Publications by authors named "Bert Vanmechelen"

21 Publications

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Human Diversity of Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors and Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I Alleles and Ebola Virus Disease Outcomes.

Authors:
Tony Wawina-Bokalanga Bert Vanmechelen Valentine Lhermitte Joan Martí-Carreras Valentijn Vergote Fara Raymond Koundouno Joseph Akoi-Boré Ruth Thom Tom Tipton Kimberley Steeds Kéita Balla Moussa Ablam Amento Lies Laenen Sophie Duraffour Martin Gabriel Paula Ruibal Yper Hall Mandy Kader-Kondé Stephan Günther Guy Baele Cesar Muñoz-Fontela Johan Van Weyenbergh Miles W Carroll Piet Maes

Emerg Infect Dis 2021 Jan;27(1):76-84

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January 2021

NCBI's Virus Discovery Codeathon: Building "FIVE" -The Federated Index of Viral Experiments API Index.

Authors:
Joan Martí-Carreras Alejandro Rafael Gener Sierra D Miller Anderson F Brito Christiam E Camacho Ryan Connor Ward Deboutte Cody Glickman David M Kristensen Wynn K Meyer Sejal Modha Alexis L Norris Surya Saha Anna K Belford Evan Biederstedt James Rodney Brister Jan P Buchmann Nicholas P Cooley Robert A Edwards Kiran Javkar Michael Muchow Harihara Subrahmaniam Muralidharan Charles Pepe-Ranney Nidhi Shah Migun Shakya Michael J Tisza Benjamin J Tully Bert Vanmechelen Valerie C Virta Jake L Weissman Vadim Zalunin Alexandre Efremov Ben Busby

Viruses 2020 12 10;12(12). Epub 2020 Dec 10.

National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.

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December 2020

A Phylodynamic Workflow to Rapidly Gain Insights into the Dispersal History and Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Lineages.

Authors:
Simon Dellicour Keith Durkin Samuel L Hong Bert Vanmechelen Joan Martí-Carreras Mandev S Gill Cécile Meex Sébastien Bontems Emmanuel André Marius Gilbert Conor Walker Nicola De Maio Nuno R Faria James Hadfield Marie-Pierre Hayette Vincent Bours Tony Wawina-Bokalanga Maria Artesi Guy Baele Piet Maes

Mol Biol Evol 2020 Nov 3. Epub 2020 Nov 3.

Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

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November 2020

Advancing Marburg virus antiviral screening: Optimization of a novel T7 polymerase-independent minigenome system.

Authors:
Bert Vanmechelen Joren Stroobants Kurt Vermeire Piet Maes

Antiviral Res 2021 01 19;185:104977. Epub 2020 Nov 19.

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, box 1040 3000, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address:

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January 2021

STAT2 signaling restricts viral dissemination but drives severe pneumonia in SARS-CoV-2 infected hamsters.

Authors:
Robbert Boudewijns Hendrik Jan Thibaut Suzanne J F Kaptein Rong Li Valentijn Vergote Laura Seldeslachts Johan Van Weyenbergh Carolien De Keyzer Lindsey Bervoets Sapna Sharma Laurens Liesenborghs Ji Ma Sander Jansen Dominique Van Looveren Thomas Vercruysse Xinyu Wang Dirk Jochmans Erik Martens Kenny Roose Dorien De Vlieger Bert Schepens Tina Van Buyten Sofie Jacobs Yanan Liu Joan Martí-Carreras Bert Vanmechelen Tony Wawina-Bokalanga Leen Delang Joana Rocha-Pereira Lotte Coelmont Winston Chiu Pieter Leyssen Elisabeth Heylen Dominique Schols Lanjiao Wang Lila Close Jelle Matthijnssens Marc Van Ranst Veerle Compernolle Georg Schramm Koen Van Laere Xavier Saelens Nico Callewaert Ghislain Opdenakker Piet Maes Birgit Weynand Christopher Cawthorne Greetje Vande Velde Zhongde Wang Johan Neyts Kai Dallmeier

Nat Commun 2020 11 17;11(1):5838. Epub 2020 Nov 17.

Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Rega Institute, KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.

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November 2020

Common occurrence of Belerina virus, a novel paramyxovirus found in Belgian hedgehogs.

Authors:
Bert Vanmechelen Valentijn Vergote Michelle Merino Erik Verbeken Piet Maes

Sci Rep 2020 11 9;10(1):19341. Epub 2020 Nov 9.

Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 1040, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.

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November 2020

Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 reinfection by a phylogenetically distinct strain.

Authors:
Jan Van Elslande Pieter Vermeersch Kris Vandervoort Tony Wawina-Bokalanga Bert Vanmechelen Elke Wollants Lies Laenen Emmanuel André Marc Van Ranst Katrien Lagrou Piet Maes

Clin Infect Dis 2020 Sep 5. Epub 2020 Sep 5.

KU Leuven, Rega Institute Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium.

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September 2020

Accounting for population structure reveals ambiguity in the Zaire Ebolavirus reservoir dynamics.

Authors:
Bram Vrancken Tony Wawina-Bokalanga Bert Vanmechelen Joan Martí-Carreras Miles W Carroll Justus Nsio Jimmy Kapetshi Sheila Makiala-Mandanda Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum Guy Baele Kurt Vermeire Valentijn Vergote Steve Ahuka-Mundeke Piet Maes

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020 03 4;14(3):e0008117. Epub 2020 Mar 4.

KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Division of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium.

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March 2020

First genomic characterization of a Belgian Enterovirus C104 using sequence-independent Nanopore sequencing.

Authors:
Elke Wollants Piet Maes Michelle Merino Mandy Bloemen Marc Van Ranst Bert Vanmechelen

Infect Genet Evol 2020 07 27;81:104267. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

KU Leuven, Rega Institute, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

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July 2020

NCBI's Virus Discovery Hackathon: Engaging Research Communities to Identify Cloud Infrastructure Requirements.

Authors:
Ryan Connor Rodney Brister Jan P Buchmann Ward Deboutte Rob Edwards Joan Martí-Carreras Mike Tisza Vadim Zalunin Juan Andrade-Martínez Adrian Cantu Michael D'Amour Alexandre Efremov Lydia Fleischmann Laura Forero-Junco Sanzhima Garmaeva Melissa Giluso Cody Glickman Margaret Henderson Benjamin Kellman David Kristensen Carl Leubsdorf Kyle Levi Shane Levi Suman Pakala Vikas Peddu Alise Ponsero Eldred Ribeiro Farrah Roy Lindsay Rutter Surya Saha Migun Shakya Ryan Shean Matthew Miller Benjamin Tully Christopher Turkington Ken Youens-Clark Bert Vanmechelen Ben Busby

Genes (Basel) 2019 09 16;10(9). Epub 2019 Sep 16.

National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD 20894, USA.

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September 2019

Complete Genome Sequence of a New Ebola Virus Strain Isolated during the 2017 Likati Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Authors:
Tony Wawina-Bokalanga Bert Vanmechelen Joan Martí-Carreras Valentijn Vergote Kurt Vermeire Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum Steve Ahuka-Mundeke Piet Maes

Microbiol Resour Announc 2019 May 16;8(20). Epub 2019 May 16.

KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology Division, Rega Institute, Leuven, Belgium

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May 2019

Identifying the patterns and drivers of enzootic dynamics using reservoir sampling.

Authors:
Lies Laenen Valentijn Vergote Bert Vanmechelen Katrien Tersago Guy Baele Philippe Lemey Herwig Leirs Simon Dellicour Bram Vrancken Piet Maes

Virus Evol 2019 Jan 22;5(1):vez009. Epub 2019 Apr 22.

KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Division of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

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January 2019

Genomic characterization of Erethizon dorsatum papillomavirus 2, a new papillomavirus species marked by its exceptional genome size.

