals potential pathogens in Ixodes ticks from Australia
A. Gofton, C. Oskam, N. Lo, T. Beninati +9 more
2015Parasites & Vectors110 citations Open access
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Novel Borrelia species detected in echidna ticks, Bothriocroton concolor, in Australia
Siew-May Loh, A. Gofton, N. Lo, Amber K. Gillett +3 more
2016Parasites & Vectors76 citations Open access
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Bacterial Profiling Reveals Novel “Ca. Neoehrlichia”, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma Species in Australian Human-Biting Ticks
A. Gofton, S. Doggett, A. Ratchford, C. Oskam +3 more
2015PLoS ONE67 citations Open access
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Theileria annae (syn. Babesia microti-like) infection in dogs in NW Spain detected using direct and indirect diagnostic techniques: clinical report of 75 cases
G. Miró, R. Checa, A. Paparini, Nieves Ortega +7 more
2015Parasites & Vectors66 citations Open access
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Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in animals inhabiting drinking water catchments in three states across Australia.
A. Zahedi, Paul Monis, A. Gofton, C. Oskam +5 more
2018Water Research65 citations
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Characterisation and comparison of bacterial communities on reverse osmosis membranes of a full-scale desalination plant by bacterial 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding
V. Nagaraj, L. Skillman, G. Ho, Dan Li +1 more
2017npj Biofilms and Microbiomes65 citations Open access
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A survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of companion animals in Australia
T. Greay, C. Oskam, A. Gofton, R. Rees +2 more
2016Parasites & Vectors64 citations Open access
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Increased genetic diversity and prevalence of co-infection with Trypanosoma spp. in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and their ticks identified using next-generation sequencing (NGS)
A. Barbosa, A. Gofton, A. Paparini, Annachiara Codello +5 more
2017PLoS ONE56 citations Open access
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Controversies in bacterial taxonomy: The example of the genus Borrelia.
G. Margos, V. Fingerle, S. Cutler, A. Gofton +2 more
2019Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases53 citations
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Evaluation of 16S next-generation sequencing of hypervariable region 4 in wastewater samples: An unsuitable approach for bacterial enteric pathogen identification.
T. Greay, A. Gofton, A. Zahedi, A. Paparini +3 more
2019Science of the Total Environment51 citations Open access
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Profiling the diversity of Cryptosporidium species and genotypes in wastewater treatment plants in Australia using next generation sequencing.
A. Zahedi, A. Gofton, T. Greay, Paul Monis +6 more
2018Science of the Total Environment47 citations
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Phylogenetic characterisation of two novel Anaplasmataceae from Australian Ixodes holocyclus ticks: 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia australis' and 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia arcana'.
A. Gofton, S. Doggett, A. Ratchford, U. Ryan +1 more
2016International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology47 citations Open access
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Next Generation Sequencing uncovers within-host differences in the genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium gp60 subtypes.
A. Zahedi, A. Gofton, Fu-Chun Jian, A. Paparini +4 more
2017International Journal of Parasitology43 citations
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Comparison of Sanger and next generation sequencing performance for genotyping Cryptosporidium isolates at the 18S rRNA and actin loci.
A. Paparini, A. Gofton, Rong-Chang Yang, N. White +2 more
2015Experimental parasitology41 citations Open access
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Genome-wide analysis of Borrelia turcica and 'Candidatus Borrelia tachyglossi' shows relapsing fever-like genomes with unique genomic links to Lyme disease Borrelia.
A. Gofton, G. Margos, V. Fingerle, S. Hepner +4 more
2018Infection, Genetics and Evolution38 citations
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Detection and phylogenetic characterisation of novel Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in Amblyomma triguttatum subsp. from four allopatric populations in Australia.
A. Gofton, H. Waudby, S. Petit, T. Greay +2 more
2017Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases36 citations
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Cryptosporidium homai n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiiae) from the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus).
A. Zahedi, Z. Durmic, A. Gofton, S. Kueh +5 more
2017Veterinary parasitology35 citations Open access
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Metatranscriptomic profiling reveals diverse tick‐borne bacteria, protozoans and viruses in ticks and wildlife from Australia
A. Gofton, K. Blasdell, Casey L. Taylor, P. B. Banks +7 more
2022Transboundary and Emerging Diseases31 citations Open access
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Rejection of the name Borreliella and all proposed species comb. nov. placed therein.
