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    • Conserved, breed-dependent, and subline-dependent innate immune responses of Fayoumi and Leghorn chicken embryos to Newcastle disease virus infection. 

      Schilling, Megan; Memari, Sahar; Cavanaugh, Meredith; Katani, Robab; Deist, Melissa; Radzio-Basu, Jessica; Lamont, Susan; Buza, Joram; Kapur, Vivek (Scientific Reports, 2019-05-10)
      Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is a threat to the global poultry industry, but particularly for smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries. Previous reports suggest that some breeds of chickens are less susceptible ...
    • The genetic diversity of local african chickens: A potential for selection of chickens resistant to viral infections 

      Mpenda, Fulgence; Schilling, Megan; Campbell, Zoë; Mngumi, Elifuraha; Buza, Joram (Poultry Science Association Inc., 2018)
      Viral infections impose a great threat to backyard chicken production among poor rural households in developing countries. These infections limit the contribution of chicken production in improving the livelihoods of ...
    • Identification of Bacillus anthracis, Brucella spp., and Coxiella burnetii DNA signatures from bushmeat 

      Katani, Robab; Schilling, Megan; Lyimo, Beatus; Eblate, Ernest; Martin, Andimile; Tonui, Triza; Cattadori, Isabella; Francesconi, Stephen; Estes, Anna; Rentsch, Dennis; Srinivasan, Sreenidhi; Lyimo, Samson; Munuo, Lidia; Tiambo, Christian; Stomeo, Francesca; Gwakisa, Paul; Mosha, Fausta; Hudson, Peter; Buza, Joram; Kapur, Vivek (Springer Nature Limited, 2021-07-21)
      Meat from wildlife species (bushmeat) represents a major source of dietary protein in low- and middle-income countries where humans and wildlife live in close proximity. Despite the occurrence of zoonotic pathogens in ...
    • iMAP: an integrated bioinformatics and visualization pipeline for microbiome data analysis 

      Buza, Teresia; Tonui, Triza; Stomeo, Francesca; Tiambo, Christian; Katani, Robab; Schilling, Megan; Lyimo, Beatus; Gwakisa, Paul; Cattadori, Isabella; Buza, Joram; Kapur, Vivek (BioMed Central, 2019-07-03)
      One of the major challenges facing investigators in the microbiome field is turning large numbers of reads generated by next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms into biological knowledge. Effective analytical workflows ...
    • iMAP: an integrated bioinformatics and visualization pipeline for microbiome data analysis 

      Buza, Teresia; Tonui, Triza; Stomeo, Francesca; Tiambo, Christian; Katani, Robab; Schilling, Megan; Lyimo, Beatus; Gwakisa, Paul; Cattadori, Isabella; Buza, Teresia; Kapur, Vivek (BMC Bioinformatics, 2019)
      Background: One of the major challenges facing investigators in the microbiome field is turning large numbers of reads generated by next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms into biological knowledge. Effective analytical ...
    • Innate Immune Genes Associated With Newcastle Disease Virus Load in Chick Embryos From Inbred and Outbred Lines 

      Schilling, Megan; Memari, Sahar; Cattadori, Isabella; Katani, Robab; Muhairwa, Amandus; Buza, Joram; Kapur, Vivek (Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019-06-20)
      Newcastle disease virus (NDV) causes substantial economic losses to smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries with high levels of morbidity and mortality in poultry flocks. Previous investigations have suggested ...
    • Microbial Diversity in Bushmeat Samples Recovered from the Serengeti Ecosystem in Tanzania 

      Katani, Robab; Schilling, Megan; Lyimo, Beatus; Tonui, Triza; Cattadori, Isabella; Eblate, Ernest; Martin, Andimile; Estes, Anna; Buza, Teresia; Rentsch, Dennis; Davenpor, Karen; Hovde, Blake; Lyimo, Samson; Munuo, Lydia; Stomeo, Francesca; Tiambo, Christian; Radzio-Basu, Jessica; Mosha, Fausta; Hudson, Peter; Buza, Joram; Kapur, Vivek (Nature Publishing Group UK, 2019-12-02)
      Bushmeat, the meat and organs derived from wildlife species, is a common source of animal protein in the diets of those living in sub-Saharan Africa and is frequently associated with zoonotic spillover of dangerous pathogens. ...
    • Molecular species identification of bushmeat recovered from the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania. 

      Schilling, Megan; Estes, Anna; Eblate, Ernest; Martin, Andimile; Rentsch, Dennis; Katani, Robab; Joseph, Asteria; Kindoro, Fatuma; Lyimo, Beatus; Radzio-Basu, Jessica; Cattadori, Isabella; Hudson, Peter; Kapur, Vivek; Gwakisa, Paul; Buza, Joram (PLOS ONE, 2020-09-14)
      Bushmeat harvesting and consumption represents a potential risk for the spillover of endemic zoonotic pathogens, yet remains a common practice in many parts of the world. Given that the harvesting and selling of bushmeat ...
    • Transcriptional Innate Immune Response of the Developing Chicken Embryo to Newcastle Disease Virus Infection 

      Schilling, Megan; Katani, Robab; Memari, Sahar; Cavanaugh, Meredith; Buza, Joram; Radzio-Basu, Jessica; Mpenda, Fulgence; Deist, Melissa; Lamont, Susan; Kapur, Vivek (Frontiers in Genetics, 2018-02-27)
      Traditional approaches to assess the immune response of chickens to infection are through animal trials, which are expensive, require enhanced biosecurity, compromise welfare, and are frequently influenced by confounding ...