Ahmed S. Kayed

TL;DR: The newly developed ppNT assay does not require Biosafety Level 3 containment and is thus a relatively high-throughput assay, well suited for large-scale seroepidemiology studies which are needed to better understand the ecology and epidemiology of MERS-CoV.

TL;DR: Genetic and antigenic analyses of viruses revealed that influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.2.1 viruses are dominant and that all subtype H9N2 viruses are G1-like, which poses concern for potential reassortment.

TL;DR: The number of humans infected with avian influenza viruses is much larger than the number of reported confirmed cases, and in an area where these viruses are enzootic in the poultry, human exposure to and infection withAvian influenza becomes more common.

TL;DR: An aggressive plan to curb these infections in poultry is urgently needed.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that camels are a reservoir for MERS-CoV and that camel trade is an important route of introducing the virus into importing countries is supported and findings related to waning antibodies and re-infection have implications for camel vaccine development, disease management and zoonotic threat.