TEAM
Prof. Houriiyah Tegally
CERI Team

Prof. Houriiyah
Tegally

Associate Professor in Bioinformatics and Head: Data Science Unit

Houriiyah Tegally holds a PhD in Virology & Bioinformatics and is currently Head of Data Science at the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, focusing on the genomic epidemiology and evolution of viral pathogens South Africa and Africa. Her research interests revolve around the genomic surveillance of infectious diseases and particularly the use of genomics and phylogenetics within epidemiological and population-scale data to reconstruct and track their transmission dynamics and impact. During the COVID-19 pandemic she conducted the assembly and phylodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from multiple African countries for outbreak response, which was pivotal in the identification of the Beta and Omicron variants of concern by her team. Currently, she co-leads a consortium for Climate Amplified Diseases and Epidemics in Africa (CLIMADE-Africa) where she is reconstructing, responding to, and forecasting the transmission risks, patterns and outbreak potential of vector and water borne pathogens on the continent in the face of climate change and disasters, demographic expansion and increased human mobility.

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Publications

2026
Evolutionary dynamics and molecular adaptation of Rift Valley fever virus across human and non-human outbreaks in Africa

Omara I, Juma J, Tshiabuila D, Dor G, Wilkinson E, Baxter C, Tegally H, Moir M, Oyola S, de Oliveira T

Neurosurgical focus: Video
2:V1
2026
Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny

Hunt M, Hinrichs A, Anderson D, Karim L, Dearlove B, Knaggs J, Constantinides B, Fowler P, Rodger G, Street T, Lumley S, Webster H, Sanderson T, Ruis C, Kotzen B, de Maio N, Amenga-Etego L, Amuzu D, Avaro M, Awandare G, Ayivor-Djanie R, Barkham T, Bashton M, Batty E, Bediako Y, De Belder D, Benedetti E, Bergthaler A, Boers S, Campos J, Carr R, Chen Y, Cuba F, Dattero M, Dejnirattisai W, Dilthey A, Duedu K, Endler L, Engelmann I, Francisco N, Fuchs J, Gnimpieba E, Groc S, Gyamfi J, Heemskerk D, Houwaart T, Hsiao N, Huska M, Hölzer M, Iranzadeh A, Jarva H, Jeewandara C, Jolly B, Joseph R, Kant R, Ki K, Kurkela S, Lappalainen M, Lataretu M, Lemieux J, Liu C, Malavige G, Mashe T, Mongkolsapaya J, Montes B, Mora J, Morang’a C, Mvula B, Nagarajan N, Nelson A, Ngoi J, da Paixão J, Panning M, Poklepovich T, Quashie P, Ranasinghe D, Russo M, San J, Sanderson N, Scaria V, Screaton G, Sessions O, Sironen T, Sisay A, Smith D, Smura T, Supasa P, Suphavilai C, Swann J, Tegally H, Tegomoh B, Vapalahti O, Walker A, Wilkinson R, Williamson C, Zair X, Biere B, Dürrwald R, Mache C, Oh D, Schulze J, Wedde M, Wolff T, Fuchs S, Semmler T, Paraskevopoulou S, Kerber R, Kröger S, Haas W, Bode K, Corman V, Erren M, Finzer P, Grosser R, Haffner M, Hermann B, Kiel C, Krumbholz A, Lorentz T, Meinck K, Nitsche A, Petzold M, Schwanz T, Szabados F, Tewald F, Tiemann C, de Oliveira T, Peto T, Crook D, Corbett-Detig R, Iqbal Z

Nature Methods
23:653-662
2026
Identification and genomic characterisation of BA.3.2: a highly divergent BA.3-related SARS-CoV-2 lineage from southern Africa

Dor G, Kekana D, Hisner R, Martin D, Korber B, Ernst T, Levy A, Speers D, Turville S, Sintchenko V, Basile K, Sullivan G, Rockett R, Kok J, Schoenmakers J, Gueli F, Lessels R, Baxter C, Wolter N, Gottberg A, Tegally H, de Oliveira T

Virus Evolution
2026
Spatiotemporal patterns of Rift Valley fever virus in Africa: a retrospective genomic epidemiology and phylodynamic modelling study

Juma J, Tegally H, Konongoi S, Roesel K, Sang R, de Oliveira T, Njenga M, Christoffels A, Bett B, Dellicour S, Oyola S

The Lancet Microbe
7:101251
2026
Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny

