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Surveillance and Diagnosis of West Nile Virus in the Face of Flavivirus Cross-Reactivity by Lustig, Yaniv, Sofer, Danit, Bucris, Efrat Dahan, Mendelson, Ella

“…West Nile Virus (WNV) is an arthropod-borne flavivirus whose zoonotic cycle includes both mosquitoes and birds as amplifiers and humans and horses as dead-end…”
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Testing IgG antibodies against the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 is sufficient and necessary for COVID-19 diagnosis by Indenbaum, Victoria, Koren, Ravit, Katz-Likvornik, Shiri, Yitzchaki, Mayan, Halpern, Osnat, Regev-Yochay, Gili, Cohen, Carmit, Biber, Asaf, Feferman, Tali, Cohen Saban, Noy, Dhan, Roni, Levin, Tal, Gozlan, Yael, Weil, Merav, Mor, Orna, Mandelboim, Michal, Sofer, Danit, Mendelson, Ella, Lustig, Yaniv

“…The COVID-19 pandemic and the fast global spread of the disease resulted in unprecedented decline in world trade and travel. A critical priority is, therefore,…”
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Comparison of the new fully automated extraction platform eMAG to the MagNA PURE 96 and the well-established easyMAG for detection of common human respiratory viruses by Hindiyeh, Musa, Mor, Orna, Pando, Rakefet, Mannasse, Batya, Kabat, Areej, Assraf-Zarfati, Hadar, Mendelson, Ella, Sofer, Danit, Mandelboim, Michal

“…Respiratory viral infections constitute the majority of samples tested in the clinical virology laboratory during the winter season, and are mainly diagnosed…”
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Genomic variation and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 importation and early circulation in Israel by Zuckerman, Neta S, Bucris, Efrat, Drori, Yaron, Erster, Oran, Sofer, Danit, Pando, Rakefet, Mendelson, Ella, Mor, Orna, Mandelboim, Michal

“…Severe acute respiratory disease coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which causes corona virus disease (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019…”
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Evaluation of four different systems for extraction of RNA from stool suspensions using MS-2 coliphage as an exogenous control for RT-PCR inhibition by Shulman, Lester M, Hindiyeh, Musa, Muhsen, Khitam, Cohen, Dani, Mendelson, Ella, Sofer, Danit

“…Knowing when, and to what extent co-extracted inhibitors interfere with molecular RNA diagnostic assays is of utmost importance. The QIAamp Viral RNA Mini Kit…”
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National Scale Real-Time Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Variants Dynamics by Wastewater Monitoring in Israel by Bar-Or, Itay, Indenbaum, Victoria, Weil, Merav, Elul, Michal, Levi, Nofar, Aguvaev, Irina, Cohen, Zvi, Levy, Virginia, Azar, Roberto, Mannasse, Batya, Shirazi, Rachel, Bucris, Efrat, Mor, Orna, Sela Brown, Alin, Sofer, Danit, Zuckerman, Neta S., Mendelson, Ella, Erster, Oran

“…In this report, we describe a national-scale monitoring of the SARS-CoV-2 (SC-2) variant dynamics in Israel, using multiple-time sampling of 13 wastewater…”
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Rapid and High-Throughput Reverse Transcriptase Quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) Assay for Identification and Differentiation between SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 by Erster, Oran, Mendelson, Ella, Levy, Virginia, Kabat, Areej, Mannasse, Batya, Asraf, Hadar, Azar, Roberto, Ali, Yaniv, Shirazi, Rachel, Bucris, Efrat, Bar-Ilan, Dana, Mor, Orna, Mandelboim, Michal, Sofer, Danit, Fleishon, Shai, Zuckerman, Neta S

“…Emerging SARS-CoV-2 (SC-2) variants with increased infectivity and vaccine resistance are of major concern. Rapid identification of such variants is important…”
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Evolution of echovirus 11 in a chronically infected immunodeficient patient by Laassri, Majid, Zagorodnyaya, Tatiana, Hassin-Baer, Sharon, Handsher, Rachel, Sofer, Danit, Weil, Merav, Karagiannis, Konstantinos, Simonyan, Vahan, Chumakov, Konstantin, Shulman, Lester

