PUBLICATIONS SPOTLIGHT

PUBLICATIONS

Field and classroom initiatives for portable sequence-based monitoring of dengue virus in Brazil

Adelino TÉR, Giovanetti M, Fonseca V, Xavier J, de Abreu ÁS, do Nascimento VA, Demarchi LHF, Oliveira MAA, da Silva VL, de Mello ALES, Cunha GM, Santos RH, de Oliveira EC, Júnior JAC, de Melo Iani FC, de Filippis AMB, de Abreu AL, de Jesus R, de Albuquerque CFC, Rico JM, do Carmo Said RF, Silva JA, de Moura NFO, Leite P, Frutuoso LCV, Haddad SK, Martínez A, Barreto FK, Vazquez CC, da Cunha RV, Araújo ELL, de Oliveira Tosta SF, de Araújo Fabri A, Chalhoub FLL, da Silva Lemos P, de Bruycker-Nogueira F, de Castro Lichs GG, Zardin MCSU, Segovia FMC, Gonçalves CCM, Grillo ZDCF, Slavov SN, Pereira LA, Mendonça AF, Pereira FM, de Magalhaes JJF, Dos Santos Júnior ACM, de Lima MM, Nogueira RMR, Góes-Neto A, de Carvalho Azevedo VA, Ramalho DB, Oliveira WK, Macario EM, de Medeiros AC, Pimentel V; Latin American Genomic Surveillance Arboviral Network, Holmes EC, de Oliveira T, Lourenco J, Alcantara LCJ, Nature Communications (2021), 12(1):2296. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22607-0.:

SARS-CoV-2 shifting transmission dynamics and hidden reservoirs potentially limit efficacy of public health interventions in Italy

Giovanetti M, Cella E, Benedetti F, Rife Magalis B, Fonseca V, Fabris S, Campisi G, Ciccozzi A, Angeletti S, Borsetti A, Tambone V, Sagnelli C, Pascarella S, Riva A, Ceccarelli G, Marcello A, Azarian T, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, Alcantara LCJ, Cauda R, Caruso A, Dean NE, Browne C, Lourenco J, Salemi M, Zella D, Ciccozzi M, Communications Biology (2021), 4(1):489. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02025-0.:

Peer-mediated HIV assisted partner services to identify and link to care HIV-positive and HCV-positive people who inject drugs: a cohort study protocol

Monroe-Wise A, Mbogo L, Guthrie B, Bukusi D, Sambai B, Chohan B, Scott J, Cherutich P, Musyoki H, Bosire R, Dunbar M, Macharia P, Masyuko S, Wilkinson E, De Oliveira T, Ludwig-Barron N, Sinkele B, Herbeck J, Farquhar C, BMJ Open (2021), 11(4):e041083. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041083:

Epidemiologic History and Genetic Diversity Origins of Chikungunya and Dengue Viruses, Paraguay

Graf T, Vazquez C, Giovanetti M, de Bruycker-Nogueira F, Fonseca V, Claro IM, de Jesus JG, Gómez A, Xavier J, de Mendonça MCL, Villalba S, Torales J, Gamarra ML, Thézé J, de Filippis AMB, Azevedo V, de Oliveira T, Franco L, de Albuquerque CFC, Irala S, Holmes EC, Méndez Rico JA, Alcantara LCJ, Emerg Infect Dis (2021), 27(5):1393-1404. doi: 10.3201/eid2705.204244:

Efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant

Shinde V, Bhikha S, Hoosain Z, Archary M, Bhorat Q, Fairlie L, Lalloo U, Masilela MSL, Moodley D, Hanley S, Fouche L, Louw C, Tameris M, Singh N, Goga A, Dheda K, Grobbelaar C, Kruger G, Carrim-Ganey N, Baillie V, de Oliveira T, Lombard Koen A, Lombaard JJ, Mngqibisa R, Bhorat AE, Benade G, Lalloo N, Pitsi A, Vollgraaff PL, Luabeya A, Esmail A, Petrick FG, Oommen-Jose A, Foulkes S, Ahmed K, Thombrayil A, Fries L, Cloney-Clark S, Zhu M, Bennett C, Albert G, Faust E, Plested JS, Robertson A, Neal S, Cho I, Glenn GM, Dubovsky F, Madhi SA; 2019nCoV-501 Study Group., NEJM (2021), 384(20):1899-1909. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2103055.:

