Publications by authors named "Olufolakemi Olusanya"
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- Severe COVID-19 patients frequently experience coinfections with bacterial and fungal pathogens, leading to higher mortality rates compared to infections with just one pathogen.
- A study investigated blood and respiratory samples from hospitalized patients to analyze the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 and coinfections, finding no specific lineage associated with COVID-19 but noting trends in the virulence of bloodstream strains.
- Research using a mouse model demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 infection increases susceptibility to subsequent infections with low-cytotoxicity pathogens, highlighting the enhanced risk of severe outcomes from these coinfections.
Olufolakemi "Fola" Olusanya is the winner of the first Rising Black Scientist Award for an undergraduate scholar. For this award, we asked emerging Black scientists to tell us about the experiences that sparked their journey in the life sciences. This is her story.
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