[HTML][HTML] West Nile virus surveillance and diagnostics: a Canadian perspective

MA Drebot, R Lindsay, IK Barker, PA Buck… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2003 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A surveillance program has been in place since 2000 to detect the presence of West Nile
virus (WNV) in Canada. Serological assays are most appropriate when monitoring for human …

[HTML][HTML] Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales: update 2019

…, F Dèng, F Di Serio, M Digiaro, MA Drebot… - Archives of …, 2019 - Springer
In February 2019, following the annual taxon ratification vote, the order Bunyavirales was
amended by creation of two new families, four new subfamilies, 11 new genera and 77 new …

[HTML][HTML] 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales

…, M Digiaro, VV Dolja, O Dolnik, MA Drebot… - Archives of …, 2020 - Springer
In March 2020, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and …

[HTML][HTML] A simple protein-based surrogate neutralization assay for SARS-CoV-2

…, M Ostrowski, KA McDonough, MA Drebot… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Most of the patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
mount a humoral immune response to the virus within a few weeks of infection, but the …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic analysis of North American West Nile virus isolates, 2001–2004: evidence for the emergence of a dominant genotype

…, EN Green, DS Young, LM Stark, MA Drebot… - Virology, 2005 - Elsevier
The distribution of West Nile virus has expanded in the past 6 years to include the 48 contiguous
United States and seven Canadian provinces, as well as Mexico, the Caribbean islands…

Outbreak of viral gastroenteritis due to a contaminated well: international consequences

M Beller, A Ellis, SH Lee, MA Drebot, SA Jenkerson… - Jama, 1997 - jamanetwork.com
Context. —Small round-structured viruses (SRSVs) are known to cause viral gastroenteritis,
but until now have not been confirmed in the implicated vehicle in outbreaks. Objective. —…

West Nile virus infection in 2002: morbidity and mortality among patients admitted to hospital in southcentral Ontario

…, J Burton, C Jaigobin, M Fearon, H Artsob, MA Drebot… - Cmaj, 2003 - Can Med Assoc
Background: In August and September 2002 an outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) infection
occurred in southern Ontario. We encountered a number of seriously ill patients at our …

Development and characterisation of neutralising monoclonal antibody to the SARS-coronavirus

JD Berry, S Jones, MA Drebot, A Andonov… - Journal of virological …, 2004 - Elsevier
There is a global need to elucidate protective antigens expressed by the SARS-coronavirus
(SARS-CoV). Monoclonal antibody reagents that recognise specific antigens on SARS-CoV …

[HTML][HTML] 2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales

…, RG Dietzgen, M Digiaro, O Dolnik, MA Drebot… - Archives of …, 2021 - Springer
In March 2021, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of a commercially-available surrogate virus neutralization test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)

…, E McLachlan, Z Schiffman, MA Drebot… - … and Infectious Disease, 2021 - Elsevier
There remains an urgent need for assays to quantify humoral protective immunity to SARS-CoV-2
to understand the immune responses of COVID-19 patients, evaluate efficacy of …