Multiplex qPCR discriminates variants of concern to enhance global surveillance of SARS-CoV-2

Vogels CBF, Breban MI, Ott IM, Alpert T, Petrone ME, Watkins AE, Kalinich CC, Earnest R, Rothman JE, Goes de Jesus J, Morales Claro I, Magalhaes Ferreira G, Crispim MAE, Brazil-UK CADDE Genomic Network, Singh L, Tegally H, Anyaneji UJ; Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa, Hodcroft EB, Mason CE, Khullar G, Metti J, Dudley JT, MacKay MJ, Nash M, Wang J, Liu C, Hui P, Murphy S, Neal C, Laszlo E, Landry ML, Muyombwe A, Downing R, Razeq J, de Oliveira T, Faria NR, Sabino EC, Neher RA, Fauver JR, Grubaugh ND, PLoS Biology (2021), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001236:

Genomic surveillance activities unveil the introduction of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.525 variant of interest in Brazil: Case report

Pereira F, Tosta S, Lima MM, Reboredo de Oliveira da Silva L, Nardy VB, Gomez MKA, Lima JG, Fonseca V, de Oliveira T, Lourenco J, Alcantara LC Jr, Giovanetti M, Leal A, J Med Virol (2021), doi: 10.1002/jmv.27086:

Genomic evidence of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection case with the emerging B.1.2 variant in Brazil

Fonseca V, de Jesus R, Adelino T, Reis AB, de Souza BB, Ribeiro AA, Guimaraes NR, Livorati MTFP, Neto DFL, Kato RB, Portela LMO, Dutra LH, Freitas C, de Abreu AL, Filizzola ERM, de Medeiros AC, Iani FCM, Carvalho G, Lourenco J, de Oliveira T, Alcantara LCJ, Giovanetti M, Journal of Infection (2021), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2021.05.014:

Transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 within-host diversity in two major hospital outbreaks in South Africa

San JE, Ngcapu S, Kanzi AM, Tegally H, Fonseca V, Giandhari J, Wilkinson E, Nelson CW, Smidt W, Kiran AM, Chimukangara B, Pillay S, Singh L, Fish M, Gazy I, Martin DP, Khanyile K, Lessells R, de Oliveira T., Virus Evolution (2021), 7(1):veab041. doi: 10.1093/ve/veab041. eCollection 2021 Jan:

Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2

O'Toole A, Hill V, Pybus OG, Watts A, Bogoch II, Khan K, Messina JP, COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium, Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA), Brazil-UK CADDE Genomic Network, Tegally H, Lessells RR, Giandhari J, Pillay S, Tumedi KA, Nyepetsi G, Kebabonye M, Matsheka M, Mine M, Tokajian S, Hassan H, Salloum T, Merhi G, Koweyes J, Geoghegan JL, de Ligt J, Ren X, Storey M, Freed NE, Pattabiraman C, Prasad P, Desai AS, Vasanthapuram R, Schulz TF, Steinbruck L, Stadler T, Swiss Viollier Sequencing Consortium, Parisi A, Bianco A, Garcia de Viedma D, Buenestado-Serrano S, Borges V, Isidro J, Duarte S, Gomes JP, Zuckerman NS, Mandelboim M, Mor O, Seemann T, Arnott A, Draper J, Gall M, Rawlinson W, Deveson I, Schlebusch S, McMahon J, Leong L, Lim CK, Chironna M, Loconsole D, Bal A, Josset L, Holmes E, St George K, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Sikkema RS, Oude Munnink B, Koopmans M, Brytting M, Sudha Rani V, Pavani S, Smura T, Heim A, Kurkela S, Umair M, Salman M, Bartolini B, Rueca M, Drosten C, Wolff T, Silander O, Eggink D, Reusken C, Vennema H, Park A, Carrington C, Sahadeo N, Carr M, Gonzalez G, SEARCH Alliance San Diego, National Virus Reference Laboratory, SeqCOVID-Spain, Danish Covid-19 Genome Consortium (DCGC), Communicable Diseases Genomic Network (CDGN), Dutch National SARS-CoV-2 surveillance program, Division of Emerging Infectious Diseases (KDCA), de Oliveira T, Faria N, Rambaut A, Kraemer MUG., Wellcome Open Res (2021), 6:121. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16661.1. eCollection 2021.:

SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse

Konings F, Perkins MD, Kuhn JH, Pallen MJ, Alm EJ, Archer BN, Barakat A, Bedford T, Bhiman JN, Caly L, Carter LL, Cullinane A, de Oliveira T, Druce J, El Masry I, Evans R, Gao GF, Gorbalenya AE, Hamblion E, Herring BL, Hodcroft E, Holmes EC, Kakkar M, Khare S, Koopmans MPG, Korber B, Leite J, MacCannell D, Marklewitz M, Maurer-Stroh S, Rico JAM, Munster VJ, Neher R, Munnink BO, Pavlin BI, Peiris M, Poon L, Pybus O, Rambaut A, Resende P, Subissi L, Thiel V, Tong S, van der Werf S, von Gottberg A, Ziebuhr J, Van Kerkhove MD, Nature Microbiology (2021), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00932-w:

Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection and intra-host evolution in association with advanced HIV infection

Karim F, Moosa MYS, Gosnell BI, Cele S, Giandhari J, Pillay S, Tegally H, Wilkinson E, San JE, Msomi N, Mlisana K, Khan K, Bernstein M, Manickchund N, Singh L, Ramphal U, COMMIT-KZN Team, Hanekom W, Lessells RJ, Sigal A, de Oliveira T, medRxiv (2021), submitted, available on KRISP website.:

Cross-Reactive Neutralizing Antibody Responses Elicited by SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 (B.1.351)

Moyo-Gwete T, Madzivhandila M, Makhado Z, Ayres F, Mhlanga D, Oosthuysen B, Lambson EB, Kgagudi P, Tegally H, Iranzadeh A, Doolabh D, Tyers L, Chinhoyi RL, Mennen M, Skelm S, Wibmer K C, Bhiman N J, Ueckermann V, Rossouw T, Boswell M, de Oliveira T, Williamson T, Burgers W, Ntusi N, Morris L, Moore P, NEJM (2021), DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2104192:

Multiple Early Introductions of SARS-CoV-2 to Cape Town, South Africa

Engelbrecht S, Delaney K, Kleinhans B, Wilkinson E, Tegally H, Stander T, van Zyl G, Preiser W, de Oliveira T, Viruses (2021), 22;13(3):526. doi: 10.3390/v13030526:

Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 from neutralization by convalescent plasma.

Cele S, Gazy I, Jackson L, Hwa SH, Tegally H, Lustig G, Giandhari J, Pillay S, Wilkinson E, Naidoo Y, Karim F, Ganga Y, Khan K, Bernstein M, Balazs AB, Gosnell BI, Hanekom W, Moosa MS; NGS-SA; COMMIT-KZN Team, Lessells R, de Oliveira T, Sigal A., Nature (2021), DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03471-w:

A novel variant of interest of SARS-CoV-2 with multiple spike mutations detected through travel surveillance in Africa

de Oliveira T, Lutucuta S, Nkengasong J, Morais J, Paixao JP, Neto Z, Afonso P, Miranda J, David K, Ingles L, Amilton P A P R R C, Freitas H R, Mufinda F, Tessema K S , Tegally H, San E J, Wilkinson E, Giandhari J, Pillay S, Giovanetti M, Naidoo Y, Katzourakis A, Ghafari M, Singh L, Tshiabuila D, Martin D, Lessells R, medRxiv (2021), :

