Publications 2021 (IVI)

Agerer, B., Koblischke, M., Gudipati, V., Montaño-Gutierrez, L.F., Smyth, M., Popa, A., Genger, J.W., Endler, L., Florian, D.M., Mühlgrabner, V., Graninger, M., Aberle, S.W., Husa, A.M., Shaw, L.E., Lercher, A., Gattinger, P., Torralba-Gombau, R., Trapin, D., Penz, T., Barreca, D., Fae, I., Wenda, S., Traugott, M., Walder, G., Pickl, W.F., Thiel, V., Allerberger, F., Stockinger, H., Puchhammer-Stöckl, E., Weninger, W., Fischer, G., Hoepler, W., Pawelka, E., Zoufaly, A., Valenta, R., Bock, C., Paster, W., Geyeregger, R., Farlik, M., Halbritter, F., Huppa, J.B., Aberle, J.H., and Bergthaler, A. (2021) SARS-CoV-2 mutations in MHC-I-restricted epitopes evade CD8+ T cell responses. Science Immunology 6:57, eabg6461. (PubMed) (article)

Asín, J., Hilbe, M., de Miguel, R., Rodríguez-Largo, A., Lanau, A., Akerman, A., Stalder, H.P., Schweizer, M., and Luján, L. (2021) An outbreak of abortions, stillbirths, and malformations in a Spanish sheep flock associated with a bovine viral diarrhea virus 2-contaminated orf vaccine. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 68:2, 233-239. (PubMed) (article)

Ayrle, H., Mevissen, M., Bruckmaier, R.M., Wellnitz, O., Kaske, M., Bieber, A., Vögtlin, A., Fricker, R., and Walkenhorst, M. (2021) Effects of an oral hydro-ethanolic purple coneflower extract on performance, clinical health and immune parameters in calves. Research in Veterinary Science 138, 148-160. (PubMed) (article)

Bhatt, P.R., Scaiola, A., Loughran, G., Leibundgut, M., Kratzel, A.#, Meurs, R., Dreos, R., O’Connor, K.M., McMillan, A., Bode, J.W., Thiel, V., Gatfield, D., Atkins, J.F., and Ban, N. (2021) Structural basis of ribosomal frameshifting during translation of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome. Science 372:6548, 1306-1313. (PubMed) (article)

Borcard, L.V.#, Kick, A.R., Hug, C., Lischer, H.E.L., Käser, T., and Summerfield, A. (2021) Systems immunology analyses following porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus infection and vaccination. Frontiers in Immunology 12, 779747. (PubMed) (article)

Brigger, D., Horn, M.P., Pennington, L.F., Powell, A.E., Siegrist, D., Weber, B., Engler, O., Piezzi, V., Damonti, L., Iseli, P., Hauser, C., Froehlich, T.K., Villiger, P.M., Bachmann, M.F., Leib, S.L., Bittel, P., Fiedler, M., Largiadèr, C., Marschall, J., Stalder, H., Kim, P.S., Jardetzky, T.S., Eggel, A., and Nagler, M. (2021) Accuracy of serological testing for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: first results of a large mixed-method evaluation study. Allergy 76:3, 853-865. (PubMed) (article)

Brügger, M.#, Démoulins, T., Barut, G.T., Zumkehr, B., Oliveira Esteves, B.I., Mehinagic, K.#, Haas, Q., Schögler, A., Rameix-Welti, M.A., Eléouët, J.F., Moehrlen, U., Marti, T.M., Schmid, R.A., Summerfield, A., Posthaus, H., Ruggli, N., Hall, S.R.R., and Alves, M.P. (2021) Pulmonary mesenchymal stem cells are engaged in distinct steps of host response to respiratory syncytial virus infection. PLoS Pathogens 17:7, e1009789. (PubMed) (article)

Burgener, S.S., Brügger, M.#, Leborgne, N.G.F., Sollberger, S., Basilico, P., Kaufmann, T., Bird, P.I., and Benarafa, C. (2021) Granule leakage induces cell-intrinsic, granzyme B-mediated apoptosis in mast cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 9, 630166. (PubMed) (article)

Conrady, B., Decaro, N., Graham, D., Ridpath, J.F., Santman-Berends, I., Strain, S., Gethmann, J., and Schweizer, M. (2021) Editorial: Global control and eradication programmes for cattle diseases. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8, 806111. (PubMed) (article)

