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Molecular Virology, Molecular diagnostics, SARS-COV-2 diagnostics
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Kimron Veterinary Institute: Bet Dagan, Center, IL

2011-04-12 to 2019-02-28 | Researcher (Virology)
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Oran Erster

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Newly designed amplicons-based method for near-full-length genome (NFLG) sequencing of HIV-1 group M recombinant forms

Molecular Biology Reports
2025-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Roy Moscona; Tali Wagner; Miranda Geva; Efrat Bucris; Oran Erster; Neta S. Zuckerman; Orna Mor
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Environmental surveillance of a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 outbreak in Israel between 2022 and 2023:a genomic epidemiology study

The Lancet Microbe
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Zuckerman, Neta S.; Bucris, Efrat; Morad-Eliyahu, Hagar; Weiss, Leah; Vasserman, Rinat; Fratty, Ilana S.; Aguvaev, Ira; Cohen-Said, Zvi; Matar, Rua; Erster, Oran et al.
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Improved sensitivity, safety, and rapidity of COVID-19 tests by replacing viral storage solution with lysis buffer (vol 16, e0249149, 2021)

Plos One
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Erster, Oran; Shkedi, Omer; Benedek, Gil; Zilber, Eyal; Varkovitzky, Itay; Shirazi, Rachel; Shorka, Dorit Oriya; Cohen, Yuval; Bar, Tzachi; Yechieli, Rafi et al.
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Incursion of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86.1 variant into Israel: National-scale wastewater surveillance using a novel quantitative real-time PCR assay

Science of the Total Environment
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Erster, Oran; Bar -Or, Itay; Azar, Roberto; Assraf, Hadar; Kabat, Areej; Mannasse, Batya; Moshayoff, Vardit; Fleishon, Shay; Preis, Sharon Alroy; Yishai, Ruth et al.
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Molecular Analysis of Coxsackievirus B2 Associated With Severe Symptoms of the Central Nervous System

Journal of Medical Virology
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Fratty, Ilana S.; Kriger, Or; Weiss, Leah; Vasserman, Rinat; Gabai, Reut; Erster, Oran; Zuckerman, Neta S.; Glatman-Freedman, Aharona; Lustig, Yaniv; Sofer, Danit et al.
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Novel Amplicons based Method for Near-Full-Length Genome (NFLG) Sequencing of HIV-1 Group M Recombinant Forms

2024-08-06 | Preprint
Contributors: Roy Moscona; Tali Wagner; Miranda Geva; Efrat Bucris; Oran Erster; Neta S. Zuckerman; Orna Mor
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Highly sensitive extraction-free saliva-based molecular assay for rapid diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2024-06-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Michael Margulis; Hanan Rohana; Oran Erster; Michal Mandelboim; Asaf Biber; Eli Schwartz; Avi Peretz; Amos Danielli; Kirsten St. George
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Dengue Types 1 and 3 Identified in Travelers Returning from Kathmandu, Nepal, during the October 2022 Outbreak Are Related to Strains Recently Identified in India

Viruses
2023-11-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Neta S. Zuckerman; Eli Schwartz; Prativa Pandey; Oran Erster; Osnat Halpern; Efrat Bucris; Hagar Morad-Eliyahu; Marina Wax; Yaniv Lustig
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A Multi-Laboratory Evaluation of Commercial Monkeypox Virus Molecular Tests

Microbiology Spectrum
2023-06-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Oran Erster; Itzchak Levy; Areej Kabat; Batya Mannasse; Virginia Levy; Hadar Assraf; Roberto Azar; Haim Ben-Zvi; Ritta Bradenstein; Olga Bunder et al.
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Overlooked monkeypox cases among men having sex with men during the 2022 outbreak – a retrospective study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2023-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Anat Wieder-Feinsod; Tal Zilberman; Oran Erster; Gal Wagner Kolasko; Asaf Biber; Ruth Gophen; Tomer Hoffman; Vladislav Litchevsky; Liraz Olmer; Dafna Yahav et al.
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Third BNT162b2 Vaccination Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Infection