New SARS-CoV-2 Variants — Clinical, Public Health, and Vaccine Implications

Karim SSA, de Oliveira T, NEJM (2021), DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2100362:

Appropriate names for COVID-19 variants

Karim SSA, de Oliveira T, Loots G, Science (2021), http://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6535/1215:

Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) Covid-19 vaccine against the B.1.351 variant in South Africa

Madhi SA, Baillie VL, Cutland CL, Voysey M, KoenAL, Fairlie L, Padayachee SD, Dheda K, Barnabas SL, Bhorat QE, Briner C, Kwatra G, Ahmed K, Aley P, Bhikha S, Bhiman JN, Bhorat AE, du plessis J, Esmail A, Groenewald M, Horne E, Hwa S-H, Jose A, Lambe T, Laubscher M, Malahleha M, Masenya M, Masilela M, McKenzie S, Molapo K, Moultrie A, Oelofse S, Pate Fl, Pillay S, Rhead S, Rodel H, Rossouw L, Taoushanis C, Tegally H, Thombrayil A, van Eck S, Wibmer C, Durham NM, Kelly EJ, Villafana T, Gilbert S, Pollard AJ, de Oliveira T, Moore PL, Sigal A, Izu A, NGS-SA, Wits VIDA COVID vaccine trial group , NEJM (2021), https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2102214:

Voices of Biotech Research

Annabi N, Baker M, Boettiger A, Chakraborty D, Chen Y, Corbett K, Correia B, Dahlman J, de Oliveira T, Ertuerk A, Yanik M, Henaff E, Huch M, Iliev I, Jacobs T, Junca H, Keung A, Kolodkin-Gal I, Krishnaswamy S, Lancaster M, Macosko E, Martínez-Núñez M, Miura K, Molloy J, Cruz A, Platt R, Posey A, Shao H, Simunovic M, Slavov N, Takebe T, Vandenberghe L, Varshney R, Wang J, Nature Biotechnology (2021), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-021-00847-1:

Emergence of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern with mutations in spike glycoprotein

Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Giovanetti M, Iranzadeh A, Fonseca V, Giandhari J, Doolabh D, Pillay S, San E, Msomi N, Mlisana K, Gottberg A, Walaza S, Allam M, Ismail A, Mohale T, Glass A, Engelbrecht S, Zyl G, Preiser W, Petruccione F, Sigal A, Hardie D, Marais G, Hsiao M, Korsman S, Davies M, Tyers L, Mudau I, York D, Maslo C, Goedhals D, Abrahams S, Laguda-Akingba O, Alisoltani-Dehkordi A, Godzik A, Wibmer Cos, Sewell B, Lourenco J, Alcantara Ls, Kosakovsky Pond S, Weaver S, Martin D, Lessells R, Bhiman J, Williamson C, de Oliveira T, Nature (2021), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03402-9:

Epidemiology and evolution of Zika virus in Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil

Iani FCM, Giovanetti M, Fonseca V, Souza WM, Adelino TER, Xavier J, Jesus JG, Pereira MA, Silva MVF, Costa AVB, Silva EC, Mendes MCO, Filippis AMB, Albuquerque CFC, Abreu AL, Oliveira MAA, Alcantara LCJ, Faria NR., Infect Genet Evol (2021), S1567-1348(21)00082-4:

SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma

Wibmer CK, Ayres F, Hermanus T, Madzivhandila M, Kgagudi P, Oosthuysen B, Lambson BE, de Oliveira T, Vermeulen M, van der Berg K, Rossouw T, Boswell M, Ueckermann V, Meiring S, von Gottberg A, Cohen C, Morris L, Bhiman JN, Moore PL, Nature Medicine (2021), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01285-x:

