Scott C. Weaver

TL;DR: In this paper, three SARS-CoV-2 viruses containing key spike mutations from the newly emerged United Kingdom (UK) and South African (SA) variants were engineered.

TL;DR: Genetic studies imply that mutations in the E2 envelope glycoprotein gene are major determinants of adaptation to both equines and mosquito vectors, and relations between the ability of enzootic and epizootic VEEV strains to infect abundant, equiphilic mosquitoes, suggest that specific adaptation to Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus mosquitoes is a determinant of some but not all emergence events.

TL;DR: An urban epidemic of d Dengue in Senegal during 2009 affected 196 persons and included 5 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever and 1 fatal case of dENGue shock syndrome.

TL;DR: The use of the golden hamster is described to study EEEV-induced acute vasculitis and encephalitis in hamsters and the pathological manifestations and antigen distribution in the brain of a hamster are similar to those described in human cases of EeeV.

TL;DR: The preliminary results of a portable and low-cost molecular diagnostics system for ZIKV infection are reported and it has the potential to offer simple sample-to-answer molecular Diagnostics and can inform healthcare workers of patients’ diagnosis promptly.