A novel post-mortem pathogen discovery program detects an outbreak of Echovirus E7: Uganda, 2022–2023
Integration of mortuary surveillance, coupled with mNGS, into public health systems represents a powerful strategy for identifying unrecognized outbreaks and monitoring the (re-) emergence of infectious diseases.
Authors
- Pontiano Kaleebu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9706-2977)
- Sonja Weiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5198-2505)
- Gavin A. Cloherty
- Gregory S. Orf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4853-8518)
- Stephen Karabyo Balinandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3057-0755)
- Stella Nabirye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0316-4760)
- Samuel Kalungi
- Mary A. Rodgers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8815-8651)
- Joshua Buule (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1561-4908)
- R. G. Downing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-4197)
- Nicholas Bbosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1280-675X)
- Michael G. Berg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0233-5819)
- Deogratius Ssemwanga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9675-4234)
- Henry Kyobe Bosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-8727)
- Francisco Averhoff
- Maximillian Mata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7587-3748)
- Tom Lutalo
- Angela Havron
Institutions
- Mulago Hospital (UG)
- Abbott (United States) (US)
- Ministry of Health (UG)
- Uganda Blood Transfusion Service (UG)
- Abbott Fund (US)
- Makerere University (UG)
- Uganda Virus Research Institute (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1557576
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40
Funders
- Abbott Laboratories