Kendra West
Broad Institute
8 Papers
17 Citations
Kendra West is an academic researcher from Broad Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Zika virus & Ebola virus. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications.
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Virus genomes reveal factors that spread and sustained the Ebola epidemic
Gytis Dudas,Gytis Dudas,Luiz Max Carvalho,Trevor Bedford,Andrew J. Tatem,Guy Baele,Nuno R. Faria,Daniel J. Park,Jason T. Ladner,Armando Arias,Armando Arias,Danny Asogun,Filip Bielejec,Sarah L Caddy,Matthew Cotten,Matthew Cotten,Jonathan D'ambrozio,Simon Dellicour,Antonino Di Caro,Joseph W. Diclaro,Sophie Duraffour,Michael J. Elmore,Lawrence Fakoli,Ousmane Faye,Merle L. Gilbert,Sahr M. Gevao,Stephen K. Gire,Stephen K. Gire,Adrianne Gladden-Young,Andreas Gnirke,Augustine Goba,Donald S. Grant,Bart L. Haagmans,Julian A. Hiscox,Umaru Jah,Jeffrey R. Kugelman,Di Liu,Jia Lu,Christine M. Malboeuf,Suzanne Mate,David A. Matthews,Christian B. Matranga,Luke W. Meredith,Luke W. Meredith,James Qu,Joshua Quick,Susan D. Pas,My V. T. Phan,My V. T. Phan,Georgios Pollakis,Chantal B.E.M. Reusken,Mariano Sanchez-Lockhart,Stephen F. Schaffner,John S. Schieffelin,Rachel Sealfon,Rachel Sealfon,Etienne Simon-Loriere,Etienne Simon-Loriere,Saskia L. Smits,Kilian Stoecker,Lucy Thorne,Ekaete Alice Tobin,Mohamed A. Vandi,Simon J. Watson,Kendra West,Shannon L.M. Whitmer,Michael R. Wiley,Sarah M. Winnicki,Sarah M. Winnicki,Shirlee Wohl,Shirlee Wohl,Roman Wölfel,Nathan L. Yozwiak,Nathan L. Yozwiak,Kristian G. Andersen,Kristian G. Andersen,Sylvia O. Blyden,Fatorma K. Bolay,Miles W. Carroll,Bernice Dahn,Boubacar Diallo,Pierre Formenty,Christophe Fraser,George F. Gao,Robert F. Garry,Ian Goodfellow,Ian Goodfellow,Stephan Günther,Christian T. Happi,Edward C. Holmes,Brima Kargbo,Sakoba Keita,Paul Kellam,Paul Kellam,Marion Koopmans,Jens H. Kuhn,Nicholas J. Loman,N’Faly Magassouba,Dhamari Naidoo,Stuart T. Nichol,Tolbert Nyenswah,Gustavo Palacios,Oliver G. Pybus,Pardis C. Sabeti,Pardis C. Sabeti,Amadou A. Sall,Ute Ströher,Isatta Wurie,Marc A. Suchard,Philippe Lemey,Andrew Rambaut +110 more
TL;DR: It is revealed that this large epidemic was a heterogeneous and spatially dissociated collection of transmission clusters of varying size, duration and connectivity, which will help to inform interventions in future epidemics.
Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States.
Nathan D. Grubaugh,Jason T. Ladner,Moritz U. G. Kraemer,Moritz U. G. Kraemer,Gytis Dudas,Amanda L Tan,Karthik Gangavarapu,Michael R. Wiley,Stephen White,Julien Thézé,Diogo M. Magnani,Karla Prieto,Karla Prieto,Daniel Reyes,Daniel Reyes,Andrea M. Bingham,Lauren M. Paul,Refugio Robles-Sikisaka,Glenn Oliveira,Darryl Pronty,Carolyn M. Barcellona,Hayden C. Metsky,Mary Lynn Baniecki,Kayla G. Barnes,Bridget Chak,Catherine A. Freije,Adrianne Gladden-Young,Andreas Gnirke,Cynthia Y. Luo,Bronwyn MacInnis,Christian B. Matranga,Daniel J. Park,James Qu,Stephen F. Schaffner,Christopher Tomkins-Tinch,Kendra West,Sarah M. Winnicki,Shirlee Wohl,Nathan L. Yozwiak,Joshua Quick,Joseph R. Fauver,Kamran Khan,Shannon E Brent,Robert C. Reiner,Paola Lichtenberger,Michael J. Ricciardi,Varian K. Bailey,David I. Watkins,Marshall R. Cone,Edgar W. Kopp,Kelly N. Hogan,Andrew C. Cannons,Reynald Jean,Andrew J. Monaghan,Robert F. Garry,Nicholas J. Loman,Nuno R. Faria,Mario C. Porcelli,Chalmers Vasquez,Elyse R. Nagle,Elyse R. Nagle,Derek A. T. Cummings,Danielle Stanek,Andrew Rambaut,Andrew Rambaut,Mariano Sanchez-Lockhart,Pardis C. Sabeti,Pardis C. Sabeti,Pardis C. Sabeti,Leah D Gillis,Scott F. Michael,Trevor Bedford,Oliver G. Pybus,Sharon Isern,Gustavo Palacios,Kristian G. Andersen,Kristian G. Andersen +76 more
TL;DR: It is shown that at least 4 introductions, but potentially as many as 40, contributed to the outbreak in Florida and that local transmission is likely to have started in the spring of 2016—several months before its initial detection.
