Ebola Virus Hemorrhagic Fever [PDF]
This past year has seen the largest Ebola virus outbreak on record, centered in West Africa in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. 1 Cases were first reported in Guinea on March 21, 2014; by March 30, cases were reported in Liberia and in May Sierra Leone also reported cases.
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Projections of Ebola outbreak size and duration with and without vaccine use in Équateur, Democratic Republic of Congo, as of May 27, 2018. [PDF]
As of May 27, 2018, 6 suspected, 13 probable and 35 confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) had been reported in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. We used reported case counts and time series from prior outbreaks to estimate the total
Ackley, Sarah +17 more
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The article presents an analysis of research evaluating the effectiveness of nonspecific means of emergency prevention and treatment of Ebola virus disease.
T. E. Sizikova +3 more
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Treatment of Marburg and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers: A strategy for testing new drugs and vaccines under outbreak conditions. [PDF]
The filoviruses, Marburg and Ebola, have the dubious distinction of being associated with some of the highest case-fatality rates of any known infectious disease-approaching 90% in many outbreaks.
A.G. Sprecher +105 more
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Undiagnosed Acute Viral Febrile Illnesses, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone in West Africa is in a Lassa fever–hyperendemic region that also includes Guinea and Liberia. Each year, suspected Lassa fever cases result in submission of ≈500–700 samples to the Kenema Government Hospital Lassa Diagnostic Laboratory in ...
Randal J. Schoepp +4 more
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Risk factors for transmission of Ebola or Marburg virus disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Background The Ebola virus disease outbreak that started in Western Africa in 2013 was unprecedented because it spread within densely populated urban environments and affected many thousands of people.
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Irregular and Infectious? COVID‐19, Ebola and the Securitization of Migration to Southern Europe
Abstract Securitization scholarship concentrates on the discursive association between undocumented migration, terrorism and crime. Our textual and visual analysis of Italian, Spanish and Maltese newspapers between 2013 and 2020 demonstrates that the discourses securitizing irregular mobility as a health risk became more salient than those linking ...
Eugenio Cusumano +2 more
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This review explores how antibody engineering and display technologies are driving therapeutic advances against mosquito‐borne orthoflaviviruses such as Zika, dengue, and yellow fever viruses. It highlights diverse neutralizing targets on the envelope protein, including the conserved fusion loop, and discusses how Fc engineering, rational antigen ...
Ana Clara Barbosa Antonelli +5 more
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Isolation and Phylogenetic Characterization of Ebola Viruses Causing Different Outbreaks in Gabon
Three outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever have recently occurred in Gabon. Virus has been isolated from clinical materials from all three outbreaks, and nucleotide sequence analysis of the glycoprotein gene of the isolates and virus present in clinical ...
Marie-Claude Georges-Courbot +15 more
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Identification of TPRA1 as a Novel Receptor and Predictive Biomarker for Oncolytic Virus M1
This study identifies transmembrane protein adipocyte‐associated 1 (TPRA1) as a novel receptor for oncolytic virus M1 (OVM). TPRA1's ectodomain binds OVM particles, while its intracellular domain facilitates virus internalization, promoting efficient viral entry.
Linyi Hu +20 more
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