Cramer, J., Lakkaichi, A., Aliu, B., Jakob, R.P., Klein, S., Cattaneo, I., Jiang, X., Rabbani, S., Schwardt, O., Zimmer, G., Ciancaglini, M., Abreu Mota, T., Maier, T., and Ernst, B. (2021) Sweet drugs for bad bugs: a glycomimetic strategy against the DC-SIGN-mediated dissemination of SARS-CoV-2. Journal of the American Chemical Society 143:42, 17465-17478. (PubMed) (article)

Démoulins, T., Brügger, M.#, Zumkehr, B., Oliveira Esteves, B.I., Mehinagic, K.#, Fahmi, A., Borcard, L.#, Taddeo, A., Jandrasits, D., Posthaus, H., Benarafa, C., Ruggli, N., and Alves, M.P. (2021) The specific features of the developing T cell compartment of the neonatal lung are a determinant of respiratory syncytial virus immunopathogenesis. PLoS Pathogens 17:4, e1009529. (PubMed) (article)

Démoulins, T., Ruggli, N., Gerber, M., Thomann-Harwood, L.J., Ebensen, T., Schulze, K., Guzmán, C.A., and McCullough, K.C. (2021) Self-amplifying pestivirus replicon RNA encoding influenza virus nucleoprotein and hemagglutinin promote humoral and cellular immune responses in pigs. Frontiers in Immunology 11, 622385. (PubMed) (article)

Dione, M.M., Amia, W.C., Ejobi, F., Ouma, E.A., and Wieland, B. (2021) Supply chain and delivery of antimicrobial drugs in smallholder livestock production systems in Uganda. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8, 611076. (PubMed) (article)

Doyle, R.E., Wieland, B., Saville, K., Grace, D., and Campbell, A.J.D. (2021) The importance of animal welfare and Veterinary Services in a changing world. Revue Scientifique et Technique - Office International des Epizooties 40:2, 469-481. (PubMed) (article)

Eloiflin, R.-J., Auray, G., Python, S., Rodrigues, V., Seveno, M., Urbach, S., El Koulali, K., Holzmuller, P., Totte, P., Libeau, G., Bataille, A., and Summerfield, A. (2021) Identification of differential responses of goat PBMCs to PPRV virulence using a multi-omics approach. Frontiers in Immunology 12, 745315. (PubMed) (article)

Fahmi, A.#, Brügger, M.#, Démoulins, T., Zumkehr, B., Oliveira Esteves, B.I., Bracher, L., Wotzkow, C., Blank, F., Thiel, V., Baud, D., and Alves, M.P. (2021) SARS-CoV-2 can infect and propagate in human placenta explants. Cell Reports Medicine 2:12, 100456. (PubMed) (article)

Fenwick, C., Turelli, P., Perez, L., Pellaton, C., Esteves-Leuenberger, L., Farina, A., Campos, J., Lana, E., Fiscalini, F., Raclot, C., Pojer, F., Lau, K., Demurtas, D., Descatoire, M., Joo, V.S., Foglierini, M., Noto, A., Abdelnabi, R., Foo, C.S., Vangeel, L., Neyts, J., Du, W., Bosch, B.J., Veldman, G., Leyssen, P., Thiel, V., LeGrand, R., Lévy, Y., Trono, D., and Pantaleo, G. (2021) A highly potent antibody effective against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. Cell Reports 37:2, 109814. (PubMed) (article)

García-Nicolás, O., V'kovski, P., Zettl, F., Zimmer, G., Thiel, V., and Summerfield, A. (2021) No evidence for human monocyte-derived macrophage infection and antibody-mediated enhancement of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 11, 644574. (PubMed) (article)

Germic, N., Hosseini, A., Stojkov, D., Oberson, K., Claus, M., Benarafa, C., Calzavarini, S., Angelillo-Scherrer, A., Arnold, I.C., Müller, A., Riether, C., Yousefi, S., and Simon, H.U. (2021) ATG5 promotes eosinopoiesis, but inhibits eosinophil effector functions. Blood 137:21, 2958-2969. (PubMed) (article)