Hunt M, Hinrichs A, Anderson D, Karim L, Dearlove B, Knaggs J, Constantinides B, Fowler P, Rodger G, Street T, Lumley S, Webster H, Sanderson T, Ruis C, Kotzen B, de Maio N, Amenga-Etego L, Amuzu D, Avaro M, Awandare G, Ayivor-Djanie R, Barkham T, Bashton M, Batty E, Bediako Y, De Belder D, Benedetti E, Bergthaler A, Boers S, Campos J, Carr R, Chen Y, Cuba F, Dattero M, Dejnirattisai W, Dilthey A, Duedu K, Endler L, Engelmann I, Francisco N, Fuchs J, Gnimpieba E, Groc S, Gyamfi J, Heemskerk D, Houwaart T, Hsiao N, Huska M, Hölzer M, Iranzadeh A, Jarva H, Jeewandara C, Jolly B, Joseph R, Kant R, Ki K, Kurkela S, Lappalainen M, Lataretu M, Lemieux J, Liu C, Malavige G, Mashe T, Mongkolsapaya J, Montes B, Mora J, Morang’a C, Mvula B, Nagarajan N, Nelson A, Ngoi J, da Paixão J, Panning M, Poklepovich T, Quashie P, Ranasinghe D, Russo M, San J, Sanderson N, Scaria V, Screaton G, Sessions O, Sironen T, Sisay A, Smith D, Smura T, Supasa P, Suphavilai C, Swann J, Tegally H, Tegomoh B, Vapalahti O, Walker A, Wilkinson R, Williamson C, Zair X, Biere B, Dürrwald R, Mache C, Oh D, Schulze J, Wedde M, Wolff T, Fuchs S, Semmler T, Paraskevopoulou S, Kerber R, Kröger S, Haas W, Bode K, Corman V, Erren M, Finzer P, Grosser R, Haffner M, Hermann B, Kiel C, Krumbholz A, Lorentz T, Meinck K, Nitsche A, Petzold M, Schwanz T, Szabados F, Tewald F, Tiemann C, de Oliveira T, Peto T, Crook D, Corbett-Detig R, Iqbal Z

Nature Methods
23:653-662
2025
Alignment-free viral sequence classification at scale

van Zyl D, Dunaiski M, Tegally H, Baxter C, de Oliveira T, Xavier J, Riley C, Winters A, Naranbhai V, Made F, Karim S, Otwombe K, Abimiku A, Osawe S, Onyemata J, Dakum P, Murtala-Ibrahim F, Andrew N, Musa A, Adenekan T, Ewerem K, Etuk V, de Oliveira T, Baxter C, Wilkinson E, Tegally H, Poongavanan J, Parker M, Silva D, Xavier J, Stafford K, Charurat M, Blanco N, O’Connor T, Fitzpatrick M, Sajadi M, Lawal O, Xiong C, Luo W, Wu X

BMC Genomics
26:389
2025
Identifying genomic surveillance gaps in Africa for the global public health response to West Nile virus: a systematic review

Moir M, Sitharam N, Hofstra L, Dor G, Mwanyika G, Ramphal Y, Reichmuth M, San J, Gifford R, Wilkinson E, Tshiabuila D, Preiser W, Konou A, Bitew M, Onoja A, Paganotti G, Abera A, Maror J, Kayiwa J, Abuelmaali S, Lusamaki E, de Oliveira T, Alcantara L, Holmes E, Padane A, Musa A, Abera A, Campbell A, Ssemaganda A, Ahouidi A, Muianga A, Samson A, Onoja A, Alemu B, Foka C, Baxter C, van Zyl D, de Castro Silva D, Martin D, Wilkinson E, Kouma E, Simo F, Mwanyika G, Godebo G, D’or G, Tegally H, Omara I, Maror J, Poonagavan J, Juma J, Oludele J, Xavier J, Lourenco J, Fokam J, Maeka K, Singh L, Chabuka L, Issaka M, Hofstra M, Giovanetti M, Faye M, Koffi M, Owusu M, Dikongo M, Alimohamed M, Bitew M, Moir M, Kraemer M, Sitharam N, Jerome N, Mbhele N, Miantsatian Andry N, Tomori O, Magalutcheemee R, Guimaraes R, Oyola S, Abuelmaali S, Golubchik T, Fonseca V, Preiser W, Ramphal Y, Venter M, Burt F, Baxter C, Lessells R, de Oliveira T, Tegally H

