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Bludau A, Jack A, Fischer N, Dreesman J, Drosten C, Egelkamp R, Ehlkes L, Feil F, Grundhoff A, Grundmann H, Kreuzer P, Monazahian M, Overesch I, Schmitt D, Tröger M, von Reiswitz A, Weber J, Dilthey A, Hornberg C, Reuter S, Scheithauer S (2025). Use of integrated genomic surveillance by local public health authorities: Recommendations based on a mixed-methods study of current adoption, applications and success factors, Germany, 2023. Euro Surveill. 30/2025; PubMed

Lopez-Labrador FX, Huber M, Sidorov IA, Brown JR, Cuypers L, Laenen L, Vanmechelen B, Maes P, Fischer N, Pichler I, Storey N, Atkinson L, Schmutz S, Kufner V, van Boheemen S, Mulders CE, Grundhoff A, Blümke P, Robitaille A, Cinek O, Hubáčková K, Mourik K, Boers SA, Stauber L, Salmona M, Cappy P, Ramette A, Franze' A, LeGoff J, Claas ECJ, Rodriguez C, de Vries JJC, (2024). Multicenter benchmarking of short and long read wet lab protocols for clinical viral metagenomics. J Clin Virol. 173/2024; PubMed

Ohnezeit D, Huang J, Westerkamp U, Brinschwitz V, Schmidt C, Günther T, Czech-Sioli M, Weißelberg S, Schlemeyer T, Nakel J, Mai J, Schreiner S, Schneider C, Friedel CC, Schwanke H, Brinkmann MM, Grundhoff A, Fischer N (2024). Merkel cell polyomavirus small tumor antigen contributes to immune evasion by interfering with type I interferon signaling. PLoS Pathog. 20/2024; PubMed

Czech-Sioli M, Günther T, Robitaille A, Roggenkamp H, Büttner H, Indenbirken D, Christner M, Lütgehetmann M, Knobloch J, Aepfelbacher M, Grundhoff A, Fischer N (2023). Integration of Sequencing and Epidemiologic Data for Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infections in a Tertiary-Care Hospital. Clin Infect Dis. 76/2023; PubMed

Albertini S, Martuscelli L, Borgogna C, Virdi S, Indenbirken D, Lo Cigno I, Griffante G, Calati F, Boldorini R, Fischer N, Gariglio M (2022). Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Exert Proangiogenic Activity in Merkel Cell Carcinoma. J Invest Dermatol. 143/2023; PubMed

Heyer A, Günther T, Robitaille A, Lütgehetmann M, Addo MM, Jarczak D, Kluge S, Aepfelbacher M, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Fischer N, Grundhoff A (2022). Remdesivir-induced emergence of SARS-CoV2 variants in patients with prolonged infection. Cell Rep Med. 3/2022; PubMed

Nörz D, Brehm TT, Tang HT, Grewe I, Hermanussen L, Matthews H, Pestel J, Degen O, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Fischer N, Addo MM, Jordan S, Hertling S, Unger S, Schäfer G, Schewe K, Hoffmann C, Aepfelbacher M, Pfefferle S, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Schmiedel S, Lütgehetmann M (2022). Clinical characteristics and comparison of longitudinal qPCR results from different specimen types in a cohort of ambulatory and hospitalized patients infected with monkeypox virus. J Clin Virol. 155/2022; PubMed

Cords L, Knapp M, Woost R, Schulte S, Kummer S, Ackermann C, Beisel C, Peine S, Johansson AM, Kwok WW, Günther T, Fischer N, Wittner M, Addo MM, Huber S, Schulze Zur Wiesch J (2022). High and Sustained Ex Vivo Frequency but Altered Phenotype of SARS-CoV-2-Specific CD4+ T-Cells in an Anti-CD20-Treated Patient with Prolonged COVID-19. Viruses. 14/2022; PubMed

Baier C, Huang J, Reumann K, Indenbirken D, Thol F, Koenecke C, Ebadi E, Heim A, Bange FC, Haid S, Pietschmann T, Fischer N (2022). Target capture sequencing reveals a monoclonal outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus B infections among adult hematologic patients. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 11/2022; PubMed

Schlemeyer T, Ohnezeit D, Virdi S, Körner C, Weißelberg S, Starzonek S, Schumacher U, Grundhoff A, Indenbirken D, Albertini S, Fischer N (2022). Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Immune Evasion: Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Small T-Antigen‒Induced Surface Changes Can Be Reverted by Therapeutic Intervention. J Invest Dermatol. 142/2022; PubMed

