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Roman Wölfel
Researcher at Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology
Publications - 96
Citations - 15189
Roman Wölfel is an academic researcher from Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Ebola virus. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 83 publications receiving 11572 citations. Previous affiliations of Roman Wölfel include Charité & Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine.
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Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019.
Roman Wölfel,Victor M. Corman,Wolfgang Guggemos,M Seilmaier,Sabine Zange,Marcel A. Müller,Daniela Niemeyer,Terry Jones,Terry Jones,Patrick Vollmar,Camilla Rothe,Michael Hoelscher,Tobias Bleicker,Sebastian Brünink,Julia Schneider,Rosina Ehmann,Katrin Zwirglmaier,Christian Drosten,Clemens M. Wendtner +18 more
TL;DR: Detailed virological analysis of nine cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) provides proof of active replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in tissues of the upper respiratory tract.
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Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany.
Camilla Rothe,Mirjam Schunk,Peter Sothmann,Gisela Bretzel,Guenter Froeschl,Claudia Wallrauch,Thorbjörn Zimmer,Verena Thiel,Christian Janke,Wolfgang Guggemos,M Seilmaier,Christian Drosten,Patrick Vollmar,Katrin Zwirglmaier,Sabine Zange,Roman Wölfel,Michael Hoelscher +16 more
TL;DR: Investigators in Germany detected the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from a person who had recently traveled from China and found it to be a novel virus.
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Real-time, portable genome sequencing for Ebola surveillance
Joshua Quick,Nicholas J. Loman,Sophie Duraffour,Jared T. Simpson,Jared T. Simpson,Ettore Severi,Ettore Severi,Lauren A. Cowley,Joseph Akoi Bore,Raymond Koundouno,Gytis Dudas,Amy Mikhail,Nobila Ouedraogo,Babak Afrough,Amadou Bah,Jonathan H.J. Baum,Beate Becker-Ziaja,Jan Peter Boettcher,Mar Cabeza-Cabrerizo,Álvaro Camino-Sánchez,Lisa L. Carter,Juliane Doerrbecker,Theresa Enkirch,Isabel García-Dorival,Nicole Hetzelt,Julia Hinzmann,Tobias Holm,Liana E. Kafetzopoulou,Liana E. Kafetzopoulou,Michel Koropogui,Abigael Kosgey,Eeva Kuisma,Christopher H. Logue,Antonio Mazzarelli,Sarah Meisel,Marc Mertens,Janine Michel,Didier Ngabo,Katja Nitzsche,Elisa Pallasch,Livia Victoria Patrono,Jasmine Portmann,Johanna Repits,Natasha Y. Rickett,Andreas Sachse,Katrin Singethan,Inês Vitoriano,Rahel L. Yemanaberhan,Elsa Gayle Zekeng,Trina Racine,Alexander Bello,Amadou A. Sall,Ousmane Faye,Oumar Faye,N’Faly Magassouba,Cecelia V. Williams,Victoria Amburgey,Linda Winona,Emily Davis,Jon Gerlach,Frank Washington,Vanessa Monteil,Marine Jourdain,Marion Bererd,Alimou Camara,Hermann Somlare,Abdoulaye Camara,Marianne Gerard,Guillaume Bado,Bernard Baillet,Déborah Delaune,Koumpingnin Yacouba Nebie,Abdoulaye Diarra,Yacouba Savane,Raymond Pallawo,Giovanna Jaramillo Gutierrez,Natacha Milhano,Natacha Milhano,Isabelle Roger,Christopher Williams,Facinet Yattara,Kuiama Lewandowski,James E. Taylor,Phillip A. Rachwal,Daniel J. Turner,Georgios Pollakis,Julian A. Hiscox,David A. Matthews,Matthew K. O'Shea,Andrew Johnston,Duncan W. Wilson,Emma Hutley,Erasmus Smit,Antonino Di Caro,Roman Wölfel,Kilian Stoecker,Erna Fleischmann,Martin Gabriel,Simon A. Weller,Lamine Koivogui,Boubacar Diallo,Sakoba Keita,Andrew Rambaut,Andrew Rambaut,Pierre Formenty,Stephan Günther,Miles W. Carroll +106 more
TL;DR: This paper presents sequence data and analysis of 142 EBOV samples collected during the period March to October 2015 and shows that real-time genomic surveillance is possible in resource-limited settings and can be established rapidly to monitor outbreaks.
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Experimental Treatment with Favipiravir for Ebola Virus Disease (the JIKI Trial): A Historically Controlled, Single-Arm Proof-of-Concept Trial in Guinea.
