Dr Peter Markov
Position: Retained Lecturer in Biological Sciences
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| Email: | peter.markov@zoo.ox.ac.uk |
College Function
Retained Lecturer in Biological Sciences
Present Affiliations
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Pembroke College
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Merton College
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Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Past Affiliations
Centre for Infection, Health Protection Agency London
National Centre for Addictions - Sofia
Teaching Activities
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Biology of Disease
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Viral Evolution and Epidemiology
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Hepatitis C Virus Infection
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Evolution and Human Health
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Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Research Interests
I study how the evolution of RNA viruses such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV affects important clinical or epidemiological outcomes. Geographical spread, ability to cause disease, resistance to antiviral treatment, to the host’s immune system or newly designed vaccines are all affected by the evolution of these rapidly changing viruses.
I also work on epidemic history of hepatitis C infection in Central and West Africa. Based on the epidemic growth curve and the phylogenetic profile of the viral population we look to identify factors for endemic transmission of the virus. Potentially important factors include iatrogenic transmission due to mass injection treatments, cultural practices such as male or female circumcision, traditional scarification and tattooing or mechanical transmission by biting insects.
Recent Activities
Modelling the unidentified mortality burden from thirteen infectious pathogenic microorganisms in infants
Markov PV & Crowcroft NS (2007) Epidemiol Infect 135, 17-26.
Investigating the endemic transmission of the hepatitis C virus
Pybus OG, Markov PV, Wu A & Tatem A (2007) Int J Parasitol 37, 839-849.
The Genetic History Of The Hepatitis C Virus In East Asia
Pybus OG, Barnes E, Taggart R, Lemey P, Markov PV, Rasachak B, et al. (2008) J Virol. In Review
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