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Kuhn A, Outlaw V, Marcink T, Yu Z, Mears M, Cajimat M, et al.
J Virol . 2025 Feb; :e0215924. PMID: 39902960
Importance: Despite the existence of vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, the constant evolution of new variants and the occurrence of breakthrough infections highlight the need for new and effective antiviral approaches. We...
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Mears M, Read Q, Bakre A
J Virol Methods . 2024 Dec; 333:115103. PMID: 39724954
Rapidly identifying and sequencing viral pathogens in poultry flocks can substantially reduce economic loss especially during disease outbreaks. Current next generation sequencing technologies require multi-step laboratory-intensive workflows to generate sequence...
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Mears M, Bakre A
Viruses . 2024 Nov; 16(11). PMID: 39599862
Post-transcriptional gene regulation mediated by microRNAs (miRNAs) relies on sequence complementarity between the miRNA seed site and the target gene transcript(s). This complementarity can completely inhibit or reduce translation into...
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Mears M, Olivier T, Williams-Coplin D, Espinoza E, Bakre A
Sci Rep . 2024 Aug; 14(1):18047. PMID: 39103419
Newcastle disease (ND), an economically important disease in poultry, is caused by virulent strains of the genetically diverse Orthoavulavirus javaense (OAVJ). Laboratories rely on quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR)...
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Mears M, Ntiforo C, Sauer L, Mehta A, Levine C
Health Secur . 2023 Dec; 22(1):58-64. PMID: 38054936
The Federal Select Agent Program ensures the safe and secure possession, use, and transfer of biological select agents and toxins through the select agent regulations (42 CFR §73, 7 CFR...
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Scher G, Bente D, Mears M, Cajimat M, Schnell M
NPJ Vaccines . 2023 May; 8(1):73. PMID: 37210392
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne virus that causes severe hemorrhagic disease in humans. There is a great need for effective vaccines and therapeutics against CCHFV for humans,...
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Mears M, Bente D
Zoonoses (Burlingt) . 2023 May; 2(1). PMID: 37206318
Objective: There is no licensed vaccine available to prevent the severe tick-borne disease Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), caused by the CCHF virus (CCHFV). This study sought to show that a...
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Mears M, Rodriguez S, Schmitz K, Padilla A, Biswas S, Cajimat M, et al.
Antiviral Res . 2022 Sep; 207:105401. PMID: 36049554
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a medically relevant tick-borne viral disease caused by the Bunyavirus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV). CCHFV is endemic to Asia, the Middle East, South-eastern Europe,...
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Outlaw V, Bovier F, Mears M, Cajimat M, Zhu Y, Lin M, et al.
mBio . 2020 Oct; 11(5). PMID: 33082259
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiological agent of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has erupted into a global pandemic that has led to...
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Lieberman N, Peddu V, Xie H, Shrestha L, Huang M, Mears M, et al.
PLoS Biol . 2020 Sep; 18(9):e3000849. PMID: 32898168
Despite limited genomic diversity, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has shown a wide range of clinical manifestations in different patient populations. The mechanisms behind these host differences are...