Patricia (Pat) Anne Nuttall, OBE (born 1953)[1] is a British virologist and acarologist known for her research on tick-borne diseases. Her discoveries include the fact that pathogens can be transmitted between vectors feeding on a host without being detectable in the host's blood. She is also a science administrator who served as the director of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (2001–11).[2] As of 2015, she is professor of arbovirology in the Department of Zoology of the University of Oxford.[3]
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