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Alan Kemp
Researcher at National Health Laboratory Service
Publications - 54
Citations - 3811
Alan Kemp is an academic researcher from National Health Laboratory Service. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rift Valley fever & Outbreak. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 52 publications receiving 3328 citations. Previous affiliations of Alan Kemp include University of the Witwatersrand.
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Rift Valley fever virus (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus): an update on pathogenesis, molecular epidemiology, vectors, diagnostics and prevention
TL;DR: This review presents the latest advances in RVF virus research and explains why safe, effective vaccines are still not freely available for protecting humans and livestock against the dramatic consequences of this virus.
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Isolation of Genetically Diverse Marburg Viruses from Egyptian Fruit Bats
Jonathan S. Towner,Brian R. Amman,Tara K. Sealy,Serena A. Carroll,James A. Comer,Alan Kemp,Robert Swanepoel,Christopher D. Paddock,Stephen Balinandi,Marina L. Khristova,Pierre Formenty,César G. Albariño,David M. Miller,Zachary Reed,John Kayiwa,James N. Mills,Deborah Cannon,Patricia W. Greer,Emmanuel Byaruhanga,Eileen C. Farnon,Patrick Atimnedi,Samuel Okware,Edward Katongole-Mbidde,Robert Downing,Jordan W. Tappero,Sherif R. Zaki,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Stuart T. Nichol,Pierre E. Rollin +28 more
TL;DR: Data indicate common Egyptian fruit bats can represent a major natural reservoir and source of Marburg virus with potential for spillover into humans.
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Seasonal Pulses of Marburg Virus Circulation in Juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus Bats Coincide with Periods of Increased Risk of Human Infection
Brian R. Amman,Serena A. Carroll,Zachary Reed,Tara K. Sealy,Stephen Balinandi,Robert Swanepoel,Alan Kemp,Bobbie R. Erickson,James A. Comer,Shelley Campbell,Deborah Cannon,Marina L. Khristova,Patrick Atimnedi,Christopher D. Paddock,Rebekah J. Kent Crockett,Timothy D. Flietstra,Kelly L. Warfield,Robert C. Unfer,Edward Katongole-Mbidde,Robert Downing,Jordan W. Tappero,Sherif R. Zaki,Pierre E. Rollin,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Stuart T. Nichol,Jonathan S. Towner +25 more
TL;DR: The discovery of two tags at Python Cave from bats marked at Kitaka mine, together with the close genetic linkages evident between viruses detected in geographically distant locations, are consistent with R. aegyptiacus bats existing as a large meta-population with associated virus circulation over broad geographic ranges.
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Studies of reservoir hosts for Marburg virus.
Robert Swanepoel,Sheilagh B. Smit,Pierre E. Rollin,Pierre Formenty,Patricia A. Leman,Alan Kemp,Felicity J. Burt,Antoinette A. Grobbelaar,Janice E. Croft,Daniel G. Bausch,Hervé Zeller,Herwig Leirs,Herwig Leirs,Leo Braack,Modeste L. Libande,Sherif R. Zaki,Stuart T. Nichol,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Janusz T. Paweska +18 more
TL;DR: Marburg virus nucleic acid was found in 12 bats, antibodies were found in 2 species of these bats, but no live virus was isolated.
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Marburg hemorrhagic fever associated with multiple genetic lineages of virus.
Daniel G. Bausch,Daniel G. Bausch,Stuart T. Nichol,J. J. Muyembe-Tamfum,Matthias Borchert,Matthias Borchert,Pierre E. Rollin,Hilde Sleurs,Pat Campbell,Florimund K. Tshioko,Catherine Roth,Robert Colebunders,Robert Colebunders,Patricia Pirard,Simon Mardel,Loku Abisa Olinda,Hervé Zeller,Antoine Tshomba,Amayo Kulidri,Modeste L. Libande,Sabue Mulangu,Pierre Formenty,Thomas Grein,Herwig Leirs,Leo Braack,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Sherif R. Zaki,Michael D. Bowen,Sheilagh B. Smit,Patricia A. Leman,Felicity J. Burt,Alan Kemp,Robert Swanepoel +32 more
TL;DR: Since multiple genetic variants of virus were identified, ongoing introduction of virus into the population helped perpetuate this outbreak, implying that reservoir hosts of Marburg virus inhabit caves, mines, or similar habitats.