Gultom, M.#, Licheri, M., Laloli, L.#, Wider, M., Strässle, M., V'kovski, P., Steiner, S.#, Kratzel, A.#, Thao, T.T.N.#, Probst, L.#, Stalder, H., Portmann, J., Holwerda, M.#, Ebert, N., Stokar-Regenscheit, N., Gurtner, C., Zanolari, P., Posthaus, H., Schuller, S., Vicente-Santos, A., Moreira-Soto, A., Corrales-Aguilar, E., Ruggli, N., Tekes, G., von Messling, V., Sawatsky, B., Thiel, V., and Dijkman, R. (2021) Susceptibility of well-differentiated airway epithelial cell cultures from domestic and wild animals to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Emerging Infectious Diseases 27:7, 1811-1820. (PubMed) (article)

Herrero, M., Mason-D’Croz, D., Thornton, P.K., Fanzo, J., Rushton, J., Godde, C., Bellows, A., de Groot, A., Palmer, J., Chang, J., van Zanten, H., Wieland, B., DeClerck, F., Nordhagen, S., and Gill, M. (2021) Livestock and sustainable food systems: status, trends, and priority actions: Food Systems Summit brief prepared by research partners of the scientific group for the Food Systems Summit, July 2021. Bonn: Center for Development Research (ZEF) in cooperation with the Scientific Group for the UN Food System Summit 2021. (article)

Hierweger, M.M., Koch, M.C., Kauer, R.V., Bagó, Z., Oevermann, A., Bertoni, G., and Seuberlich, T. (2021) A novel Betaretrovirus discovered in cattle with neurological disease and encephalitis. Retrovirology 18:1, 40. (PubMed) (article)

Holwerda, M.#, Laloli, L.#, Wider, M., Schönecker, L., Becker, J., Meylan, M., and Dijkman, R. (2021) Establishment of a reverse genetic system from a bovine derived influenza D virus isolate. Viruses-Basel 13:3, 502. (PubMed) (article)

Huntington, B., Bernardo, T.M., Bondad-Reantaso, M., Bruce, M., Devleesschauwer, B., Gilbert, W., Grace, D., Havelaar, A., Herrero, M., Marsh, T.L., Mesenhowski, S., Pendell, D., Pigott, D., Shaw, A.P., Stacey, D., Stone, M., Torgerson, P., Watkins, K., Wieland, B., and Rushton, J. (2021) Global burden of animal diseases: a novel approach to understanding and managing disease in livestock and aquaculture. Revue Scientifique et Technique - Office International des Epizooties 40:2, 567-584. (PubMed) (article)

Huser, A.F., Schär, J.G., Bachofen, C., de Martin, E.#, Portmann, J., Stalder, H., and Schweizer, M. (2021) Benefit of bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) eradication in cattle on pestivirus seroprevalence in sheep. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8, 681559. (PubMed) (article)

Klaus, J., Meli, M.L., Willi, B., Nadeau, S., Beisel, C., Stadler, T., ETH SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Team, Egberink, H., Zhao, S., Lutz, H., Riond, B., Rösinger, N., Stalder, H., Renzullo, S., and Hofmann-Lehmann, R. (2021) Detection and genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in a domestic cat with respiratory signs in Switzerland. Viruses-Basel 13:3, 496. (PubMed) (article)

Konings, F., Perkins, M.D., Kuhn, J.H., Pallen, M.J., Alm, E.J., Archer, B.N., Barakat, A., Bedford, T., Bhiman, J.N., Caly, L., Carter, L.L., Cullinane, A., de Oliveira, T., Druce, J., El Masry, I., Evans, R., Gao, G.F., Gorbalenya, A.E., Hamblion, E., Herring, B.L., Hodcroft, E., Holmes, E.C., Kakkar, M., Khare, S., Koopmans, M.P.G., Korber, B., Leite, J., MacCannell, D., Marklewitz, M., Maurer-Stroh, S., Rico, J.A.M., Munster, V.J., Neher, R., Munnink, B.O., Pavlin, B.I., Peiris, M., Poon, L., Pybus, O., Rambaut, A., Resende, P., Subissi, L., Thiel, V., Tong, S., van der Werf, S., von Gottberg, A., Ziebuhr, J., and Van Kerkhove, M.D. (2021) SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse. Nature Microbiology 6:7, 821-823. (PubMed) (article)

Kratzel, A.#, Kelly, J.N., V'kovski, P., Portmann, J., Brüggemann, Y., Todt, D., Ebert, N., Shrestha, N., Plattet, P., Staab-Weijnitz, C.A., von Brunn, A., Steinmann, E., Dijkman, R., Zimmer, G., Pfaender, S., and Thiel, V. (2021) A genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies interactors of the autophagy pathway as conserved coronavirus targets. PLoS Biology 19:12, e3001490. (PubMed) (article)