Daouda Sissoko,Cédric Laouénan,Elin Folkesson,Abdoul-Bing M’Lebing,Abdoul-Habib Beavogui,Sylvain Baize,Sylvain Baize,Alseny-Modet Camara,Piet Maes,Susan Shepherd,Christine Danel,Sara Carazo,Mamoudou N. Conde,Jean-Luc Gala,Géraldine Colin,Hélène Savini,Joseph Akoi Bore,Frédéric Le Marcis,Fara Raymond Koundouno,Frédéric Petitjean,Marie-Claire Lamah,Sandra Diederich,Alexis Tounkara,Geertrui Poelart,Emmanuel Berbain,Jean-Michel Dindart,Sophie Duraffour,Annabelle Lefevre,Tamba Leno,Olivier Peyrouset,Leonid M. Irenge,N’Famara Bangoura,Romain Palich,Julia Hinzmann,Annette Kraus,Thierno Sadou Barry,Sakoba Berette,André Bongono,Mohamed Seto Camara,Valérie Chanfreau Munoz,Lanciné Doumbouya,Souley Harouna,Patient Mumbere Kighoma,Fara Roger Koundouno,Réné Lolamou,Cécé Moriba Loua,Vincent Massala,Kinda Moumouni,Célia Provost,Nenefing Samake,Conde Sekou,Abdoulaye Soumah,Isabelle Arnould,Michel Saa Komano,Lina Gustin,Carlotta Berutto,Diarra Camara,Fodé Saydou Camara,Joliene Colpaert,Léontine Delamou,Lena Jansson,Etienne Kourouma,Maurice Loua,Kristian Nødtvedt Malme,Emma Manfrin,André Maomou,Adele Milinouno,Sien Ombelet,Aboubacar Youla Sidiboun,Isabelle Verreckt,Pauline Yombouno,Anne Bocquin,Caroline Carbonnelle,Thierry Carmoi,Pierre Frange,Stéphane Mély,Vinh-Kim Nguyen,Delphine Pannetier,Anne-Marie Taburet,Jean-Marc Treluyer,Jacques Seraphin Kolié,Raoul Moh,Minerva Cervantes Gonzalez,Eeva Kuisma,Britta Liedigk,Didier Ngabo,Martin Rudolf,Ruth Thom,Romy Kerber,Martin Gabriel,Antonino Di Caro,Roman Wölfel,Jamal Badir,Mostafa Bentahir,Yann Deccache,Catherine Dumont,Jean-François Durant,Karim El Bakkouri,Marie Gasasira Uwamahoro,Benjamin Smits,Nora Toufik,Stéphane Van Cauwenberghe,Khaled Ezzedine,Eric D'Ortenzio,Louis Pizarro,Aurélie Etienne,Jeremie Guedj,Alexandra Fizet,Alexandra Fizet,Eric Barte de Sainte Fare,Bernadette Murgue,Tuan Tran-Minh,Christophe Rapp,Pascal Piguet,Marc Poncin,Bertrand Draguez,Thierry Allaford Duverger,Solenne Barbe,Guillaume Baret,Isabelle Defourny,Miles W. Carroll,Miles W. Carroll,Hervé Raoul,Augustin Augier,Serge Eholié,Yazdan Yazdanpanah,Claire Levy-Marchal,Annick Antierrens,Michel Van Herp,Stephan Günther,Xavier de Lamballerie,Sakoba Keita,Xavier Anglaret,Denis Malvy +133 more
TL;DR: The objectives of the trial were to test the feasibility and acceptability of an emergency trial in the context of a large Ebola outbreak, and to collect data on the safety and effectiveness of favipiravir in reducing mortality and viral load in patients with EVD.
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Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in Germany resulting from a single travel-associated primary case: a case series.
Merle M Böhmer,Udo Buchholz,Victor M. Corman,Martin Hoch,Katharina Katz,Durdica Marosevic,Stefanie Böhm,Tom Woudenberg,Nikolaus Ackermann,Regina Konrad,Ute Eberle,Bianca Treis,Alexandra Dangel,Katja Bengs,Volker Fingerle,Anja Berger,Stefan Hörmansdorfer,Siegfried Ippisch,Bernd Wicklein,Andreas Grahl,Kirsten Pörtner,Nadine Muller,Nadine Zeitlmann,T. Sonia Boender,Wei Cai,Andreas Reich,Maria an der Heiden,Ute Rexroth,Osamah Hamouda,Julia Schneider,Talitha Veith,Barbara Mühlemann,Roman Wölfel,Roman Wölfel,Markus Antwerpen,Markus Antwerpen,Mathias C. Walter,Mathias C. Walter,Ulrike Protzer,Ulrike Protzer,Bernhard Liebl,Walter Haas,Andreas Sing,Christian Drosten,Andreas Zapf +44 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that although the outbreak was controlled, successful long-term and global containment of COVID-19 could be difficult to achieve.