Dr Kym Lowry
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Keywords: Virus, virology, molecular biology, diagnostics
Type of research: Pre-clinical research, basic research
Journal Articles
Lowry, Kym, Bauer, Michelle J., Buckley, Cameron, Wang, Claire, Bordin, Amanda, Badman, Steven, Harris, Patrick N.A., Mackay, Ian and Whiley, David (2023). Evaluation of Illumina® COVIDSeq™ as a Tool for Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Characterisation. Journal of Virological Methods, 322 114827, 1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2023.114827
Hume, Jocelyn, Lowry, Kym, Whiley, David M., Irwin, Adam D., Bletchly, Cheryl and Sweeney, Emma L. (2023). Application of the ViroKey® SQ FLEX assay for detection of cytomegalovirus antiviral resistance. Journal of Clinical Virology, 167 105556, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105556
Li, Junrong, Howard, Christopher B., Dey, Shuvashis, Lowry, Kym, Whiley, David M., Puttick, Simon, Rose, Stephen, Lobb, Richard J., Wuethrich, Alain, Edwardraja, Selvakumar and Trau, Matt (2023). A universal reagent for detection of emerging diseases using bioengineered multifunctional yeast nanofragments. Nature Nanotechnology, 18 (10), 1222-1229. doi: 10.1038/s41565-023-01415-1
Hume, Jocelyn, Sweeney, Emma L., Lowry, Kym, Fraser, Chris, Clark, Julia E., Whiley, David M. and Irwin, Adam D. (2023). Cytomegalovirus in children undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a diagnostic and therapeutic approach to antiviral resistance. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 11 1180392, 1180392. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1180392
Speck, Peter, Mackenzie, Jason, Bull, Rowena A., Slobedman, Barry, Drummer, Heidi, Fraser, Johanna, Herrero, Lara, Helbig, Karla, Londrigan, Sarah, Moseley, Gregory, Prow, Natalie, Hansman, Grant, Edwards, Robert, Ahlenstiel, Chantelle, Abendroth, Allison, Tscharke, David, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Kriiger-Loterio, Robson, Parry, Rhys, Marsh, Glenn, Harding, Emma, Jacques, David A., Gartner, Matthew J., Lee, Wen Shi, McAuley, Julie, Vaz, Paola, Sainsbury, Frank, Tate, Michelle D., Sinclair, Jane ... Young, Paul (2023). Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”. mBio, 14 (3), e0081523. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00815-23
Speck, Peter, Mackenzie, Jason, Bull, Rowena A., Slobedman, Barry, Drummer, Heidi, Fraser, Johanna, Herrero, Lara, Helbig, Karla, Londrigan, Sarah, Moseley, Gregory, Prow, Natalie, Hansman, Grant, Edwards, Robert, Ahlenstiel, Chantelle, Abendroth, Allison, Tscharke, David, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Kriiger-Loterio, Robson, Parry, Rhys, Marsh, Glenn, Harding, Emma, Jacques, David A., Gartner, Matthew J., Lee, Wen Shi, McAuley, Julie, Vaz, Paola, Sainsbury, Frank, Tate, Michelle D., Sinclair, Jane ... Young, Paul (2023). Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”. Journal of Virology, 97 (5), e0045123. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00451-23
Speck, Peter, Mackenzie, Jason, Bull, Rowena A., Slobedman, Barry, Drummer, Heidi, Fraser, Johanna, Herrero, Lara, Helbig, Karla, Londrigan, Sarah, Moseley, Gregory, Prow, Natalie, Hansman, Grant, Edwards, Robert, Ahlenstiel, Chantelle, Abendroth, Allison, Tscharke, David, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Kriiger-Loterio, Robson, Parry, Rhys, Marsh, Glenn, Harding, Emma, Jacques, David A., Gartner, Matthew J., Lee, Wen Shi, McAuley, Julie, Vaz, Paola, Sainsbury, Frank, Tate, Michelle D., Sinclair, Jane ... Young, Paul (2023). Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”. mSphere, 8 (3), e0016523. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00165-23