Authors:
Bert Vanmechelen Roger K Maes Dodd G Sledge Samantha L Lockwood Stephanne L Schwartz Piet Maes

J Gen Virol 2018 12 24;99(12):1699-1704. Epub 2018 Oct 24.

1​KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Herestraat 49/Box 1040, BE3000 Leuven, Belgium.

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December 2018

Discovery and genome characterization of three new Jeilongviruses, a lineage of paramyxoviruses characterized by their unique membrane proteins.

Authors:
Bert Vanmechelen Magda Bletsa Lies Laenen Ana Rita Lopes Valentijn Vergote Leen Beller Ward Deboutte Miša Korva Tatjana Avšič Županc Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq Sophie Gryseels Herwig Leirs Philippe Lemey Bram Vrancken Piet Maes

BMC Genomics 2018 Aug 16;19(1):617. Epub 2018 Aug 16.

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 1040, BE3000, Leuven, Belgium.

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August 2018

Expanding the Arterivirus Host Spectrum: Olivier's Shrew Virus 1, A Novel Arterivirus Discovered in African Giant Shrews.

Authors:
Bert Vanmechelen Valentijn Vergote Lies Laenen Fara Raymond Koundouno Joseph Akoi Bore Jiro Wada Jens H Kuhn Miles W Carroll Piet Maes

Sci Rep 2018 07 24;8(1):11171. Epub 2018 Jul 24.

KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Herestraat 49-Box 1040, BE3000, Leuven, Belgium.

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July 2018

Nanopore sequencing as a revolutionary diagnostic tool for porcine viral enteric disease complexes identifies porcine kobuvirus as an important enteric virus.

Authors:
Sebastiaan Theuns Bert Vanmechelen Quinten Bernaert Ward Deboutte Marilou Vandenhole Leen Beller Jelle Matthijnssens Piet Maes Hans J Nauwynck

Sci Rep 2018 06 29;8(1):9830. Epub 2018 Jun 29.

Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Laboratory of Virology, Merelbeke, Belgium.

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June 2018

A lethal disease model for New World hantaviruses using immunosuppressed Syrian hamsters.

Authors:
Valentijn Vergote Lies Laenen Bert Vanmechelen Marc Van Ranst Erik Verbeken Jay W Hooper Piet Maes

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2017 Oct 27;11(10):e0006042. Epub 2017 Oct 27.

KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Zoonotic Infectious Diseases unit, Leuven, Belgium.

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October 2017

Grotenhout Virus, a Novel Nairovirus Found in in Belgium.

Authors:
Bert Vanmechelen Lies Laenen Valentijn Vergote Piet Maes

Genome Announc 2017 May 25;5(21). Epub 2017 May 25.

KU Leuven, Rega Institute, Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Unit (ZIDU) Lab, Leuven, Belgium

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May 2017

Identification of a novel species of papillomavirus in giraffe lesions using nanopore sequencing.

Authors:
Bert Vanmechelen Mads Frost Bertelsen Annabel Rector Joost J Van den Oord Lies Laenen Valentijn Vergote Piet Maes

Vet Microbiol 2017 Mar 30;201:26-31. Epub 2016 Dec 30.

KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Herestraat 49/Box 1040, BE3000 Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address:

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March 2017

Virus Hunting: Discovery of New Episomal Circular Viruses by Rolling Circle Techniques.

Authors:
Bert Vanmechelen Annabel Rector Piet Maes

Curr Protoc Microbiol 2017 02 6;44:1E.12.1-1E.12.18. Epub 2017 Feb 6.

KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Rega Institute, Leuven, Belgium.

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February 2017

Spatio-temporal analysis of Nova virus, a divergent hantavirus circulating in the European mole in Belgium.

Authors:
Lies Laenen Simon Dellicour Valentijn Vergote Inne Nauwelaers Sarah De Coster Ina Verbeeck Bert Vanmechelen Philippe Lemey Piet Maes

Mol Ecol 2016 Dec 9;25(23):5994-6008. Epub 2016 Nov 9.

KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.

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December 2016