New England Journal of Medicine
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Nemet, Ital; Kliker, Limor; Lustig, Yaniv; Zuckerman, Neta; Erster, Oran; Cohen, Carmit; Kreiss, Yitshak; Alroy-Preis, Sharon; Regev-Yochay, Gili; Mendelson, Ella et al.
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A Multi-Laboratory Evaluation of Commercial Monkeypox Molecular Tests

2022-11-29 | Preprint
Contributors: Oran Erster; Itzchak Levy; Areej Kabat; Batya Menasheh; Virginia Levy; Hadar Assraf; Roberto Azar; Haim Ben-Zvi; Rita Bridenstein; Olga Bondar et al.
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CWLP and PRP940 form plasma-membrane nanodomain complexes with aquaporins, interact with PP2A and contribute to dehydration tolerance

2022-10-21 | Preprint
Contributors: Arik Honig; Haviva Eilenberg; Ellen Zuther; Dror Avisar; Oran Erster; Gad Eshkol; Hanan Stein; Noam Reznik; Silvia Schuster; Eduard Belausov et al.
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The effect of ivermectin on the viral load and culture viability in early treatment of nonhospitalized patients with mild COVID-19 – a double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Asaf Biber; Geva Harmelin; Dana Lev; Li Ram; Amit Shaham; Ital Nemet; Limor Kliker; Oran Erster; Michal Mandelboim; Eli Schwartz
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Virus Infection in Equine

Animals
2022-04 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Amir Steinman; Oran Erster; Sharon Tirosh-Levy
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Specific Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.1.7 (Alpha) and B.1.617.2 (Delta) Using a One-Step Quantitative PCR Assay

Microbiology Spectrum
2022-04-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Oran Erster; Ella Mendelson; Areej Kabat; Virginia Levy; Batya Mannasse; Hadar Assraf; Roberto Azar; Yaniv Ali; Efrat Bucris; Dana Bar-Ilan et al.
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NOVEL RT-qPCR ASSAYS ENABLE RAPID DETECTION AND DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN SARS-COV-2 OMICRON (BA.1) AND BA.2 VARIANTS

2022-03-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Oran Erster; Areej Kabat; Hadar Asraf; Virginia Levy; Batya Mannasse; Roberto Azar; Ital Nemet; Limor Kliker; Shay Fleishon; Michal Mandelboim et al.
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants by genomic analysis of wastewater samples in Israel

Science of the Total Environment
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Bar-Or, Itay; Weil, Merav; Indenbaum, Victoria; Bucris, Efrat; Bar-Ilan, Dana; Elul, Michal; Levi, Nofar; Aguvaev, Irina; Cohen, Zvi; Shirazi, Rachel et al.
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Direct sequencing of measles virus complete genomes in the midst of a large-scale outbreak

Plos One
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Bucris, Efrat; Indenbaum, Victoria; Azar, Roberto; Erster, Oran; Haas, Eric; Mendelson, Ella; Zuckerman, Neta S.
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Genomic variation and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 importation and early circulation in Israel

Plos One
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Zuckerman, Neta S.; Bucris, Efrat; Drori, Yaron; Erster, Oran; Sofer, Danit; Pando, Rakefet; Mendelson, Ella; Mor, Orna; Mandelboim, Michal
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Improved sensitivity, safety, and rapidity of COVID-19 tests by replacing viral storage solution with lysis buffer

Plos One
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Erster, Oran; Shkedi, Omer; Benedek, Gil; Zilber, Eyal; Varkovitzky, Itay; Shirazi, Rachel; Oriya Shorka, Dorit; Cohen, Yuval; Bar, Tzahi; Yechieli, Rafi et al.
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Prolonged detection of complete viral genomes demonstrated by SARS-CoV-2 sequencing of serial respiratory specimens

Plos One
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Zuckerman, Neta S.; Bucris, Efrat; Erster, Oran; Mandelboim, Michal; Adler, Amos; Burstein, Saar; Protter, Noam; Szwarcwort-Cohen, Moran; Mendelson, Ella; Mor, Orna
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The role of mouthwash sampling in SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Biber, Asaf; Lev, Dana; Mandelboim, Michal; Lustig, Yaniv; Harmelin, Geva; Shaham, Amit; Erster, Oran; Schwartz, Eli
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SPECIFIC DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 B.1.1.529 (OMICRON) VARIANT BY FOUR RT-qPCR DIFFERENTIAL ASSAYS

2021-12-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Oran Erster; Adi Beth-Din; Hadar Asraf; Virginia Levy; Areej Kabat; Batya Mannasse; Roberto Azar; Ohad Shifman; Shirley Lazar; Michal Mandelboim et al.
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Rapid and High-Throughput Reverse Transcriptase Quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) Assay for Identification and Differentiation between SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.1.7 and B.1.351

Microbiology Spectrum
2021-10-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Oran Erster; Ella Mendelson; Virginia Levy; Areej Kabat; Batya Mannasse; Hadar Asraf; Roberto Azar; Yaniv Ali; Rachel Shirazi; Efrat Bucris et al.
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SPECIFIC DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 VARIANTS B.1.1.7 (ALPHA) AND B.1.617.2 (DELTA) USING A ONE-STEP QUANTITATIVE PCR ASSAY

2021-10-14 | Other
Contributors: Oran Erster; Ella Mendelson; Areej Kabat; Virginia Levy; Batya Menasheh; Hadar Asraf; Roberto Azar; Yaniv Ali; Efrat Bucris; Dana Bar-Ilan et al.
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Rapid And high throughput RT-qPCR assay for identification and differentiation between SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.1.7 and B.1.351

2021-05-22 | Other
Contributors: Oran Erster; Ella Mendelson; Virginia Levy; Areej Kabat; Batya Mannasse; Hadar Asraf; Roberto Azar; Yaniv Ali; Rachel Shirazi; Efrat Bucris et al.
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City-level SARS-CoV-2 sewage surveillance

MedRxiv
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Yaniv, K.; Shagan, M.; Kramarsky-Winter, E.; Indenbaum, V.; Weil, M.; Elul, M.; Erster, O.; Sela Brown, A.; Mendelson, E.; Mannasse, B. et al.
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Coding-Complete Genome Sequences of Two SARS-CoV-2 Isolates from Early Manifestations of COVID-19 in Israel

Microbiology Resource Announcements
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Cohen-Gihon, Inbar; Israeli, Ofir; Shifman, Ohad; Stein, Dana; Achdout, Hagit; Weiss, Shay; Mandelboim, Michal; Erster, Oran; Regev-Yochay, Gili; Segal, Gad et al.
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Exposure of Horses in Israel to West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus

Viruses
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Schvartz, Gili; Tirosh-Levy, Sharon; Erster, Oran; Shenhar, Roni; Levy, Hadas; Bazanow, Barbara; Gelman, Boris; Steinman, Amir
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Molecular characterization of the re-emerging West Nile virus in avian species and equids in Israel, 2018, and pathological description of the disease

Parasites & Vectors
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Gili Schvartz; Yigal Farnoushi; Asaf Berkowitz; Nir Edery; Shelly Hahn; Amir Steinman; Avishai Lublin; Oran Erster
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Characterization of bluetongue virus serotype 28

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
2020-01-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Velizar Bumbarov; Natalia Golender; Maria Jenckel; Kerstin Wernike; Martin Beer; Evgeny Khinich; Olga Zalesky; Oran Erster
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Complete Genome Sequence of a Bovine Ephemeral Fever Virus Isolate from Israel

Microbiology Resource Announcements
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Dorey-Robinson, Daniel L. W.; de Marco, Mar Fernandez; Hernandez-Triana, Luis M.; Folly, Arran J.; McElhinney, Lorraine M.; Stokes, Jessica E.; Sanders, Chris; Carpenter, Simon; Fooks, Anthony R.; Zalesky, Olga et al.
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Epidemiologic and phylogenetic analysis of the 2018 West Nile virus (WNV) outbreak in Israel demonstrates human infection of WNV lineage I

Eurosurveillance
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Lustig, Yaniv; Gosinov, Ruslan; Zuckerman, Neta; Glazer, Yael; Orshan, Laor; Sofer, Danit; Schwartz, Eli; Schvartz, Gili; Farnoushi, Yigal; Lublin, Avishai et al.
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Importance of the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) LSDV126 gene in differential diagnosis and epidemiology and its possible involvement in attenuation

