Targeted Metagenomics Reveals Hidden Chickenpox Epidemic Amid Mpox Surveillance in Uganda
Year: 2025
Type: article
Topic: Poxvirus research and outbreaks
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Stephen Kanyerezi
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Alisen Ayitewala
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Jupiter Marina Kabahita
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Hellen Rosette Oundo
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Julius Seruyange
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Wilson Tenywa
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Godwin Tusabe
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Stacy Were
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Moses Murungi
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Martha Nabukyu
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Valeria. Z. Nakintu
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Caroline Makoha
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Ivan Sserwadda
raw_affiliation_strings: The African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data-Intensive Sciences, the Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Harris Onywera
raw_affiliation_strings: Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
raw_author_name: Collins Tanui
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raw_author_name: Ibrahim Mugerwa
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Atek Kagirita
raw_affiliation_strings: National Public Health Emergency Operations Center-PEOC, Ministry of Health;
raw_author_name: Benard Lubwama
raw_affiliation_strings: National Public Health Emergency Operations Center-PEOC, Ministry of Health;
raw_author_name: Eyiru Micheal Rogers
raw_affiliation_strings: Global Health Security-Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences-GHS-IDI;
raw_author_name: David Patrick Kateete
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences,  Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Morgan Otita
raw_affiliation_strings: Global Health Security-Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences-GHS-IDI;
raw_author_name: Samuel Giduddu
raw_affiliation_strings: Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health;
raw_author_name: Daudi Jjingo
raw_affiliation_strings: The African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data-Intensive Sciences, the Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Andrew Nsawotebba
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostics Services, Central Public Health Laboratories (NHLDS-CPHL), Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda;
raw_author_name: Gerald Mboowa
raw_affiliation_strings: Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
raw_author_name: Aloysious Ssemaganda
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raw_author_name: Susan Nabadda
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raw_author_name: Sofonias K Tessema
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raw_author_name: Isaac Ssewanyana
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