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How severe and prevalent are Ebola and Marburg viruses? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the case fatality rates and seroprevalence

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background Ebola and Marburg virus diseases are said to occur at a low prevalence, but are very severe diseases with high lethalities. The fatality rates reported in different outbreaks ranged from 24–100%.
Luke Nyakarahuka   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tomato marchitez virus, a new plant picorna-like virus from tomato related to tomato torrado virus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A new virus was isolated from a tomato plant from the state of Sinaloa in Mexico. This plant showed symptoms locally known as `marchitez disease¿: severe leaf necrosis, beginning at the base of the leaflets, and necrotic rings on the fruits.
Verbeek, M.   +4 more
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Donor dependency and pandemic readiness: insights from the 2026 Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the East African community

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
The 2026 Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak has exposed persistent weaknesses in health-security preparedness across the East African Community (EAC).
John Mugisha   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Filovirus Virulence in Interferon α/β and γ Double Knockout Mice, and Treatment with Favipiravir

open access: yesViruses, 2019
The 2014 Ebolavirus outbreak in West Africa highlighted the need for vaccines and therapeutics to prevent and treat filovirus infections. A well-characterized small animal model that is susceptible to wild-type filoviruses would facilitate the screening ...
Jason E. Comer   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural and functional relationship between the receptor recognition and neuraminidase activities of the Newcastle disease virus hemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein: Receptor recognition is dependent on neuraminidase activity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The terminal globular domain of the paramyxovirus hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) glycoprotein spike has a number of conserved residues that are predicted to form its neuraminidase (NA) active site, by analogy to the influenza virus neuraminidase ...
Paul J. Mahon   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Recombinant Bombali ebolavirus in cynomolgus macaques as a survival model of Ebola virus disease

open access: yesNature Communications
Ebolaviruses are known to cause severe hemorrhagic fever in humans. A new ebolavirus species, Bombali orthoebolavirus (BOMV), was recently detected in bats from Sierra Leone, Kenya, Guinea, Mozambique, and Tanzania.
Jacquelyn Turcinovic   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of novel diagnostic and vaccine options for beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Beak and Feather Disease Virus (BFDV) is a circovirus which causes ill-thrift, feather loss and immunosuppression leading to secondary infections and eventually death in psittacine birds.
Shearer, Patrick Leslie
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Reopening the discussion on Ebola virus nomenclature in the context of the 2026 Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak

open access: yes
In May 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public
Allan Komakech
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rVSV-EBOV vaccination protects ferrets from lethal Bundibugyo virus disease

open access: yes
An uncontrolled and rapidly growing outbreak of Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) is currently gripping the Democratic Republic of the Congo and threatening health security across Central Africa.
Kimberly Azaransky   +9 more
core   +1 more source

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