Our highlights

Favipiravir for Lassa fever: an open-label, randomized controlled phase 2 trial
- Cyril Erameh, Kevin Okwaraeke, Christine Kleist, Osahogie Edeawe, Nelson Adedosu, Enomen Ekata, Chukwuyem Abejegah, Sampson Owhin, Femi Babatunde, Till Omansen, Augusto Meneguim, Alexandre Duvignaud, Johannes Mischlinger, Ndapewa Ithete, Lisa Oestereich, Julia Hinzmann, Liasu Ahmed, Sophie Duraffour, Reuben Eifedyi, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Peter Akhideno, Oladele Oluwafemi Ayodeji, Stephan Günther, Sebastian G. Wicha, Marie Jaspard, Meike Pahlmann, Michael Ramharter & Mirjam Groger
- Nature Medicine
- 2026-05-15
Accelerated qualification of diagnostic tests during an ongoing outbreak of Bundibugyo virus disease: a collaborative analytical validation study
- Till Dominik Best, Lisa Oestereich, Francesca Colavita, Janine Michel, Zsofia Igloi, Zoltan Kis, Sarah Metzger, Tobias Bleicker, Bas van der Veer, Marie Luisa Schmidt, Naemi Smolka, Kim Christin Heimsch, Prof Chantal Reusken, Fabrizio Carletti, Markus Eickmann, Lina Widerspick, Lorenzo Subissi, Nadia Wauquier, Pinkus Tober-Lau, Prof Florian Kurth, Richard Molenkamp, Prof Leif Erik Sander, Prof Roman Wölfel, Bernadett Palyi, Lance Presser, Prof Andreas Nitsche, Prof Stephan Becker, Stephan Günther, Johan Aarum, Victor Max Corman, Prof Marion Koopmans, Prof Christian Drosten
- The Lancet Infectious Diseases
- 2026-09-02
ViMOP: a user-friendly and field-applicable pipeline for untargeted viral genome nanopore sequencing
- Nils Peter Petersen, Mia Le, Annick Renevey, Ehizojie Emua, Sarah Ryter, Giuditta Annibaldis, Jacob Camara, Sanaba Boumbaly, Cyril Erameh, Tanja Laske, Jan Baumbach, Philippe Lemey, Stephan Günther, Sophie Duraffour, Liana Eleni Kafetzopoulou
- Bioinformatics, Volume 42
- 2026-01-01
Nosocomial outbreak of Lassa fever in Conakry, Guinea, 2022
- Giuditta Annibaldis, Barré Soropogui, Kékoura Ifono, Jacob Camara, Mohamed Lamine Kaba, Fanta Berete, Sarah Ryter, Moussa Conde, Saa Lucien Millimono, Mette Hinrichs, Hugo Soubrier, Eugène Kolie, Nourdine Ibrahim, Bakary Sylla, Liana Eleni Kafetzopoulou, Joon Klaps, Philippe Lemey, Nils Peter Petersen, Mia Le, Emily Victoria Nelson, Kouramoudou Berete, Fodé Amara Traore, Anaïs Legand, Pierre Formenty, Fara Raymond Koundouno, Alimou Camara, Stephan Günther, Sophie Duraffour, Sanaba Boumbaly
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- 2026-04-23
Crimean–Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Kosovo: Detection of Orthonairovirus haemorrhagiae in Ticks from Non-Endemic Areas
- Kurtesh Sherifi, Driton Çaushi, Betim Xhekaj, Agim Rexhepi, Genc Halimi, Albana Matoshi, Lindita Ajazaj Berisha, Xhevat Jakupi, Donjeta Hajdari Pllana, Ronald von Possel, Daniel Cadar, Petra Emmerich
- Zoonotic Dis. 2026, 6(3), 31
- 2026-08-05
Presence of Lassa Virus RNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid Indicating Neuroinvasive Lassa Fever in Pediatric Patients From Edo State, Nigeria
- Hannah Caroline Sophie Müller, Cyril Oshomah Erameh, Joseph Okoeguale, Sheila Ojor Ileli, Imonifome Frank Onyeke, Adewale Elijah Adetunji, Lilian Omoyemen Akerele, Rita Esumeh, Ebo Benevolence Ohomoime, Mette Hinrichs, Jonas Müller, Ujiagbe Moses Aiterebhe, Christiana Ngozi Ekuma, Chukwuemeka Ogbuinya Ugadu, Ifeanyi Henry Onyerikam, Juliet Oemhenze Idialu-Eigbobo, Matthew Apeleokha, Ehisuan Ehiaghe, Osahogie Isaac Edeawe, Kelly Ohis Iraoyah, Chris Hoffmann, Donatus Adomeh, Thomas Olokor, Ikponmwosa Odia, Danny Asogun, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Ephraim Ogbaini-Emovon, Reuben Eifediyi, Stephan Günther, Meike Pahlmann, Michael Ramharter, Lisa Oestereich, Till Omansen, George Akpede
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- 2025-11-25
Structural snapshots of phenuivirus cap-snatching and transcription
- Williams HM, Thorkelsson SR, Vogel D, Busch C, Milewski M, Cusack S, Grünewald K, Quemin ERJ, Rosenthal M
- Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 May 6:gkae330. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae330
- 2024-05-06
Lassa virus persistence with high viral titres following experimental infection in its natural reservoir host, Mastomys natalensis
- Hoffmann C, Krasemann S, Wurr S, Hartmann K, Adam E, Bockholt S, Müller J, Günther S, Oestereich L
- Nature Communications. (2024)15:9319. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-53616-4
- 2024-10-29