Dengue Virus Serotype 2 Intrahost Diversity in Patients with Different Clinical Outcomes

Torres MC, Lima de Mendonça MC, Damasceno dos Santos Rodrigues C, Fonseca V, Ribeiro MS, Brandão AP, Venâncio da Cunha R, Dias AI, Santos Vilas Boas L, Felix AC, Alves Pereira M, de Oliveira Pinto LM, Sakuntabhai A, Bispo de Filippis AM, on behalf of ZikAction Consortium., Viruses (2021), 13(2), 349:

Chikungunya virus ECSA lineage reintroduction in the northeasternmost region of Brazil

Xavier J, Fonseca V, Bezerra JF, Do Monte Alves M, Mares-Guia NA, Claro IM, De Jesus R, Adelino T, Araujo E, Cavalcante KRLJ, Tosta S, De Souza TR, Moreira Da Cruz FE, De Araujo Fabri A, de Oliveira EC, De Moura NFO, Do Carmo Said RF, De Albuquerque CFC, Azevedo V, de Oliveira T, De Filippis AMB, Venancio Da Cunha R, Luz KG, Giovanetti M, Alcantara L, IJID (2021), S1201-9712(21)00037-0:

Sixteen novel lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa

Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Lessells R, Giandhari J, Pillay S, Msomi N, Mlisana K, Bhiman J, Gottberg A, Walaza S, Fonseca V, Allam M, Ismail A, Engelbrecht S, Van Zyl G, Preiser W, Williamson C, Pettruccione F, Sigal A, Gazy I, Hardie D, Hsiao M, Martin D, York D, Goedhals D, San EJ, Giovanetti M, Lourenco J, Alcantara LCJ, de Oliveira T, Nature Medicine (2021), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01255-3:

Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 variants from neutralization by convalescent plasma

Cele S, Gazy I, Jackson L, Hwa S-H, Tegally H, Lustig G, Giandhari J, Pillay S, Wilkinson E, Naidoo Y, Karim F, Ganga Y, Khan K, Balazs AB, Gosnell BI, Hanekom W, Moosa MYS, NGS-SA, COMMIT-KZN Team, Lessells R, de Oliveira T, Sigal A, medRxiv (2021), 250224v1-Sigal:

Co-Circulation of Two Independent Clades and Persistence of CHIKV-ECSA Genotype during Epidemic Waves in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil.

Fabri AA, Rodrigues CDS, Santos CC, Chalhoub FLL, Sampaio AS, Faria NRC, Torres MC, Fonseca V, Brasil P, Calvet G, Alcantara LCJ, Filippis AMB, Giovanetti M, Bruycker-Nogueira F., Pathogens (2020), 2020, 9(12), 984:

Pan-genomics of virus and its applications

Giovanetti M, Salgado A, Fonseca V, Tosta SFO, Xavier J, de Jesus JG, Iani FCM, Adelino TER, Barreto FK, Faria NR, De Oliveira T, Alcantara LCJ., Academic Press (2020), 2020; Pages 237-250:

Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa

Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Giovanetti M, Iranzadeh A, Fonseca V, Giandhari J, Doolabh D, Pillay S, San E, Msomi N, Mlisana K, Gottberg A, Walaza S, Allam M, Ismail A, Mohale T, Glass A, Engelbrecht S, Zyl G, Preiser W, Petruccione F, Sigal A, Hardie D, Marais G, Hsiao M, Korsman S, Davies M, Tyers L, Mudau I, York D, Maslo C, Goedhals D, Abrahams S, Laguda-Akingba O, Alisoltani-Dehkordi A, Godzik A, Wibmer Cos, Sewell B, Lourenço J, Alcantara Ls, Kosakovsky Pond S, Weaver S, Martin D, Lessells R, Bhiman J, Williamson C, de Oliveira T, medRxiv (2020), https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.21.20248640: