Markus Antwerpen
Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology
58 Papers
223 Citations
Markus Antwerpen is an academic researcher from Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bacillus anthracis & Biology. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 54 publications. Previous affiliations of Markus Antwerpen include Public Health England & Charité.
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Papers
Clinical and virological features of first human monkeypox cases in Germany
Sebastian Noe,Sabine Zange,M Seilmaier,Markus Antwerpen,Thomas Fenzl,Jochen Schneider,Christoph D. Spinner,Joachim Jakob Bugert,Clemens M. Wendtner,Roman Wölfel +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the first two cases of monkeypox infection in humans diagnosed in Germany were reported, including the detection of the monkeypox virus DNA in blood and semen, and the clinical presentation and medical history of the patients suggest close physical contact during sexual interactions as the route of infection.
Whole genome sequencing of Brucella melitensis isolated from 57 patients in Germany reveals high diversity in strains from Middle East
Enrico Georgi,Mathias C. Walter,Marie-Theres Pfalzgraf,Bernd H. Northoff,Lesca M. Holdt,Holger C. Scholz,Lothar Zoeller,Sabine Zange,Markus Antwerpen +8 more
TL;DR: This study confirms whole-genome based SNP-analysis as a powerful tool for accurate typing of B. melitensis strains isolated from human cases in Germany and adds an important method to complement epidemiological surveys during outbreak investigations.
Bacillus anthracis: Anthrax
Markus Antwerpen,Paola Pilo,Pierre Wattiau,Patrick Butaye,Joachim Frey,Dimitrios Frangoulidis +5 more
- 17 Apr 2012
TL;DR: Anthrax is a disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, which exists in nature in 2 forms: as an active growing cell (called the vegetative form) or as a dormant spore.
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Whole-genome sequencing of a pandoravirus isolated from keratitis-inducing acanthamoeba.
TL;DR: The complete genome sequence of a new Pandoravirus isolate is presented, previously described endocytobiont isolated from the inflamed eye of a patient with keratitis was subjected to whole-genome sequencing.
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MinION as part of a biomedical rapidly deployable laboratory
Mathias C. Walter,Katrin Zwirglmaier,Philipp Vette,Scott A. Holowachuk,Kilian Stoecker,Gelimer H. Genzel,Markus Antwerpen +6 more
TL;DR: This study evaluated the portable sequencing device MinION as part of a rapidly deployable laboratory specialized in identification of highly pathogenic agents and challenged the device in the course of a NATO live agent exercise in a deployable field laboratory in hot climate conditions.
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