Vedelago, Courtney, Li, Junrong, Lowry, Kym, Howard, Christopher, Wuethrich, Alain and Trau, Matt (2023). A multiplexed SERS microassay for accurate detection of SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern. ACS Sensors, 8 (4), 1648-1657. doi: 10.1021/acssensors.2c02782
Lowry, Kym, Wang, Claire, Bordin, Amanda, Buckley, Cameron, Badman, Steven, Harris, Patrick, Mackay, Ian and Whiley, David (2022). SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR to screen for B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant of Concern. Diagnostics, 12 (9) 2056, 1-7. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12092056
Sweeney, Emma L., Lowry, Kym, Seel, Mandy, Rahimi, Frashta, Langton-Lockton, Julian, Bletchly, Cheryl, Nimmo, Graeme R. and Whiley, David M. (2022). Two Treponema pallidum strains account for the majority of syphilis infections, including among females, in Queensland, Australia. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 46. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2022.46.26
Bentley, Kirsten, Tee, Han Kang, Pearson, Ashley, Lowry, Kym, Waugh, Sheila, Jones, Siân, Chan, Yoke Fun and Evans, David J. (2021). Isolation and identification of inter-species enterovirus recombinant genomes. Viruses, 13 (12) 2390. doi: 10.3390/v13122390
Sweeney, Emma L., Lowry, Kym, Bletchly, Cheryl, Nimmo, Graeme R. and Whiley, David M. (2021). Mycoplasma genitalium infections can comprise a mixture of both fluoroquinolone-susceptible and fluoroquinolone-resistant strains. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 76 (4), 887-892. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkaa542
Trembizki, Ella, Jennison, Amy V, Buckley, Cameron, Bright, Amy, Holds, Judith, Ward, Alison, Pitt, John, Pendle, Stella, Baird, Rob, Freeman, Kevin, Robson, Jenny, Mhango, Lebogang, Lowry, Kym, Lahra, Monica and Whiley, David (2020). Enhanced molecular surveillance in response to the detection of extensively resistant gonorrhoea in Australia. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 76 (1), 270-271. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkaa402
Ekwudu, O’mezie, Marquart, Louise, Webb, Lachlan, Lowry, Kym S., Devine, Gregor J., Hugo, Leon E. and Frentiu, Francesca D. (2020). Effect of serotype and strain diversity on dengue virus replication in Australian mosquito vectors. Pathogens, 9 (8) 668, 668-14. doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080668
Sweeney, Emma L., Lowry, Kym, Ebeyan, Samantha, Lundgren, Marie and Whiley, David M. (2020). Evaluation of the SpeeDx MG parC (beta) PCR assay for the rapid detection of Mycoplasma genitalium quinolone resistance-associated mutations. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 58 (10) e0143220, 1-2. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01432-20
Gyawali, Narayan, Taylor-Robinson, Andrew W., Bradbury, Richard S., Huggins, David W., Hugo, Leon E., Lowry, Kym and Aaskov, John G. (2019). Identification of the source of blood meals in mosquitoes collected from north-eastern Australia. Parasites and Vectors, 12 (1) 198, 198. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3455-2
Lowry, Kym, Woodman, Andrew, Cook, Jonathan and Evans, David J. (2014). Recombination in enteroviruses is a biphasic replicative process involving the generation of greater-than genome length 'imprecise' intermediates. Plos Pathogens, 10 (6) e1004191, e1004191. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004191
Mutocheluh, M., Hindle, L., Areste, C., Chanas, S. A., Butler, L. M., Lowry, K., Shah, K., Evans, D. J. and Blackbourn, D. J. (2011). Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus viral interferon regulatory factor-2 inhibits type 1 interferon signalling by targeting interferon-stimulated gene factor-3. Journal of General Virology, 92 (10), 2394-2398. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.034322-0