“…Deep sequencing was used to determine complete nucleotide sequences of echovirus 11 (EV11) strains isolated from a chronically infected patient with CVID as…”
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The Israeli public health response to wild poliovirus importation by Kaliner, Ehud, MD, Kopel, Eran, Dr, Anis, Emilia, MD, Mendelson, Ella, Prof, Moran-Gilad, Jacob, Prof, Shulman, Lester M, Prof, Singer, Shepherd R, MD, Manor, Yossi, Mgr, Somekh, Eli, Prof, Rishpon, Shmuel, Prof, Leventhal, Alex, Prof, Rubin, Lisa, MD, Tasher, Diana, MD, Honovich, Mira, MPH, Moerman, Larisa, MD, Shohat, Tamy, Prof, Bassal, Ravit, PhD, Sofer, Danit, PhD, Gdalevich, Michael, MD, Lev, Boaz, MD, Gamzu, Ronni, Prof, Grotto, Itamar, Prof

“…Summary In 2013, a silent wild poliovirus type 1 importation and sustained transmission event occurred in southern Israel. With the aim of preventing clinical…”
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Epidemiology of Type 3 Poliovirus AFP Cases in Israel between 1973 and 1988: Whole Genome Sequencing of RNA Extracted Directly from Archived Stocks to Avoid Re-Culturing Neurovirulent Wild Poliovirus by Shulman, Lester M, Laassri, Majid, Handsher, Rachel, Zagorodnyaya, Tatiana, Sofer, Danit, Weil, Merav, Mendelson, Ella, Chumakov, Konstantin

“…Poliovirus post-eradication containment of wild-type 2 poliovirus (PV2) requires the destruction of all materials containing, or potentially containing, PV2…”
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Monitoring of Enterovirus D68 Outbreak in Israel by a Parallel Clinical and Wastewater Based Surveillance by Erster, Oran, Bar-Or, Itay, Levy, Virginia, Shatzman-Steuerman, Rachel, Sofer, Danit, Weiss, Leah, Vasserman, Rinat, Fratty, Ilana S, Kestin, Klil, Elul, Michal, Levi, Nofar, Alkrenawi, Rola, Mendelson, Ella, Mandelboim, Michal, Weil, Merav

“…Enterovirus D68 (EVD68) was recently identified as an important cause of respiratory illness and acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), mostly in children. Here, we…”
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Specific Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.1.7 (Alpha) and B.1.617.2 (Delta) Using a One-Step Quantitative PCR Assay by Erster, Oran, Mendelson, Ella, Kabat, Areej, Levy, Virginia, Mannasse, Batya, Assraf, Hadar, Azar, Roberto, Ali, Yaniv, Bucris, Efrat, Bar-Ilan, Dana, Mor, Orna, Elul, Michal, Mandelboim, Michal, Sofer, Danit, Fleishon, Shay, Zuckerman, Neta S, Bar-Or, Itay

“…In this report, we describe the development of a reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) assay, termed Alpha-Delta assay, which can detect all severe…”
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First report of a persistent oropharyngeal infection of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus (iVDPV2) in a primary immune deficient (PID) patient after eradication of wild type 2 poliovirus by Weil, Merav, Rahav, Galia, Somech, Raz, Stauber, Tali, Alfandari, Jacqueline, Weiss, Leah, Silberstein, Ilana, Indenbaum, Victoria, Or, Itay Bar, Mendelson, Ella, Sofer, Danit, Shulman, Lester M.

