Partner Project Publications
EpiGen Ethiopia & GenPath Africa
Adugna Abera, Houriiyah Tegally, Geremew Tasew, Eduan Wilkinson, Abraham Ali, Feyisa Regasa, Molalegne Bitew, Mahlet Belachew, Lucious Chabuka, Gaspary Mwanyika, Derek Tshiabuila, Jennifer Giandhari, Sureshnee Pillay, Jenicca Poogavanan, Monika Moir, Moritz U.G. Kraemer, Kamran Khan, Carmen Huber, Getachew Tollera, Tobias F. Rinke de Wit, Cheryl Baxter, Richard Lessells, Dawit Wolday, Dereje Beyene, Tulio de Oliveira, and CLIMADE Consortium
Genomic Characterization of Circulating Dengue Virus, Ethiopia, 2022 - 2023
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31(3):516-525, March 2025. doi:10.3201/eid3103.240996.
GenPath Africa
Megan C. Matthews, Deborah M. Cooke, Tanya J. Kerr, Andre G. Loxton, Robin M. Warren, Giovanni Ghielmetti, Elizabeth M. Streicher, Carmel S. Witte, Michele A. Miller, Wynand J. Goosen
Evidence of Mycobacterium bovis DNA in shared water sources at livestock – wildlife – human interfaces in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Volume 12, 28 February 2025. doi:10.3389/fvets.2025.1483162.
GREAT-LIFE
Leandre M. Masirika, Jean Claude Udahemuka, Leonard Schuele, David F. Nieuwenhuijse, Pacifique Ndishimye, Marjan Boter, Justin B. Mbiribindi, Cris Kacita, Trudie Lang, Christian Gortázar, Jean Pierre Musabyimana, Saria Otani, Frank M. Aarestrup, Freddy B. Siangoli, Bas B. Oude Munnink, Marion Koopmans
Epidemiological and genomic evolution of the ongoing outbreak of clade Ib mpox virus in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nature Medicine, 11 February 2025. doi:10.1038/s41591-025-03582-1.
PANGenS
Nigel P. Dyer, Birgitta Päuker, Laura Baxter, Anshul Gupta, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann, Margo Diricks, Viola Dreyer, Stefan Niemann, Kathryn E. Holt, Mohammed Rahman, Paul E. Brown, Richard Stark, Zhemin Zhou, Sascha Ott, Ulrich Nübel
EnteroBase in 2025: exploring the genomic epidemiology of bacterial pathogens
Nucleic Acids Research, 53(D1):D757-D762, 6 January 2025. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae902.
GenPath Africa
Derek Tshiabuila, Wonderful Choga, James E. San, Tongai Maponga, Gert Van Zyl, Jennifer Giandhari, Sureshnee Pillay, Wolfgang Preiser, Yeshnee Naidoo, Cheryl Baxter, Darren P. Martin, Tulio de Oliveira
An Oxford Nanopore Technology-Based Hepatitis B Virus Sequencing Protocol Suitable for Genomic Surveillance Within Clinical Diagnostic Settings
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(21): 11702, 31 October 2024. doi:10.3390/ijms252111702.
GenPath Africa
Tulio de Oliveira
The third era of genomics is at risk of being dismantled across the global south
Science, vol 386, Issue 6718, 10 October 2024. doi:10.1126/science.adt4843.
GenPath Africa
Christoffel Opperman, Janré Steyn, Megan Ceris Matthews, Sarishna Singh, Yonas Ghebrekristos, Tanya Jane Kerr, Michele Miller, Aliasgar Esmail, Helen Cox, Robin Warren, Giovanni Ghielmetti, Wynand J. Goosen
Targeted deep sequencing of mycobacteria species from extrapulmonary sites not identified by routine line probe assays: a retrospective laboratory analysis of stored clinical cultures
IJID Regions, Volume 13, 100464, December 2024 (available online 24 September 2024). doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100464.
GenPath Africa
Isidore Nsengimana, John Juma, Kristina Roesel, Methode N. Gasana, Fabrice Ndayisenga, Claude M. Muvunyi, Emmanuel Hakizimana, Jean N. Hakizimana, Gillian Eastwood, Augustino A. Chengula, Bernard Bett, Christopher J. Kasanga, Samuel O. Oyola
Genomic epidemiology of Rift Valley Fever Virus involved in the 2018 and 2022 outbreaks in livestock in Rwanda
Viruses, 16, no. 7: 1148, 17 July 2024. doi.org/10.3390/v16071148.
GenPath Africa
Giovanni Ghielmetti, Tanya J. Kerr, Netanya Bernitz, Sinegugu K. Mhlophe, Elizma Streicher, Andre G. Loxton, Robin M. Warren, Michele A. Miller, Wynand J. Goosen
Insights into mycobacteriome composition in Mycobacterium bovis‑infected African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) tissue samples
Scientific Reports, 14, 17537, 30 July 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-68189-x.
GenPath Africa
Wynand J. Goosen, Sashen Moodley, Giovanni Ghielmetti, Yumna Moosa, Thando Zulu, Theresa Smit, Vukuzazi Team, Leanie Kleynhans, Tanya J. Kerr, Elizabeth M. Streicher, Willem A. Hanekom, Robin M. Warren, Emily B. Wong, Michele A. Miller
Identification and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium bovis DNA in GeneXpert® MTB/RIF ultra-positive, culture-negative sputum from a rural community in South Africa
One Health, 18, 100702, June 2024 (available online March 2024). doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100702.
GenPath Africa
Deborah M. Cooke, Charlene Clarke, Tanya J. Kerr, Robin M. Warren, Carmel Witte, Michele A. Miller, Wynand J. Goosen
Detection of Mycobacterium bovis in nasal swabs from communal goats (Capra hircus) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Frontiers in Microbiology, 15:1349163, 14 February 2024. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1349163.