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United States, United Kingdom, Congo - Kinshasa, Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Malaysia

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Employment (2)

Biosurv International: Porton Down, GB

2022 to present | Director
Employment
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Catherine Pratt

University of Nebraska Medical Center: Omaha, Nebraska, US

2017 to 2022 | Instructor
Employment
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Catherine Pratt

Education and qualifications (2)

The University of Manchester: Manchester, GB

2015 | MSc Immunology and Immunogenetics
Qualification
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Catherine Pratt

University of Bath: Bath, GB

2006 | MBiol (hons) Biology 2:1
Qualification
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Catherine Pratt

Professional activities (2)

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: Arlington, Virginia, US

Membership
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Catherine Pratt

American Public Health Association: Washington, DC, US

Membership
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Catherine Pratt

Funding (9)

Development of Bioinformatics Protocols for Agnostic Detection of Bacterial versus Viral Diseases

2024-07 to 2025-07 | Contract
NAMRU INDO PACIFIC (Singapore, SG)
Source: Self-asserted source
Catherine Pratt

Support for mpox environmental surveillance in DRC

2024-05 to 2025-05 | Grant
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

INV-076176

Source: Self-asserted source
Catherine Pratt

Technical Assistance for Nanopore Sequencing Implementation

2023-10 to 2025-03 | Grant
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

INV-053518

Source: Self-asserted source
Catherine Pratt

BIOINFORMATICS ANALYSIS OF SARS-COV-2, INFLUENZA, AND OTHER FEBRILE PATHOGENS IN SE ASIA

2023-02 to 2023-07 | Contract
NAMRU INDO PACIFIC (Singapore, SG)
Source: Self-asserted source
Catherine Pratt

Sequencing COVID-19 in Nebraska

2021-08 to 2022-07 | Contract
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NE, NE, US)
Source: Self-asserted source
Catherine Pratt

Biosurveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

2021-04 to 2022-04 | Award
CRDF Global (VA, VA, US)
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Catherine Pratt

Surge sequencing support for ebola and polio in the DR Congo

2020-11 to 2022-12 | Grant
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (WA, WA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

INV-025345

Source: Self-asserted source
Catherine Pratt

COVID-19 Sequencing Support For INRB

2020-06 to 2021-01 | Grant
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (WA, WA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

INV-018030

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Catherine Pratt

Enhanced PGS Support for DRC Ebola Outbreak

2019-11 to 2020-04 | Grant
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (WA, WA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

INV-004176 (NCE INV-005986)

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Catherine Pratt

Works (24)

Clade I Mpox virus genomic diversity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018 - 2024: Predominance of Zoonotic Transmission

2024-08-14 | Preprint
Contributors: Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki; Adrienne Amuri-Aziza; Nicolas Fernandez; Jean-Claude Makangara-Cigolo; Catherine Pratt; Emmanuel Hasivirwe Vakaniaki; Nicole A. Hoff; Gradi Luakanda; Prince Akil-Bandali; Sabin Sabiti Nundu et al.
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Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study

Nature Microbiology
2023-08-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Alexander G. Shaw; Tresor Kabeya Mampuela; Emmanuel Lokilo Lofiko; Catherine Pratt; Catherine Troman; Erika Bujaki; Áine O’Toole; Joyce Odeke Akello; Adrienne Amuri Aziza; Eddy Kinganda Lusamaki et al.
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Clade-Specific MPXV PCR Assays

2023-04-28 | Preprint
Contributors: Daniel Antonio Negrón; Nicholas Tolli; Stephanie Guertin; Suzanne Wollen-Roberts; Shane Mitchell; Jared Haas; Catherine Pratt; Katharine Jennings; Bradley Abramson; Lauren Brinkac et al.
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Early detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2021-2022

2023-04-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Alexander Shaw; Tresor Kabeya Mampuela; Emmanuel Lokilo Lofiko; Catherine Pratt; Catherine Troman; Erika Bujaki; Aine O'Toole; Joyce Akello; Adrienne Amuri Aziza; Eddy Kinganda Lusamaki et al.
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Molecular characterization of haemagglutinin genes of influenza B viruses circulating in Ghana during 2016 and 2017

PLOS ONE
2022-09-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Alhassan Mohammed Yakubu; Brian M. Ward; Nii Ayite Aryee; Evelyn Yayra Bonney; Erasmus Nikoi Kotey; Joseph Humphrey Kofi Bonney; Michael R. Wiley; Catherine B. Pratt; Grace Korkor Ababio; Shieley Nimo-Paintsil et al.
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Reproducibility and sensitivity of 36 methods to quantify the SARS-CoV-2 genetic signal in raw wastewater: findings from an interlaboratory methods evaluation in the U.S.

Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
2021 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2053-1400
Contributors: Brian M. Pecson; Emily Darby; Charles N. Haas; Yamrot M. Amha; Mitchel Bartolo; Richard Danielson; Yeggie Dearborn; George Di Giovanni; Christobel Ferguson; Stephanie Fevig et al.
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Catherine Pratt via Crossref Metadata Search

Ebola Virus Transmission Initiated by Relapse of Systemic Ebola Virus Disease.

