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Waleed A. Aljabr

King Fahd Medical CityORCID 0000-0002-9385-2776Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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James P. StewartiD· 2 shared Julian A. HiscoxiD· 2 shared Abbie HarrisoniD· 1 shared Abdullah Mufareh AssiriiD· 1 shared Abdullah R. Alrasheed· 1 shared Abdulrahman F. AlrezaihiiD· 1 shared Alistair C. DarbyiD· 1 shared Andrew D. DavidsoniD· 1 shared

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Characterisation of naturally occurring MERS-CoV Spike mutations and their impact on entry and neutralisation.

Rachael Dempsey, Hannah Goldswain, Joseph Newman, Nazia Thakur, Tracy C. MacGill, Todd E. Myers, Robert Orr, Dalan Bailey, James P. Stewart, Waleed A. Aljabr, Julian A. Hiscox

This study investigates the phenotypic effects of naturally occurring MERS-CoV Spike mutations on virus entry and neutralisation, identifying mutations that enhance entry or confer resistance to neutralisation.

Viruses · Mar 18, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Amplicon and metagenomic analysis of MERS-CoV and the microbiome in patients with severe Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)

Waleed A. Aljabr, Muhannad Alruwaili, Rebekah Penrice-Randal, Abdulrahman F. Alrezaihi, Abbie Harrison, Yan Ryan, Eleanor G. Bentley, Benjamin Jones, Bader Y. Alhatlani, Dayel A. AlShahrani, Zana H. Mahmood, Natasha Y. Rickett, Bandar Alosaimi, Asif Naeem, Saad Saeed Alamri, , Julian A. Hiscox

The paper develops an amplicon-based sequencing method for rapid MERS-CoV genotyping and evaluates it alongside metagenomic analysis to study the microbiome in MERS patients.

mSphere · Jul 21, 2021Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology