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Manfred Weidmann is affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on fields within medicine, with a concentration on infectious diseases and public health as well as environmental and occupational health. Additional subfields in their work include immunology, biomedical engineering, and epidemiology.

They have published extensively in topics related to mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, biosensors and analytical detection, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, viral infections and outbreaks research, and animal virus infections studies.

Their frequent coauthors include Oumar Faye, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Amadou Alpha Sall, Ousmane Faye, and Moussa Moïse Diagne.

Manfred Weidmann has contributed articles to various publication venues, notably:

  • Viruses
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Journal of Virological Methods
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Diagnostics

Some of their recent papers include:

  • COVID-19: The environmental implications of shedding SARS-CoV-2 in human faeces, 2020, Environment International
  • Suitcase Lab for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Based on Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay, 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • Survival of human enteric and respiratory viruses on plastics in soil, freshwater, and marine environments, 2021, Environmental Research
  • Binding, recovery, and infectiousness of enveloped and non-enveloped viruses associated with plastic pollution in surface water, 2022, Environmental Pollution
  • Mobile Laboratory Reveals the Circulation of Dengue Virus Serotype I of Asian Origin in Medina Gounass (Guediawaye), Senegal, 2020, Diagnostics

Best Publications

  • Quantitative real-time PCR detection of Zika virus and evaluation with field-caught Mosquitoes

    Oumar Faye;Ousmane Faye;Diawo Diallo;Mawlouth Diallo

  • One-step RT-PCR for detection of Zika virus

    Oumar Faye;Ousmane Faye;Anne Dupressoir;Anne Dupressoir;Manfred Weidmann

  • Induction of MxA Gene Expression by Influenza A Virus Requires Type I or Type III Interferon Signaling

    Dirk Holzinger;Carl Jorns;Silke Stertz;Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis

  • Transcription Analysis of the Genes tcdA‐E of the Pathogenicity Locus of Clostridium Difficile

    Thomas Hundsberger;Veil Braun;Manfred Weidmann;Petra Leukel

  • A portable reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus

    Ahmed Abd El Wahed;Ayman El-Deeb;Mohamed El-Tholoth;Hanaa Abd El Kader

  • Development of a Panel of Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assays for Detection of Biothreat Agents

    Milena Euler;Yongjie Wang;Doris Heidenreich;Pranav Patel

  • Evidence for the existence of two new members of the family Chlamydiaceae and proposal of Chlamydia avium sp. nov. and Chlamydia gallinacea sp. nov.

    Konrad Sachse;Karine Laroucau;Konstantin Riege;Stefanie Wehner

  • Advanced Yellow Fever Virus Genome Detection in Point-of-Care Facilities and Reference Laboratories

    Cristina Domingo;Pranav Patel;Jasmin Yillah;Manfred Weidmann

  • Rapid Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus and Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections by Real-Time PCR

    Manfred Weidmann;Ursula Meyer-König;Frank T. Hufert

  • Recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of Rift Valley fever virus.

    Milena Euler;Yongjie Wang;Oliver Nentwich;Olaf Piepenburg

  • Toxins A and B from Clostridium difficile differ with respect to enzymatic potencies, cellular substrate specificities, and surface binding to cultured cells.

    Esteban Chaves-Olarte;Manfred Weidmann;Christoph von Eichel-Streiber;Monica Thelestam

  • Recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of Francisella tularensis.

    Milena Euler;Yongjie Wang;Peter Otto;Herbert Tomaso

  • Identification of Tilapia Lake Virus in Egypt in Nile tilapia affected by 'summer mortality' syndrome

    Mohamed Fathi;Cathryn Dickson;Malcolm Dickson;William Leschen

  • Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Rapid Diagnostics of Dengue Infection

    Ahmed Abd El Wahed;Pranav Patel;Oumar Faye;Sasikanya Thaloengsok

  • A new approach for diagnosis of bovine coronavirus using a reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification assay

    H.M. Amer;H.M. Amer;A. Abd El Wahed;M.A. Shalaby;F.N. Almajhdi

  • Interaction of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus with dendritic cells

    Martin Spiegel;Kerstin Schneider;Friedemann Weber;Manfred Weidmann

  • A Novel Cytotoxin from Clostridium difficileSerogroup F Is a Functional Hybrid between Two Other Large Clostridial Cytotoxins

    Esteban Chaves-Olarte;Esteban Chaves-Olarte;Peter Löw;Enrique Freer;Thomas Norlin

  • Rapid Detection of Shrimp White Spot Syndrome Virus by Real Time, Isothermal Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay

    Xiaoming Xia;Yongxin Yu;Manfred Weidmann;Yingjie Pan

  • Rapid detection protocol for filoviruses

    Manfred Weidmann;Elke Mühlberger;Frank T. Hufert

  • Rapid detection of important human pathogenic Phleboviruses.

    Manfred Weidmann;M Paz Sanchez-Seco;Amadou A Sall;Peinda Ogo Ly

  • Rapid Molecular Assays for the Detection of Yellow Fever Virus in Low-Resource Settings

    Camille Escadafal;Oumar Faye;Amadou Alpha Sall;Ousmane Faye

Frequent Co-Authors

Amadou A. Sall
Amadou A. Sall Institut Pasteur
Matthias Niedrig
Matthias Niedrig Robert Koch Institute
Lisa E. Hensley
Lisa E. Hensley National Institutes of Health
Anavaj Sakuntabhai
Anavaj Sakuntabhai Institut Pasteur
Roland Zengerle
Roland Zengerle University of Freiburg
Janusz T. Paweska
Janusz T. Paweska National Health Laboratory Service
Martin Pfeffer
Martin Pfeffer Leipzig University
Elke Mühlberger
Elke Mühlberger Boston University
Friedemann Weber
Friedemann Weber University of Giessen
Robert Swanepoel
Robert Swanepoel University of Pretoria

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