Ebola Virus Epidemiology and Evolution in Nigeria
Onikepe A. Folarin,Deborah Ehichioya,Stephen F. Schaffner,Sarah M. Winnicki,Shirlee Wohl,Philomena Eromon,Kendra West,Adrianne Gladden-Young,Nicholas E. Oyejide,Christian B. Matranga,Awa B. Deme,Ayorinde Babatunde James,Christopher Tomkins-Tinch,Kenneth Onyewurunwa,Jason T. Ladner,Gustavo Palacios,Iguosadolo Nosamiefan,Kristian G. Andersen,Sunday Omilabu,Daniel Park,Nathan L. Yozwiak,Abdusallam Nasidi,Robert F. Garry,Oyewale Tomori,Pardis C. Sabeti,Christian T. Happi +25 more
TL;DR: Clinical data and contact information and genome sequences for the 2014 Nigerian Ebola virus outbreak confirm that there was a single source for the Nigerian infections, shows that the Nigerian EBOV lineage nests within a lineage previously seen in Liberia but is genetically distinct from it, and supports the conclusion that transmission from Nigeria to elsewhere did not occur.
Extremely potent monoclonal antibodies neutralize Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants
Z. Chen,Feng Zhang,Yusuke Matsuoka,Yaroslav Tsybovsky,Kendra West,C. Santos,Lisa F. Boyd,H. Nguyen,Anna Pomerenke,Tyler Stephens,Adam S. Olia,Valeria De Giorgi,Michael R. Holbrook,Robin Gross,Elena Postnikova,Nicole L. Garza,R. Johnson,David Margulies,P.D. Kwong,Hadar Alter,Ursula J. Buchholz,Paolo Lusso,Pamela Farci +22 more
TL;DR: Combinatorial antibody phage-display libraries from convalescent COVID-19 patients are used to generate monoclonal antibodies against the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein with ultrapotent neutralizing activity, which has an unusual breadth of neutralization.
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Virus genomes reveal the factors that spread and sustained the West African Ebola epidemic.
Gytis Dudas,Luiz Max Carvalho,Trevor Bedford,Andrew J. Tatem,Guy Baele,Nuno R. Faria,Daniel J. Park,Jason T. Ladner,Armando Arias,Danny Asogun,Filip Bielejec,Sarah L Caddy,Matthew Cotten,Jonathan D'ambrozio,Simon Dellicour,Antonino Di Caro,Joseph W. Diclaro,Sophie Duraffour,Michael J. Elmore,Lawrence Fakoli,Merle L. Gilbert,Sahr M. Gevao,Stephen K. Gire,Adrianne Gladden-Young,Andreas Gnirke,Augustine Goba,Donald S. Grant,Bart L. Haagmans,Julian A. Hiscox,Umaru Jah,Brima Kargbo,Jeffrey R. Kugelman,Di Liu,Jia Lu,Christine M. Malboeuf,Suzanne Mate,David A. Matthews,Christian B. Matranga,Luke W. Meredith,James Qu,Joshua Quick,Susan D. Pas,My V. T. Phan,Georgios Pollakis,Chantal B.E.M. Reusken,Mariano Sanchez-Lockhart,Stephen F. Schaffner,John S. Schieffelin,Rachel Sealfon,Etienne Simon-Loriere,Saskia L. Smits,Kilian Stoecker,Lucy Thorne,Ekaete Alice Tobin,Mohamed A. Vandi,Simon J. Watson,Kendra West,Shannon L.M. Whitmer,Michael R. Wiley,Sarah M. Winnicki,Shirlee Wohl,Roman Wölfel,Nathan L. Yozwiak,Kristian G. Andersen,Sylvia O. Blyden,Fatorma K. Bolay,Miles W. Carroll,Boubacar Diallo,Pierre Formenty,Christophe Fraser,George F. Gao,Robert F. Garry,Ian Goodfellow,Stephan Günther,Christian T. Happi,Edward C. Holmes,Paul Kellam,Marion Koopmans,Nicholas J. Loman,N’Faly Magassouba,Dhamari Naidoo,Stuart T. Nichol,Tolbert Nyenswah,Gustavo Palacios,Oliver G. Pybus,Pardis C. Sabeti,Amadou A. Sall,Ute Ströher,Isatta Wury,Marc A. Suchard,Philippe Lemey,Andrew Rambaut +91 more
TL;DR: It is found that despite a strong attenuation of international dispersal after border closures, localized cross-border transmission beforehand had already set the seeds for an international epidemic, rendering these measures relatively ineffective in curbing the epidemic.
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