KRISP NEWS
CERI is looking for a Senior Project Accountant to support the financial management of our growing research portfolio. This three-year fixed-term role is based at Stellenbosch University and is open to candidates with 5+ years' experience in research funding and international grants. Applications close 13 May 2026.
For decades, Oropouche virus has caused outbreaks in the Amazon region. Spread by a tiny biting midge rather than a mosquito, it was largely restricted to communities within the Amazon Basin. In 2024, it expanded beyond that boundary for the first time at this scale.
The launch of the Social Science Unit (SSU) at CERI marks a strategic shift toward integrating social science into epidemic response and health research in Africa.
A conversation at SWEAT Africa 2026 explored both the promise of AI and the profound uncertainties that come with increasingly autonomous systems.
SU has joined a leading global network shaping how emerging technologies are understood, governed and applied. Through its Policy Innovation Lab, SU is strengthening international collaboration on AI and digital policy while positioning South Africa within key global conversations.
KRISP SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Unraveling the Complexity of Chikungunya Virus Infection Immunological and Genetic Insights in Acute and Chronic Patients.
Fritsch H, Giovanetti M, Clemente L, da Rocha Fernandes G, Fonseca V, de Lima M, Falcão M, de Jesus N, de Cerqueira E, Venâncio da Cunha R, de Oliveira Francisco M, de Siqueira I, de Oliveira C, Xavier J, Ferreira J, Queiroz F, Smith E, Tisoncik-Go J, Van Voorhis W, Rabinowitz P, Wasserheit J, Gale M, de Filippis A, Alcantara L, Genes (2024), 15(11):1365. doi: 10.3390/genes15111365.:.
Integrated analyses of the transmission history of SARS-CoV-2 and its association with molecular evolution of the virus underlining the pandemic outbreaks in Italy, 2019-2023.
Cella E, Fonseca V, Branda F, Tosta S, Moreno K, Schuab G, Ali S, Slavov S, Scarpa F, Santos L, Kashima S, Wilkinson E, Tegally H, Mavian C, Borsetti A, Caccuri F, Salemi M, de Oliveira T, Azarian T, de Filippis A, Alcantara L, Ceccarelli G, Caruso A, Colizzi V, Marcello A, Lourenço J, Ciccozzi M, Giovanetti M, International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2024), ():107262. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107262.:.
Fatal Oropouche Virus Infections in Nonendemic Region, Brazil, 2024.
Bandeira A, Pereira F, Leal A, Santos S, Barbosa A, Souza M, de Souza D, Guimaraes N, Fonseca V, Giovanetti M, Alcantara L, Lessa A, Saavedra R, Tomé L, Iani F, Barros R, Purificação S, de Jesus J, Fonseca R, Araújo M, Emerging Infectious Diseases (2024), 30(11):. doi: 10.3201/eid3011.241132.:.
Detection of Multiple Human Viruses, including Mpox, Using a Wastewater Surveillance Approach in Brazil.
Calabria de Araujo J, Carvalho A, Leal C, Natividade M, Borin M, Guerra A, Carobin N, Sabino A, Almada M, Costa M, Saia F, Frutuoso L, Iani F, Adelino T, Fonseca V, Giovanetti M, Alcantara L, Pathogens (2024), 13(7):589. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13070589.:.
Insights into SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance among Prison Populations in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, in 2022.
Ferreira da Silva L, Alcantara L, Fonseca V, Frias D, Umaki Zardin M, de Castro Lichs G, Esposito A, Xavier J, Fritsch H, Lima M, de Oliveira C, Castilho de Arruda L, Maziero L, Rodrigues Barretos E, Tsuha Oshiro P, Gimenes Mendes Menezes E, de Freitas Cardoso L, Ferreira Lemos E, Lourenço J, de Albuquerque C, do Carmo Said R, Rosewell A, Ferraz Demarchi L, Croda J, Giovanetti M, Maymone Gonçalves C, Viruses (2024), 16(7):1143. doi: 10.3390/v16071143.:.
The third era of genomics is at risk of being dismantled across the Global South.
de Oliveira T, Science (2024), 386(6718):eadt4843. doi: 10.1126/science.adt4843.:.
A new lineage nomenclature to aid genomic surveillance of dengue virus.
Hill V, Cleemput S, Pereira JS, Gifford RJ, Fonseca V, Tegally H, Brito AF, Ribeiro G, de Souza VC, Brcko IC, Ribeiro IS, De Lima ITT, Slavov SN, Sampaio SC, Elias MC, Tran VT, Kien DTH, Huynh T, Yacoub S, Dieng I, Salvato R, Wallau GL, Gregianini TS, Godinho FMS, Vogels CBF, Breban MI, Leguia M, Jagtap S, Roy R, Hapuarachchi C, Mwanyika G, Giovanetti M, Alcantara LCJ, Faria NR, Carrington CVF, Hanley KA, Holmes EC, Dumon W, Lima ARJ, de Oliveira T, Grubaugh ND., PLoS Biology (2024), 22(9):e3002834. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002834.:.
KRISP VIDEOS
COVID-19 | News sub-variant being monitored closely
By: Tulio De Oliveira and CERI and KRISP teams
KRISP BIOINFORMATICS TOOLS
Genome Detective Coronavirus Typing Tool
Genome Detective Coronavirus Typing Tool for rapid identification and characterization of novel coronavirus genomes
Genome Detective Dengue Virus Typing Tool
This is a beta version of our Dengue Virus Typing tool. For the mean time, this tool should be used for evaluation only. Please send feedback to Tulio de Oliveira.
Genome Detective Zika Typing Tool
This is the first version of the Zika typing tool, which uses phylogenetic analysis to identify the species and genotype of the virus.
Genome Detective Chikungunya Typing Tool
This is the first version of the Chikungunya typing tool, which uses phylogenetic analysis to identify the species and genotype of the virus.
Genome Detective Yellow Fever Virus Typing Tool
This is the first version of the Yellow Fever typing tool, which uses phylogenetic analysis to identify the species and genotype of the virus.
This is the first version of our Arbovirus typing tool for Chikungunya, Dengue, Yellow Fever and Zika
REGA HIV Subtyping Tool V3 - Belgium Mirror
Phylogenetic tool to identify the HIV-1 subtypes and recombinants. Query sequences are analysed for recombination using bootscanning methods. The version 3 contains new CRFs (CRF01_AE to CRF47_BF).
MORE TOOLS
KRISP has been created by the coordinated effort of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the South African Medical Research Countil (SAMRC).
Location: K-RITH Tower Building
Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN
719 Umbilo Road, Durban, South Africa.
Director: Prof. Tulio de Oliveira