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Roger Hewson is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant number of publications in the field of infectious diseases. Their work also extends to public health, environmental and occupational health, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, epidemiology, and global and planetary change.

Their research encompasses a broad range of topics related to viral infections and vectors. Key areas of study include viral infections and outbreaks, mosquito-borne diseases and control, vector-borne animal diseases, fire effects on ecosystems, as well as research related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 and hepatitis B virus studies.

Roger Hewson has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Exportation of Monkeypox Virus From the African Continent," 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales," 2020, Archives of Virology
  • "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Nairoviridae," 2020, Journal of General Virology
  • "2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales," 2021, Archives of Virology
  • "History and classification of Aigai virus (formerly Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus genotype VI)," 2022, Journal of General Virology

Their frequent coauthors include Stuart Dowall, Victoria Graham, Emma Kennedy, John N. Barr, and Alì Mirazimi, illustrating ongoing collaborative efforts with other researchers in related fields.

Roger Hewson's work is published frequently in high-volume venues such as the Journal of General Virology, Viruses, Scientific Reports, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Frontiers in Public Health. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary and infectious disease focus characteristic of their research.

Best Publications

  • Specificity, cross-reactivity, and function of antibodies elicited by Zika virus infection

    Karin Stettler;Martina Beltramello;Diego A. Espinosa;Victoria Graham

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2016

    Claudio L. Afonso;Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Krisztián Bányai;Yīmíng Bào

  • Virus Maturation by Budding

    Henrik Garoff;Roger Hewson;Dirk-Jan E. Opstelten

  • Detection of Zika Virus in Semen.

    Barry Atkinson;Pasco Hearn;Babak Afrough;Sarah Lumley

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2018

    Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Nidia G. Aréchiga Ceballos;Ashley C. Banyard;Christopher F. Basler

  • Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales : update 2019

    Abulikemu Abudurexiti;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Temporal and spatial analysis of the 2014–2015 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa

    Miles W. Carroll;David A. Matthews;Julian A. Hiscox;Michael J. Elmore

  • Exportation of Monkeypox virus from the African continent.

    Matthew R Mauldin;Andrea M McCollum;Yoshinori J Nakazawa;Anna Mandra

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2019.

    Gaya K. Amarasinghe;María A. Ayllón;Yīmíng Bào;Christopher F. Basler

  • A Susceptible Mouse Model for Zika Virus Infection.

    Stuart D. Dowall;Victoria A. Graham;Emma Rayner;Barry Atkinson

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2017

    Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Yīmíng Bào;Christopher F. Basler;Sina Bavari

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

    Jens H. Kuhn;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Metagenomic sequencing at the epicenter of the Nigeria 2018 Lassa fever outbreak.

    L E Kafetzopoulou;L E Kafetzopoulou;L E Kafetzopoulou;S T Pullan;S T Pullan;P Lemey;M A Suchard

  • Current status of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region: issues, challenges, and future directions

    Seif S. Al-Abri;Idris Al Abaidani;Mehdi Fazlalipour;Ehsan Mostafavi

  • Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Iran and neighboring countries.

    S. Chinikar;S.M. Ghiasi;R. Hewson;M. Moradi

  • Evidence of arbovirus co-infection in suspected febrile malaria and typhoid patients in Nigeria.

    Marycelin Baba;Christopher Hugh Logue;Bamidele Oderinde;Hauwa Abdulmaleek

  • A Novel Vaccine against Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Protects 100% of Animals against Lethal Challenge in a Mouse Model

    Karen R. Buttigieg;Stuart D. Dowall;Stephen Findlay-Wilson;Aleksandra Miloszewska

  • Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus: sequence analysis of the small RNA segments from a collection of viruses world wide.

    R Hewson;J Chamberlain;V Mioulet;G Lloyd

  • Virus Detection and Monitoring of Viral Load in Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Patients

    Roman Wölfel;Janusz T. Paweska;Nadine Petersen;Antoinette A. Grobbelaar

  • Molecular diagnosis and analysis of Chikungunya virus

    Carolyn J. Edwards;Stephen R. Welch;John Chamberlain;Roger Hewson

Frequent Co-Authors

Miles W. Carroll
Miles W. Carroll University of Oxford
Julian A. Hiscox
Julian A. Hiscox University of Liverpool
Norbert Nowotny
Norbert Nowotny University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Janusz T. Paweska
Janusz T. Paweska National Health Laboratory Service
Jens H. Kuhn
Jens H. Kuhn National Institutes of Health
Anna Papa
Anna Papa Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Kartik Chandran
Kartik Chandran Albert Einstein College of Medicine
John M. Dye
John M. Dye United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Christopher F. Basler
Christopher F. Basler University of Georgia

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