Extensive Survey and Analysis of Factors Associated with Presence of Antibodies to Orthoebolaviruses in Bats from West and Central Africa

Autor: Martine Peeters, Maëliss Champagne, Innocent Ndong Bass, Souana Goumou, Simon-Pierre Ndimbo Kumugo, Audrey Lacroix, Amandine Esteban, Dowbiss Meta Djomsi, Abdoul Karim Soumah, Placide Mbala Kingebeni, Flaubert Auguste Mba Djonzo, Guy Lempu, Guillaume Thaurignac, Eitel Mpoudi Ngole, Charles Kouanfack, Daniel Mukadi Bamuleka, Jacques Likofata, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Helene De Nys, Julien Capelle, Abdoulaye Toure, Eric Delaporte, Alpha Kabinet Keita, Steve Ahuka Mundeke, Ahidjo Ayouba

Publikováno v: Viruses, Vol 15, Iss 9, p 1927 (2023)

The seroprevalence to orthoebolaviruses was studied in 9594 bats (5972 frugivorous and 3622 insectivorous) from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Guinea, with a Luminex-based serological assay including recombinant antigens of four

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Investigating the Circulation of Ebola Viruses in Bats during the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks in the Equateur and North Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2018

Autor: Audrey Lacroix, Placide Mbala Kingebeni, Simon Pierre Ndimbo Kumugo, Guy Lempu, Christelle Butel, Laetitia Serrano, Nicole Vidal, Guillaume Thaurignac, Amandine Esteban, Daniel Mukadi Bamuleka, Jacques Likofata, Eric Delaporte, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Ahidjo Ayouba, Martine Peeters, Steve Ahuka Mundeke

Publikováno v: Pathogens, Vol 10, Iss 5, p 557 (2021)

With 12 of the 31 outbreaks, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is highly affected by Ebolavirus disease (EVD). To better understand the role of bats in the ecology of Ebola viruses, we conducted surveys in bats during two recent EVD outbreaks an

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Operational evaluation of rapid diagnostic testing for Ebola Virus Disease in Guinean laboratories.

Autor: Amanda VanSteelandt, Josephine Aho, Kristyn Franklin, Jacques Likofata, Jean Baptiste Kamgang, Sakoba Keita, Lamine Koivogui, N'Faly Magassouba, Lise D Martel, Anicet George Dahourou

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 11, p e0188047 (2017)

Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at the point of care have the potential to increase access and acceptability of EVD testing and the speed of patient isolation and secure burials for suspect cases. A pilot program for EVD R

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2018 Ebola virus disease outbreak in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective genomic characterisation

Autor: Moussa Moïse Diagne, Ousmane Faye, Sophie Duraffour, Shanmuga Sozhamannan, John Kombe, Oumar Faye, Martine Peeters, Daniel Mukadi, Anastasie Mulumba, Nicole Vidal, Maggie L. Bartlett, Eric F. Donaldson, Eric Delaporte, Elisabeth Pukuta, Mariano Sanchez-Lockhart, Patrick Mukadi, Sheila Makiala-Mandanda, Timothy D. Minogue, Mamadou Diop, Amadou A. Sall, Catherine B. Pratt, Jeanette Gonzalez, Amuri Aziza, Justus Nsio, Stephen M. Gross, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Stormy Karhemere, Jacques Likofata, Jens H. Kuhn, Felix Mulangu, Nicholas Di Paola, Joseph A. Chitty, Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Ahidjo Ayouba, Michael R. Wiley, Gary P. Schroth, Katie Caviness, Aaron Aruna, Gustavo Palacios

Publikováno v: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, New York, NY : Elsevier Science ; The Lancet Pub. Group, 2001-, 2019, 19 (6), pp.641-647. ⟨10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30124-0⟩

Summary Background The 2018 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, began on May 8, and was declared over on July 24; it resulted in 54 documented cases and 33 deaths. We did a retrospective genomic

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(19)30124-0

Rapid Confirmation of the Zaire Ebola Virus in the Outbreak of the Equateur Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Implications for Public Health Interventions

Autor: Christian Julian Villabona-Arenas, Ahidjo Ayouba, Patrick Mukadi, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Charles Kumakamba, Jacques Likofata, Bathe Djokolo, Nicole Vidal, Justus Nsio-Mbeta, Sheila Makiala-Mandanda, Daniel Mukadi, Martine Peeters, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Eric Delaporte

Publikováno v: Clinical Infectious Diseases
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019, 68 (2), pp.330-333. ⟨10.1093/cid/ciy527⟩
Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

International audience; Ten days after the declaration of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rapid identification of the species Zaire Ebola virus using partial gene amplification and nanopore sequencing backed up the use of the

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