Detection of Marburg Virus Disease in Guinea
- Koundouno FR, Kafetzopoulou LE, Faye M, Renevey A, Soropogui B, Ifono K, Nelson EV, Kamano AA, Tolno C, Annibaldis G, Millimono SL, Camara J, Kourouma K, Doré A, Millimouno TE, Tolno FMB, Hinzmann J, Soubrier H, Hinrichs M, Thielebein A, Herzer G, Pahlmann M, Ki-Zerbo GA, Formenty P, Legand A, Wiley MR, Faye O, Diagne MM, Sall AA, Lemey P, Bah A, Günther S, Keita S, Duraffour S, Magassouba N
- N Engl J Med. 2022 Jun 30;386(26):2528-2530. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2120183
- 2022-06-30
Virus persistence after recovery from acute Lassa fever in Nigeria: a 2-year interim analysis of a prospective longitudinal cohort study
- Thielebein A, Ighodalo Y, Taju A, Olokor T, Omiunu R, Esumeh R, Ebhodaghe P, Ekanem A, Igenegbale G, Giwa R, Renevey A, Hinzmann J, Müller J, Pallasch E, Pahlmann M, Guedj J, Nwatuzor J, Femi Babatunde O, Adomeh DI, Asogun D, Akpede N, Okogbenin S, Günther S, Oestereich L, Duraffour S, Ogbaini-Emovon E
- Lancet Microbe. 2022 Jan;3(1):e32-e40. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00178-6
- 2022-01-01
Conformational changes in Lassa virus L protein associated with promoter binding and RNA synthesis activity
- Kouba T*, Vogel D*, Thorkelsson SR*, Quemin ERJ, Williams HM, Milewski M, Busch C, Günther S, Grünewald K, Rosenthal M#, Cusack S#. |Note: * equal contributing first authors, # equal contributing senior authors & co-corresponding authors
- Nat Commun. 2021 Dec 2;12(1):7018. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27305-5
- 2021-12-02
Metagenomic sequencing at the epicenter of the Nigeria 2018 Lassa fever outbreak
- Kafetzopoulou LE, Pullan ST, Lemey P, Suchard MA, Ehichioya DU, Pahlmann M, Thielebein A, Hinzmann J, Oestereich L, Wozniak DM, Efthymiadis K, Schachten D, Koenig F, Matjeschk J, Lorenzen S, Lumley S, Ighodalo Y, Adomeh DI, Olokor T, Omomoh E, Omiunu R, Agbukor J, Ebo B, Aiyepada J, Ebhodaghe P, Osiemi B, Ehikhametalor S, Akhilomen P, Airende M, Esumeh R, Muoebonam E, Giwa R, Ekanem A, Igenegbale G, Odigie G, Okonofua G, Enigbe R, Oyakhilome J, Yerumoh EO, Odia I, Aire C, Okonofua M, Atafo R, Tobin E, Asogun D, Akpede N, Okokhere PO, Rafiu MO, Iraoyah KO, Iruolagbe CO, Akhideno P, Erameh C, Akpede G, Isibor E, Naidoo D, Hewson R, Hiscox JA, Vipond R, Carroll MW, Ihekweazu C, Formenty P, Okogbenin S, Ogbaini-Emovon E, Günther S, Duraffour S
- Science. 2019 Jan 4;363(6422):74-77. doi: 10.1126/science.aau9343
- 2019-01-04

Our publications per year

2026
- Identification of Host Gene Transcripts by Machine Learning and Their Application to Predict Outcome in Ebola Virus Disease
  - Pérez JG, Rickett NY, Günther S, Kerber R, Ng LFP, Fletcher T, MacGill T, Myers T, Orr R, Carroll MW
  - J Infect Dis. 2026 Oct 15;234(4):e848–e858. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiag308
  - 2026-10-15
- Accelerated qualification of diagnostic tests during an ongoing outbreak of Bundibugyo virus disease: a collaborative analytical validation study
  - Till Dominik Best, Lisa Oestereich, Francesca Colavita, Janine Michel, Zsofia Igloi, Zoltan Kis, Sarah Metzger, Tobias Bleicker, Bas van der Veer, Marie Luisa Schmidt, Naemi Smolka, Kim Christin Heimsch, Prof Chantal Reusken, Fabrizio Carletti, Markus Eickmann, Lina Widerspick, Lorenzo Subissi, Nadia Wauquier, Pinkus Tober-Lau, Prof Florian Kurth, Richard Molenkamp, Prof Leif Erik Sander, Prof Roman Wölfel, Bernadett Palyi, Lance Presser, Prof Andreas Nitsche, Prof Stephan Becker, Stephan Günther, Johan Aarum, Victor Max Corman, Prof Marion Koopmans, Prof Christian Drosten
  - The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  - 2026-09-02
- Post-Exposure Prophylaxis with a monoclonal antibody cocktail Following Bundibugyo Ebolavirus Exposure in Adults and Children
  - Christian Gaebler, Han Ngoc Le, Luise Martin, Paulina Tarnow, Alexander Gratopp, Stefanie Hort, Anke Wendt, Monika Rottstegge, Pinkus Tober Lau, Matthias Zehner, Henning Gruell, Manuel Koch, Victor Corman, Till Dominik Best, Shreeya Amatya, Mary J Choi, William A Fischer 2nd, Wesley R Campbell, Aneesh K Mehta, Marylyn M Addo, Renate Krüger, Susanne Lau, Philip Bufler, Marcus A Mall, Christian Drosten, Lisa Oestereich, Charité Ebola Task Force, Tilman Lingscheid, Katrin Moira Heim, Alexander Uhrig, Frieder Pfäfflin, Miriam S Stegemann, Florian Klein, Florian Kurth, Leif Erik Sander
  - Nature medicine. Online ahead of print.