The Lancet Microbe
6:101176
2025
Tracing the spatial origins and spread of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages in South Africa

Dor G, Wilkinson E, Martin DP, Moir M, Tshiabuila D, Kekana D, Ntozini B, Joseph R, Iranzadeh A, Nyaga MM, Goedhals D, Maponga T, Maritz J, Laguda-Akingba O, Ramphal Y, MacIntyre C, Chabuka L, Pillay S, Giandhari J, Baxter C, Hsiao NY, Preiser W, Bhiman JN, Davies MA, Venter M, Treurnicht FK, Wolter N, Williamson C, von Gottberg A, Lessells R, Tegally H, de Oliveira T

Nature Communications
28;16(1):4937. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-60081-0
2025
Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics

Kraemer M, Tsui J, Chang S, Lytras S, Khurana M, Vanderslott S, Bajaj S, Scheidwasser N, Curran-Sebastian J, Semenova E, Zhang M, Unwin H, Watson O, Mills C, Dasgupta A, Ferretti L, Scarpino S, Koua E, Morgan O, Tegally H, Paquet U, Moutsianas L, Fraser C, Ferguson N, Topol E, Duchêne D, Stadler T, Kingori P, Parker M, Dominici F, Shadbolt N, Suchard M, Ratmann O, Flaxman S, Holmes E, Gomez-Rodriguez M, Schölkopf B, Donnelly C, Pybus O, Cauchemez S, Bhatt S

Nature
2025
Spatiotemporal disease suitability prediction for Oropouche virus and the role of vectors across the Americas

Poongavanan J, Dunaiski M, D’or G, Kraemer M, Giovanetti M, Lim A, Brady O, Baxter C, Fonseca V, Alcantara L, de Oliveira T, Tegally H

medRxiv
doi: 10.1101/2025.02.28.25323068.
2025
Genomic Characterization of Circulating Dengue Virus, Ethiopia, 2022–2023

Abera A, Tegally H, Tasew G, Wilkinson E, Ali A, Regasa F, Bitew M, Belachew M, Chabuka L, Mwanyika G, Tshiabuila D, Giandhari J, Pillay S, Poogavanan J, Moir M, Kraemer M, Khan K, Huber C, Tollera G, de Wit T, Baxter C, Lessells R, Wolday D, Beyene D, de Oliveira T,

Emerging Infectious Diseases
31(3):. doi: 10.3201/eid3103.240996.
2025
Infectious diseases in a warming world: A call for action

Moir M, Baxter C, Tegally H, de Oliveira T

South African Journal of Science
121(3/4):. doi: 10.17159/sajs.2025/20722.
2025
Travel-associated international spread of Oropouche virus beyond the Amazon

de Melo Iani F, Pereira F, de Oliveira E, Rodrigues J, Machado M, Fonseca V, Adelino T, Guimarães N, Tomé L, Gómez M, Nardy V, Ribeiro A, Rosewell A, Ferreira, Silva de Mello A, Fernandes B, de Albuquerque C, dos Santos Pereira D, Pimentel E, Lima F, Silva F, de Carvalho Pereira G, Tegally H, Almeida J, Moreno K, Vasconcelos K, Santos L, Silva L, Frutuoso L, Lamounier L, Costa M, de Oliveira M, dos Anjos M, Ciccozzi M, Lima M, Pereira M, Rocha M, de Souza da Silva P, Rabinowitz P, de Almeida P, Lessells R, Gazzinelli R, da Cunha R, Gonçalves S, dos Santos S, de Alcântara Belettini S, Pedroso S, Araújo S, da Silva S, Croda J, Maciel E, Van Voorhis W, Martin D, Holmes E, de Oliveira T, Lourenço J, Alcantara L, Giovanetti M

Journal of Travel Medicine
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaf018.
2025
Craft: A Machine Learning Approach to Dengue Subtyping

van Zyl D, Dunaiski M, Tegally H, Baxter C, de Oliveira T, Xavier J

doi: 10.1101/2025.02.10.637410.
2025
Identifying genomic surveillance gaps in Africa for the global public health response to West Nile Virus

