Utvalda publikationer

2022

Cholleti H, de Jong J, Blomström AL, Berg M. Investigation of the Virome and Characterization of Issyk-Kul Virus from Swedish Myotis brandtii Bats. Pathogens. 2022 Dec 21;12(1):12. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12010012.

H Stenberg, S Hellman, L Lindström, M Jacobson, C Fossum, J Hayer, M Malmberg. Congenital tremor and splay leg in piglets–insights into the virome, local cytokine response, and histology. BMC Veterinary Research 18 (1), 1-12 Published online 16th Sep 2022.

Cholleti H, de Jong J, Blomström AL, Berg M. Characterization of Pipistrellus pygmaeus Bat Virome from Sweden. Viruses. 2022 Jul 28;14(8):1654. doi: 10.3390/v14081654.

Djurle A, Young B, Berlin A, Vågsholm I, Blomström A-L, Nygren J, Kvarnheden A.  Addressing biohazards to food security in primary production. Food Security, 1-23, 2022 July doi: 10.1007/s12571-022-01296-7

S Balinandi, J Hayer, H Cholleti, M Wille, JJ Lutwama, M Malmberg, L Mugisha. Identification and molecular characterization of highly divergent RNA viruses in cattle, Uganda. Virus Research 313, 198739. May 2022.

Silva M, Malmberg M, Dahlström Otienoburu S, Björkman A, Ngasala B, Mårtensson A, Gil JP, Veiga MI. Plasmodium falciparum Drug Resistance Genes pfmdr1 and pfcrt In Vivo Co-Expression During Artemether-Lumefantrine Therapy. Front Pharmacol. 2022; 13: 868723. Published online 2022 May 24. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.868723

Cuevas-Romero, S., Lara-Romero, R., Ramliden, M., Antonio Guerrero, J., Ramírez-Mendoza, H., Blomström, AL., Berg, M. and Luis Cerriteño-Sánchez, J. A case report of serological evidence of paramyxoviruses related to Porcine orthorubulavirus in Mexican bats. Annals of Clinical Case Reports 2022 May 7: 2177.

Cholleti H, Vaga M, Jansson A, Blomström AL, Berg M. House crickets (Othroptera: Gryllidae: Acheta domesticus) reared in small-scale laboratory conditions harbour limited viral flora. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 2022 April https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2021.0129

Öhlund P, Delhomme N, Hayer J, Hesson JC, Blomström AL. Transcriptome Analysis of an Aedes albopictus Cell Line Single- and Dual-Infected with Lammi Virus and WNV. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jan 14;23(2):875. doi: 10.3390/ijms23020875.

Lysholm, S., Lindahl, J., Munyeme, M., Misinzo, G., Mathew, C., Alvåsen, K.,  Dautu, G., Linde, S., Mitternacht, L., Olovsson, E., Wilén, E.,  Berg, M., Johansson Wensman, J. (2022) Crossing the line: Seroprevalence and risk factors for animal diseases along the Tanzania-Zambia border. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, section Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.809128. 

Brandão, PE, Berg, M, Oliveira de Souza Silva, S., Akemi Taniwaki S (2022) Emergence of Avian coronavirus escape mutants under suboptimal antibody titers. Journal of Molecular Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-022-10050-8.

Lindgren, Y., Banihashem, F., Berg, M., Eriksson, H., Zohari, S. and Jansson DS (2022) Gizzard erosions in broiler chickens in Sweden caused by fowl adenovirus serotype 1 (FAdV-1): investigation of outbreaks, including whole-genome sequencing of an isolate. Avian Pathology https://doi.org/10.1080/03079457.2022.2048631

Brandão, PE, Berg, M, Leite, BA., Oliveira de Souza Silva, S., Akemi Taniwaki S (2022) The order of events on Avian coronavirus life cycle shapes the order of quasispecies evolution during host switches. Genetics and Molecular Biology 45, 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2022-0034. 

