Linking Infectious disease Front-liners’ control Efforts with central public health authorities in The African Great Lakes Region

Project Information

GREAT-LIFE

Grant agreement ID: 101103059

DOI

10.3030/101103059

EC signature date 13 June 2023

Start date 1 July 2023

End date 30 June 2028

Funded under

• Health

Total cost

€ 5 207 500,00

EU contribution

€ 5 207 500,00

Coordinated by

DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
Denmark

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (2)

Data Management Plan

Initial and updated Data Management Plan to be executed. Reviews and any updates to the DMP will be done in Months 24 and 48.

Collaboration Agreement

Collaboration Agreement between projects

Other (2)

Tailored bioinformatic workflow created

The bioinfomratic workflow to be used in the frontline will be made publicly available on Github

Training in frontline sequencing and bioinformatics

Training conduced for project participants in nanopore sequencing and simple frontline bioinformatics

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Monkeypox Clade Ib virus introduction into Burundi: first findings, July to mid-August 2024

Author(s): Néhémie Nzoyikorera, Cassien Nduwimana, Leonard Schuele, David F Nieuwenhuijse, Marion Koopmans, Saria Otani, Frank M Aarestrup, Théogène Ihorimbere, Denis Niyomwungere, Armstrong Ndihokubwayo, Idrissa Diawara, Alexis Niyomwungere, Dionis Nizigiyimana, Marie Noelle Uwineza, Bas B Oude Munnink, Joseph Nyandwi
Published in: Eurosurveillance, Issue 29, 2024, ISSN 1560-7917
Publisher: European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.42.2400666

Real-time PCR assay to detect the novel Clade Ib monkeypox virus, September 2023 to May 2024

Author(s): Leonard Schuele, Leandre Murhula Masirika, Jean Claude Udahemuka, Freddy Belesi Siangoli, Justin Bengehya Mbiribindi, Pacifique Ndishimye, Frank M Aarestrup, Marion Koopmans, Bas B Oude Munnink, Richard Molenkamp, null null
Published in: Eurosurveillance, Issue 29, 2024, ISSN 1560-7917
Publisher: European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.32.2400486

Ongoing mpox outbreak in Kamituga, South Kivu province, associated with monkeypox virus of a novel Clade I sub-lineage, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2024

Author(s): Leandre Murhula Masirika, Jean Claude Udahemuka, Leonard Schuele, Pacifique Ndishimye, Saria Otani, Justin Bengehya Mbiribindi, Jean M. Marekani, Léandre Mutimbwa Mambo, Nadine Malyamungu Bubala, Marjan Boter, David F. Nieuwenhuijse, Trudie Lang, Ernest Balyahamwabo Kalalizi, Jean Pierre Musabyimana, Frank M. Aarestrup, Marion Koopmans, Bas B. Oude Munnink, Freddy Belesi Siangoli
Published in: Eurosurveillance, Issue 29, 2024, ISSN 1560-7917
Publisher: European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.11.2400106

Improved ability to utilize lactose and grow in milk as a potential explanation for emergence of the novel bovine Staphylococcus aureus ST5477

Author(s): Frank M. Aarestrup, Egon B. Hansen, Happiness H. Kumburu, Tutu Mzee, Saria Otani
Published in: International Journal of Medical Microbiology, Issue 317, 2024, ISSN 1438-4221
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2024.151637

Epidemiological and genomic evolution of the ongoing outbreak of clade Ib mpox virus in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Author(s): Leandre Murhula Masirika, Jean Claude Udahemuka, Leonard Schuele, David F. Nieuwenhuijse, Pacifique Ndishimye, Marjan Boter, Justin Bengehya Mbiribindi, Cris Kacita, Trudie Lang, Christian Gortázar, Jean Pierre Musabyimana, Saria Otani, Frank M. Aarestrup, Freddy Belesi Siangoli, Bas B. Oude Munnink, Marion Koopmans
Published in: Nature Medicine, 2025, ISSN 1078-8956
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41591-025-03582-1

Prevalence, Etiology, and Treatment of Diarrheal Diseases in Kenya: A Scoping Review

Author(s): Fredrick Ogumbo, Latifah Benta, Brian Kimutai, Joseph Mugah, Eddy Johnson, Vanessa Onyonyi, Caroline Dande, Lillian Musila, Steve Wandiga
Published in: American Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2333-116X
Publisher: Science and Education Publishing Co., Ltd.
DOI: 10.12691/ajeid-12-4-1

Rift Valley Fever outbreaks in the East African Community: insights from ProMed data (2010–2024)

Author(s): Pacifique Ndishimye; Pacifique Ndishimye; Pacifique Ndishimye; Therese Umuhoza; Therese Umuhoza; Therese Umuhoza; Brigitte Umutoni; Brigitte Umutoni; Fathiah Zakham; Fathiah Zakham; Matin Ndayambaje; Matin Ndayambaje; Benjamin Hewins; Methode Ngabo Gasana; Ali Toloue Ostadgavahi; Gustavo Sganzerla; Fabrice Ndayisenga; David Kelvin; Jean Claude Udahemuka; Jean Claude Udahemuka; Jean Claude Udahemuka
Published in: Frontiers in Public Health, 2024, ISSN 2296-2565
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/FPUBH.2024.1298594

Nature Communications

Author(s): Leandre Murhula Masirika; Luca M. Zaeck; Pacifique Ndishimye; Jean Claude Udahemuka; Saria Otani; Frank M. Aarestrup; Leonard Schuele; Babs E. Verstrepen; Scott Jones; Ashley Otter; Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel; Jean Pierre Musabyimana; Justin Bengehya Mbiribindi; Jules Minega Ndoli; Bas B. Oude Munnink; Freddy Siangoli Belesi; Marion P. G. Koopmans; Rory D. de Vries
Published in: Nature Communications, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Spring Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-025-62064-7

Metagenomic sequencing of mpox virus clade Ib lesions identifies possible bacterial and viral co-infections in hospitalized patients in eastern DRC

Author(s): Leonard Schuele; Leandre Murhula Masirika; Hayley Cassidy; Philip T. L. C. Clausen; Luca M. Zaeck; Marjan Boter; Pacifique Ndishimye; Jean Claude Udahemuka; Rory D. de Vries; Saria Otani; Richard Molenkamp; David F. Nieuwenhuijse; Justin Bengehya Mbiribindi; Freddy Belesi Siangoli; Marion Koopmans; Frank M. Aarestrup; Bas B. Oude Munnink
Published in: Microbiology Spectrum, 2025, ISSN 2165-0497
Publisher: ASM Journals
DOI: 10.1128/SPECTRUM.00512-25

Other (1)

Trends and seasonal variation in gastrointestinal infections in Tanzania: Analysis of 5-year DHIS2 data toward implementing the sampling cycles and metagenomic analyses

Author(s): Gerald Phares Mwing’a; Patrick A. Kimu; Melkiory Beti; Mariana Shayo; Davis Kuchaka; Zaina Mchome; Masoud Mahundi; Claud Kumalija; Calvin Sindato; Tolbert Sonda; Paul E. Kazyoba
Published in: IJID Regions, 2025
Publisher: Science Direct
DOI: 10.1016/J.IJREGI.2025.100661