Wanner N, Andrieux G, Badia-I-Mompel P, Edler C, Pfefferle S, Lindenmeyer MT, Schmidt-Lauber C, Czogalla J, Wong MN, Okabayashi Y, Braun F, Lütgehetmann M, Meister E, Lu S, Noriega MLM, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Fischer N, Bräuninger H, Lindner D, Westermann D, Haas F, Roedl K, Kluge S, Addo MM, Huber S, Lohse AW, Reiser J, Ondruschka B, Sperhake JP, Saez-Rodriguez J, Boerries M, Hayek SS, Aepfelbacher M, Scaturro P, Puelles VG, Huber TB (2022). Molecular consequences of SARS-CoV-2 liver tropism. Nat Metab. 4/2022; PubMed

Nörz D, Grunwald M, Tang HT, Weinschenk C, Günther T, Robitaille A, Giersch K, Fischer N, Grundhoff A, Aepfelbacher M, Pfefferle S, Lütgehetmann M (2022). Clinical Evaluation of a Fully-Automated High-Throughput Multiplex Screening-Assay to Detect and Differentiate the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) and B.1.617.2 (Delta) Lineage Variants. Viruses. 14/2022; PubMed

Nakel J, Robitaille A, Günther T, Rosenau L, Czech-Sioli M, Plenge-Bönig A, Bühler S, Wille A, Jakubowski E, Pruskil S, Wahlen M, Indenbirken D, Nörz D, Lütgehetmann M, Aepfelbacher M, Grundhoff A, Grolle B, Fischer N (2022). Comparing susceptibility and contagiousness in concurrent outbreaks with a non-VOC and the VOC SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in daycare centers in Hamburg, Germany. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 240/2022; PubMed

Bekere I, Huang J, Schnapp M, Rudolph M, Berneking L, Ruckdeschel K, Grundhoff A, Günther T, Fischer N, Aepfelbacher M (2021). Yersinia remodels epigenetic histone modifications in human macrophages. PLoS Pathog. 17/2021; PubMed

Nörz D, Grunwald M, Tang HT, Olearo F, Günther T, Robitaille A, Fischer N, Grundhoff A, Aepfelbacher M, Pfefferle S, Lütgehetmann M (2021). Rapid Automated Screening for SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 Lineage Variants (Delta/Kappa) through a Versatile Toolset of qPCR-Based SNP Detection. Diagnostics (Basel). 11/2021; PubMed

Heinrich F, Romich C, Zimmermann T, Kniep I, Fitzek A, Steurer S, Glatzel M, Nörz D, Günther T, Czech-Sioli M, Fischer N, Grundhoff A, Lütgehetmann M, Ondruschka B (2021). Dying of VOC-202012/01 - multimodal investigations in a death case of the SARS-CoV-2 variant. Int J Legal Med. 136/2022; PubMed

Brehm TT, Pfefferle S, von Possel R, Kobbe R, Nörz D, Schmiedel S, Grundhoff A, Olearo F, Emmerich P, Robitaille A, Günther T, Braun P, Andersen G, Knobloch JK, Addo MM, Lohse AW, Aepfelbacher M, Fischer N, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Lütgehetmann M (2021). SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection in a Healthcare Worker Despite the Presence of Detectable Neutralizing Antibodies. Viruses. 13/2021; PubMed

Koyro TF, Kraus E, Lunemann S, Hölzemer A, Wulf S, Jung J, Fittje P, Henseling F, Körner C, Huber TB, Grundhoff A, Wiech T, Panzer U, Fischer N, Altfeld M (2020). Upregulation of HLA-F expression by BK polyomavirus infection induces immune recognition by KIR3DS1-positive natural killer cells. Kidney Int. 99/2021; PubMed

Abere B, Zhou H, Li J, Cao S, Toptan T, Grundhoff A, Fischer N, Moore PS, Chang Y (2020). Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Encodes Circular RNAs (circRNAs) Enabling a Dynamic circRNA/microRNA/mRNA Regulatory Network. mBio. 11/2020; PubMed

Günther T, Czech-Sioli M, Indenbirken D, Robitaille A, Tenhaken P, Exner M, Ottinger M, Fischer N, Grundhoff A, Brinkmann MM (2020). SARS-CoV-2 outbreak investigation in a German meat processing plant. EMBO Mol Med. 12/2020; PubMed

Pfefferle S, Günther T, Kobbe R, Czech-Sioli M, Nörz D, Santer R, Oh J, Kluge S, Oestereich L, Peldschus K, Indenbirken D, Huang J, Grundhoff A, Aepfelbacher M, Knobloch JK, Lütgehetmann M, Fischer N (2020). SARS Coronavirus-2 variant tracing within the first Coronavirus Disease 19 clusters in northern Germany. Clin Microbiol Infect. 27/2021; PubMed