2021

Balinandi S, Whitmer S, Mulei S, Nyakarahuka L, Tumusiime A, Kyondo J, Baluku J, Mutyaba J, Mugisha L, Malmberg M, Lutwama J, Shoemaker T, Klena J. Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Humans in Uganda, 2013–2019  Am J Trop Med Hyg. Published Online: 18 Oct 2021

Öhlund P, Hayer J, Hesson JC, Blomström AL. Small RNA Response to Infection of the Insect-Specific Lammi Virus and Hanko Virus in an Aedes albopictus Cell Line. Viruses. 2021 Oct 29;13(11):2181. doi: 10.3390/v13112181.

Varsani A, Opriessnig T, Celer V, Maggi F, Okamoto H, Blomström AL, Cadar D, Harrach B, Biagini P, Kraberger S. Taxonomic update for mammalian anelloviruses (family Anelloviridae). Arch Virol. 2021 Oct;166(10):2943-2953. doi: 10.1007/s00705-021-05192-x.

Kraberger S, Opriessnig T, Celer V, Maggi F, Okamoto H, Blomström AL, Cadar D, Harrach B, Biagini P, Varsani A. Taxonomic updates for the genus Gyrovirus (family Anelloviridae): recognition of several new members and establishment of species demarcation criteria. Arch Virol. 2021 Oct;166(10):2937-2942. doi: 10.1007/s00705-021-05194-9.

Stenberg H, Leveringhaus E, Malmsten A, Dalin AM, Postel A, Malmberg M. Atypical porcine pestivirus-A widespread virus in the Swedish wild boar population. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2021 Jul 31. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14251.

Hayer J, Wille M, Font A, González-Aravena M, Norder H, Malmberg M. Four novel picornaviruses detected in Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) in Chile. Virology. 2021 Aug;560:116-123. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2021.05.010. Epub 2021 May 25.

Björnström A, Blomström AL, Singh MC, Hesson JC. Sindbis virus neutralising antibodies detected in Swedish horses. One Health. 2021 Mar 25;12:100242. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100242. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Balinandi S, von Brömssen C, Tumusiime A, Kyondo J, Kwon H, Monteil VM, Mirazimi A, Lutwama J, Mugisha L, Malmberg M. Serological and molecular study of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in cattle from selected districts in Uganda. J Virol Methods. 2021 Jan 27;290:114075. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114075.

Corduneanu A^a, Mihalca AD^a, Sándor AD^a, Hornok S^a, Malmberg M^a, Viso NP^a, Bongcam-Rudloff E^a. The heart microbiome of insectivorous bats from Central and South Eastern Europe. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 2021 Apr;75:101605. ^acontributed equally to this study. doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2020.101605

Damian, D., Nkungu, M., Wensman, JJ., Berg M. (2021) Genetic relationship of hard ticks (Ixodidae) infesting cattle from select areas of wildlife-livestock interface ecosystem at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. Vector-Borne and zoonotic diseases 21; 3, 191-199. DOI:10.1089/vbz.2020.2706

Damian, D., Nkungu, M., Wensman, JJ., Berg M. (2021) Molecular Diversity of Hard Tick Species from Selected Areas of a Wildlife-Livestock Interface Ecosystem at Mikumi National Park, Morogoro Region, Tanzania. Veterinary Sciences 8, 36 https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8030036

2020

Blomström AL, Luz H.R, Öhlund P, Lukenge M, Brandão P.E, Labruna M.B, Berg M. Novel Viruses Found in Antricola Ticks Collected in Bat Caves in the Western Amazonia of Brazil. Viruses 2020 Dec, 12, 48. doi: 10.3390/v12010048

Metreveli G, Berg M, Blomström AL. Complete Coding Sequence of a Pasivirus Found in Swedish Pigs. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Sep 24;9(39):e00747-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00747-20.

Stenberg H, Jacobsson M, Malmberg M. Detection of Atypical porcine pestivirus in Swedish pigs with congenital tremor type A-II. BMC Veterinary Research. 29^th Jul 2020.

Balinandi S, Chitimia-Dobler L, Giulio G, Nakayiki T, Kabasa W, Bbira J, Lutwama JJ, Malmberg M^a, Mugisha L^a.  Morphological and molecular identification of ixodid tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting cattle in Uganda. Parasitology Research 13th Jun 2020

Malmberg M, Malm T, Gustafsson O, Sturchio A, Garff C, Espay A, Wright A. P. H., El Andaloussi S, Linden A, Ezzat K. Disentangling the Amyloid Pathways: A Mechanistic Approach to Etiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00256 Fronteirs Neurosciences. 21 April 2020.