The New England journal of medicine
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Mbala-Kingebeni P; Pratt C; Mutafali-Ruffin M; Pauthner MG; Bile F; Nkuba-Ndaye A; Black A; Kinganda-Lusamaki E; Faye M; Aziza A et al.
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Catherine Pratt via Europe PubMed Central

Integration of genomic sequencing into the response to the Ebola virus outbreak in Nord Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nature Medicine
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki; Allison Black; Daniel B. Mukadi; James Hadfield; Placide Mbala-Kingebeni; Catherine B. Pratt; Amuri Aziza; Moussa M. Diagne; Bailey White; Nella Bisento et al.
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Pilot program for test-based SARS-CoV-2 screening and environmental monitoring in an urban public school district

2021-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Crowe J; Schnaubelt AT; Schmidt-Bonne S; Angell K; Bai J; Eske T; Nicklin M; Pratt C; White B; Crotts-Hannibal B et al.
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Catherine Pratt via Europe PubMed Central

Genome Analysis for Sequence Variants in SARS-CoV-2 Among Asymptomatic Individuals in a Long-term Care Facility

JAMA Network Open
2021-04-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2574-3805
Contributors: Baha Abdalhamid; Peter C. Iwen; Michael R. Wiley; Catherine B. Pratt; Steven H. Hinrichs
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Catherine Pratt via Crossref Metadata Search

"Super-Spreaders" and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina.

The New England journal of medicine
2020-12-01 | Journal article
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Catherine Pratt

Prospective Cohort Study of Next-Generation Sequencing as a Diagnostic Modality for Unexplained Encephalitis in Children.

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
2020-07-01 | Journal article
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Catherine Pratt

2018 Ebola virus disease outbreak in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective genomic characterisation

The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85065874195

Contributors: Mbala-Kingebeni, P.; Pratt, C.B.; Wiley, M.R.; Diagne, M.M.; Makiala-Mandanda, S.; Aziza, A.; Di Paola, N.; Chitty, J.A.; Diop, M.; Ayouba, A. et al.
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Catherine Pratt via Scopus - Elsevier

Lassa virus circulating in Liberia: a retrospective genomic characterisation

The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85075446701

Contributors: Wiley, M.R.; Fakoli, L.; Letizia, A.G.; Welch, S.R.; Ladner, J.T.; Prieto, K.; Reyes, D.; Espy, N.; Chitty, J.A.; Pratt, C.B. et al.
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Catherine Pratt via Scopus - Elsevier

Medical countermeasures during the 2018 Ebola virus disease outbreak in the North Kivu and Ituri Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a rapid genomic assessment

The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85065874808

Contributors: Mbala-Kingebeni, P.; Aziza, A.; Di Paola, N.; Wiley, M.R.; Makiala-Mandanda, S.; Caviness, K.; Pratt, C.B.; Ladner, J.T.; Kugelman, J.R.; Prieto, K. et al.
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Catherine Pratt via Scopus - Elsevier

Genomic characterisation of human monkeypox virus in Nigeria

The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85040569216

Contributors: Faye, O.; Pratt, C.B.; Faye, M.; Fall, G.; Chitty, J.A.; Diagne, M.M.; Wiley, M.R.; Yinka-Ogunleye, A.F.; Aruna, S.; Etebu, E.N. et al.
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Catherine Pratt via Scopus - Elsevier

Whole-Genome Sequences of Variants of Bacillus anthracis Sterne and Their Toxin Gene Deletion Mutants.

Genome announcements
2017-11 | Journal article
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Catherine Pratt via Europe PubMed Central
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Temporal and spatial analysis of the 2014-2015 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa

Nature
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84937234767

Contributors: Carroll, M.W.; Matthews, D.A.; Hiscox, J.A.; Elmore, M.J.; Pollakis, G.; Rambaut, A.; Hewson, R.; García-Dorival, I.; Bore, J.A.; Koundouno, R. et al.
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Catherine Pratt via Scopus - Elsevier

Antibody responses to bordetella pertussis Fim2 or Fim3 following immunization with a whole-cell, two-component, or five-component acellular pertussis vaccine and following pertussis disease in children in Sweden in 1997 and 2007

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84893290022

Contributors: Hallander, H.; Advani, A.; Alexander, F.; Gustafsson, L.; Ljungman, M.; Pratt, C.; Hall, I.; Gorringe, A.R.
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Catherine Pratt via Scopus - Elsevier

Plasticity of fimbrial genotype and serotype within populations of Bordetella pertussis: Analysis by paired flow cytometry and genome sequencing

Microbiology (United Kingdom)
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84906875853

Contributors: Vaughan, T.E.; Pratt, C.B.; Sealey, K.; Preston, A.; Fry, N.K.; Gorringe, A.R.
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Catherine Pratt via Scopus - Elsevier

Proteomics-identified Bvg-activated autotransporters protect against Bordetella pertussis in a mouse model

PLoS ONE
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84910667031

Contributors: De Gouw, D.; De Jonge, M.I.; Hermans, P.W.M.; Wessels, H.J.C.T.; Zomer, A.; Berends, A.; Pratt, C.; Berbers, G.A.; Mooi, F.R.; Diavatopoulos, D.A.
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Catherine Pratt via Scopus - Elsevier

Nasopharyngeal colonization by Neisseria lactamica and induction of protective immunity against Neisseria meningitidis

Clinical Infectious Diseases
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-79951635734

Contributors: Evans, C.M.; Pratt, C.B.; Matheson, M.; Vaughan, T.E.; Findlow, J.; Borrow, R.; Gorringe, A.R.; Read, R.C.
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Catherine Pratt via Scopus - Elsevier

Characterization of the key antigenic components and pre-clinical immune responses to a meningococcal disease vaccine based on Neisseria lactamica outer membrane vesicles

Human Vaccines
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-44649137353

Contributors: Finney, M.; Vaughan, T.; Taylor, S.; Hudson, M.J.; Pratt, C.; Wheeler, J.X.; Vipond, C.; Feavers, I.; Jones, C.; Findlow, J. et al.
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Catherine Pratt via Scopus - Elsevier

Pilot study of human experimental challenge with neisseria lactamica

Journal of Infection
2008 | Journal article
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Catherine Pratt

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for PloS one. (1)