G. Margos, S. Castillo-Ramírez, S. Cutler, R. Dessau +15 more
2020International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology28 citations Open access
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Seventy-eight entire mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes provide insight into the phylogeny of the hard ticks, particularly the Haemaphysalis species, Africaniella transversale and Robertsicus elaphensis.
S. Kelava, B. Mans, R. Shao, D. Barker +6 more
2022Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases24 citations Open access
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A high fidelity approach to assembling the complex Borrelia genome
S. Hepner, K. Kuleshov, Ave Tooming-Kunderud, Nikolas Alig +11 more
2023BMC Genomics23 citations Open access
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A novel Ehrlichia species in blood and Ixodes ornithorhynchi ticks from platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in Queensland and Tasmania, Australia.
A. Gofton, Siew-May Loh, A. Barbosa, A. Paparini +5 more
2017Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases23 citations
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Molecular investigation into the presence of a Coxiella sp. in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks in Australia.
C. Oskam, A. Gofton, T. Greay, Rongchang Yang +3 more
2017Veterinary Microbiology21 citations
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Comment on: Gupta, 2019, distinction between Borrelia and Borreliella is more robustly supported by molecular and phenotypic characteristics than all other neighbouring prokaryotic genera: Response to Margos' et al. "The genus Borrelia reloaded" (PLoS One 13(12): e0208432). PLoS One 14(8):e0221397.
G. Margos, V. Fingerle, C. Oskam, Brian Stevenson +1 more
2019Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases11 citations
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Characterisation and comparative genomics of three new Varanus-associated Borrelia spp. from Indonesia and Australia
A. Gofton, Angel Popa-Baez, Ai Takano, Kari F. Soennichsen +6 more
2023Parasites & Vectors10 citations Open access
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Comparison of morphological and molecular methods to identify the diet of a generalist omnivore
Stuart J. Dawson, Natasha E. Tay, T. Greay, A. Gofton +2 more
2020Wildlife research (East Melbourne)9 citations
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Next generation sequencing reveals widespread trypanosome diversity and polyparasitism in marsupials from Western Australia
Crystal Cooper, S. Keatley, A. Northover, A. Gofton +5 more
2018International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife9 citations Open access
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Rethinking Coxiella infections in Australia
C. Oskam, J. M. Owens, Annachiara Codello, A. Gofton +1 more
20183 citations Open access
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Theileria annae (syn. Babesia microti-like) infection in dogs in NW Spain detected using direct and indirect diagnostic techniques: clinical report of 75 cases
G. Miró, R. Checa, A. Paparini, Nieves Ortega +7 more
2015Parasites & Vectors3 citations Open access
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An invasive human commensal and a native marsupial maintain tick populations at the urban fringe
Casey L. Taylor, Siobhon L. Egan, A. Gofton, P. Irwin +3 more
2023Medical and Veterinary Entomology2 citations Open access
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Insights into the microbiome of ticks from Australian companion animals
T. Greay, A. Zahedi, Anna-Sheree Krige, A. Owens +6 more
20171 citations
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Comparison of Sanger and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for typing Cryptosporidium isolates
A. Paparini, Rong-Chang Yang, A. Gofton, J. Ng-Hublin +3 more
20141 citations
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O 2 . Lost in plasmids continued – The complexity of Borrelia plasmid reconstruction
S. Hepner, K. Kuleshov, Ave Tooming-Kunderud, Nikolas Alig +9 more
20210 citations
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Rejection of the name Borreliella gen. nov. and all proposed species comb. nov. placed therein. Request for an opinion
G. Margos, Brian Stevenson, A. Gofton, C. Oskam +3 more
20200 citations
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Long-term monitoring of Cryptosporidiumin animals inhabiting drinking water catchments in three states across Australia
A. Zahedi, Paul Monis, A. Gofton, C. Oskam +5 more
20190 citations
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Molecular discovery and genomic characterisation of Australian Tick-bourne bacteria
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20180 citations
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Metagenomic analysis of Cryptosporidium species and genotypes in wastewater treatment plants
A. Zahedi, A. Gofton, T. Greay, Paul Monis +6 more
20180 citations
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Babesia microti-like (Theileria annae) DNA in blood and in Ixodes hexagonus from sick dogs living in northern Spain
G. Miró, R. Checa, A. Paparini, A. Gofton +1 more
20140 citations
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