Labroussaa, F., Mehinagic, K.#, Cippa, V., Liniger, M., Akarsu, H., Ruggli, N., and Jores, J. (2021) In-yeast reconstruction of the African swine fever virus genome isolated from clinical samples. STAR Protocols 2, 100803. (PubMed) (article)

Lechmann, J., Ackermann, M., Kaiser, V., and Bachofen, C. (2021) Viral infections shared between water buffaloes and small ruminants in Switzerland. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 33:5, 894-905. (PubMed) (article)

Lei, J., Ma-Lauer, Y., Han, Y., Thoms, M., Buschauer, R., Jores, J., Thiel, V., Beckmann, R., Deng, W., Leonhardt, H., Hilgenfeld, R., and von Brunn, A. (2021) The SARS-unique domain (SUD) of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 interacts with human Paip1 to enhance viral RNA translation. EMBO Journal 40:11, e102277. (PubMed) (article)

Letko, A., Bützberger, C., Hirter, N., Paris, J.M., Abril, C., and Drögemüller, C. (2021) Genetic evaluation of small ruminant lentivirus susceptibility in Valais blacknose sheep. Animal Genetics 52:5, 781-782. (PubMed) (article)

Liniger, M., Gerber, M., Renzullo, S., García-Nicolás, O., and Ruggli, N. (2021) TNF-mediated inhibition of classical swine fever virus replication Is IRF1-, NF-κB- and JAK/STAT signaling-dependent. Viruses-Basel 13:10, 2017. (PubMed) (article)

Lussi, C.#, de Martin, E.#, and Schweizer, M. (2021) Positively charged amino acids in the pestiviral Erns control cell entry, endoribonuclease activity and innate immune evasion. Viruses-Basel 13:8, 1581. (PubMed) (article)

Maes, D., Boyen, F., Devriendt, B., Kuhnert, P., Summerfield, A., and Haesebrouck, F. (2021) Perspectives for improvement of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccines in pigs. Veterinary Research 52:1, 67. (PubMed) (article)

Meurens, F., Dunoyer, C., Fourichon, C., Gerdts, V., Haddad, N., Kortekaas, J., Lewandowska, M.#, Monchatre-Leroy, E., Summerfield, A., Wichgers Schreur, P.J., van der Poel, W.H.M., and Zhu, J. (2021) Animal board invited review: Risks of zoonotic disease emergence at the interface of wildlife and livestock systems. Animal 15:6, 100241. (PubMed) (article)

Müller, L., Usemann, J., Alves, M.P., and Latzin, P. (2021) Diesel exposure increases susceptibility of primary human nasal epithelial cells to rhinovirus infection. Physiological Reports 9:18, e14994. (PubMed) (article)

Mutavi, F., Heitkönig, I., Wieland, B., Aarts, N., and Van Paassen, A. (2021) Tick treatment practices in the field: Access to, knowledge about, and on-farm use of acaricides in Laikipia, Kenya. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 12:5, 101757. (PubMed) (article)

Oba, P., Dione, M.M., Wieland, B., Mwiine, F.N., and Erume, J. (2021) Correlations between lung pneumonic lesions and serologic status for key respiratory pathogens in slaughtered pigs in northern Uganda. Porcine Health Management 7:1, 53. (PubMed) (article)

Ogando, N.S., El Kazzi, P., Zevenhoven-Dobbe, J.C., Bontes, B.W., Decombe, A., Posthuma, C.C., Thiel, V., Canard, B., Ferron, F., Decroly, E., and Snijder, E.J. (2021) Structure-function analysis of the nsp14 N7-guanine methyltransferase reveals an essential role in Betacoronavirus replication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118:49, e2108709118. (PubMed) (article)

Picotto, L.D., Fuentealba, N.A., Bertoni, G., Patrucco, M., Sguazza, G.H., Echeverria, M.G., and Panei, C.J. (2021) Argentinian small ruminant lentivirus (SRLV) p55gag antigen fused to maltose binding protein to use in SRLV serological confirmatory diagnosis. Virus Research 296, 198332. (PubMed) (article)

