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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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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on community respiratory virus activity

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on respiratory virus infections worldwide. In this Review, Chu and colleagues discuss the changes in community spread and consequent infections by respiratory viruses other than severe acute respiratory
E. Chow, T. Uyeki, H. Chu
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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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Evidence of the COVID-19 Virus Targeting the CNS: Tissue Distribution, Host–Virus Interaction, and Proposed Neurotropic Mechanisms

ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2020
The recent outbreak of coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) has gripped the world with apprehension and has evoked a scare of epic proportion regarding its potential to spread and infect humans worldwide.
A. Baig, Areeba Khaleeq, Usman Ali, Hira Syeda   +3 more
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Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks

Nature Network Boston, 2020
We identified seasonal human coronaviruses, influenza viruses and rhinoviruses in exhaled breath and coughs of children and adults with acute respiratory illness.
Nancy H. L. Leung, D. Chu, E. Shiu, Kwok-Hung Chan, J. Mcdevitt, Benien J. P. Hau, H. Yen, Yuguo Li, D. Ip, J. Peiris, W. Seto, G. Leung, D. Milton, B. Cowling   +13 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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Gastrointestinal Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Virus Load in Fecal Samples From a Hong Kong Cohort: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Gastroenterology, 2020
Background & Aims Infection with SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19, which has been characterized by fever, respiratory, and gastrointestinal symptoms as well as shedding of virus RNA into feces.
K. Cheung, I. Hung, P. Chan, K. Lung, E. Tso, R. Liu, Y. Ng, M. Chu, T. Chung, A. Tam, C. Yip, Kit-Hang Leung, Agnes Yim-Fong Fung, R. Zhang, Yansheng Lin, H. Cheng, A. J. Zhang, K. K. To, Kwok-Hung Chan, K. Yuen, W. Leung   +20 more
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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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Influenza A Virus

Definitions, 2020
This datasheet on influenza A virus covers Identity, Overview, Distribution, Hosts/Species Affected, Vectors & Intermediate Hosts, Further Information.

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