Rushika M. Perera

This paper isolates and characterizes a novel Tacaribe virus (TCRV) strain from Jamaican fruit bats, showing it causes nonfatal infection with mild liver disease and limited immune response, offering a better model for studying arenavirus biology than previously used strains.

The paper identifies a metabolic biomarker panel that distinguishes dengue fever from severe dengue forms and provides insights into disease pathology.