Derek Gatherer

Lancaster University — United Kingdom

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments(22), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(19), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research(19), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research(15), Viral Infections and Vectors(15)

Publications185 total

Anti-Vaccination Discourse in Victorian England : Key Semantic Domains and Parallels with Present-Day Anti-Vaccination Arguments
Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University)·2025
Anti-Vaccination Discourse in Victorian England
2025
Molecular detection of parasites and host preference in wild-caught <i>Culicoides</i> biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Chiang Mai and Nakhon Si Thammarat Provinces, Thailand
Parasite·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
A one-step multiplex qPCR assay for simultaneous identification and quantification of <i>Leishmania martiniquensis</i> and <i>Leishmania orientalis</i>/<i>Leishmania chancei</i> and detection and quantification of trypanosomatids in clinical samples
Parasite·2025Open Access
Measles is the most infectious disease known to science – adults should consider getting another MMR vaccine
2024
Some believe the 1889 Russian flu pandemic was actually caused by a coronavirus – here’s why that’s unlikely
2024
Victorian Britain had its own anti-vaxxers – and they helped bring down a government
2023
The Victorian anti-vaccination discourse corpus (VicVaDis): construction and exploration
Digital Scholarship in the Humanities·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
The Cooperative Neuron: Cellular Foundations of Mental Life. By William A.Phillips. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2023. 384 pages. $65.00. (Hardcover).
Zygon®·2023Open Access
Candidate historical events for the emergence of Human Coronavirus OC43: A critical reassessment of the molecular evidence
PLoS ONE·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Genomic analysis of two phlebotomine sand fly vectors of Leishmania from the New and Old World
PLoS neglected tropical diseases·2023· 24 citedOpen Access
Chromosome-Scale Assembly of the Complete Genome Sequence of Leishmania (Mundinia) procaviensis Isolate 253, Strain LV425
Microbiology Resource Announcements·2023Open Access
Discourses on the “English Sweat” in the Early English Books Online Corpus
Preprints.org·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Hunting for Previous Coronavirus Pandemics Using Corpus Linguistic Analysis of 19th Century British Newspapers
Preprints.org·2022Open Access
Genomic Analysis of Two Phlebotomine Sand Fly Vectors of <i>Leishmania</i> from the New and Old World
2022Open Access
‘Am I being unreasonable to vaccinate my kids against my ex’s wishes?’ – A corpus linguistic exploration of conflict in vaccination discussions on Mumsnet Talk’s AIBU forum
Discourse Context & Media·2022· 19 citedOpen Access
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Herpesviridae 2021
Journal of General Virology·2021· 225 citedOpen Access
BioFutures
2021
Chromosome-Scale Assembly of the Complete Genome Sequence of Porcisia hertigi, Isolate C119, Strain LV43
Microbiology Resource Announcements·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Chromosome-Scale Assembly of the Complete Genome Sequence of <i>Leishmania</i> ( <i>Mundinia</i> ) sp. Ghana, Isolate GH5, Strain LV757
Microbiology Resource Announcements·2021Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Andrew J. Davison(17), Duncan J. McGeoch(8), Aidan Dolan(7), Charles Cunningham(5), Derrick J. Dargan(5), Gavin W. G. Wilkinson(5), Rosemary J. Akhurst(4), Katarina Baluchova(3), Moriah L. Szpara(3), Neil McEwan(3), Alain Vanderplasschen(3), Pedro A. Reche(3), Darren R. Flower(3), Ralph D. Hector(2), Clare Addison(2), Vincent C. Emery(2), Paul Griffiths(2), Pawel Herzyk(2), James P. Stewart(2), Thomas B. Waltzek(2)