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One Health, pathogenomics, biosafety/biosecurity, zoonoses, field investigations, field diagnostics, NGS, metagenomics, pathogen discovery, disease ecology etc.

• Kopp K, Smith I, Klein R, Todd S, Marsh GA, Ward AC. Pan-filovirus one-step reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction screening assay. 2019 March. bioRxiv 579458. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/579458

PCR, host search, Ebola virus, Marburg virus, filoviruses

• Geldenhuys M, Mortlock M, Weyer J, Bezuidt O, Seamark ECJ, Kearney T, Gleasner C, Erkkila TH, Cui H, Markotter W. A metagenomic viral discovery approach identifies potential zoonotic and novel mammalian viruses in Neoromicia bats within South Africa. PLoS One. 2018 Mar 26;13(3):e0194527. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194527. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29579103.

novel virus species, bat feces, virome, NGS, metagenomics, PCR

• de Souza WM, Dennis T, Fumagalli MJ, Araujo J, Sabino-Santos G, Maia FGM,Acrani GO, Carrasco AOT, Romeiro MF, Modha S, Vieira LC, Ometto T, Queiroz LH, Durigon EL, Nunes MRT, Figueiredo LTM, Gifford RJ. Novel Parvoviruses from Wild and Domestic Animals in Brazil Provide New Insights into Parvovirus Distribution and Diversity. Viruses. 2018 Mar 22;10(4). pii: E143. doi: 10.3390/v10040143. PubMed PMID: 29565808.

novel parvovirus species, NGS,  phylogenetics

• McCabe M, Cormican P, Johnston D, Earley B. Simultaneous detection of DNA and RNA virus species involved in bovine respiratory disease by PCR-free rapid tagmentation-based library preparation and MinION nanopore sequencing. 2018 Feb. bioRxiv 269936; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/269936

NGS, pathogenomics, diagnostics, DNA viruses, RNA viruses

• Kopp KE. Development of real-time polymerase chain reaction assays allowing molecular detection of Echinococcus felidis, Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto, and Echinococcus canadensis in carnivore feces samples, animal and human hydatid cyst material from Uganda and Kenya. 2017 Nov. bioRxiv 211920; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/211920

qPCR, zoonosis, field diagnostics

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1. Publication date < 12 months.
2.  Topic fits into the above list of subjects.