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Women in the European Virus Bioinformatics Center

Viruses, 2022
Viruses are the cause of a considerable burden to human, animal and plant health, while on the other hand playing an important role in regulating entire ecosystems. The power of new sequencing technologies combined with new tools for processing “Big Data”
Franziska Hufsky, Ana Abecasis, Patricia Agudelo-Romero, Magda Bletsa, Katherine Brown, Claudia Claus, Stefanie Deinhardt-Emmer, Li Deng, Caroline C. Friedel, María Inés Gismondi, Evangelia Georgia Kostaki, Denise Kühnert, Urmila Kulkarni-Kale, Karin J. Metzner, Irmtraud M. Meyer, Laura Miozzi, Luca Nishimura, Sofia Paraskevopoulou, Alba Pérez-Cataluña, Janina Rahlff, Emma Thomson, Charlotte Tumescheit, Lia van der Hoek, Lore Van Espen, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Maryam Zaheri, Neta Zuckerman, Manja Marz   +27 more
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Sabin polio virus protein 1 (VP1) evolution in patients with acute flaccid paralysis from 2010 to 2016 in Uganda

Virology Journal, 2023
Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is a rare side effect of the oral polio vaccine but can be associated with outbreaks and permanent disability in patients harboring circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPVs).
Mary Bridget Nanteza, Barnabas Bakamutumaho, Phionah Tushabe, Prossy Namuwulya, Molly Birungi, Rajab Dhatemwa, James Peter Eliku, Mayi Tibanagwa, Proscovia Kakooza, Henry Bukenya, Josephine Bwogi, Charles Rutebarika Byabamazima   +11 more
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Rubella virus genotype 2B endemicity and related utility of serum-based molecular characterization in Uganda

BMC Research Notes, 2023
There are 13 globally recognized rubella virus genotypes of which only 2 (1E and 2B) have been detected recently. The largest percentage of all reported rubella virus sequences come from China and Japan with Africa reporting limited data.
Phionah Tushabe, Barnabas Bakamutumaho, James Peter Eliku, Molly Birungi, Francis Aine, Prossy Namuwulya, Henry Bukenya, Immaculate Ampeire, Annet Kisakye, Charles R. Byabamazima, Josephine Bwogi   +10 more
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The Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium: A Global Initiative to Estimate the Effects of Exposure to Zika Virus during Pregnancy on Adverse Fetal, Infant, and Child Health Outcomes

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
This commentary describes the creation of the Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium, a global collaboration to address outstanding questions in Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemiology through conducting an individual participant data meta-analysis ...
Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium
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Evidence of circulation of Orthobunyaviruses in diverse mosquito species in Kwale County, Kenya

Virology Journal, 2021
Background Arbovirus surveillance and recurrence of outbreaks in Kenya continues to reveal the re-emergence of viruses of public health importance. This calls for sustained efforts in early detection and characterization of these agents to avert future ...
Hellen Koka, Joel Lutomiah, Solomon Langat, Edith Koskei, Albert Nyunja, James Mutisya, Francis Mulwa, Samuel Owaka, Victor Ofula, Samson Konongoi, Fredrick Eyase, Rosemary Sang   +11 more
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EMERGING VIRUSES ARE AN UNDERESTIMATED CAUSE OF UNDIAGNOSED FEBRILE ILLNESS IN UGANDA

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Intro: Viruses that cause acute febrile illness (AFI) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) lead to a spectrum of clinical disease from mild to life-threatening. Viral infection is often undiagnosed, resulting in onward transmission of high consequence pathogens ...
S. Ashraf, H. Jerome, C. Davis, J. Shepherd, S. Vattipally, A. Filipe, P. Namuwulya, M. Mayanja, R. Downing, J. Salazar, H. Bukenya, M. Salazar, W. Witkowska, S. Atim, S. Balinandi, J. Lutwama, P. Kaleebu, J. Bwogi, E. Thomson   +18 more
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The International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2020

Viruses, 2020
The International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2020 was originally planned to take place in Bern, Switzerland, in March 2020. However, the COVID-19 pandemic put a spoke in the wheel of almost all conferences to be held in 2020.
Franziska Hufsky, Niko Beerenwinkel, Irmtraud M. Meyer, Simon Roux, Georgia May Cook, Cormac M. Kinsella, Kevin Lamkiewicz, Mike Marquet, David F. Nieuwenhuijse, Ingrida Olendraite, Sofia Paraskevopoulou, Francesca Young, Ronald Dijkman, Bashar Ibrahim, Jenna Kelly, Philippe Le Mercier, Manja Marz, Alban Ramette, Volker Thiel   +18 more
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Differences in proteome perturbations caused by the Wolbachia strain wAu suggest multiple mechanisms of Wolbachia-mediated antiviral activity

Scientific Reports, 2023
Some strains of the inherited bacterium Wolbachia have been shown to be effective at reducing the transmission of dengue virus (DENV) and other RNA viruses by Aedes aegypti in both laboratory and field settings and are being deployed for DENV control ...
Stephanie M. Rainey, Vincent Geoghegan, Daniella A. Lefteri, Thomas H. Ant, Julien Martinez, Cameron J. McNamara, Wael Kamel, Zaydah Rolande de Laurent, Alfredo Castello, Steven P. Sinkins   +9 more
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Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network Best Practices for COVID-19

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2020
The ability to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19, is a foundational component of Canada’s containment and mitigation strategies.
Respiratory Virus Infections Working Group
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What did we learn from preparing for cross-border transmission of Ebola virus disease into a complex humanitarian setting – The Republic of South Sudan?

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020
Background Following the West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak (2013–2016), WHO developed a preparedness checklist for its member states. This checklist is currently being applied for the first time on a large and systematic scale to prepare for
Olushayo Oluseun Olu, Richard Lako, Joseph Francis Wamala, Patrick Otim Ramadan, Caroline Ryan, Ifeanyi Udenweze, Kibebu Berta, Argata Guracha Guyo, Alex Sokemawu, Michael Tukuru, Henry John Gray, Alex Chimbaru   +11 more
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