  - 2026-08-24
- A case of Bundibugyo virus disease treated with monoclonal antibodies and remdesivir
  - Alexander Uhrig, Frieder Pfäfflin, Pinkus Tober-Lau, Victor M. Corman, Miriam S. Stegemann, Paulina Tarnow, Monika Rottstegge, Katrin Moira Heim, Felix Bremer, Thomas Cronen, Tilman Lingscheid, Han Ngoc Le, Dominik Geus, Mary J. Choi, William A. Fischer II, Wesley R. Campbell, Aneesh K. Mehta, Marylyn M. Addo, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, David Hillus, Christian Gaebler, Stephan Becker, Janine Michel, Andreas Nitsche, Andreas Kurth, Martin Witzenrath, Till D. Best, Stephan Günther, Lisa Oestereich, Manuel Koch, Matthias Zehner, Henning Gruell, Christian Drosten, Florian Klein, Charité Ebola Task Force, Florian Kurth, Leif E. Sander
  - Nature medicine. online ahead of print
  - 2026-08-24
- A WHO International Standard for neutralising antibodies to Chikungunya virus: development and evaluation
  - Baylis SA, Yue C, Panning M, Pauly MC, Lewis-Ximenez LL, Faddy HM, Simmons G, Busch M, Schnierle BS, Roth H, Hanschmann KO, David Smith, Suzi McCarthy, Carmel Taylor, Peter Moore, Maria Farcet, Thomas Kreil, Romana Hochreiter, Julien St-Jean, Bo Zhang, Ya-Nan Zhang, Xiaodan Li, Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau, Elsa Dumas-Chastang, Petra Emmerich, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Ronald von Possel, Konstanze Stiba, Katja Steinhagen, Erik Lattwein, Sarah Schulz, Christina Nölting, Martina Wild, Ina Brune, Helmut Duchmann, Cristina Domingo Carrasco, Andreas Nitsche, Anna M Eis-Hübinger, Beate M Kümmerer, Dipankar Das, Asha M Abraham, Shoba Mammen, Rajesh Kannangai, Rajendra Lingala, Concetta Castilletti, Francesca Colavita, Jamal I-C Sam, Chong L Chua, Yoke F Chan, Inga Szurgot, Peter Liljeström, Christine Carrington, Ann Powers, Jeremy Ledermann, Jason Mendy, Trevor Brasel, Scott C Weaver, Grace Rafael, Sergej Franz, Graham Simmons
  - Lancet Microbe.
  - 2026-08-17
- Widespread circulation of Alongshan virus in Austria and serological evidence for infection in humans: a nationwide molecular and serological observational study
  - Florian DM, Jetzinger P, Schötta AM, Medits-Weiss I, Irgang M, Ebert CL, Bauer M, Popovitsch A, Leitner A, Raffl S, Han E, Becker SC, Deutz A, Ahmeti S, Emmerich P, Markowicz M, Duscher GG, Aberle SW, Wijnveld M, Stiasny K, Camp JV, Aberle JH
  - Lancet Microbe
  - 2026-08-07
- Crimean–Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Kosovo: Detection of Orthonairovirus haemorrhagiae in Ticks from Non-Endemic Areas.
