Dr Don King

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Group Leader

Diagnostics, Epidemiology, Virology

Dr Donald King is Head of the Vesicular Disease Reference Laboratory Group and leads the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) World Reference Laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease (WRLFMD). He has a background in veterinary virology and immunology (University of Leeds, University of California, Davis, USA), and has research interests in understanding the processes that drive the evolution of positive-stranded genome viruses such as foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV).

From a practical perspective, work within the group also develops and applies new technologies for the detection and characterisation of important livestock disease agents such as FMDV. These methods underpin the routine diagnostic work of the FMD Reference Laboratory at The Pirbright Institute and are also used to monitor the global patterns of disease, and to recognise new emerging viral lineages that pose threats to the UK and Europe.

Don is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Virological Methods and participates in European collaborative research projects that aim to develop new diagnostic tools (Rapidia-Field), and to use next-generation sequencing approaches for molecular epidemiology.

Don is the OIE expert for foot-and-mouth disease and swine vesicular disease.

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Pirbright study identifies risk factors that drive FMD outbreaks in Asia

Pirbright reports first case of foot-and-mouth disease virus in dogs after eating infected meat

Science Spotlight: Dr Don King

Pirbright case study shows pooled milk can be used for foot-and-mouth disease surveillance

Pirbright demonstrate that testing milk samples could enhance foot-and-mouth disease surveillance in the field

Armson B, Di Nardo A, Nyaguthii D M, Sanz-Bernardo B, Kitala P M, Chepkwony E, Mioulet V, King D P, Lyons N A (2020)

Utilising milk from pooling facilities as a novel approach for foot-and-mouth disease surveillance

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases Early view

Publisher’s version: https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13487

Orton R J, Wright C F, King D P, Haydon D T (2020)

Estimating viral bottleneck sizes for FMDV transmission within and between hosts and implications for the rate of viral evolution

Interface Focus 10 (1) , 20190066

Publisher’s version: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2019.0066

Fereidouni S, Freimanis G L, Orynbayev M, Ribeca P, Flannery J, King D P, Zuther S, Beer M, Hoper D, Kydyrmanov A, Karamendin K, Kock R (2019)

Mass die-off of saiga antelopes, Kazakhstan, 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases 25 (6) , 1169-1176

Publisher’s version: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.180990

Lycett S, Tanya V N, Hall M, King D P, Mazeri S, Mioulet V, Knowles N J, Wadsworth J, Bachanek-Bankowska K, Ngu Ngwa V, Morgan K L, Bronsvoort B M C (2019)

The evolution and phylodynamics of serotype A and SAT2 foot-and-mouth disease viruses in endemic regions of Africa

Scientific Reports 9 , 5614

Publisher’s version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41995-4

Teye M V, Sebunya T K, Fana E M, King D P, Seoke L, Knowles N J, Awuni J A, Matlho G, Leteane M, Hyera J M K (2019)

Foot-and-mouth disease in Southern Ghana: occurrence and molecular characterization of circulating viruses

Tropical Animal Health and Production 51 (6) , 1667-1677

Publisher’s version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-019-01864-8

Armson B, Wadsworth J, Kibona T, Mshanga D, Fowler V L, Knowles N J, Mioulet V, Reeve R, King D P, Bachanek-Bankowska K, Lembo T (2019)

Opportunities for enhanced surveillance of foot-and-mouth disease in endemic settings using milk samples

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 66 (3) , 1405-1410

Publisher’s version: https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13146

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Vesicular Disease Reference Laboratory

Dr Don King

Pirbright study identifies risk factors that drive FMD outbreaks in Asia

Pirbright reports first case of foot-and-mouth disease virus in dogs after eating infected meat

Science Spotlight: Dr Don King

Pirbright case study shows pooled milk can be used for foot-and-mouth disease surveillance

Pirbright demonstrate that testing milk samples could enhance foot-and-mouth disease surveillance in the field

Utilising milk from pooling facilities as a novel approach for foot-and-mouth disease surveillance

Estimating viral bottleneck sizes for FMDV transmission within and between hosts and implications for the rate of viral evolution

Mass die-off of saiga antelopes, Kazakhstan, 2015

The evolution and phylodynamics of serotype A and SAT2 foot-and-mouth disease viruses in endemic regions of Africa

Foot-and-mouth disease in Southern Ghana: occurrence and molecular characterization of circulating viruses

Opportunities for enhanced surveillance of foot-and-mouth disease in endemic settings using milk samples

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