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Reconstruction of disease transmission rates: applications to measles, dengue, and influenza [PDF]
J. Theor. Biol. 400 (2016) 138-153, 2014 Transmission rates are key in understanding the spread of infectious diseases. Using the framework of compartmental models, we introduce a simple method that enables us to reconstruct time series of transmission rates directly from incidence or disease-related mortality data.
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Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Durba and Watsa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: clinical documentation, features of illness, and treatment [PDF]
, 2007 The objective of the present study was to describe day of onset and duration of symptoms of Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), to summarize the treatments applied, and to assess the quality of clinical documentation. Surveillance and clinical records of 77
Antoine Tshomba +20 more
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Ticks on the run: A mathematical model of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)-key factors for transmission [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne zoonotic disease caused by the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV). Ticks belonging to the genus \textit{Hyalomma} are the main vectors and reservoir for the virus. It is maintained in nature in an endemic vertebrate-tick-vertebrate cycle.
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Hegemonic structure of basic, clinical and patented knowledge on Ebola research: a US army reductionist initiative [PDF]
Journal of Translational Medicine (2015) 13:124, 2016 Background: In this paper, we present an approach to understand how the basic, clinical and patent knowledge on Ebola is organized and intercommunicated and what leading factor could be shaping the evolution of the knowledge translation process for this disease.
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Антибиотики и Химиотерапия, 2020 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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Community-based Crisis Response: Evidence from Sierra Leone’s Ebola Outbreak [PDF]
, 2020 Postmortems on the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa suggest that effective community engagement helped slow transmission by encouraging people to come forward and be tested.
Christensen, Darin +4 more
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Shock Syndrome-on-a-Chip
iScience, 2020 Summary: Ebola virus, for which we lack effective countermeasures, causes hemorrhagic fever in humans, with significant case fatality rates. Lack of experimental human models for Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a major obstacle that hinders the development of
Abidemi Junaid +9 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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Undiagnosed Acute Viral Febrile Illnesses, Sierra Leone
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 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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In vitro micropropagation and apocarotenoid gene expression in saffron [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is a triploid, sterile, monocot plant belonging to the family Iridaceae, sub-family Crocoideae. C.sativus only blooms once a year and should be collected within a very short duration, the stigmas of Saffron flowers are harvested manually and subjected to desiccation then have been used as a spice.
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