  - Sherifi, K., Çaushi, D., Xhekaj, B., Rexhepi, A., Halimi, G., Matoshi, A., Ajazaj Berisha, L., Jakupi, X., Hajdari Pllana, D., von Possel, R., Cadar, D., & Emmerich, P
  - Zoonotic Diseases
  - 2026-08-04
- Side-by-side evaluation of two Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus isolates in IFNAR-/- mice
  - Rohde C, Werner AD, Gellhorn Serra M, Emmerich P, Knap N, Eickmann M, Becker S, Krähling V, Kupke A; BSL4 Animal Facility Team
  - Npj Viruses
  - 2026-07-31
- Incidence of symptomatic Lassa virus infection in West African countries (Enable 1.0 Lassa Research Study): a prospective, multisite, cohort study
  - The Enable Lassa Research Programme (Enable 1.0) Consortium
  - The Lancet Global Health
  - 2026-06-30
- Host-virus determinants of Ebola virus persistence in a human cerebral organoid model
  - Lina Widerspick, Santiago Vidal Freire, Johanna F. Steffen, Shruti Shirsathe, Petra Allartz, Molly A. Vickers, Christoph Henkel, Pedro Neira Pelén, Julia Nave, Monika Rottstegge, Michelle Heung, Stephanie Wurr, Dennis Tappe, Lisa Oestereich, Jonas Müller, Angelique Hoelzemer, Leonore Mensching, Thomas Hoenen, Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ian Crozier, John G. Bernbaum, Gabriella Worwa, Jens H. Kuhn, Gustavo Palacios & César Muñoz-Fontela
  - Nature Microbiology
  - 2026-06-12
- Targeting the promoter RNA binding sites within Lassa virus L protein
  - Vogel D, Diana G, Scherf J, Johanns S, Reinshagen J, Olschewski-Pavlita S, Ortmann de Percin Northumberland C, Rothbauer S, Busch C, Milewski M, Wolf M, Sweeney A, Zaliani A, Gul S, Topf M, Gribbon P, Rosenthal M
  - Research Square preprint DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9528080/v1
  - 2026-06-03
- Consensus statement from the second RdRp Summit: towards a unified framework for RNA virus biology
  - Alexander G Lucaci, Hisham Shaikh, Li Chong Chong, Rachid Tahzima, Marco Forgia, Karima Ben Mansour, Shoichi Sakaguchi, So Nakagawa, Xin Hou, Tatiana Demina, Fhilmar Raj Jayaraj Mallika, Anne Kupczok, Spyros Lytras, Humberto Debat, Justine Charon, Michael Urzo, Milica Raco, Rachel Kim, Ricardo Rivero, Dimitris Karapliafis, Leyla Sirkinti, Laura Luebbert, Luca Nishimura, Rayan Chikhi, Lander De Coninck, Florian Charriat, Emma Soufir, Vladimir Gajdov, Thomas Krannich, Gytis Dudas, Cédric Lood, Josue Rodríguez-Ramos, Anja Pecman, Uri Neri, Almut Werner, Mia Le, Bolaji Osundahunsi, Nils Petersen, François Maclot, Serafin Gutierrez, Sofia Paraskevopoulou, Luke Hillary and Ingrida Olendraite
  - Peer Community Journal. Volume 6 (2026): article no. e50
  - 2026-05-28
- Favipiravir for Lassa fever: an open-label, randomized controlled phase 2 trial
  - Cyril Erameh, Kevin Okwaraeke, Christine Kleist, Osahogie Edeawe, Nelson Adedosu, Enomen Ekata, Chukwuyem Abejegah, Sampson Owhin, Femi Babatunde, Till Omansen, Augusto Meneguim, Alexandre Duvignaud, Johannes Mischlinger, Ndapewa Ithete, Lisa Oestereich, Julia Hinzmann, Liasu Ahmed, Sophie Duraffour, Reuben Eifedyi, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Peter Akhideno, Oladele Oluwafemi Ayodeji, Stephan Günther, Sebastian G. Wicha, Marie Jaspard, Meike Pahlmann, Michael Ramharter & Mirjam Groger
  - Nature Medicine
  - 2026-05-15
- Favipiravir for Lassa fever: an open-label, randomized controlled phase 2 trial
  - Cyril Erameh, Kevin Okwaraeke, Christine Kleist, Osahogie Edeawe, Nelson Adedosu, Enomen Ekata, Chukwuyem Abejegah, Sampson Owhin, Femi Babatunde, Till Omansen, Augusto Meneguim, Alexandre Duvignaud, Johannes Mischlinger, Ndapewa Ithete, Lisa Oestereich, Julia Hinzmann, Liasu Ahmed, Sophie Duraffour, Reuben Eifedyi, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Peter Akhideno, Oladele Oluwafemi Ayodeji, Stephan Günther, Sebastian G. Wicha, Marie Jaspard, Meike Pahlmann, Michael Ramharter & Mirjam Groger
  - Nature Medicine
  - 2026-05-15
- Genomic Surveillance of Lassa Virus through In-Country Sequencing, Guinea
  - Jacob Camara, Giuditta Annibaldis, Joon Klaps, Kékoura Ifono, Fara Raymond Koundouno, Youssouf Sidibé, Sarah Ryter, Moussa Conde, Saa Lucien Millimono, Mette Hinrichs, Julia Hinzmann, Nils Peter Petersen, Mia Le, Annick Renevey, Ehizojie Ehiremen Emua, Philippe Lemey, Simon Dellicour, Stephan Günther, N'Faly Magassouba, Sophie Duraffour, Liana Eleni Kafetzopoulou, Sanaba Boumbaly
