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Dr Ovidiu Rotariu

Dr Ovidiu Rotariu
Dr Ovidiu Rotariu
Dr Ovidiu Rotariu

Research Assistant

About
Email Address
ovidiu.rotariu@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 437161
Office Address

Epidemiology Group

School of Medicine,

Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen,

Health Sciences Building (1st floor), Room 101

Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD

01224-437161

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School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
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Biography

A highly experienced bi-lingual scientist with a successful track record of 25 years of active involvement in applied research delivering significant contributions to a variety of research-led public health projects, related to the epidemiology. From 1st Feb 2019 joined the Epidemiology group at School of Medicine, University of Aberdeen and working on rheumatology projects related to Ankylosing Spondylitis and Psoriatic Arthritis . Main contributor to scientific reports on microbiological food safety published by Food Standards Scotland and the European EFSA report on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods.   Published more than 60 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Publications

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  • Inflammatory bowel disease risk in patients with axial spondyloarthritis treated with biologic agents: Determined Using the BSRBR-AS and a MetaAnalysis

    Macfarlane, G., Biallas, R., Dean, L., Jones, G., Goodson, N. J., Rotariu, O.
    Journal of Rheumatology, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 175-184
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The role of metrology in axSpA: does it provide unique information in assessing patients and predicting outcome? Results from the BSRBR-AS registry

    Biallis, R. L., Dean, L. E., Davidson, L., Hollick, R., Pathan, E., Robertson, L., Jones, G., Macfarlane, G. J., Rotariu, O.
    Arthritis Care & Research, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 665-674
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Reply to Baba and Kanamori

    Franz, E., Rotariu, O., Lopes, B. S., Bono, J. L., Laing, C., Gannon, V., van Hoek, A. H. A. M., Friesema, I., French, N. P., George, T., Biggs, P. J., Jaros, P., Rivas, M., Chinen, I., Campos, J., Mellor, G. E., Chandry, P. S., Perez-Reche, F., Forbes, K. J., Strachan, N. J.
    Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 71, no. 5, pp. 1353-1355
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • Mining whole genome sequence data to efficiently attribute individuals to source populations

    Pérez-Reche, F. J., Rotariu, O., Lopes, B. S., Forbes, K. J., Strachan, N. J.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 12124
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Determining factors related to poor quality of life in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: results from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register (BSRBR-AS)

    Macfarlane, G. J., Rotariu, O., Jones, G. T., Pathan, E. M. I., Dean, L. E.
    Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 202-208
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Phylogeographic analysis reveals multiple international transmission events have driven the global emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7

    Franz, E., Rotariu, O., Lopes, B. S., Macrae, M., Bono, J. L., Laing, C., Gannon, V., Söderlund, R., Van Hoek, A. H., Friesema, I., French, N. P., George, T., Biggs, P. J., Jaros, P., Rivas, M., Chinen, I., Campos, J., Jernberg, C., Gobius, K., Mellor, G. E., Chandry, P. S., Perez-Reche, F., Forbes, K. J., Strachan, N. J.
    Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 428-437
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • LiSEQ – whole-genome sequencing of a cross-sectional survey of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods and human clinical cases in Europe

    Painset, A., Björkman, J. T., Kiil, K., Guillier, L., Mariet, J., Félix, B., Amar, C., Rotariu, O., Roussel, S., Perez-Reche, F., Brisse, S., Moura, A., Lecuit, M., Forbes, K., Strachan, N., Grant, K., Møller-Nielsen, E., Dallman, T. J.
    Microbial Genomics, vol. 5, no. 2, 000257
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Closing gaps for performing a risk assessment on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods: activity 3, the comparison of isolates from different compartments along the food chain, and from humans using whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis

    Nielsen, E. M., Björkman, J. T., Kiil, K., Grant, K., Dallman, T., Painset, A., Amar, C., Roussel, S., Guillier, L., Félix, B., Rotariu, O., Perez-Reche, F. J., Forbes, K., Strachan, N.
    EFSA Supporting Publications, vol. 14, pp. 1151E
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles

  • Whole Genome Sequencing demonstrates that Geographic Variation of Escherichia coli O157 Genotypes Dominates Host Association

    Strachan, N. J., Rotariu, O., Lopes, B., Macrae, M., Fairley, S., Laing, C., Gannon, V., Allison, L. J., Hanson, M. F., Dallman, T., Ashton, P., Franz, E., Van Hoek, A. H., French, N. P., George, T., Biggs, P. J., Forbes, K. J.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 5, 14145
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Smoked salmon industry practices and their association with Listeria monocytogenes

    Rotariu, O., Thomas, D. J. I., Goodburn, K. E., Hutchison, M. L., Strachan, N. J.
    Food control, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 284-292
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Operationalising factors that explain the emergence of infectious diseases: A case study of the human campylobacteriosis epidemic

    Strachan, N. J., Rotariu, O., MacRae, M., Sheppard, S. K., Smith-Palmer, A., Cowden, J., Maiden, M. C., Forbes, K. J.
    PloS ONE, vol. 8, no. 11, e79331
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Identifying the seasonal origins of human campylobacteriosis

    Strachan, N. J., Rotariu, O., Smith-Palmer, A., Cowden, J., Sheppard, S. K., O'Brien, S. J., Maiden, M. C., MacRae, M., Bessell, P. R., Matthews, L., Reid, S. W., Innocent, G. T., Ogden, I. D., Forbes, K. J.
    Epidemiology and Infection, vol. 141, no. 6, pp. 1267-1275
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Elucidating the aetiology of human Campylobacter coli infections

    Roux, F., Sproston, E., Rotariu, O., MacRae, M., Sheppard, S. K., Bessell, P., Smith-Palmer, A., Cowden, J., Maiden, M. C. J., Forbes, K. J., Strachan, N. J. C.
    PloS ONE, vol. 8, no. 5, e64504
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Combining risk assessment and epidemiological risk factors to elucidate the sources of human E-coli O157 infection

    Rotariu, O., Ogden, I. D., MacRitchie, L., Forbes, K. J., Williams, A. P., Cross, P., Hunter, C. J., Teunis, P. F. M., Strachan, N. J. C.
    Epidemiology and Infection, vol. 140, no. 8, pp. 1414-1429
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Using sequence data to identify alternative routes and risk of infection: A case-study of campylobacter in Scotland

    Bessell, P. R., Rotariu, O., Innocent, G. T., Smith-Palmer, A., Strachan, N. J. C., Forbes, K. J., Cowden, J. M., Reid, S. W. J., Matthews, L.
    BMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 12, 80
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Source attribution, prevalence and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. from retail liver

    Strachan, N. J. C., Macrae, M., Thomson, A., Rotariu, O., Ogden, I. D., Forbes, K. J.
    International Journal of Food Microbiology, vol. 153, no. 1-2, pp. 234-236
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Dose-response modeling of Salmonella using outbreak data

    Teunis, P. F. M., Kasuga, F., Fazil, A., Ogden, I. D., Rotariu, O., Strachan, N. J. C.
    International Journal of Food Microbiology, vol. 144, no. 2, pp. 243-249
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Campylobacter Excreted into the Environment by Animal Sources: Prevalence, Concentration Shed, and Host Association

    Ogden, I. D., Dallas, J. F., MacRae, M., Rotariu, O., Reay, K. W., Leitch, M., Thomson, A. P., Sheppard, S. K., Maiden, M., Forbes, K. J., Strachan, N. J. C.
    Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 1161-1170
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Spatiotemporal Homogeneity of Campylobacter Subtypes from Cattle and Sheep across Northeastern and Southwestern Scotland

    Rotariu, O., Dallas, J. F., Ogden, I. D., MacRae, M., Sheppard, S. K., Maiden, M. C. J., Gormley, F. J., Forbes, K. J., Strachan, N. J. C.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 75, no. 19, pp. 6275-6281
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Attribution of Campylobacter infections in northeast Scotland to specific sources by use of multilocus sequence typing

