2009

Markov PV, Pepin J, Frost E, Deslandes S, Labbé AC, Pybus OG. The phylogeography and molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus genotype 2 in Africa. Journal of General Virology 90:2086-96

Pybus OG, Barnes E, Taggart R, Lemey P, Markov PV, Rasachak B, Syhavong B, Rattanaphone P, Sheridan I, Humphreys IS, Lu L, Newton P, Klenerman P. The genetic history of the hepatitis C virus in East Asia. Journal of Virology 83:1071-82

2007

Pybus OG, Markov P, Wu A, Tatem AJ. Investigating the endemic transmission of the hepatitis C Virus. International Journal of Parasitology 37:839-49

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Department of Zoology

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Coming from clinical and field epidemiology background, I joined the group because of my interest in applying evolutionary thinking in addressing disease research problems. Currently I pursue this interest by studying the evolution of hepatitis C virus as a means to understand its transmission and migration patterns, ability to evade the host immune response as well as infer the virus’ epidemiological history prior to its discovery in 1989. After a project addressing the mystery of the endemic transmission mechanisms of the virus and two more focussing on phylogeography and epidemic history in South-East Asia and West Africa I now examine the adaptation of the virus to the HLA I alleles in human populations using a combination of statistical and phylogenetic approaches.