  - Emerg Infect Dis, Volume 32, Number 5
  - 2026-05-12
- Non-Mastomys rodents harbour ancient Lassa virus lineages within Benin and Nigeria’s Guinea savanna belt
  - Olayemi A, Adesina AS, Oyeyiola A, Obadare A, Bangura U, Ajayi NA, Ukwaja K, Mohammed L, Ibrahim A, Rieger T, Günther S, Yadouleton A, Fichet-Calvet E
  - Sci Rep. 2026 May 9;16(1):21306. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-51525-8
  - 2026-05-09
- Searching for immune correlates in Lassa vaccine development - workshop report
  - Trevor Brasel, Polina Brangel, Ifedayo Adetifa, Sylvain Baize, David Benkeser, Antonio Bertoletti, Alexander Bukreyev, Sue Charlton, Jakob Cramer, Robert W. Cross, Miles P. Davenport, Devy Emperador, Pierre Formenty, Dean Follmann, Robert F. Garry, Peter B. Gilbert, Sarah C. Gilbert, Jimmy D. Gollihar, Nicholas C. Grassly, Marion Gruber, Swati B. Gupta, Stephan Günther, Adam Hacker, Catherine Hoath, Michael R. Holbrook, Marian Killip, Deborah King, Henshaw Mandi, Vincent J. Munster, Christinah Mukandavire, Lisa Oestereich, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Paul Oloo, Slobodan Paessler, Stanley Plotkin, Laura Richert, David Safronetz, Erica Ollmann Saphire, Alessandro Sette, Amy Shurtleff, Julia Granerod, David Wohl, Marija Zaric, Katrin Ramsauer & Christine Dahlke
  - NPJ Vaccines volume 11, Article number: 95
  - 2026-05-04
- Evaluation of candidate reference materials for the harmonization of Lassa fever serology
  - Emma M. Bentley, Ndapewa Ithete, Jane Mitchell, Samuel A.S. Richardson, Valentina Bernasconi, Marian Killip, Robert F. Garry, Luis Branco, Stephan Günther, Eleanor Atkinson, Peter Rigsby, Mette Hinrichs, Lisa Oestereich, Anke Thielebein, Valentine Omoifo, Racheal Omiunu, Rita Esumeh, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Paul A. Kristiansen, Mark Page, Ephraim Ogbaini-Emovon, Giada Mattiuzzo & Collaborative Study Participants
  - Emerging Microbes & Infections 2026, VOL. 15
  - 2026-04-30
- Evaluation of candidate reference materials for the harmonization of Lassa fever serology
  - Emma M. Bentley, Ndapewa Ithete, Jane Mitchell, Samuel A.S. Richardson, Valentina Bernasconi, Marian Killip, Robert F. Garry, Luis Branco, Stephan Günther, Eleanor Atkinson, Peter Rigsby, Mette Hinrichs, Lisa Oestereich, Anke Thielebein, Valentine Omoifo, Racheal Omiunu, Rita Esumeh, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Paul A. Kristiansen, Mark Page, Ephraim Ogbaini-Emovon, Giada Mattiuzzo & Collaborative Study Participants
  - Emerging Microbes & Infections, VOL. 15, 2640285
  - 2026-04-30
- Delayed type I interferon response and the subsequent out-of-sequence cytokine signal inhibit T cell induction in non-surviving Ebola virus-infected patients
  - Zhao G, Korva M, Muñoz-Fontela C, Günther S, Kerber R, Binder SC, Meyer-Hermann M
  - Front Immunol. 2026 Apr 23;17:1806697. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1806697. PMCID: PMC13149275
  - 2026-04-23
- Nosocomial outbreak of Lassa fever in Conakry, Guinea, 2022
  - Giuditta Annibaldis, Barré Soropogui, Kékoura Ifono, Jacob Camara, Mohamed Lamine Kaba, Fanta Berete, Sarah Ryter, Moussa Conde, Saa Lucien Millimono, Mette Hinrichs, Hugo Soubrier, Eugène Kolie, Nourdine Ibrahim, Bakary Sylla, Liana Eleni Kafetzopoulou, Joon Klaps, Philippe Lemey, Nils Peter Petersen, Mia Le, Emily Victoria Nelson, Kouramoudou Berete, Fodé Amara Traore, Anaïs Legand, Pierre Formenty, Fara Raymond Koundouno, Alimou Camara, Stephan Günther, Sophie Duraffour, Sanaba Boumbaly
  - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  - 2026-04-23
- Regional Lassa virus lineages select for divergent MHC-I repertoires in Mastomys natalensis rodents
  - Olayemi A, Sarapak J, Wilhelm K, Günther S, Sommer S, Fichet-Calvet E, Melville DW
  - PLoS Pathog. 2026 Apr 17;22(4):e1014121. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014121
  - 2026-04-17
- Two years of SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance capacity development in Guinea
