A. S. Asfor

Transcriptomic analysis reveals that severity of infectious bursal disease in White Leghorn inbred chicken lines is associated with greater bursal inflammation in vivo and more rapid induction of pro-inflammatory responses in primary bursal cells stimulated ex vivo.

This study compares the transcriptomic responses of inbred chicken lines to IBDV infection, finding that severe disease correlates with enhanced inflammation and faster pro-inflammatory gene induction in bursal cells.

A COVID-19 vaccine candidate using SpyCatcher multimerization of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor-binding domain induces potent neutralising antibody responses

This study develops a vaccine candidate using SpyCatcher technology to display the SARS-CoV-2 RBD, showing strong neutralizing antibody responses in mice and pigs.

Evaluation of the immunogenicity of prime-boost vaccination with the replication-deficient viral vectored COVID-19 vaccine candidate ChAdOx1 nCoV-19

This study evaluates the immunogenicity of single and booster doses of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in mice and pigs, finding that a booster significantly enhances antibody responses, especially in pigs.

Detection of antibodies against a conserved capsid epitope as the basis of a novel universal serological test for foot-and-mouth disease

This paper identifies a conserved epitope in FMDV capsid protein VP2 and develops a universal ELISA to detect antibodies against all FMDV strains with high sensitivity and specificity.