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The Utility of Human Immune System Mice for High-Containment Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Research

open access: yesVaccines, 2020
Human immune system (HIS) mice are a subset of humanized mice that are generated by xenoengraftment of human immune cells or tissues and/or their progenitors into immunodeficient mice.
David M. Wozniak   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Viewpoint: filovirus haemorrhagic fever outbreaks: much ado about nothing? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The recent outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo has put the filovirus threat back on the international health agenda.
Boelaert, M   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

Ebola in West Africa [PDF]

open access: yesOpen Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015
Ebola viral disease (EVD) is a severe and life-threatening disease. The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa entered its second year and is unprecedented because it is the largest one in history, involved urban centers and affected a large number of health care workers.
Lul Raka, Monica Guardo
openaire   +4 more sources

Populations Addressed in Vaccines Approved via the European Medicines Agency

open access: yesClinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Therapeutic and prophylactic agents require robust evidence before patient use. Randomized controlled trials are essential for evaluating safety and efficacy but often exclude specific populations that are also targets for the intervention. This study assessed which populations are included in vaccine registration studies and/or addressed in label ...
Débora D. Gräf   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scaling up testing for COVID-19 in Africa: Responding to the pandemic in ways that strengthen health systems

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2020
No abstract available.
Farouk A. Umaru
doaj   +1 more source

Ebola Model and Optimal Control with Vaccination Constraints

open access: yes, 2017
The Ebola virus disease is a severe viral haemorrhagic fever syndrome caused by Ebola virus. This disease is transmitted by direct contact with the body fluids of an infected person and objects contaminated with virus or infected animals, with a death ...
Area, Ivan   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Presence and persistence of Ebola or Marburg virus in patients and survivors: A rapid systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: The 2013-15 Ebola outbreak was unprecedented due to sustainedtransmission within urban environments and thousands of survivors. In 2014 the World Health Organization stated that there was insufficient evidence to give definitive guidance ...
Brainard, Julii   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Health workers’ experiences of coping with the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone’s health system: a qualitative study

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2018
BackgroundThe 2014 Ebola Virus Disease epidemic evolved in alarming ways in Sierra Leone spreading to all districts. The country struggled to control it against a backdrop of a health system that was already over-burdened.
J. Raven, H. Wurie, S. Witter
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ebola: the hidden toll

open access: yesThe Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2015
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Laurence Slutsker, Mary J. Hamel
openaire   +3 more sources

The Interplay of Public Administration and Community Resilience During the COVID‐19 Pandemic—A Rapid Scoping Review

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This rapid scoping review examines the interplay between public administration and community resilience during the COVID‐19 pandemic, focusing on the type of research conducted, emerging themes in resilience studies, and key lessons learned. The findings show that research in the Global North has primarily examined resilience at the city level,
Daniela Gröschke
wiley   +1 more source

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