  - N’Faly Magassouba, Emanuele Gustani-Buss, Kekoura Ifono, Emily Victoria Nelson, Jacob Camara, Giuditta Annibaldis, Annick Renevey, Julia Hinzmann, Mette Hinrichs, Sarah Ryter, Ehizojie Emua, Saa Lucien Millimono, Eugene Kolie, Moussa Condé, Bakary Sylla, Nourdine Ibrahim, Stephane Mely, Hugo Soubrier, Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq, Beatriz Escudero-Pérez, Laura N. Cuypers, Elodie Moissonnier, Lien de Caluwé, Jonas Müller, Anke Thielebein, Alexandru Tomazatos, Christine Jacobsen, Meike Pahlmann, Beate Becker-Ziaja, Cyril Erameh, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Fara Raymond Koundouno, Youssouf Sidibé, Kaba Keïta, Mamadou Boye Keita, Gianluca Loi, Moke Fundji Jean Marie Kipela, Georges Alfred Ki-Zerbo, Seydou Dia, Philippe Lemey, Stephan Günther, Alimou Camara, Barré Soropogui, Liana Eleni Kafetzopoulou, Sanaba Boumbaly & Sophie Duraffour
  - Scientific Reports 16, Article number: 11225 (2026)
  - 2026-04-01
- Small aberrant viral genomes induce the innate immune response to arenaviruses
  - Ayanwale A, Christ W, Vandenabeele L, Olschewski-Pawlita S, Johanns S, Hoffmann C, Oestereich L, Rosenthal M, Pietschmann T, Nilsson-Payant BE
  - BioRxiv preprint DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.09.710519
  - 2026-03-09
- Sulfated glycosaminoglycans inhibit LCMV entry and modulate antiviral immunity and pathology
  - Michal Gorzkiewicz, Soha Noseir, Mandar Vengurlekar, Mitrajit Ghosh, Ichiro Katahira, Džiuljeta Abromavičiūtė, Ulla Gerling-Driessen, Lorand Bonda, Nick Rähse, Marco Lapsien, Sabrina Bockholt, Ann Kathrin Bergmann, Konstantina Kostadinovska, Hafssa Fraii, Karl S Lang, Lisa Oestereich, Holger Gohlke, Laura Hartmann & Philipp A Lang
  - EMBO Molecular Medicine, Volume 18, pages 1235–1264
  - 2026-02-23
- Lassa virus circumvents macrophage and dendritic cell antiviral defences in its natural reservoir, the Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis)
  - Corrales N, Wozniak DM, Yordanova IA, Suder EL, Morales AE, Lander A, Hansen-Kant K, Hiller M, Prescott JB
  - Npj Viruses. 2026 Feb 9;4(1):9. doi: 10.1038/s44298-026-00177-6
  - 2026-02-09
- ViMOP: a user-friendly and field-applicable pipeline for untargeted viral genome nanopore sequencing
  - Nils Peter Petersen, Mia Le, Annick Renevey, Ehizojie Emua, Sarah Ryter, Giuditta Annibaldis, Jacob Camara, Sanaba Boumbaly, Cyril Erameh, Tanja Laske, Jan Baumbach, Philippe Lemey, Stephan Günther, Sophie Duraffour, Liana Eleni Kafetzopoulou
  - Bioinformatics, Volume 42
  - 2026-01-01
2025
- Integrating mobile laboratories into global health security: advancing collaboration through GOARN-DiSC
  - Oleg Storozhenko, Ahmed Albarraq, Tarek Al-Sanouri, Kym Antonation, Cindi R Corbett, Laurent Dacheux, Sophie Duraffour, Laurence Flevaud, Jean-Luc Gala, Michelle M Haby, Edmund N Newman, Philomena Raftery, Flavio Salio, Peter Torda, Sabrina Weiss
  - BMJ Glob Health
  - 2025-12-25
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Seroprevalence in a Cohort of German Forestry Workers
  - Mehl C, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Becker-Ziaja B, Werdermann S, Niederstraßer O, Böhmer MM, Ulrich RG
  - Viruses. 2025 Dec 19;18(1):4. doi: 10.3390/v18010004
  - 2025-12-19
- Multiple roles of the matrix protein Z in arenavirus infection — a structural perspective
  - Annika Rammelt, Saskia Johanns, Lennart Sänger, Gabriele Diana, Maria Rosenthal
  - Curr Opin Virol
  - 2025-12-01
- Dengue diagnosis in Guinea in two returning travelers from Côte d'Ivoire: a case report
  - Jacob Camara, Youssouf Sidibé, Giuditta Annibaldis, Barré Soropogui, Sarah Ryter, Moussa Condé, Eugène Kolie, Ibrahim Nourdine, Bakary Sylla, Carolina van Gelder, Nils Peter Petersen, Mette Hinrichs, Mamadou Diouldé Barry, Soua Koulemou, Bely Sonomy, Mariame Traore, Kaba Keïta, Mamadou Saliou Sow, Mamoudou Conde, Kaba Keïta, Seydou Dia, Moke Fundji Jean Marie Kipela, Fanta Mady Kouyate, Sory Condé, Alimou Camara, Stephan Günther, Sophie Duraffour, Sanaba Boumbaly
  - IJID Regions, Volume 17
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- Presence of Lassa Virus RNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid Indicating Neuroinvasive Lassa Fever in Pediatric Patients From Edo State, Nigeria
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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  - 2012-12-31
- West Nile virus meningoencephalitis imported into Germany
  - Schultze-Amberger J, Emmerich P, Günther S, Schmidt-Chanasit J
  - Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;18(10):1698-700. doi: 10.3201/eid1810.120204.