    Strachan, N. J. C., Gormley, F. J., Rotariu, O., Ogden, I. D., Miller, G., Dunn, G. M., Sheppard, S. K., Dallas, J. F., Reid, T. M. S., Howie, H., Maiden, M. C. J., Forbes, K. J.
    The journal of infectious diseases, vol. 199, no. 8, pp. 1205-1208
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Are Environmental Sources of Campylobacter Important for Human Infection? A CaMPS Study

    Strachan, N. J. C., Miller, G., Dunn, G. M., Reid, T., Ogden, I. D., Sproston, E. L., Gormley, F. J., Yiu, T. T., Forbes, K. J., Dallas, J. F., Sheppard, S. K., Maiden, M. C., Williams, A., MacRae, M., Rotariu, O.
    Zoonoses and Public Health, vol. 54, no. Supplement s1, pp. 40-40
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • CaMPS: The Campylobacter MLST project in Scotland

    Forbes, K. J., Dallas, J. F., Gormley, F. J., MacRae, M., Maiden, M. C., Ogden, I. D., Reay, K. W., Rotariu, O., Sheppard, S. K., Sproston, E. L., Strachan, N. J. C., Williams, A.
    Zoonoses and Public Health, vol. 54, no. Supplement s1, pp. 43-44
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Incidence, Diversity and Vector Transmission of Campylobacter Sequence Types in a Longitudinal Study of Farm Ruminants: A Camps Study

    Sproston, E. L., Ogden, I. D., MacRae, M., Forbes, K. J., Dallas, J. F., Sheppard, S. K., Maiden, M. C., Rotariu, O., Reay, K. W., Williams, A., Cody, A., Colles, F., Strachan, N. J. C.
    Zoonoses and Public Health, vol. 54, no. Supplement s1, pp. 137-137
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Local Outbreaks of Campylobacteriosis in Scotland Involving More Than One Strain: A CaMPS study

    Dallas, J. F., Forbes, K. J., Gormley, F. J., MacRae, M., Maiden, M. C., McGuigan, C., Ogden, I. D., Reay, K. W., Rotariu, O., Sheppard, S. K., Strachan, N. J. C., Williams, A.
    Zoonoses and Public Health, vol. 54, no. Supplement s1, pp. 43-43
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Prevalence, Enumeration and Molecular Subtyping of Campylobacter from Environmental and Retail Food Sources in Scotland: A CaMPS study

    Ogden, I. D., Ogden, I. D., Forbes, K. J., Gormely, F. J., MacRae, M., Maiden, M. C., Reay, K. W., Rotariu, O., Sheppard, S., Williams, A., Strachan, N. J. C.
    Zoonoses and Public Health, vol. 54, no. Supplement s1, pp. 43-43
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • The capture of magnetic colloids at flow regimes specific to the capillary blood vessels

    Udrea, L. E., Badescu, V., Strachan, N. J. C., Rotariu, O.
    Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 2593-2601
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The guidance of magnetic colloids in simulated tissues for targeted drug delivery

    Rotariu, O., Udrea, L. E., Strachan, N. J. C., Badescu, V.
    Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 942-945
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • An in vitro study of magnetic particle targeting in small blood vessels

    Udrea, L. E., Strachan, N. J. C., Badescu, V., Rotariu, O.
    Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 51, no. 19, pp. 4869-4881
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Studies of magnetic carrier particles capture for blood vessel embolization

    Rotariu, O., Udrea, L. E., Strachan, N. J. C., Heys, S. D., Schofield, A. C., Gilbert, F. J., Badescu, V.
    Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 1758-1760
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ecotoxicological screening of Kenyan tannery dust using a luminescent-based bacterial biosensor

    Mwinyihija, M., Strachan, N. J. C., Rotariu, O., Standing, D., Meharg, A., Killham, K.
    International Journal of Environmental Health Research, vol. 16, pp. 47-58
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Targeting magnetic carrier particles in tumour microvasculature - A numerical study

    Rotariu, O., Udrea, L. E., Strachan, N. J. C., Badescu, V.
    Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, vol. 7, pp. 3209-3218
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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