DeZi Network at the PanArboNet Meeting 2027
The DeZi Network team will be presenting at the Pan-American Arbovirus Research Network (PanArboNet / Pan-Dengue Net) Meeting 2027 at the Centro de Convenções Rebouças in São Paulo, Brazil (19–22 April 2027). Abstract submissions close on 17 November 2026.
DeZi Network Keynote at FGV EMAp 15 Years: From reconstruction to intervention
On 10 November 2026, DeZi Network Lead PI Prof. Nuno R. Faria delivered a keynote lecture "From reconstruction to intervention: Quantitative methods for understanding and anticipating viral epidemics" presenting the DeZi Network at FGV EMAp’s 15th Anniversary conference in Rio de Janeiro.
Genomic epidemiology of chikungunya virus in Guangdong, China
Sequencing 1,264 chikungunya virus genomes from the 2025 Guangdong outbreak (>25,000 confirmed cases) traces the epidemic to a single Reunion-associated ECSA lineage introduction in late April–early May 2025 and reveals contrasting spatial dispersal between the Foshan and Jiangmen epidemic waves.
GenBank–GISAID Deduplication and Artifact Masking in Viral Genomics
Integrating viral genomes across GenBank and GISAID is hindered by unlinked duplicate records and lab-specific sequencing errors. Two new open-source tools—G2G matcher and LSBFILT—automate cross-database deduplication and artifact masking, nearly doubling molecular clock signal (R2 from 0.35 to 0.68) in chikungunya virus phylogenies.