Moir M, Sitharam N, Hofstra M, Dor G, Mwanyika G, Ramphal Y, Reichmuth M, James S, Gifford R, Wilkinson E, Tshiabuila D, Preiser W, Konou A, Bitew M, Onoja B, Paganotti G, Abera A, Maror J, Kayiwa J, Abuelmaali S, Lusamaki E, , Venter M, Burt F, Baxter C, Lessells R, de Oliveira T, Tegally H

doi: 10.1101/2024.12.18.629123.
2025
Hybrid versus vaccine immunity of mRNA-1273 among people living with HIV in East and Southern Africa: a prospective cohort analysis from the multicentre CoVPN 3008 (Ubuntu) study

Garrett N, Tapley A, Hudson A, Dadabhai S, Zhang B, Mgodi N, Andriesen J, Takalani A, Fisher L, Kee J, Magaret C, Villaran M, Hural J, Andersen-Nissen E, Ferarri G, Miner M, Le Roux B, Wilkinson E, Lessells R, de Oliveira T, Odhiambo J, Shah P, Polakowski L, Yacovone M, Samandari T, Chirenje Z, Elyanu P, Makhema J, Kamuti E, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Badal-Faesen S, Brumskine W, Coetzer S, Dawson R, Delany-Moretlwe S, Diacon A, Fry S, Gill K, Ebrahim Hoosain Z, Hosseinipour M, Inambao M, Innes C, Innes S, Kalonji D, Kasaro M, Kassim P, Kayange N, Kilembe W, Laher F, Malahleha M, Maluleke V, Mboya G, McHarry K, Mitha E, Mngadi K, Mda P, Moloantoa T, Mutuluuza C, Naicker N, Naicker V, Nana A, Nanvubya A, Nchabeleng M, Otieno W, Potgieter E, Potloane D, Punt Z, Said J, Singh Y, Tayob M, Vahed Y, Wabwire D, McElrath M, Kublin J, Bekker L, Gilbert P, Corey L, Gray G, Huang Y, Kotze P, Badal-Faesen S, Baepanye K, Bailey V, Baloyi-Oseh K, Booley M, Botha J, Brown Y, Brown V, Bunts L, Coetzer S, Cohen M, Collie S, Dawson R, Deb P, El Sahly H, El-Khorazaty J, Engelbrecht A, Gildea M, Govender D, Hanke J, Harris J, Hendricks S, Hopkinson N, Howell H, Ketter N, Khuto K, Laher Omar F, Katsidzira L, Linton K, Ludwig J, Mabilane B, Malefo M, Mamushiana N, Margineantu D, May J, Mayat F, Molitor C, Naidoo Y, Nebergall M, Nguyen A, Nikles S, Noronha B, Peda M, Phiri T, Pillay S, Pillay S, Proulx-Burns L, Rinn L, Sanders L, Sopher C, Sripathy S, Stirewalt M, Tegally H, Thiebaud S, Toledano A, Van Wyk S, Whitby S, Wilcox S, Wilkinson E, Wilvich H, Wiysonge C, Xaba N, Xulu N

eClinicalMedicine
80():103054. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.103054.
2024
Dynamics and ecology of a multi-stage expansion of Oropouche virus in Brazil

Tegally H, Dellicour S, Poongavanan J, Mavian C, Dor G, Fonseca V, Tagliamonte M, Dunaiski M, Moir M, Wilkinson E, de Albuquerque C, Frutuoso L, , Holmes E, Baxter C, Lessells R, Kraemer M, Lourenço J, Alcantara L, de Oliveira T, Giovanetti M

doi: 10.1101/2024.10.29.24316328.
2024
Dengue virus importation risks in Africa: a modelling study

Poongavanan J, Lourenço J, Tsui J, Colizza V, Ramphal Y, Baxter C, Kraemer M, Dunaiski M, de Oliveira T, Tegally H

The Lancet Planetary Health
8(12):e1043-e1054. doi: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00272-9.
2024
“The COVID-19 pandemic in BRICS: Milestones, interventions, and molecular epidemiology”

van Wyk S, Moir M, Banerjee A, Bazykin G, Biswas N, Sitharam N, Das S, Ma W, Maitra A, Mazumder A, Karim W, Lamarca A, Li M, Nabieva E, Tegally H, San J, Vasconcelos A, Xavier J, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T

PLOS Global Public Health
4(12):e0003023. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003023.
2024
Alignment-Free Viral Sequence Classification at Scale

van Zyl D, Dunaiski M, Tegally H, Baxter C, , de Oliveira T, Xavier J

doi: 10.1101/2024.12.10.627186.
2024
Emergence of Omicron FN.1 a descendent of BQ.1.1 in Botswana