  - 2012-10-18
- Two laboratory-confirmed cases of Japanese encephalitis imported to Germany by travelers returning from Southeast Asia
  - Tappe D, Nemecek A, Zipp F, Emmerich P, Gabriel M, Günther S, Dobler G, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Stich A
  - J Clin Virol. 2012 Jul;54(3):282-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.03.004
  - 2012-03-31
- Acute liver failure, multiorgan failure, cerebral oedema, and activation of proangiogenic and antiangiogenic factors in a case of Marburg haemorrhagic fever
  - van Paassen J, Bauer MP, Arbous MS, Visser LG, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Schilling S, Ölschläger S, Rieger T, Emmerich P, Schmetz C, van de Berkmortel F, van Hoek B, van Burgel ND, Osterhaus AD, Vossen AC, Günther S, van Dissel JT
  - Lancet Infect Dis. 2012 Aug;12(8):635-42. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70018-X
  - 2012-03-05
- Epizootic emergence of Usutu virus in wild and captive birds in Germany
  - Becker N, Jöst H, Ziegler U, Eiden M, Höper D, Emmerich P, Fichet-Calvet E, Ehichioya DU, Czajka C, Gabriel M, Hoffmann B, Beer M, Tenner-Racz K, Racz P, Günther S, Wink M, Bosch S, Konrad A, Pfeffer M, Groschup MH, Schmidt-Chanasit J
  - PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e32604. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032604
  - 2012-02-28
2011
- Medical importance of Sindbis virus in south-west Germany
  - Jöst H, Bürck-Kammerer S, Hütter G, Lattwein E, Lederer S, Litzba N, Bock-Hensley O, Emmerich P, Günther S, Becker N, Niedrig M, Schmidt-Chanasit J
  - J Clin Virol. 2011 Nov;52(3):278-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.08.002
  - 2011-09-03
- Phylogenetic analysis of Puumala virus subtype Bavaria, characterization and diagnostic use of its recombinant nucleocapsid protein
  - Mertens M, Kindler E, Emmerich P, Esser J, Wagner-Wiening C, Wölfel R, Petraityte-Burneikiene R, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Zvirbliene A, Groschup MH, Dobler G, Pfeffer M, Heckel G, Ulrich RG, Essbauer SS
  - Virus Genes. 2011 Oct;43(2):177-91. doi: 10.1007/s11262-011-0620-x
  - 2011-05-20
- Specific detection of antibodies to different flaviviruses using a new immune complex ELISA
  - Schmitz H, Gabriel M, Emmerich P
  - Med Microbiol Immunol. 2011 Nov;200(4):233-9. doi: 10.1007/s00430-011-0195-0
  - 2011-05-01
2010
- Long-term survival of an urban fruit bat seropositive for Ebola and Lagos bat viruses
  - Hayman DT, Emmerich P, Yu M, Wang LF, Suu-Ire R, Fooks AR, Cunningham AA, Wood JL
  - PLoS One. 2010 Aug 4;5(8):e11978. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011978
  - 2010-08-04
- Entry of bunyaviruses into mammalian cells
  - Lozach PY, Mancini R, Bitto D, Meier R, Oestereich L, Overby AK, Pettersson RF, Helenius A
  - Cell Host Microbe. 2010 Jun 25;7(6):488-99. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2010.05.007
  - 2010-06-25
- Laboratory diagnosis of Lassa fever, liberia
  - Panning M, Emmerich P, Olschläger S, Bojenko S, Koivogui L, Marx A, Lugala PC, Günther S, Bausch DG, Drosten C
  - Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jun;16(6):1041-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1606.100040
  - 2010-06-15
- Early serodiagnosis of acute human Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus infections by novel capture assays
  - Emmerich P, Avsic-Zupanc T, Chinikar S, Saksida A, Thomé-Bolduan C, Parczany-Hartmann A, Langroudi AG, Moradi M, Ahmeti S, Günther S, Schmidt-Chanasit J
  - J Clin Virol. 2010 Aug;48(4):294-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.05.002
  - 2010-06-11
- Improved detection of Lassa virus by reverse transcription-PCR targeting the 5' region of S RNA
  - Olschläger S, Lelke M, Emmerich P, Panning M, Drosten C, Hass M, Asogun D, Ehichioya D, Omilabu S, Günther S
  - J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jun;48(6):2009-13. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02351-09
  - 2010-06-01
- Detection of all species of the genus Alphavirus by reverse transcription-PCR with diagnostic sensitivity
  - Grywna K, Kupfer B, Panning M, Drexler JF, Emmerich P, Drosten C, Kümmerer BM
  - J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep;48(9):3386-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00317-10
  - 2010-05-26
2009
- Response to imported case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever, the Netherland
  - Timen A, Koopmans MP, Vossen AC, van Doornum GJ, Günther S, van den Berkmortel F, Verduin KM, Dittrich S, Emmerich P, Osterhaus AD, van Dissel JT, Coutinho RA
  - Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Aug;15(8):1171-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1508.090015
  - 2009-08-12
- Dengue and Chikungunya virus co-infection in a German traveller
  - Schilling S, Emmerich P, Günther S, Schmidt-Chanasit J
