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  1. Flavivirus Infection of Ixodes scapularis (Black-Legged Tick) Ex Vivo Organotypic Cultures and Applications for Disease Control

    Article • mBio, August 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Luwanika Mlera

  2. Modeling Powassan virus infection in Peromyscus leucopus, a natural host

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, January 2017, PLOS

    Dr Luwanika Mlera

  3. Analysis of the Langat Virus Genome in Persistent Infection of an Ixodes scapularis Cell Line

    Article • Viruses, September 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Luwanika Mlera

  4. Transcriptome Analysis Reveals a Signature Profile for Tick-Borne Flavivirus Persistence in HEK 293T Cells

    Article • mBio, May 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Luwanika Mlera

  5. Development of a Model System for Tick-Borne Flavivirus Persistence in HEK 293T Cells

    Article • mBio, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Luwanika Mlera

  6. The role of viral persistence in flavivirus biology

    Article • Pathogens and Disease, May 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Luwanika Mlera

  7. Sequence analysis of the whole genomes of five African human G9 rotavirus strains

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Luwanika Mlera, Dr Khuzwayo Chidiwa Jere

  8. Whole-genome consensus sequence analysis of a South African rotavirus SA11 sample reveals a mixed infection with two close derivatives of the SA11-H96 strain

    Article • Archives of Virology, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luwanika Mlera, Dr Khuzwayo Chidiwa Jere

  9. Whole genome sequence analyses of three African bovine rotaviruses reveal that they emerged through multiple reassortment events between rotaviruses from different mammalian species

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, September 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Luwanika Mlera, Dr Khuzwayo Chidiwa Jere

  10. Whole genome analysis of multiple rotavirus strains from a single stool specimen using sequence-independent amplification and 454® pyrosequencing reveals evidence of intergenotype genome segment recombination

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Luwanika Mlera, Dr Khuzwayo Chidiwa Jere

  11. Whole genome analyses of African G2, G8, G9, and G12 rotavirus strains using sequence-independent amplification and 454® pyrosequencing

    Article • Journal of Medical Virology, September 2011, Wiley

    Dr Luwanika Mlera, Dr Khuzwayo Chidiwa Jere

  12. Determination of the whole-genome consensus sequence of the prototype DS-1 rotavirus using sequence-independent genome amplification and 454® pyrosequencing

    Article • Journal of Virological Methods, August 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Luwanika Mlera, Dr Khuzwayo Chidiwa Jere