“…•Persistent poliovirus infections occur in primary immune deficient patients.•Type 2 poliovirus was isolated from throat swabs and stools of such a…”
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Modeling the spread of polio in an IPV-vaccinated population: lessons learned from the 2013 silent outbreak in southern Israel by Yaari, Rami, Kaliner, Ehud, Grotto, Itamar, Katriel, Guy, Moran-Gilad, Jacob, Sofer, Danit, Mendelson, Ella, Miller, Elizabeth, Huppert, Amit, Anis, E, Kopel, E, Manor, Y, Mor, O, Shulman, L, Singer, R, Weil, M

“…Polio eradication is an extraordinary globally coordinated health program in terms of its magnitude and reach, leading to the elimination of wild poliovirus…”
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A Multi-Laboratory Evaluation of Commercial Monkeypox Virus Molecular Tests by Erster, Oran, Levy, Itzchak, Kabat, Areej, Mannasse, Batya, Levy, Virginia, Assraf, Hadar, Azar, Roberto, Ben-Zvi, Haim, Bradenstein, Ritta, Bunder, Olga, Fadeela, Ayman, Keren-Naus, Ayelet, Peretz, Avi, Roif-Kaminsky, Diana, Saleh, Lolu, Schreiber, Licita, Schwartz, Orna, Shaked-Mishan, Pninit, Sorek, Nadav, Strauss, Merav, Steinberg, Rachel, Treygerman, Orit, Zisman-Rozen, Simona, Yishai, Ruth, Tejman-Yarden, Noa, Mendelson, Ella, Sofer, Danit

“…In this report, we describe the first national scale multi-laboratory evaluation of monkeypox virus (MPXV) DNA commercial PCR kits. The objective of this study…”
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Neurovirulent vaccine-derived polioviruses in sewage from highly immune populations by Shulman, Lester M, Manor, Yossi, Sofer, Danit, Handsher, Rachel, Swartz, Tiberio, Delpeyroux, Francis, Mendelson, Ella

“…Vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) have caused poliomyelitis outbreaks in communities with sub-optimal vaccination. Israeli environmental surveillance of…”
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Inferring Numbers of Wild Poliovirus Excretors Using Quantitative Environmental Surveillance by Perepliotchikov, Yuri, Ziv-Baran, Tomer, Hindiyeh, Musa, Manor, Yossi, Sofer, Danit, Moran-Gilad, Jacob, Stephens, Laura, Mendelson, Ella, Weil, Merav, Bassal, Ravit, Anis, Emilia, Singer, Shepherd Roee, Kaliner, Ehud, Cooper, Gillian, Majumdar, Manasi, Markovich, Michal, Ram, Daniela, Grotto, Itamar, Gamzu, Ronni, Martin, Javier, Shulman, Lester M

“…Response to and monitoring of viral outbreaks can be efficiently focused when rapid, quantitative, kinetic information provides the location and the number of…”
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Antiviral activity of 3(2H)- and 6-chloro-3(2H)-isoflavenes against highly diverged, neurovirulent vaccine-derived, type2 poliovirus sewage isolates by Shulman, Lester M, Sofer, Danit, Manor, Yossi, Mendelson, Ella, Balanant, Jean, Salvati, Anna Laura, Delpeyroux, Francis, Fiore, Lucia

“…Substituted flavanoids interfere with uncoating of Enteroviruses including Sabin-2 polio vaccine strains. However flavanoid resistant and dependent, type-2…”
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants by genomic analysis of wastewater samples in Israel by Bar-Or, Itay, Weil, Merav, Indenbaum, Victoria, Bucris, Efrat, Bar-Ilan, Dana, Elul, Michal, Levi, Nofar, Aguvaev, Irina, Cohen, Zvi, Shirazi, Rachel, Erster, Oran, Sela-Brown, Alin, Sofer, Danit, Mor, Orna, Mendelson, Ella, Zuckerman, Neta S.

“…Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 spread and identification of variants in sewers has been demonstrated to accurately detect prevalence of viral strains and is…”
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'Subinhibitory' erythromycin represses production of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectins, autoinducer and virulence factors by Sofer, D, Gilboa-Garber, N, Belz, A, Garber, N C

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is preceded by selective adhesion of the bacteria to the host target cells via diverse adhesins, including lectins. This step…”
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