Czech-Sioli M, Günther T, Therre M, Spohn M, Indenbirken D, Theiss J, Riethdorf S, Qi M, Alawi M, Wülbeck C, Fernandez-Cuesta I, Esmek F, Becker JC, Grundhoff A, Fischer N (2020). High-resolution analysis of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus in Merkel Cell Carcinoma reveals distinct integration patterns and suggests NHEJ and MMBIR as underlying mechanisms. PLoS Pathog. 16/2020; PubMed

Robitaille A, Brancaccio RN, Dutta S, Rollison DE, Leja M, Fischer N, Grundhoff A, Gheit T, Tommasino M, Olivier M (2020). PVAmpliconFinder: a workflow for the identification of human papillomaviruses from high-throughput amplicon sequencing. BMC Bioinformatics. 21/2020; PubMed

Pfefferle S, Huang J, Nörz D, Indenbirken D, Lütgehetmann M, Oestereich L, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Aepfelbacher M, Fischer N (2020). Complete Genome Sequence of a SARS-CoV-2 Strain Isolated in Northern Germany. Microbiol Resour Announc. 9/2020; PubMed

Siebels S, Czech-Sioli M, Spohn M, Schmidt C, Theiss J, Indenbirken D, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Fischer N (2020). Merkel Cell Polyomavirus DNA Replication Induces Senescence in Human Dermal Fibroblasts in a Kap1/Trim28-Dependent Manner. mBio. 11/2020; PubMed

Czech-Sioli M, Siebels S, Radau S, Zahedi RP, Schmidt C, Dobner T, Grundhoff A, Fischer N (2020). The Ubiquitin-Specific Protease Usp7, a Novel Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Large T-Antigen Interaction Partner, Modulates Viral DNA Replication. J Virol. 94/2020; PubMed

Alawi M, Burkhardt L, Indenbirken D, Reumann K, Christopeit M, Kröger N, Lütgehetmann M, Aepfelbacher M, Fischer N, Grundhoff A (2019). DAMIAN: an open source bioinformatics tool for fast, systematic and cohort based analysis of microorganisms in diagnostic samples. Sci Rep. 9/2019; PubMed

Fux R, Arndt D, Langenmayer MC, Schwaiger J, Ferling H, Fischer N, Indenbirken D, Grundhoff A, Dölken L, Adamek M, Steinhagen D, Sutter G (2019). Piscine Orthoreovirus 3 Is Not the Causative Pathogen of Proliferative Darkening Syndrome (PDS) of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta fario). Viruses. 11/2019; PubMed

Lamprecht P, Fischer N, Huang J, Burkhardt L, Lütgehetmann M, Arndt F, Rolfs I, Kerstein A, Iking-Konert C, Laudien M (2018). Changes in the composition of the upper respiratory tract microbial community in granulomatosis with polyangiitis. J Autoimmun. 97/2019; PubMed

Rubbenstroth D, Peus E, Schramm E, Kottmann D, Bartels H, McCowan C, Schulze C, Akimkin V, Fischer N, Wylezich C, Hlinak A, Spadinger A, Großmann E, Petersen H, Grundhoff A, Rautenschlein S, Teske L (2018). Identification of a novel clade of group A rotaviruses in fatally diseased domestic pigeons in Europe. Transbound Emerg Dis. 66/2019; PubMed

Brancaccio RN, Robitaille A, Dutta S, Cuenin C, Santare D, Skenders G, Leja M, Fischer N, Giuliano AR, Rollison DE, Grundhoff A, Tommasino M, Gheit T (2018). Generation of a novel next-generation sequencing-based method for the isolation of new human papillomavirus types. Virology. 520/2018; PubMed

Ajuh ET, Wu Z, Kraus E, Weissbach FH, Bethge T, Gosert R, Fischer N, Hirsch HH (2018). Novel Human Polyomavirus Noncoding Control Regions Differ in Bidirectional Gene Expression according to Host Cell, Large T-Antigen Expression, and Clinically Occurring Rearrangements. J Virol. 92/2018; PubMed

Brancaccio RN, Robitaille A, Dutta S, Rollison DE, Fischer N, Grundhoff A, Tommasino M, Gheit T (2017). Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Human Gammapapillomavirus Isolated from Skin. Genome Announc. 5/2017; PubMed

Günther T, Haas L, Alawi M, Wohlsein P, Marks J, Grundhoff A, Becher P, Fischer N (2017). Recovery of the first full-length genome sequence of a parapoxvirus directly from a clinical sample. Sci Rep. 7/2017; PubMed

Knips J, Czech-Sioli M, Spohn M, Heiland M, Moll I, Grundhoff A, Schumacher U, Fischer N (2017). Spontaneous lung metastasis formation of human Merkel cell carcinoma cell lines transplanted into scid mice. Int J Cancer. 141/2017; PubMed