Wille M, Wensman JJ, Larsson S, van Damme R, Theelke A-K, Hayer J, Malmberg M.    Evolutionary genetics of canine respiratory coronavirus and recent introduction into Swedish dogs. Epub Mar 20, 2020, Infection Genetics and Evolution. 

Torresi C, Fiori M, Bertolotti L, Floris M, Colitti B, Giammarioli M, Giudici SD, Oggiano A, Malmberg M, Gian Mario De Mia, Belák S, Granberg F. The evolution of African swine fever virus in Sardinia (1978 to 2014) as revealed by whole genome sequencing and comparative analysis. 12^th Mar 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13540

Senanayake KS, Söderberg J, Põlajev A, Malmberg M, Karunanayake EH, Tennekoon KH, Samarakoon SR, Bongcam-Rudloff E, Niazi A. The genome of Setaria digitata, a cattle nematode closely related to human filarial parasites. 2020 Feb 5. Genome Biology and Evolution, DOI 10.1093/gbe/evaa017

Brandão, PE, Hora, AS., Silva, SOS., Taniwaki, SA., Berg M. (2020) Extinction and emergence of genomic haplotypes during the evolution of Avian coronavirus in chicken embryos. Genetics and Molecular Biology 43, 2. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2019-0064 

Beserra, LAR., Barbosa, CM, Berg, M., Brandão, PE., Soares, RM, Gregori, F. (2020) Genome constellations of Rotavirus A isolated from avian species in Brazil, 2008-2015. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-020-00259-4.

Damian, D., Maghembe, R., Nkungu, M., Johansson Wensman, J., and Berg M. (2020) Application of viral metagenomics for study of emerging and re-emerging tick-borne viruses. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2019.2579.

Torsson, E., Kgotlele, T., Misinzo, G., Johansson Wensman, J., Berg, M., and Karlsson Lindsjö O. (2020) Field-adapted full genome sequencing of peste-des-petits-ruminants virus using Nanopore sequencing. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, section Veterinary Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.542724

Damian, D., Nkungu, M., Wensman, JJ., Berg M. (2020) Diversity of viruses in hard ticks (Ixodidae) from select areas of a wildlife-livestock interface ecosystem at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of BioScience 8 (6): 150-157. Doi:10.11648/j.ajbio.20200806.12

2019

Öhlund P, Hayer J, Lundén H, Hesson JC, Blomström AL. Viromics Reveal a Number of Novel RNA Viruses in Swedish Mosquitoes. Viruses. 2019 Nov 5;11(11). pii: E1027. doi: 10.3390/v11111027.

Torsson, E., Abubakar, M., Alvåsen, K., Manzoor, S., Roos, N., Kgotlele, T., Bin Zahur, A., Misinzo, G., Berg, M., and Johansson Wensman, J. (2019) Filter paper is a simple and cost-effective transport medium for serological diagnosis of Peste des petits ruminants. Small Ruminant Research 170, 154-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.11.023.

Öhlund P, Lundén H, Blomström AL. Insect-specific virus evolution and potential effects on vector competence. Virus Genes. 2019 Jan 10. doi: 10.1007/s11262-018-01629-9.

Cavaleiro Pinto, M., Rondahl, V., Berg, M., Ågren, E., Carvalheira, J., Thompson, G. and Johansson Wensman J. (2019) Detection and phylogenetic analysis of parrot bornavirus 4 isolated from a Swedish Blue-winged macaw (Primolius maracana) with unusual nonsuppurative myositis. Infection Ecology and Epidemiology, VOL. 9, 1547097 https://doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2018.1547097

Mwaiswelo R, Ngasala B, Jovel I, Xu W, Larson E, Malmberg M, Gil JP, Premji Z, Mmbando BP, Mårtensson A. Prevalence of and risk factors associated with PCR-determined Plasmodium falciparum positivity on day 3 after initiation of artemether-lumefantrine treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Bagamoyo district, Tanzania. 2019 May;100(5):1179-1186. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0729

2018

Blomström, AL., Ye, X., Fossum, C., Wallgren^, P., and Berg, M (2018) Characterisation of the virome of tonsils from conventional pigs and from specific pathogen-free pigs. Viruses, 10, 382; doi:10.3390/v10070382.

