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Correlates of Immunity to Filovirus Infection
Viruses, 2011 Filoviruses can cause severe, often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans. Recent advances in vaccine and therapeutic drug development have provided encouraging data concerning treatment of these infections.
Sina Bavari, Steven B. Bradfute
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Remdesivir targets a structurally analogous region of the Ebola virus and SARS-CoV-2 polymerases
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020 Significance Remdesivir is a nucleotide analog prodrug that has been evaluated in humans against acute Ebola virus disease; it also recently received emergency use authorization for treating COVID-19.
Michael K. Lo +17 more
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The importance of wild meat and freshwater fish for children's nutritional intake in the Congo Basin
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wild meat and freshwater fish are widely consumed in the Congo Basin, but in some areas, they are at risk of disappearing due to unsustainable hunting and fishing and changes in their habitat. Wild meat is also at risk of being eliminated from local diets due to potential policy changes such as wild meat bans.
Amy Ickowitz +6 more
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Modeling the Impact of Interventions on an Epidemic of Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia [PDF]
arXiv, 2014 An Ebola outbreak of unparalleled size is currently affecting several countries in West Africa, and international efforts to control the outbreak are underway. However, the efficacy of these interventions, and their likely impact on an Ebola epidemic of this size, is unknown.
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Evaluation of Convalescent Plasma for Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 BACKGROUND In the wake of the recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in several African countries, the World Health Organization prioritized the evaluation of treatment with convalescent plasma derived from patients who have recovered from the ...
J. van Griensven +24 more
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Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, EarlyView.Abstract This study aims to identify different frontline emergency response workforce's perceived knowledge of hazards and their willingness and motivations to go to work during them. An online version of the “Fight or Flight” survey was distributed and collected from Norwegian emergency personnel during the spring of 2023.
Jarle L. Sørensen +9 more
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Ebola Infection and Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Pathology, 2016 Diabetes mellitus is the common endocrine problem that affects millions of world population. The disease can be seen in every country around the world. It is recorded as one of the most common noninfectious disease at present.
Sora Yasri, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Filovirus Glycoprotein Sequence, Structure and Virulence [PDF]
arXiv, 2014 Leading Ebola subtypes exhibit a wide mortality range, here explained at the molecular level by using fractal hydropathic scaling of amino acid sequences based on protein self-organized criticality. Specific hydrophobic features in the hydrophilic mucin-like domain suffice to account for the wide mortality range.
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How did Ebola information spread on twitter: broadcasting or viral spreading?
BMC Public Health, 2019 BackgroundInformation and emotions towards public health issues could spread widely through online social networks. Although aggregate metrics on the volume of information diffusion are available, we know little about how information spreads on online ...
Hai Liang +10 more
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Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2025.Abstract Prior disaster experiences often provide lessons for communities to respond to new disasters. In informal communities prone to disasters but conditioned within reactive disaster management regimes, residents and Community‐Based Organizations (CBOs) play immense roles in disaster risk reduction and response.
Stephen Kofi Diko +5 more
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