Ricardo-Lax, I., Luna, J.M., Thao, T.T.N.#, Le Pen, J., Yu, Y., Hoffmann, H.H., Schneider, W.M., Razooky, B.S., Fernandez-Martinez, J., Schmidt, F., Weisblum, Y., Trüeb, B.S., Berenguer Veiga, I., Schmied, K., Ebert, N., Michailidis, E., Peace, A., Sánchez-Rivera, F.J., Lowe, S.W., Rout, M.P., Hatziioannou, T., Bieniasz, P.D., Poirier, J.T., MacDonald, M.R., Thiel, V., and Rice, C.M. (2021) Replication and single-cycle delivery of SARS-CoV-2 replicons. Science 374:6571, 1099-1106. (PubMed) (article)

Ries, C., Vögtlin, A., Hüssy, D., Jandt, T., Gobet, H., Hilbe, M., Burgener, C., Schweizer, L., Häfliger-Speiser, S., Beer, M., and Hoffmann, B. (2021) Putative novel atypical BTV serotype '36' identified in small ruminants in Switzerland. Viruses-Basel 13:5, 721. (PubMed) (article)

Sava, M., Sommer, G., Daikeler, T., Woischnig, A.K., Martinez, A.E., Leuzinger, K., Hirsch, H., Erlanger, T., Wiencierz, A., Bassetti, S., Tamm, M., Tschudin-Sutter, S., Stoeckle, M., Pargger, H., Siegemund, M., Boss, R., Zimmer, G., Vu, D.L., Kaiser, L., Dell-Kuster, S., Weisser, M., Battegay, M., Hostettler, K., and Khanna, N. (2021) Ninety-day outcome of patients with severe COVID-19 treated with tocilizumab - a single centre cohort study. Swiss Medical Weekly 151, w20550. (PubMed) (article)

Schijns, V., Majhen, D., van der Ley, P., Thakur, A., Summerfield, A., Berisio, R., Nativi, C., Fernández-Tejada, A., Alvarez-Dominguez, C., Gizurarson, S., Zamyatina, A., Molinaro, A., Rosano, C., Jakopin, Ž., Gursel, I., and McClean, S. (2021) Rational vaccine design in times of emerging diseases: the critical choices of immunological correlates of protection, vaccine antigen and immunomodulation. Pharmaceutics 13:4, 501. (PubMed) (article)

Schroeder, S., Mache, C., Kleine-Weber, H., Corman, V.M., Muth, D., Richter, A., Fatykhova, D., Memish, Z.A., Stanifer, M.L., Boulant, S., Gultom, M.#, Dijkman, R., Eggeling, S., Hocke, A., Hippenstiel, S., Thiel, V., Pöhlmann, S., Wolff, T., Müller, M.A., and Drosten, C. (2021) Functional comparison of MERS-coronavirus lineages reveals increased replicative fitness of the recombinant lineage 5. Nature Communications 12:1, 5324. (PubMed) (article)

Schweizer, M., Stalder, H.P., Haslebacher, A., Grisiger, M., Schwermer, H., and Di Labio, E. (2021) Eradication of bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) in cattle in Switzerland: Lessons taught by the complex biology of the virus. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8, 702730. (PubMed) (article)

Shrestha, N., Gall, F.M., Mathieu, C., Hierweger, M.M., Brügger, M., Alves, M.P., Vesin, J., Banfi, D., Kalbermatter, D., Horvat, B., Chambon, M., Turcatti, G., Fotiadis, D., Riedl, R., and Plattet, P. (2021) Highly potent host-specific small-molecule inhibitor of paramyxovirus and pneumovirus replication with high resistance barrier. mBio 12:6, e0262121. (PubMed) (article)

Steinlin-Schopfer, J., Barbani, M.T., Kamgang, R., Zwahlen, M., Suter-Riniker, F., and Dijkman, R. (2021) Evaluation of the Roche antigen rapid test and a cell culture-based assay compared to rRT- PCR for the detection of SARS-CoV-2: A contribution to the discussion about SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests and contagiousness. Journal of Clinical Virology Plus 1:1-2, 100020. (PubMed) (article)

Stervbo, U., Blazquez-Navarro, A., Blanco, E.V., Safi, L., Meister, T.L., Paniskaki, K., Stockhausen, M., Marheinecke, C., Zimmer, G., Wellenkötter, J., Giglio, T., Arora, P., Pöhlmann, S., Hoffmann, M., Seibert, F.S., Pfaender, S., Roch, T., Westhoff, T.H., Cinkilic, O., and Babel, N. (2021) Improved cellular and humoral immunity upon a second BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 boost in prime-boost vaccination no/low responders with end-stage renal disease. Kidney International 100:6, 1335-1337. (PubMed) (article)

