Deborah A. Williamson

Aug 20, 2024 | thelancet.com | Deborah A. Williamson |Emma Thomson

The 2018–20 Ebola virus disease epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo resulted in 3470 reported cases, and to date, remains the second largest Ebola virus disease outbreak in recorded history worldwide. 1Kyobe Bosa H Kamara N Aragaw M et al. The west Africa Ebola virus disease outbreak: 10 years on. Amid this crisis, the deployment of the recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus–Zaire Ebola virus (rVSV-ZEBOV) vaccine (Ervebo) was pivotal in preventing deaths from the disease.

Apr 14, 2024 | nature.com | Peter Mee |Andrew H. Buultjens |Deborah A. Williamson |Kim Blasdell |Chris Sanders |Stuart Larsen | +6 more

Correction to: Nature Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01553-1, published online 23 January 2024. In the version of the article initially published, Extended Data Tables 1–3 were missing. They have now been added to the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

Jan 22, 2024 | nature.com | Peter Mee |Andrew H. Buultjens |Deborah A. Williamson |Kim Blasdell |Chris Sanders |Stuart Larsen | +6 more

AbstractBuruli ulcer, a chronic subcutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is increasing in prevalence in southeastern Australia. Possums are a local wildlife reservoir for M. ulcerans and, although mosquitoes have been implicated in transmission, it remains unclear how humans acquire infection. We conducted extensive field survey analyses of M. ulcerans prevalence among mosquitoes in the Mornington Peninsula region of southeastern Australia.

Jul 26, 2023 | thelancet.com | Eloise Williams |Deborah A. Williamson |Jane S Hocking

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