Poliovirus Sequencing Consortium Publications

Shaw AG, Majumdar M, Troman C, Toole Á, Benny B, Abraham D, Praharaj I, Kang G, Sharif S, Alam MM, Shaukat S, Angez M, Khurshid A, Mahmood N, Arshad Y, Rehman L, Mujtaba G, Akthar R, Salman M, Klapsa D, Hajarha Y, Asghar H, Bandyopadhyay A, Rambaut A, Martin J, Grassly N. 2020. Rapid and sensitive direct detection and identification of poliovirus from stool and environmental surveillance samples using nanopore sequencing. J Clin Microbiol 58: e00920. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32611795/

Shaw AG, Cooper LV, Gumede N, Bandyopadhyay AS, Grassly NC, Blake IM. 2021. Time taken to detect and respond to polio outbreaks in Africa and the potential impact of direct molecular detection and nanopore sequencing. J Infect Dis 226: 453-62. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34623444/

Klapsa D, Wilton T, Zealand A, Bujaki E, Saxentoff E, Troman C, Shaw AG, Tedcastle A, Majumdar M, Mate R, Akello JO, Huseynov S, Zeb A, Zambon M, Bell A, Hagan J, Wade MJ, Ramsay M, Grassly NC, Saliba V, Martin J. 2022. Sustained detection of type 2 poliovirus in London sewage between February and July, 2022, by enhanced environmental surveillance. Lancet 400: 1531-8. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36243024/

Akello J, Bujaki E, Shaw A, Khurshid A, Arshad Y, Troman C, Majumdar M, O'Toole Á, Rambaut A, Alam MM, Martin J, Grassly N. 2023. Comparison of eleven RNA extraction methods for poliovirus direct molecular detection in stool samples. Microbiology Spectrum https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04252-22

Shaw AG, Mampuela TK, Lofiko EL, Pratt C, Troman C, Bujaki E, O’Toole Á, Akello JO, Aziza AA, Lusamaki EK, Makangara JC, Akonga M, Lay Y, Nsunda B, White B, Jorgensen D, Pukuta E, Riziki Y, Rankin KE, Rambaut A, Ahuka-Mundeke S, Muyembe J-J, Martin J, Grassly NC, Mbala-Kingebeni P. 2023. Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study. Nature Microbiology https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01453-4