2021
Blood virosphere in febrile Tanzanian children
Cordey S, Laubscher F, Hartley M, Junier T, Keitel K, Docquier M, Guex N, Iseli C, Vieille G, Le Mercier P, Gleizes A, Samaka J, Mlaganile T, Kagoro F, Masimba J, Said Z, Temba H, Elbanna G, Tapparel C, Zanella M, Xenarios I, Fellay J, D’Acremont V, Kaiser L. Blood virosphere in febrile Tanzanian children. Emerging Microbes & Infections 2021, 10: 982-993. PMID: 33929935, PMCID: PMC8171259, DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2021.1925161.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfection/diseaseBlood viromeMetagenomic next-generation sequencingAcute febrile illnessLow-resource clinical settingsAvailable diagnostic toolsFebrile childrenFebrile illnessPediatric populationOutpatient departmentRoutine screeningTanzanian childrenViral infectionPotential viral originViral variantsClinical settingOne-yearDetected virusNext-generation sequencingDar es SalaamDiagnostic toolCausal virusVirusViral originDisease
2019
Detection of dicistroviruses RNA in blood of febrile Tanzanian children
Cordey S, Laubscher F, Hartley M, Junier T, Pérez-Rodriguez F, Keitel K, Vieille G, Samaka J, Mlaganile T, Kagoro F, Boillat-Blanco N, Mbarack Z, Docquier M, Brito F, Eibach D, May J, Sothmann P, Aldrich C, Lusingu J, Tapparel C, D’Acremont V, Kaiser L. Detection of dicistroviruses RNA in blood of febrile Tanzanian children. Emerging Microbes & Infections 2019, 8: 613-623. PMID: 30999808, PMCID: PMC6493270, DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1603791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTanzanian childrenViral RNA copies/Paediatric outpatient consultationsRNA copies/Higher positivity rateReal-time RT-PCRQuantitative real-time RT-PCRTanzanian adultsFebrile episodesViral loadOutpatient consultationsPositivity rateCopies/Causative pathogenNew agentsRT-PCRPlasma samplesFull-length genomeSusceptible populationChildrenViral originFurther investigationBloodSerumCapsid region