Ekaete Tobin
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Ekaete Tobin is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genomics & Lassa fever. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications.
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Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa
Charles N. Rotimi,Akin Abayomi,Alash'le Abimiku,Victoria Adabayeri,Clement Adebamowo,Ezekiel Adebiyi,Adebowale D. Ademola,Adebowale Adeyemo,Dwomoa Adu,Dissou Affolabi,Godfred Agongo,Samuel Ajayi,Sally N Akarolo-Anthony,Rufus Akinyemi,Albert Akpalu,Marianne Alberts,Orlando Alonso Betancourt,Ahmed M. Alzohairy,Gobena Ameni,Olukemi K. Amodu,Gabriel Anabwani,Kristian G. Andersen,Fatiu A Arogundade,Oyedunni Arulogun,Danny Asogun,Rasheed Bakare,Naby Balde,Mary Lynn Baniecki,Christine Beiswanger,Alia Benkahla,Lara Bethke,M Boehnke,Vincent Boima,James Brandful,Andrew Brooks,Frank C. Brosius,Chester W. Brown,Bruno Bucheton,David T. Burke,Barrington G. Burnett,Stacy Carrington-Lawrence,Nadia Carstens,John Chisi,Alan Christoffels,Richard S. Cooper,Heather J. Cordell,Nigel J. Crowther,Talishiea Croxton,Jantina de Vries,Leslie Derr,Peter Donkor,Seydou Doumbia,Audrey Duncanson,Ivy Ekem,Ahmed El Sayed,Mark E Engel,John Enyaru,Dean Everett,Faisal M. Fadlelmola,Eyitayo Fakunle,Kenneth H. Fischbeck,Anne Fischer,Onikepe A. Folarin,Junaid Gamieldien,Robert F. Garry,Simani Gaseitsiwe,Rasheed Gbadegesin,Anita Ghansah,Maria Y. Giovanni,Parham Goesbeck,F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé,Donald S. Grant,Ravnit Grewal,Mark S. Guyer,Neil A. Hanchard,Christian T. Happi,Scott Hazelhurst,Branwen J. Hennig,Christiane Hertz-Fowler,Winston Hide,Friedhelm Hilderbrandt,Christopher Hugo-Hamman,Muntaser E. Ibrahim,Regina James,Yasmina Jaufeerally-Fakim,Carolyn Jenkins,Ute Jentsch,Pan Pan Jiang,Moses Joloba,Victor Jongeneel,Fourie Joubert,Mukthar Kader,Kathleen Kahn,Pontiano Kaleebu,Saidi Kapiga,Samar K. Kassim,Ishmael Kasvosve,Jonathan K. Kayondo,Bernard Keavney,Adeodata Kekitiinwa,Sheik Humarr Khan,Paul L. Kimmel,Mary Claire King,Robert Kleta,Mathurin Koffi,Jeffrey B. Kopp,Matthias Kretzler,Judit Kumuthini,Samuel Kyobe,Catherine Kyobutungi,Daniel T. Lackland,Karen A. Lacourciere,Guida Landouré,Rita T. Lawlor,Thomas Lehner,Maia Lesosky,Naomi S. Levitt,Katherine Littler,Zané Lombard,Jeanne F. Loring,Sylvester Leonard Lyantagaye,Annette MacLeod,Ebony B. Madden,Chengetai R. Mahomva.,Julie Makani,Manmak Mamven,Marape Marape,Graeme Mardon,Patricia A. Marshall,Darren P. Martin,Daniel K. Masiga,Robin Mason,Michael Mate-Kole,Enock Matovu,Mary T Mayige,Mary T Mayige,Bongani M. Mayosi,Jean Claude Mbanya,Sheryl A. McCurdy,Mark I. McCarthy,Helen McIlleron,Seth O. McLigeyo,Corrine Merle,Ana Olga Mocumbi,Charles Mondo,John V. Moran,Ayesha A. Motala,Marva Moxey-Mims,Sununguko Wata Mpoloka,Chisomo L. Msefula,Thuli Mthiyane,Nicola Mulder,Gebregziabher Mulugeta,Dieuodonne Mumba,John Musuku,Mo Nagdee,Oyekanmi Nash,Daouda Ndiaye,Anh Quynh Nguyen,Mark P. Nicol,Oathokwa Nkomazana,Shane A. Norris,Betty Nsangi,Alexander K. Nyarko,Moffat Nyirenda,Eileen Obe,Reginald