Search Results - "Forbi, J.C."

P0595 : High frequency of active HCV infection among seropositives in West Africa and evidence for multiple transmission pathways by Layden, J, Mora, N, Phillips, R.O, Owusi-Ofori, S, Sarfo, F.S, Kliethermes, S, Owusu, D, Nelson, K, Dugas, L, Luke, A, Shoham, D, Forbi, J.C, Khudyakov, Y.E, Cooper, R.S

Get full text

Human G9P[8] rotavirus strains circulating in Cameroon, 1999–2000: Genetic relationships with other G9 strains and detection of a new G9 subtype by Esona, M.D., Mijatovic-Rustempasic, S., Foytich, K., Roy, S., Banyai, K., Armah, G.E., Steele, A.D., Volotão, E.M., Gomez, M.M., Silva, M.F.M., Gautam, R., Quaye, O., Tam, K.I., Forbi, J.C., Seheri, M., Page, N., Nyangao, J., Ndze, V.N., Aminu, M., Bowen, M.D., Gentsch, J.R.

“…•15 G9P[8] strains were identified whose genomic configurations was subsequently determined by gene sequencing.•Full genome classification of all Cameroonian…”
Get full text

Genomic characterization of human rotavirus G10 strains from the African Rotavirus Network: Relationship to animal rotaviruses by Esona, M.D., Banyai, K., Foytich, K., Freeman, M., Mijatovic-Rustempasic, S., Hull, J., Kerin, T., Steele, A.D., Armah, G.E., Geyer, A., Page, N., Agbaya, V.A., Forbi, J.C., Aminu, M., Gautam, R., Seheri, L.M., Nyangao, J., Glass, R., Bowen, M.D., Gentsch, J.R.

“…▶ Global rotavirus surveillance has led to the detection of many unusual human rotavirus (HRV) genotypes. ▶ Our results suggest that these African G10 strains…”
Get full text

Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus From Organ Donors Despite Nucleic Acid Test Screening by Suryaprasad, A., Basavaraju, S. V., Hocevar, S. N., Theodoropoulos, N., Zuckerman, R. A., Hayden, T., Forbi, J. C., Pegues, D., Levine, M., Martin, S. I., Kuehnert, M. J., Blumberg, E. A.

“…Nucleic acid testing (NAT) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) is recommended for screening of organ donors, yet not all donor infections may be detected. We describe…”
Get full text

Phylogenetic Analysis of Human Parvovirus B19 Sequences from Eleven Different Countries Confirms the Predominance of Genotype 1 and Suggests the Spread of Genotype 3b by Hübschen, Judith M, Mihneva, Zefira, Mentis, Andreas F, Schneider, François, Aboudy, Yair, Grossman, Zehava, Rudich, Hagit, Kasymbekova, Kalia, Sarv, Inna, Nedeljkovic, Jasminka, Tahita, Marc C, Tarnagda, Zekiba, Ouedraogo, Jean-Bosco, Gerasimova, A.G, Moskaleva, T.N, Tikhonova, Nina T, Chitadze, Nazibrola, Forbi, J.C, Faneye, Adedayo O, Otegbayo, Jesse A, Charpentier, Emilie, Muller, Claude P

“…Phylogenetic analysis of 166 human parvovirus B19 sequences from 11 different countries attributed 91.57% to genotype 1, 5.42% to genotype 3b, and 3.01% to…”
Get full text

Detection of a new subgenotype of hepatitis B virus genotype A in Cameroon but not in neighbouring Nigeria by Hübschen, J.M., Mbah, P.O., Forbi, J.C., Otegbayo, J.A., Olinger, C.M., Charpentier, E., Muller, C.P.

“…To further investigate the genetic diversity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype A in Africa, we analysed 263 HBV strains from Nigeria (n = 163) and Cameroon…”
Get full text

Evaluation of viral heterogeneity using next-generation sequencing, end-point limiting-dilution and mass spectrometry by Dimitrova, Z., Campo, D.S., Ramachandran, S., Vaughan, G., Ganova-Raeva, L., Lin, Y., Forbi, J.C., Xia, G., Skums, P., Pearlman, B., Khudyakov, Y.

“…Hepatitis C Virus sequence studies mainly focus on the viral amplicon containing the Hypervariable region 1 (HVR1) to obtain a sample of sequences from which…”
Get full text

Coordinated evolution of the Hepatitis B Virus Polymerase by Campo, D.S., Dimitrova, Z., Lara, J., Purdy, M., Thai, H., Ramachandran, S., Ganova-Raeva, L., Zhai, X., Forbi, J.C., Teo, C.G., Khudyakov, Y.

“…The detection of compensatory mutations that abrogate negative fitness effects of drug-resistance and vaccine-escape mutations indicates the important role of…”
Get full text

Inverted CD4+/CD8+ ratio associated with AIDS event and death in HIV- 1 infected individuals in Nasarawa State, Nigeria by Forbi, J.C, Agwale, S.M

“…The current guidelines for the use of antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria places emphasis on the use of CD4+ enumeration to take decision of initiating…”
Get full text

Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus in a Population of Pregnant Women and Commercial Sex Workers in South Western Nigeria by Forbi, J.C, Odetunde, A.B

“…Over 20 million persons are infected with HTLV-I/II globally. The virus is endemic in Africa and it is also transmitted sexually. Continued identification of…”
Get full text