  - J Clin Virol. 2009 Jun;45(2):163-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.04.001
  - 2009-05-12
2008
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis in a pet store worker in Romania
  - Ceianu C, Tatulescu D, Muntean M, Molnar GB, Emmerich P, Günther S, Schmidt-Chanasit J
  - Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2008 Nov;15(11):1749. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00275-08
  - 2008-11-01
- Strain-specific antibody response to Lassa virus in the local population of west Africa
  - Emmerich P, Günther S, Schmitz H
  - J Clin Virol. 2008 May;42(1):40-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.11.019
  - 2008-05-13
- Chikungunya fever in travelers returning to Europe from the Indian Ocean region, 2006
  - Panning M, Grywna K, van Esbroeck M, Emmerich P, Drosten C
  - Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Mar;14(3):416-22. doi: 10.3201/eid1403.070906
  - 2008-03-14
- Evaluation of the first commercial chikungunya virus indirect immunofluorescence test
  - Litzba N, Schuffenecker I, Zeller H, Drosten C, Emmerich P, Charrel R, Kreher P, Niedrig M
  - J Virol Methods. 2008 Apr;149(1):175-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.01.004
  - 2008-02-21
2007
- Hantavirus disease outbreak in Germany: limitations of routine serological diagnostics and clustering of virus sequences of human and rodent origin
  - Schilling S, Emmerich P, Klempa B, Auste B, Schnaith E, Schmitz H, Krüger DH, Günther S, Meisel H
  - J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Sep;45(9):3008-14. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02573-06
  - 2007-09-01
2006
- Reverse ELISA for IgG and IgM antibodies to detect Lassa virus infections in Africa
  - Emmerich P, Thome-Bolduan C, Drosten C, Gunther S, Ban E, Sawinsky I, Schmitz H
  - J Clin Virol. 2006 Dec;37(4):277-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2006.08.015
  - 2006-09-25
2005
- Lassa fever, Nigeria, 2003 and 2004
  - Omilabu SA, Badaru SO, Okokhere P, Asogun D, Drosten C, Emmerich P, Becker-Ziaja B, Schmitz H, Günther S
  - Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Oct;11(10):1642-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1110.041343
  - 2005-10-11
- Clinical and laboratory findings on the first imported case of Murray Valley encephalitis in Europe
  - Stich A, Günther S, Drosten C, Emmerich P, Dwyer DE, Hueston L, Hetzel W, Kirschner A, Fleischer K
  - Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jul 15;37(2):e19-21. doi: 10.1086/375068
  - 2005-07-15
- Analysis of two imported cases of yellow fever infection from Ivory Coast and The Gambia to Germany and Belgium
  - Bae HG, Drosten C, Emmerich P, Colebunders R, Hantson P, Pest S, Parent M, Schmitz H, Warnat MA, Niedrig M
  - J Clin Virol. 2005 Aug;33(4):274-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.12.001
  - 2005-01-15
2004
- Evaluation of advanced reverse transcription-PCR assays and an alternative PCR target region for detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus
  - Drosten C, Chiu LL, Panning M, Leong HN, Preiser W, Tam JS, Günther S, Kramme S, Emmerich P, Ng WL, Schmitz H, Koay ES
  - J Clin Microbiol. 2004 May;42(5):2043-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2043-2047.2004
  - 2004-05-01
2003
- Quality control measures for the serological diagnosis of hantavirus infections
  - Biel SS, Donoso Mantke O, Lemmer K, Vaheri A, Lundkvist A, Emmerich P, Hukic M, Niedrig M
  - J Clin Virol. 2003 Dec;28(3):248-56. doi: 10.1016/s1386-6532(03)00009-x
  - 2003-12-28
- Imported Lassa fever in Germany: surveillance and management of contact persons
  - Haas WH, Breuer T, Pfaff G, Schmitz H, Köhler P, Asper M, Emmerich P, Drosten C, Gölnitz U, Fleischer K, Günther S
  - Clin Infect Dis. 2003 May 15;36(10):1254-8. doi: 10.1086/374853
  - 2003-05-15
2002
- Outbreaks of disease suspected of being due to human monkeypox virus infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2001
  - Meyer H, Perrichot M, Stemmler M, Emmerich P, Schmitz H, Varaine F, Shungu R, Tshioko F, Formenty P
  - J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Aug;40(8):2919-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.2919-2921.2002
  - 2002-08-01
- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Kosovo
  - Drosten C, Minnak D, Emmerich P, Schmitz H, Reinicke T
  - J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Mar;40(3):1122-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.3.1122-1123.2002
  - 2002-03-01
- Monitoring of clinical and laboratory data in two cases of imported Lassa fever
  - Schmitz H, Köhler B, Laue T, Drosten C, Veldkamp PJ, Günther S, Emmerich P, Geisen HP, Fleischer K, Beersma MF, Hoerauf A
  - Microbes Infect. 2002 Jan;4(1):43-50. doi: 10.1016/s1286-4579(01)01508-8
  - 2002-01-17

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