TY - JOUR
T1 - Third Tofo Advanced Study Week on Emerging and Re-emerging Viruses, 2018
AU - Badolo, Athanase
AU - Burt, Felicity
AU - Daniel, Susan
AU - Fearns, Rachel
AU - Gudo, Eduardo Samo
AU - Kielian, Margaret
AU - Lescar, Julien
AU - Shi, Yi
AU - von Brunn, Albrecht
AU - Weiss, Susan R.
AU - Hilgenfeld, Rolf
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank all speakers for their contributions and for sharing unpublished information. We are grateful to Nina Eichler, Maria Eskes, and Linda Ngoromani for helping organize the meeting, and to Euroimmun AG (Lübeck, Germany), Gilead Sciences (Foster City, CA, USA), and Terra Agua Ceu (Tofo, Mozambique) for financial support of this meeting. We gratefully acknowledge Linlin Zhang for help with this manuscript.
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© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/2
Y1 - 2019/2
N2 - The Third Tofo Advanced Study Week on Emerging and Re-Emerging Viruses (3rd TASW) was held in Praia do Tofo, Mozambique, from September 02 to 06, 2018. It brought together 55 participants from 10 African countries as well as from Belgium, China, Germany, Singapore, and the USA. Meeting sessions covered aspects of the epidemiology, diagnosis, molecular and structural biology, vaccine development, and antiviral drug discovery for emerging RNA viruses that are current threats in Africa and included flaviviruses (dengue and Zika), alphaviruses (chikungunya), coronaviruses, filoviruses (Ebola), influenza viruses, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Rift Valley fever Virus, Lassa virus, and others. Data were presented on recent flavivirus and/or chikungunyavirus outbreaks in Angola, Burkina Faso, and Mozambique. In addition, these viruses are endemic in many sub-Saharan countries. The TASW series on emerging viruses is unique in Africa and successful in promoting collaborations between researchers in Africa and other parts of the world, as well as among African scientists. This report summarizes the lectures held at the meeting and highlights advances in the field.
AB - The Third Tofo Advanced Study Week on Emerging and Re-Emerging Viruses (3rd TASW) was held in Praia do Tofo, Mozambique, from September 02 to 06, 2018. It brought together 55 participants from 10 African countries as well as from Belgium, China, Germany, Singapore, and the USA. Meeting sessions covered aspects of the epidemiology, diagnosis, molecular and structural biology, vaccine development, and antiviral drug discovery for emerging RNA viruses that are current threats in Africa and included flaviviruses (dengue and Zika), alphaviruses (chikungunya), coronaviruses, filoviruses (Ebola), influenza viruses, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Rift Valley fever Virus, Lassa virus, and others. Data were presented on recent flavivirus and/or chikungunyavirus outbreaks in Angola, Burkina Faso, and Mozambique. In addition, these viruses are endemic in many sub-Saharan countries. The TASW series on emerging viruses is unique in Africa and successful in promoting collaborations between researchers in Africa and other parts of the world, as well as among African scientists. This report summarizes the lectures held at the meeting and highlights advances in the field.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.antiviral.2018.12.015
DO - 10.1016/j.antiviral.2018.12.015
M3 - Scientific review articles
C2 - 30597184
AN - SCOPUS:85059448251
SN - 0166-3542
VL - 162
SP - 142
EP - 150
JO - Antiviral Research
JF - Antiviral Research
ER -