Stevaert, A., Krasniqi, B., Van Loy, B., Nguyen, T., Thomas, J., Vandeput, J., Jochmans, D., Thiel, V., Dijkman, R., Dehaen, W., Voet, A., and Naesens, L. (2021) Betulonic acid derivatives interfering with human coronavirus 229E replication via the nsp15 endoribonuclease. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 64:9, 5632-5644. (PubMed) (article)

Strässle, M., Laloli, L.#, Gultom, M.#, V'kovski, P., Stoffel, M.H., Crespo Pomar, S., Chanfon Bätzner, A., Ebert, N., Labroussaa, F., Dijkman, R., Jores, J., and Thiel, V. (2021) Establishment of caprine airway epithelial cells grown in an air-liquid interface system to study caprine respiratory viruses and bacteria. Veterinary Microbiology 257, 109067. (PubMed) (article)

Studer, E., Schönecker, L., Meylan, M., Stucki, D., Dijkman, R., Holwerda, M.#, Glaus, A., and Becker, J. (2021) Prevalence of BRD-related viral pathogens in the upper respiratory tract of Swiss veal calves. Animals (Basel) 11:7, 1940. (PubMed) (article)

Stukalov, A., Girault, V., Grass, V., Karayel, O., Bergant, V., Urban, C., Haas, D.A., Huang, Y., Oubraham, L., Wang, A., Hamad, M.S., Piras, A., Hansen, F.M., Tanzer, M.C., Paron, I., Zinzula, L., Enghleitner, T., Reinecke, M., Lavacca, T.M., Ehmann, R., Wölfel, R., Jores, J., Kuster, B., Protzer, U., Rad, R., Ziebuhr, J., Thiel, V., Scaturro, P., Mann, M., and Pichlmair, A. (2021) Multilevel proteomics reveals host perturbations by SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV. Nature 594:7862, 246-252. (PubMed) (article)

Tabata, K., Prasad, V., Paul, D., Lee, J.Y., Pham, M.T., Twu, W.I., Neufeldt, C.J., Cortese, M., Cerikan, B., Stahl, Y., Joecks, S., Tran, C.S., Lüchtenborg, C., V'kovski, P., Hörmann, K., Müller, A.C., Zitzmann, C., Haselmann, U., Beneke, J., Kaderali, L., Erfle, H., Thiel, V., Lohmann, V., Superti-Furga, G., Brügger, B., and Bartenschlager, R. (2021) Convergent use of phosphatidic acid for hepatitis C virus and SARS-CoV-2 replication organelle formation. Nature Communications 12:1, 7276. (PubMed) (article)

Tavares-Gomes, L., Monney, C., Neuhaus, G., Francisco, D.#, Solis, D., Summerfield, A., Erny, D., Jagannathan, V., and Oevermann, A. (2021) Transcriptome of microglia reveals a species-specific expression profile in bovines with conserved and new signature genes. Glia 69:8, 1932-1949. (PubMed) (article)

Tavella, A., Capello, K., Bertoni, G., and Bettini, A. (2021) Risk factors associated with the alpine multispecies farming system in the eradication of CAEV in South Tyrol, Italy. Viruses-Basel 13:10, 1959. (PubMed) (article)

Thao, T.T.N.#, de Bruin, E., Phuong, H.T., Thao Vy, N.H., van den Ham, H.J., Wills, B.A., Tien, N.T.H., Le Duyen, H.T., Trung, D.T., Whitehead, S.S., Boni, M.F., Koopmans, M., and Clapham, H.E. (2021) Using NS1 flavivirus protein microarray to infer past infecting dengue virus serotype and number of past dengue virus infections in Vietnamese individuals. Journal of Infectious Diseases 223:12, 2053-2061. (PubMed) (article)

Trimpert, J., Adler, J.M., Eschke, K., Abdelgawad, A., Firsching, T.C., Ebert, N., Thao, T.T.N.#, Gruber, A.D., Thiel, V., Osterrieder, N., and Kunec, D. (2021) Live attenuated virus vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern B.1.1.7 (Alpha) and B.1.351 (Beta). Science Advances 7:49, eabk0172. (PubMed) (article)

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