Coronado L, Liniger M, Muñoz-González S, Postel A, Pérez LJ, Pérez-Simó M, Perera CL, Frías-Lepoureau MT, Rosell R, Grundhoff A, Indenbirken D, Alawi M, Fischer N, Becher P, Ruggli N, Ganges L (2017). Novel poly-uridine insertion in the 3'UTR and E2 amino acid substitutions in a low virulent classical swine fever virus. Vet Microbiol. 201/2017; PubMed

Engels G, Hierweger AM, Hoffmann J, Thieme R, Thiele S, Bertram S, Dreier C, Resa-Infante P, Jacobsen H, Thiele K, Alawi M, Indenbirken D, Grundhoff A, Siebels S, Fischer N, Stojanovska V, Muzzio D, Jensen F, Karimi K, Mittrücker HW, Arck PC, Gabriel G (2017). Pregnancy-Related Immune Adaptation Promotes the Emergence of Highly Virulent H1N1 Influenza Virus Strains in Allogenically Pregnant Mice. Cell Host Microbe. 21/2017; PubMed

Todt D, Schlevogt B, Deterding K, Grundhoff A, Manns MP, Wedemeyer H, Fischer N, Cornberg M, Steinmann E (2017). Successful retreatment of a patient with chronic hepatitis C genotype 2k/1b virus with ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir plus dasabuvir. J Antimicrob Chemother. 72/2017; PubMed

Neumann F, Czech-Sioli M, Dobner T, Grundhoff A, Schreiner S, Fischer N (2016). Replication of Merkel cell polyomavirus induces reorganization of promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies. J Gen Virol. 97/2016; PubMed

Christopeit M, Grundhoff A, Rohde H, Belmar-Campos C, Grzyska U, Fiehler J, Wolschke C, Ayuk F, Kröger N, Fischer N (2016). Suspected encephalitis with Candida tropicalis and Fusarium detected by unbiased RNA sequencing. Ann Hematol. 95/2016; PubMed

Postel A, Hansmann F, Baechlein C, Fischer N, Alawi M, Grundhoff A, Derking S, Tenhündfeld J, Pfankuche VM, Herder V, Baumgärtner W, Wendt M, Becher P (2016). Presence of atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) genomes in newborn piglets correlates with congenital tremor. Sci Rep. 6/2016; PubMed

Günther T, Theiss JM, Fischer N, Grundhoff A (2016). Investigation of Viral and Host Chromatin by ChIP-PCR or ChIP-Seq Analysis. Curr Protoc Microbiol. 40/2016; PubMed

Grundhoff A, Fischer N (2015). Merkel cell polyomavirus, a highly prevalent virus with tumorigenic potential. Curr Opin Virol. 14/2015; PubMed

Neumann F, Czech-Sioli M, Grundhoff A, Fischer N (2015). In Vitro Replication Assay for Merkel Cell Polyomavirus (MCPyV). Curr Protoc Microbiol. 38/2015; PubMed

Theiss JM, Günther T, Alawi M, Neumann F, Tessmer U, Fischer N, Grundhoff A (2015). A Comprehensive Analysis of Replicating Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Genomes Delineates the Viral Transcription Program and Suggests a Role for mcv-miR-M1 in Episomal Persistence. PLoS Pathog. 11/2015; PubMed

Fischer N, Indenbirken D, Meyer T, Lütgehetmann M, Lellek H, Spohn M, Aepfelbacher M, Alawi M, Grundhoff A (2015). Evaluation of Unbiased Next-Generation Sequencing of RNA (RNA-seq) as a Diagnostic Method in Influenza Virus-Positive Respiratory Samples. J Clin Microbiol. 53/2015; PubMed

Baechlein C, Fischer N, Grundhoff A, Alawi M, Indenbirken D, Postel A, Baron AL, Offinger J, Becker K, Beineke A, Rehage J, Becher P (2015). Identification of a Novel Hepacivirus in Domestic Cattle from Germany. J Virol. 89/2015; PubMed

Corman VM, Grundhoff A, Baechlein C, Fischer N, Gmyl A, Wollny R, Dei D, Ritz D, Binger T, Adankwah E, Marfo KS, Annison L, Annan A, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Oppong S, Becher P, Drosten C, Drexler JF (2015). Highly divergent hepaciviruses from African cattle. J Virol. 89/2015; PubMed

Stieler K, Schulz C, Lavanya M, Aepfelbacher M, Stocking C, Fischer N (2010). Host range and cellular tropism of the human exogenous gammaretrovirus XMRV. Virology. 399/2010; PubMed