Choga W, Gustani-Buss E, Tegally H, Maruapula D, Yu X, Moir M, Zuze B, James S, Ndlovu N, Seru K, Motshosi P, Blenkinsop A, Gobe I, Baxter C, Manasa J, Lockman S, Shapiro R, Makhema J, Wilkinson E, Blackard J, Lemey P, Lessells R, Martin D, de Oliveira T, Gaseitsiwe S, Moyo S

Virus Evolution
10(1):. doi: 10.1093/ve/veae095.
2024
Integrated analyses of the transmission history of SARS-CoV-2 and its association with molecular evolution of the virus underlining the pandemic outbreaks in Italy, 2019-2023

Cella E, Fonseca V, Branda F, Tosta S, Moreno K, Schuab G, Ali S, Slavov S, Scarpa F, Santos L, Kashima S, Wilkinson E, Tegally H, Mavian C, Borsetti A, Caccuri F, Salemi M, de Oliveira T, Azarian T, de Filippis A, Alcantara L, Ceccarelli G, Caruso A, Colizzi V, Marcello A, Lourenço J, Ciccozzi M, Giovanetti M

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
():107262. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107262.
2024
A new lineage nomenclature to aid genomic surveillance of dengue virus

Hill V, Cleemput S, Pereira JS, Gifford RJ, Fonseca V, Tegally H, Brito AF, Ribeiro G, de Souza VC, Brcko IC, Ribeiro IS, De Lima ITT, Slavov SN, Sampaio SC, Elias MC, Tran VT, Kien DTH, Huynh T, Yacoub S, Dieng I, Salvato R, Wallau GL, Gregianini TS, Godinho FMS, Vogels CBF, Breban MI, Leguia M, Jagtap S, Roy R, Hapuarachchi C, Mwanyika G, Giovanetti M, Alcantara LCJ, Faria NR, Carrington CVF, Hanley KA, Holmes EC, Dumon W, Lima ARJ, de Oliveira T, Grubaugh ND.

PLoS Biology
22(9):e3002834. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002834.
2024
Impacts of climate change-related human migration on infectious diseases

Tsui JLH, Pena RE, Moir M, Inward RPD, Wilkinson E, San JE, Poongavanan J, Bajaj S, Gutierrez B, Dasgupta A, de Oliveira T, Kraemer MUG, Tegally H, Sambaturu P

Nature Climate Change
14, 793–802 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02078-z
2024
SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Epidemiology Dashboards: A Review of Functionality and Technological Frameworks for the Public Health Response

Sitharam N, Tegally H, Silva DC, Baxter C, de Oliveira T, Xavier JS

Genes
15(7):876. doi: 10.3390/genes15070876
2024
Understanding the Transmission Dynamics of the Chikungunya Virus in Africa

Ramphal Y, Tegally H, San JE, Reichmuth ML, Hofstra M, Wilkinson E, Baxter C, Climade Consortium, de Oliveira T, Moir M

Pathogens
13(7):605. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13070605
2024
Disentangling seasonal introduction and establishment risk of dengue in Africa

Poongavanan J, Lourenço J, Tsui JHL, Colizza V, Ramphal Y, Baxter C, Kraemer MOG, Dunaiski M, de Oliveira T, Tegally H

medRxiv [Preprint]
https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.07.24306997
2024
A new lineage nomenclature to aid genomic surveillance of dengue virus

Hill V, Cleemput S, Fonseca V, Tegally H, Brito AF, Gifford R, Tran VT, Kien DTH, Huynh T, Yacoub S, Dieng I, Ndiaye M, Balde D, Diagne MM, Faye O, Salvato R, Wallau GL, Gregianini TS, Godinho FMS, Vogels CBF, Breban MI, Leguia M, Jagtap S, Roy R, Hapuarachchi C, Mwanyika G, Giovanetti M, Alcantara LCJ, Faria NR, Carrington CVF, Hanley KA, Holmes EC, Dumon W, de Oliveira T, Grubaugh ND

medRxiv [Preprint]
2024.05.16.24307504. doi: 10.1101/2024.05.16.24307504
2024
Managing and assembling population-scale data streams, tools and workflows to plan for future pandemics within the INFORM-Africa Consortium

Poongavanan J, Xavier J, Dunaiski M, Tegally H, Oladejo S, Ayorinde O, Wilkinson E, Baxter C, de Oliveira T