Archives of Virology
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Erster, Oran; Rubinstein, Marisol Guini; Menasherow, Sophia; Ivanova, Emilia; Venter, Estelle; Sekler, Milanko; Kolarevic, Miso; Stram, Yehuda
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Pathological and molecular characterisation of peste des petits ruminants in Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) in Israel

Archives of Virology
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Berkowitz, Asaf; Avni-Magen, Nili; Bouznach, Arieli; Waner, Trevor; Litvak, Arie; Friedgut, Orly; Bombarov, Velizar; Guini-Rubinstein, Marisol; Stram, Yehuda; Eldar, Avi et al.
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Molecular characterization of six Hyalomma species using mitochondrial markers

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
2019-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Asael Roth; Fouad Akad; Irina Zonstein; Roni King; Laor Orshan; Oran Erster
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Development and validation of a universal S-segment-based real-time RT-PCR assay for the detection of Simbu serogroup viruses

Journal of Virological Methods
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85051536859

Contributors: Golender, N.; Bumbarov, V.Y.; Erster, O.; Beer, M.; Khinich, Y.; Wernike, K.
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First diagnosed case of camelpox virus in Israel

Viruses
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85042148531

Contributors: Erster, O.; Melamed, S.; Paran, N.; Weiss, S.; Khinich, Y.; Gelman, B.; Solomony, A.; Laskar-Levy, O.
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus specific antibodies in naturally exposed Israeli llamas, alpacas and camels

One Health
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85046750331

Contributors: David, D.; Rotenberg, D.; Khinich, E.; Erster, O.; Bardenstein, S.; van Straten, M.; Okba, N.M.A.; Raj, S.V.; Haagmans, B.L.; Miculitzki, M. et al.
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High-resolution melting (HRM) for genotyping bovine ephemeral fever virus (BEFV)

Virus Research
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85006317190

Contributors: Erster, O.; Stram, R.; Menasherow, S.; Rubistein-Giuni, M.; Sharir, B.; Kchinich, E.; Stram, Y.
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A high-resolution melting (HRM) assay for the differentiation between Israeli field and Neethling vaccine lumpy skin disease viruses

Journal of Virological Methods
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84960172570

Contributors: Menasherow, S.; Erster, O.; Rubinstein-Giuni, M.; Kovtunenko, A.; Eyngor, E.; Gelman, B.; Khinich, E.; Stram, Y.
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Detection and isolation of Bluetongue virus from commercial vaccine batches

Vaccine
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84969257741

Contributors: Bumbarov, V.; Golender, N.; Erster, O.; Khinich, Y.
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Molecular characterization of Trichinella species from wild animals in Israel

Veterinary Parasitology
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85007007628

Contributors: Erster, O.; Roth, A.; King, R.; Markovics, A.
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Quantitative analysis of Babesia ovis infection in sheep and ticks

Veterinary Parasitology
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84961181327

Contributors: Erster, O.; Roth, A.; Wollkomirsky, R.; Leibovich, B.; Savitzky, I.; Zamir, S.; Molad, T.; Shkap, V.
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Transmission of Babesia ovis by different Rhipicephalus bursa developmental stages and infected blood injection

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
2016-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Oran Erster; Asael Roth; Ricardo Wolkomirsky; Benjamin Leibovich; Igor Savitzky; Varda Shkap
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Molecular characterization of the Israeli B. bigemina vaccine strain and field isolates

Veterinary Parasitology
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84942988521

Contributors: Molad, T.; Erster, O.; Fleiderovitz, L.; Roth, A.; Leibovitz, B.; Wolkomirsky, R.; Mazuz, M.L.; Behar, A.; Markovics, A.
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Molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii in Amblyomma rotundatum from imported red-footed tortoise (Chelonoides carbonaria)

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84930041237

Contributors: Erster, O.; Roth, A.; Avni, Z.; King, R.; Shkap, V.
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Molecular detection of Babesia ovis in sheep and ticks using the gene encoding B. ovis surface protein D (BoSPD)

Veterinary Parasitology
2015-12 | Journal article
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First detection of Sarcoptes scabiei from domesticated pig (Sus scrofa) and genetic characterization of S. scabiei from pet, farm and wild hosts in Israel

Experimental and Applied Acarology
2015-08 | Journal article
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Peer review (5 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

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