Brandão, PE., Hora, AS., Silva, SOS., Berg, M., and Taniwaki SA. (2018) The complete genome of Avian coronavirus D274 strain. Microbiology Resource Announcements. Microbiology Resource Announcements Vol 7, (8), https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01003-18.

Balinandi S, Mugisha L, Johnson B, Kabasa W, Nakayiki T, Bakkes DK, Lutwama JJ, Chitimia-Dobler L, Malmberg M. General and local morphological anomalies in Amblyomma lepidum and Rhipicephalus decoloratus (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting cattle in Uganda. Journal of Medical Entomology xx,1-5, doi:10.1093/jme/tjy221.

Cholleti, H., Hayer, J., Fafetine, JM., Berg, M. and Blomström, A-L. (2018) Genetic characterization of a novel picorna-like virus in Culex spp. mosquitoes from Mozambique. Virology Journal 15:71 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-018-0981-z

Cholleti, H., Hayer, J., Chanisso Mulandane, F., Verner-Carlsson, J., Falk, KI, Fafetine, JM., Berg, M., and Blomström A-L. (2018) Viral metagenomics reveals the presence of highly divergent quaranjavirus in Rhipicephalus ticks from Mozambique. Infection Ecology and Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2018.1478585.

Cholleti, H., Berg, M., Hayer, J. And Blomström AL (2018) Vector-borne viruses and their detection by viral metagenomics. Infection Ecology and Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2018.1553465.

Cárdenas CA, González-Aravena M_, Font A, Hestetun JT, Hajdu E, Trefault E, Malmberg M, Bongcam-Rudloff E. High similarity in the microbiota of cold-water sponges of the Genus Mycale from two different geographical areas. PeerJ. 2018 Jun 7;6:e4935. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4935.

Kgotlele, T., Chota, A., Chubwa, C.C. et al., Torsson E. et al. Detection of peste des petits ruminants and concurrent secondary diseases in sheep and goats in Ngorongoro district, Tanzania. Comp Clin Pathol (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-018-2848-5

Mwaiswelo, B Ngasala, I Jovel, W Xu, E Larson, M Malmberg, JP Gil, Z Premji, BP Mmbando, A Mårtensson, Prevalence of and risk factors associated with PCR-determined Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia on day 3 after initiation of artemether-lumefantrine treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Bagamoyo district, Tanzania, Accepted 16^th Dec 2018

Mészáros I, Olasz F, Kádár-Hürkecz E, Bálint Á, Hornyák Á, Belák S, Zádori Z.: Cellular localisation of the proteins of region 3 of feline enteric coronavirus. Acta Vet Hung. 2018 Sep;66(3):493-508. doi: 10.1556/004.2018.044.

Thaduri S., Locke B., Granberg F. & de Miranda, J.R. 2018. Temporal changes in the viromes of Swedish Varroa-resistant and Varroa-susceptible honeybee populations. PLoS One 13(12):e0206938

Tasker S, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Belák S, Frymus T, Addie DD, Pennisi MG, Boucraut-Baralon C, Egberink H, Hartmann K, Hosie MJ, Lloret A, Marsilio F, Radford AD, Thiry E, Truyen U, Möstl K.: Haemoplasmosis in cats: European guidelines from the ABCD on prevention and management. J Feline Med Surg. 2018 Mar;20(3):256-261. doi: 10.1177/1098612X18758594.

Ye, X., Berg, M., Fossum, C., Wallgren P. and Blomström AL (2018) Detection and genetic characterisation of Porcine Circovirus 3 from pigs in Sweden. Virus Genes 10.1007/s11262-018-1553-4.

Popular Science

Berg, M., Blomström, AL., Malmberg, M., and Hayer J. (2018). Forskningssamarbete mellan SLU och University of Sao Paulo. Svensk Veterinärtidning 2, 2018, 17-21.

Torsson, E., Dahl, S., and Berg M. (2018). Felint morbillivirus - en möjlig orsak till kronisk njursvikt hos katt? Svensk Veterinärtidning 6, 27-29.