@HerpeZ

Thanks @JohnTembo1982 @Frankongho @Kwitaka_M for delivering this important study. Also big thanks to @EDCTP and all staff and patients at UTH and LMUTH.

Pre-print version of our diagnostic evaluation stuidy titled: Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics and risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Zambia out now.

DATURA international PIs Didier and Xavier, Zambia site PI Kondwelani , Lab Coordinator John, Trial Manager Emelly and Pharmacist Uchizi planning Clinical SOP training activities ahead of implementation of clinical trial.

@nanopore @Kwitaka_M @JohnTembo1982 A successful run! Many thanks to collaborators Prof Velavan and team at University of Tubingen @EDCTP for funding of training exercise and equipment purchase through @PandoraIDNet project #AfricanScientists #SARSCOV2

We conducted our first SARS-CoV-2 sequencing run back in Zambia using @nanopore with Mk1C and MinION flowcell. In the photo our Research assistant @Kwitaka_M and Franklyn postdoc at the University of Lincoln learning procedure from Scientific coordinator @JohnTembo1982

Human cytomegalovirus genomics and transcriptomics through the lens of next-generation sequencing: revision and future challenges - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30604286/

A proofreading-impaired herpesvirus generates populations with quasispecies-like structure - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31477893/

Comprehensive Annotations of Human Herpesvirus 6A and 6B Genomes Reveal Novel and Conserved Genomic Features | bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@EdwardP25258867 Sorry... mbates@lincoln.ac.uk

@EdwardP25258867 Send your CV to mbates@lincoln.ac.up

We have an editorial published in the BMJ. Talking about recent findings of recent Autopsy study done in Zambia looking at prevalence of COVID-19 in mortalities at UTH. bmj.com/content/372/bm…

Link to surveillance study titled: "Covid-19 deaths in Africa: prospective systematic postmortem surveillance study" below bmj.com/content/372/bm…

We begun recruitment on Rapid-CoV! A COVID-19 diagnostic trial study under the @PandoraIDNet project, funded by the @EDCTP. One aim is to develop an algorithm to rapidly test & triage patients showing up to ED's in sub-Saharan Africa with COVID-19 symptoms. Exciting times ahead!

#PhD opportunity on @FindAPhD: findaphd.com/search/Project…

Check out the feature article in the University of Lincoln Research Impact magazine on our EMPIRICAL clinical trial

Prevalence of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and Associated Risk of In Utero Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Acquisition in a High-HIV Prevalence Setting, South Africa - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30615106/