Our publications

• 2023

  • The natural virome and pandemic potential: Disease X

    • Lawrence P, Heung M, Nave J, Henkel C, Escudero-Pérez B.
    • Curr Opin Virol. 2023 Nov 22;63:101377. doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2023.101377
    • 2023-11-22

  • Immune correlates of protection for SARS-CoV-2, Ebola and Nipah virus infection

    • Escudero-Pérez B, Lawrence P, Castillo-Olivares J
    • Front Immunol. 2023 Apr 17;14:1156758. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1156758
    • 2023-04-17

  • Host-Pathogen Interactions Influencing Zoonotic Spillover Potential and Transmission in Humans

    • Escudero-Pérez B, Lalande A, Mathieu C, Lawrence P
    • Viruses. 2023 Feb 22;15(3):599. doi: 10.3390/v15030599
    • 2023-02-22

  • In vivo characterization of the novel ebolavirus Bombali virus suggests a low pathogenic potential for humans

    • Bodmer BS, Breithaupt A, Heung M, Brunetti JE, Henkel C, Müller-Guhl J, Rodríguez E, Wendt L, Winter SL, Vallbracht M, Müller A, Römer S, Chlanda P, Muñoz-Fontela C, Hoenen T, Escudero-Pérez B
    • Emerg Microbes Infect. 2023 Dec;12(1):2164216. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2164216
    • 2023-01-18

• 2022

  • Avatar Mice Underscore the Role of the T Cell-Dendritic Cell Crosstalk in Ebola Virus Disease and Reveal Mechanisms of Protection in Survivors

    • Rottstegge M, Tipton T, Oestereich L, Ruibal P, Nelson EV, Olal C, Port JR, Seibel J, Pallasch E, Bockholt S, Koundouno FR, Boré JA, Rodríguez E, Escudero-Pérez B, Günther S, Carroll MW, Muñoz-Fontela C
    • J Virol. 2022 Sep 28;96(18):e0057422. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00574-22
    • 2022-09-28

  • Nipah Virus Infection Generates Ordered Structures in Cellulo

    • Vázquez CA, Widerspick L, Thuenauer R, Schneider C, Reimer R, Neira P, Olal C, Heung M, Niemetz L, Lawrence P, Kucinskaite-Kodze I, Redecke L, Escudero-Pérez B
    • Viruses. 2022 Jul 12;14(7):1523. doi: 10.3390/v14071523
    • 2022-07-12

  • Zaire ebolavirus surveillance near the Bikoro region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the 2018 outbreak reveals presence of seropositive bats

    • Seifert SN, Fischer RJ, Kuisma E, Goma-Nkoua C, Bounga G, Akongo MJ, Schulz JE, Escudero-Pérez B, Akoundzie BJ, Ampiri R, Dieudonne A, Indolo GD, Kaba SD, Louzolo I, Macosso LN, Mavoungou Y, Miegakanda VB, Nina RA, Samabide KT, Ondzie AI, Ntoumi F, Muñoz-Fontela C, Mombouli JV, Olson SH, Walzer C, Niama FR, Munster VJ
    • PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Jun 22;16(6):e0010504. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010504
    • 2022-06-22

  • Inactivation methods for experimental Nipah virus infection

    • Widerspick L, Vázquez CA, Niemetz L, Heung M, Olal C, Bencsik A, Henkel C, Pfister A, Brunetti JE, Kucinskaite-Kodze I, Lawrence P, Muñoz Fontela C, Diederich S, Escudero-Pérez B
    • Viruses. 2022 May 15;14(5):1052. doi: 10.3390/v14051052
    • 2022-05-15

  • Henipaviruses Immune Evasion and Pathogenesis Mechanisms: Lessons Learnt from Natural Infection and Animal Models

    • Lawrence P, Escudero-Pérez B
    • Viruses. 2022 Apr 29;14(5):936. doi: 10.3390/v14050936
    • 2022-05-01

• 2021

  • Development and validation of portable, field-deployable Ebola virus point-of-encounter diagnostic assay for wildlife surveillance

    • Figueroa DM, Kuisma E, Matson MJ, Ondzie AU, Bushmaker T, Seifert SN, Ntoumi F, Escudero-Pérez B, Muñoz-Fontela C, Walzer C, Olson SH, Goma-Nkoua C, Mombouli JV, Fischer RJ, Munster VJ
    • One Health Outlook. 2021 May 24;3(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s42522-021-00041-y
    • 2021-05-24

  • Metagenomic Snapshots of Viral Components in Guinean Bats

    • Hermida Lorenzo RJ, Cadar D, Koundouno FR, Juste J, Bialonski A, Baum H, García-Mudarra JL, Hakamaki H, Bencsik A, Nelson EV, Carroll MW, Magassouba N, Günther S, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Muñoz Fontela C, Escudero-Pérez B
    • Microorganisms. 2021 Mar 15;9(3):599. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9030599
    • 2021-03-15

• 2020

  • Ebola Virus Disease Survivors Show More Efficient Antibody Immunity than Vaccinees Despite Similar Levels of Circulating Immunoglobulins

    • Koch T, Rottstegge M, Ruibal P, Gomez-Medina S, Nelson EV, Escudero-Pérez B, Pillny M, Ly ML, Koundouno FR, Bore JA, Magassouba N, Dahlke C, Günther S, Carroll MW, Addo MM, Muñoz-Fontela
    • Viruses. 2020 Aug 20;12(9):915. doi: 10.3390/v12090915
    • 2020-08-20

• 2019

  • Comparative pathogenesis of Ebola virus and Reston virus infection in humanized mice

    • Escudero-Pérez B, Ruibal P, Rottstegge M, Lüdtke A, Port JR, Hartmann K, Gómez-Medina S, Müller-Guhl J, Nelson EV, Krasemann S, Rodríguez E, Muñoz-Fontela C
    • JCI Insight. 2019 Nov 1;4(21):e126070. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.126070
    • 2019-11-01

  • Long-term wildlife mortality surveillance in northern Congo: a model for the detection of Ebola virus disease epizootics

    • Kuisma E, Olson SH, Cameron KN, Reed PE, Karesh WB, Ondzie AI, Akongo MJ, Kaba SD, Fischer RJ, Seifert SN, Muñoz-Fontela C, Becker-Ziaja B, Escudero-Pérez B, Goma-Nkoua C, Munster VJ, Mombouli JV
    • Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2019 Sep 30;374(1782):20180339. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0339
    • 2019-08-12

  • Role of Type I Interferons on Filovirus Pathogenesis

    • Escudero-Pérez B, Muñoz-Fontela C
    • Vaccines (Basel). 2019 Feb 20;7(1):22. doi: 10.3390/vaccines7010022
    • 2019-02-20