Obiakor,Abraham Oduro,Solomon F. Ofori-Acquah,Okechukwu S Ogah,S.W.O. Ogendo,Kwaku Ohene-Frempong,Akinlolu O. Ojo,T O Olanrewaju,John Oli,Charlotte Osafo,Odile Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boyer,Bruce Ovbiagele,Andrew Owen,Mayowa O. Owolabi,Lukman Owolabi,Ellis Owusu-Dabo,Guillaume Paré,Rulan S. Parekh,Hugh-G. Patterton,Margaret B. Penno.,Jane Peterson,Rembert Pieper,Jacob Plange-Rhule,Martin R. Pollak,Julia Puzak,Rajkumar Ramesar,Michèle Ramsay,Rebekah S. Rasooly,Shiksha Reddy,Pardis C. Sabeti,Kwamena W. Sagoe,Tunde Salako,Oumar Samassekou,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Osman Sankoh,Fred Stephen Sarfo,Marie Sarr,Gasnat Shaboodien,Issa Sidibe,Gustave Simo,Martin Simuunza,Liam Smeeth,Eugene Sobngwi,Himla Soodyall,Hermann Sorgho,Oumou Sow Bah,Sudha Srinivasan,Dan J. Stein,Ezra Susser,Carmen Swanepoel,Godfred Tangwa,Andrew Tareila,Özlem Tastan Bishop,Bamidele O. Tayo,Nicki Tiffin,Halidou Tinto,Ekaete Tobin,Stephen Tollman,Mahamadou Traoré,Marsha Treadwell,Jennifer L. Troyer,Masego Tsimako-Johnstone,Vincent Tukei,Ifeoma Ulasi,Nzovu Ulenga,Beverley van Rooyen,Ablo Prudence Wachinou,Salina P. Waddy,Alisha N. Wade,Misaki Wayengera,James A. G. Whitworth,Louise Wideroff,Cheryl A. Winkler,Sarah Winnicki,Ambroise Wonkam,Mengistu Tadase Yewondwossen,Nathan L. Yozwiak,Heather J. Zar +245 more
TL;DR: If the dearth of genomics research involving Africans persists, the potential health and economic benefits emanating from genomic science may elude an entire continent.
Metagenomic sequencing at the epicenter of the Nigeria 2018 Lassa fever outbreak.
Liana E. Kafetzopoulou,Liana E. Kafetzopoulou,Liana E. Kafetzopoulou,Steven T. Pullan,Steven T. Pullan,Philippe Lemey,Marc A. Suchard,Deborah U. Ehichioya,Meike Pahlmann,A Thielebein,Julia Hinzmann,Lisa Oestereich,David M. Wozniak,Kyriakos Efthymiadis,D Schachten,F Koenig,J Matjeschk,Stephan Lorenzen,Sarah Lumley,Yemisi Ighodalo,Donatus I Adomeh,Thomas Olokor,Emmanuel Omomoh,Racheal Omiunu,Jacqueline Agbukor,Benevolence Ebo,John Aiyepada,Paulson Ebhodaghe,Blessing Osiemi,Solomon Ehikhametalor,Patience Akhilomen,Michael Airende,Rita Esumeh,Ekene B. Muoebonam,Rosemary Giwa,Anieno Ekanem,Ganiyu Igenegbale,George Odigie,Grace Okonofua,R Enigbe,Jennifer Oyakhilome,E O Yerumoh,Ikponmwosa Odia,Chris Aire,Martha Okonofua,Rebecca O Atafo,Ekaete Tobin,D. Asogun,Nosa Akpede,Peter O. Okokhere,Mojeed Rafiu,Kelly Ohis Iraoyah,Christopher Ojemiega Iruolagbe,Peter E Akhideno,Cyril O Erameh,George O. Akpede,E Isibor,Dhamari Naidoo,Roger Hewson,Julian A. Hiscox,Julian A. Hiscox,R Vipond,R Vipond,Miles W. Carroll,Miles W. Carroll,Chikwe Ihekweazu,Pierre Formenty,Sylvanus Okogbenin,Ephraim Ogbaini-Emovon,Stephan Günther,Sophie Duraffour +70 more
TL;DR: Responding to fears that a 10-fold surge in cases in Nigeria in 2018 signaled an incipient outbreak, Kafetzopoulou et al. performed metagenomic nanopore sequencing directly from samples from 120 patients, finding no strong evidence of a new strain emerging nor of person-to-person transmission; rather, rodent contamination was the main source.