Li, Dongsheng, Lott, William B., Lowry, Kym, Jones, Anita, Thu, Hlaing Myat and Aaskov, John (2011). Defective interfering viral particles in acute dengue infections. Plos One, 6 (4) ARTN e19447, e19447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019447
Aaskov, John, Jones, Anita, Choi, Wilson, Lowry, Kym and Stewart, Emerald (2011). Lineage replacement accompanying duplication and rapid fixation of an RNA element in the nsP3 gene in a species of alphavirus. Virology, 410 (2), 353-359. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.11.025
Jones, Anita, Lowry, Kym, Aaskov, John, Holmes, Edward C. and Kitchen, Andrew (2010). Molecular evolutionary dynamics of Ross River virus and implications for vaccine efficacy. Journal of General Virology, 91 (1), 182-188. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.014209-0
Aaskov, John, Buzacott, Katie, Field, Emma, Lowry, Kym, Berlioz-Arthaud, Alain and Holmes, Edward C. (2007). Multiple recombinant dengue type 1 viruses in an isolate from a dengue patient. Journal of General Virology, 88 (12), 3334-3340. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.83122-0
Reid, Mark, Mackenzie, Donna, Baron, Andrew, Lehmann, Natalie, Lowry, Kym, Aaskov, John, Guirakhoo, Farshad and Monath, Thomas P. (2006). Experimental infection of Culex annulirostris, Culex gelidus, and Aedes vigilax with a yellow fever/Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine chimera (ChimeriVaxTM-JE). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 75 (4), 659-663. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.659
Podder, G., Breiman, R.F., Azim, T., Thu, H.M., Velathanthiri, N., Mai, L.Q., Lowry, K. and Aaskov, J.G. (2006). Origin of dengue type 3 viruses associated with the dengue outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2000 and 2001. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 74 (2), 263-265. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.263
Aaskov, John, Buzacott, Katie, Thu, Hlaing Myat, Lowry, Kym and Holmes, Edward C. (2006). Long-term transmission of defective RNA viruses in humans and Aedes mosquitoes. Science, 311 (5758), 236-238. doi: 10.1126/science.1115030
Thu, Hlaing Myat, Lowry, Kym, Jiang, Limin, Hlaing, Thaung, Holmes, Edward C. and Aaskov, John (2005). Lineage extinction and replacement in dengue type 1 virus populations are due to stochastic events rather than to natural selection. Virology, 336 (2), 163-172. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.03.018
A-Nuegoonpipat, Atchareeya, Berlioz-Arthaud, Alain, Chow, Vincent, Endy, Tim, Lowry, Kym, Mai, Le Quynh, Ninh, Truong Uyen, Pyke, Alyssa, Reid, Mark, Reynes, Jean-Marc, Yun, Se-Thoe Su, Thu, Hlaing Myat, Wong, Sook-San, Holmes, Edward C. and Aaskov, John (2004). Sustained transmission of dengue virus type 1 in the Pacific due to repeated introductions of different Asian strains. Virology, 329 (2), 505-512. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.08.029
Thu, Hlaing Myat, Lowry, Kym, Myint, Thein Thein, Shwe, Than Nu, Han, Aye Maung, Khin, Kyu Kyu, Thant, Kyaw Zin, Thein, Sor and Aaskov, John G. (2004). Myanmar dengue outbreak associated with displacement of serotypes 2, 3, and 4 by dengue 1. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10 (4), 593-597. doi: 10.3201/eid1004.030216
Craig, Scott, Thu, Hlaing Myat, Lowry, Kym, Wang, Xiao-fang, Holmes, Edward C. and Aaskov, John (2003). Diverse dengue type 2 virus populations contain recombinant and both parental viruses in a single mosquito host. Journal of Virology, 77 (7), 4463-4467. doi: 10.1128/JVI.77.7.4463-4467.2003
Conference Paper
Hugo, Leon E., Graham, Melissa C., Hussain, Malik, Lowry, Kym, Devine, Gregor J. and Aaskov, John G. (2020). Dengue virus defective interfering particles in mosquitoes. 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), National Harbor, MD United States, 20-24 November 2019. Deerfield, IL United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.abstract2019