Vanessa Rosemary Duke Barrs

Australian veterinary pathologist, mycologist and microbiologist.

Vanessa Rosemary Duke Barrs is an Australian veterinary researcher in feline infectious diseases. Barrs established clinical research and specialist veterinary services at the Valentine Charlton Cat Centre within the University of Sydney where she is also Professor of Feline Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Barrs discovered Aspergillus felis, an environmental fungus that causes invasive, intractable disease in cats, dogs and humans. She is currently the BOCHK Chair Professor of Veterinary Medicine at City University of Hong Kong's Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences.

Abbreviations: Barrs
Occupations: veterinarian, researcher, mycologist, microbiologist, botanist
Citizenships: Australia
Languages: English
Birth place: North Carolina
Direct attributions: 0 plants, 2 fungi
Authorship mentions: 0 plants, 2 fungi

2 fungi attributed to2 fungi:

Aspergillus felis Barrs, van Doorn, Varga & Samson 2013
fungi species in the aspergillaceae family
Aspergillus felis is a heterothallic species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus which can cause aspergillosis in humans, dogs and cats. It was described for the first time in 2013 after being isolated from different hosts worldwide (North and South America, Europe, Africa, Northeast Asia, and Asia-Pacific). The first host infected was a domestic cat with invasive fungal rhinosinusitis who gave its name to this new Aspergillus as Felis is a genus of cats in the family Felidae. Apsergillus felis was then described in a dog with disseminated invasive aspergillosis and a human patient with
Aspergillus frankstonensis Barrs, Talbot & Houbraken 2017
fungi species in the aspergillaceae family
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