Tarka Raj Bhatta
Profile
Tarka was a joint PhD student at Deakin University (based at Geelong Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases (GCEID)) and University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
Tarka has successfully completed his PhD and currently has a postdoctoral position at the University of Copenhagen.
Tarka also has a BSc in Microbiology and an MSc in Biotechnology from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
Tarka is using next generation sequencing to identify potential viruses (including influenza viruses) circulating in animals with a view to detecting viruses at an early stage, before they can cause an international pandemic threat. His work will focus on swine and birds and may also include other animals such as horses, dogs and cats. Tarka will be working with Professor Jens Peter Nielsen on swine samples in Denmark during 2019.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8199-8444
Project: Detection and characterisation of animal influenza viruses using next generation sequencing
Supervisors:
- Professor Soren Alexandersen (Principal supervisor)
- Dr Anthony Chamings (Associate supervisor)
Dr Tarka Raj Bhatta has completed his PhD:
Detection and characterisation of animal influenza and other viruses
Related Publications
- Exploring the cause of diarrhoea and poor growth in 8–11-week-old pigs from an Australian pig herd using metagenomic sequencing
- An increased ratio of SARS-CoV-2 positive to negative sense genomic and subgenomic RNAs within routine diagnostic upper respiratory tract swabs may be a marker of virion shedding [preprint]
- Infection dynamics of swine influenza virus in a Danish pig herd reveals recurrent infections with different variants of the H1N2 swine influenza A virus subtype
- SARS-CoV-2 genomic and subgenomic RNAs in diagnostic samples are not an indicator of active replication
- Metagenomic characterisation of avian parvoviruses and picornaviruses from Australian wild ducks
- Detection of a reassortant H9N2 Avian Influenza virus with intercontinental gene segments in a resident Australian Chestnut Teal
- Detection and characterisation of canine astrovirus, canine parvovirus and canine papillomavirus in puppies using next generation sequencing