Lusajo L. Mwakibete

The paper demonstrates that DNA damage induces VSG recombination in T. brucei, leading to antigenic variation and immune evasion.

The paper identifies a novel bandavirus as the likely cause of a 2020 black vulture mortality event using metagenomic sequencing.

The paper investigates factors associated with a 2021 avian mortality event, finding that birds consuming supplemental feed and ground foragers were significantly represented in affected samples.

CZ ID introduces a long-read metagenomic analysis pipeline, benchmarked against Kraken2, for virus detection and antimicrobial resistance gene identification.

The paper uses metagenomic sequencing to investigate a wildlife mortality event in songbirds, finding no single pathogen but highlighting the utility of metagenomics in such investigations.