S Afr J Sci.
119(5-6):14569. doi: 10.17159/sajs.2023/14659
2024
Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny

Hunt M, Hinrichs AS, Anderson D, Karim L, Dearlove BL, Knaggs J, Constantinides B, Fowler PW, Rodger G, Street T, Lumley S, Webster H, Sanderson T, Ruis C, de Maio N, Amenga-Etego LN, Amuzu DSY, Avaro M, Awandare GA, Ayivor-Djanie R, Bashton M, Batty EM, Bediako Y, Belder D, Benedetti E, Bergthaler A, Boers SA, Campos J, Ampomah Carr RA, Cuba F, Dattero ME, Dejnirattisai W, Dilthey A, Duedu KO, Endler L, Engelmann I, Francisco NM, Fuchs J, Gnimpieba EZ, Groc S, Gyamfi J, Heemskerk D, Houwaart T, Hsiao NY, Huska M, Hölzer M, Iranzadeh A, Jarva H, Jeewandara C, Jolly B, Joseph R, Kant R, Ki KKK, Kurkela S, Lappalainen M, Lataretu M, Liu C, Malavige GN, Mashe T, Mongkolsapaya J, Montes B, Molina Mora JA, Morang'a CM, Mvula B, Nagarajan N, Nelson A, Ngoi JM, da Paixão JP, Panning M, Poklepovich T, Quashie PK, Ranasinghe D, Russo M, San JE, Sanderson ND, Scaria V, Screaton G, Sironen T, Sisay A, Smith D, Smura T, Supasa P, Suphavilai C, Swann J, Tegally H, Tegomoh B, Vapalahti O, Walker A, Wilkinson RJ, Williamson C; IMSSC2 Laboratory Network Consortium; de Oliveira T, Peto TE, Crook D, Corbett-Detig R, Iqbal Z.

bioRxiv [Preprint]
2024.04.29.591666. doi: 10.1101/2024.04.29.59166
2024
SARS-CoV-2 infection in immunosuppression evolves sub-lineages which independently accumulate neutralization escape mutations

Lustig G, Ganga Y, Rodel HE, Tegally H, Khairallah A, Jackson L, Cele S, Khan K, Jule Z, Reedoy K, Karim F, Bernstein M, Ndung'u T, Moosa MS, Archary D, de Oliveira T, Lessells R, Neher RA, Abdool Karim SS, Sigal A

Virus Evolution
10(1):vead075. doi: 10.1093/ve/vead075
2023
Insights into SARS?CoV?2 in Angola during the COVID?19 peak: Molecular epidemiology and genome surveillance

Francisco N, van Wyk S, Moir M, San J, Sebastião C, Tegally H, Xavier J, Maharaj A, Neto Z, Afonso P, Jandondo D, Paixão J, Miranda J, David K, Inglês L, Pereira A, Paulo A, Carralero R, Freitas H, Mufinda F, Lutucuta S, Ghafari M, Giovanetti M, Giandhari J, Pillay S, Naidoo Y, Singh L, Tshiabuila D, Martin D, Chabuka L, Choga W, Wanjohi D, Mwangi S, Pillay Y, Kebede Y, Shumba E, Ondoa P, Baxter C, Wilkinson E, Tessema S, Katzourakis A, Lessells R, de Oliveira T, Morais J

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
17:e13198
2023
Rapid Epidemic Expansion of Chikungunya Virus East/Central/South African Lineage, Paraguay

Giovanetti M, Vazquez C, Lima M, Castro E, Rojas A, Gomez de la Fuente A, Aquino C, Cantero C, Fleitas F, Torales J, Barrios J, Ortega M, Gamarra M, Villalba S, Alfonzo T, Xavier J, Adelino T, Fritsch H, Iani F, Pereira G, de Oliveira C, Schuab G, Rodrigues E, Kashima S, Leite J, Gresh L, Franco L, Tegally H, Van Voorhis W, Lessels R, de Filippis A, Ojeda A, Sequera G, Montoya R, Holmes E, de Oliveira T, Rico J, Lourenço J, Fonseca V, Alcantara L

Emerging Infectious Diseases
29(9):. doi: 10.3201/eid2909.230523.
2023
An emerging clade of Chikungunya West African genotype discovered in real-time during 2023 outbreak in Senegal

Padane A, Tegally H, Ramphal Y, Ndiaye S, Sarr M, Diop M, Diedhiou CK, Mboup A, Diouf N, Souare A, Diagne ND, Aza-Gnandji M, Dabo NA, Dia YA, Diaw NA, Leye N, Diaw PA, Ambroise A, Cisse B, Diallo AS, Diop O, Diallo AA, Ndoye S, Sanko TJ, Baxter C, Wilkinson E, James SE, Tshiabuila D, Naidoo Y, Pillay S, Lessells R, Cisse K, Leye A, Mbaye A, Kania D, Traore I, Kagone ST, Tinto B, Ouedraogo A, Lourenco J, Giovanetti M, Giandhari J, de Oliveira T, Mboup S

medrxiv
MEDRXIV-2023-298527v1
2023
Will climate change amplify epidemics and give rise to pandemics?

de Oliveira T, Tegally H

Science
381,6660, DOI: 10.1126/science.adk4500
2023
Genomic epidemiology of the cholera outbreak in Malawi 2022-2023

Chabuka L, Choga WT, Mavian CN, Moir M, Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Naidoo Y, Inward R, Morgenstern C, Bhatt S, Wint WGR, Khan K, Bogoch II, Kraemer MUG, Baxter C, Tagliamonte M, Salemi M, Lessells RJ, Mitambo C, Chitatanga R, Bango JB, Chiwaula M, Chavula Y, Bukhu M, Manda H, Chitenje M, Malolo I, Mwanyongo A, Mvula B, Nyenje M, de Oliveira T, Kagoli M

medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.22.23294324
2023
Dispersal patterns and influence of air travel during the global expansion of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Tsui JL, Moir M, Martin D, Brito AF, Giovanetti M, Khan K, Huber C, Bogoch II, San JE, Poongavanan J, Xavier JS, Candido DDS, Romero F, Baxter C, Pybus OG, Lessells RJ, Faria NR, Kraemer MUG, de Oliveira T

Cell
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Subramoney K, Mtileni N, Davis A, Giandhari J, Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Naidoo Y, Ramphal Y, Pillay S, Ramphal U, Simane A, Reddy B, Mashishi B, Mbenenge N, de Oliveira T, Fielding BC, Treurnicht FK

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Nature Microbiology
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Ismael N, van Wyk S, Tegally H, Giandhari J, San JE, Moir M, Pillay S, Utpatel C, Singh L, Naidoo Y, Ramphal U, Mabunda N, Abílio N, Arnaldo P, Xavier J, Amoako DG, Everatt J, Ramphal Y, Maharaj A, de Araujo L, Anyaneji UJ, Tshiabuila D, Viegas S, Lessells R, Engelbrecht S, Gudo E, Jani I, Niemann S, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T

PLOS Glob Public Health
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Nature Microbiology
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SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Diversity and Lineage Dynamics in Egypt during the First 18 Months of the Pandemic

Roshdy WH, Khalifa MK, San JE, Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Showky SM, Darren P, Moir M, Naguib AEN, Gomaa MR, Fahim MAEH, Mohsen AGR, Hassany M, Lessells R, Al-Karmalawy AA, EL-Shesheny R, Kandeil AM, Ali MA, de Oliveira T

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Nature Communications
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Subramoney K, Mtileni N, Bharuthram A, Davis A, Kalenga B, Rikhotso M, Maphahlele M, Giandhari J, Naidoo Y, Pillay S, Ramphal U, Ramphal Y, Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Mohale T, Ismail A, Mashishi B, Mbenenge N, de Oliveira T, Makatini Z, Fielding BC, Treurnicht FK

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Nature Medicine
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The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Nature
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Scheepers C, Everatt J, Amoako DG, Tegally H, Wibmer CK, Mnguni A, Ismail A, Mahlangu B, Lambson BE, Martin DP, Wilkinson E, San JE, Giandhari J, Manamela N, Ntuli N, Kgagudi P, Cele S, Richardson SI, Pillay S, Mohale T, Ramphal U, Naidoo Y, Khumalo ZT, Kwatra G, Gray G, Bekker LG, Madhi SA, Baillie V, Van Voorhis WC, Treurnicht FK, Venter M, Mlisana K, Wolter N, Sigal A, Williamson C, Hsiao NY, Msomi N, Maponga T, Preiser W, Makatini Z, Lessells R, Moore PL, de Oliveira T, von Gottberg A, Bhiman JN

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