Aaron S. Mweene

TL;DR: Interestingly, the transition of filovirus species causing outbreaks in Central and West Africa during 2005-2014 seemed to be synchronized with the change of the serologically dominant virus species in these bats, suggesting the introduction of multiple species offiloviruses in the migratory bat population.

TL;DR: To minimize the risk of virus dissemination in previously unaffected areas, there is a need for increased investment in health infrastructure in African countries, policies to facilitate collaboration between health authorities from different countries, implementation of outbreak control measures by relevant multi‐disciplinary teams and education of the populations at risk.

TL;DR: This work generated a panel of mouse monoclonal antibodies to the nucleoprotein (NP) of Ebola virus belonging to the species Zaire ebolavirus and successfully produced species-specific rabbit antisera to synthetic peptides predicted to represent unique filovirus B-cell epitopes.

TL;DR: The monoclonal antibodies specific to the ebolavirus nucleoprotein were used to develop an immunochromatography (IC) assay (QuickNavi-Ebola) for rapid diagnosis of EVD and it was confirmed that the assay could detect the viral antigen shortly after disease onset.

TL;DR: Diagnostic investigations of a hemorrhagic disease reported in pigs in Lusaka (October 2013), Zambia confirmed the disease to be ASF and sequences obtained showed high similarity to previously isolated ASF viruses.