We previously developed optimized DNA vaccines against both Lassa fever and Ebola hemorrhagic fever viruses and demonstrated that they were protective individually in guinea pig and nonhuman primate models.
Kathleen A. Cashman +8 more
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Ebola and War in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Avoiding Failure and Thinking Ahead [PDF]
The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is exceptionally dangerous, occurring within active armed conflict and geopolitical volatility, including a million displaced persons.
Cameron, Elizabeth +2 more
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Cytomegalovirus-based vaccine expressing Ebola virus glycoprotein protects nonhuman primates from Ebola virus infection. [PDF]
Ebolaviruses pose significant public health problems due to their high lethality, unpredictable emergence, and localization to the poorest areas of the world.
A Groseth +52 more
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Nubia’s mother: being pregnant in the time of experimental vaccines and therapeutics for Ebola
During the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated Ebola-positive pregnant women in its Ebola Treatment Centers (ETCs). For pregnant women with confirmed Ebola virus disease, inclusion in clinical vaccine/drug/therapeutic trials ...
Séverine Caluwaerts
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Spatial expansions and travelling waves of rabies in vampire bats [PDF]
A major obstacle to anticipating the cross-species transmission of zoonotic diseases and developing novel strategies for their control is the scarcity of data informing how these pathogens circulate within natural reservoir populations.
Benavides, Julio A. +2 more
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Public perceptions of Ebola vaccines and confidence in health services to treat Ebola, malaria, and tuberculosis: Findings from a cross-sectional household survey in Uganda, 2020. [PDF]
Koyuncu A +19 more
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Zika virus: New clinical syndromes and its emergence in the western hemisphere [PDF]
Zika virus (ZIKV) had remained a relatively obscure flavivirus until a recent series of outbreaks accompanied by unexpectedly severe clinical complications brought this virus into the spotlight as causing an infection of global public health concern.
Brazilian Medical Genetics Society–Zika Embryopathy Task Force +9 more
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Ebola and the need for restructuring pharmaceutical incentives
The West African Ebola epidemic has created market demand for the rapid development of vaccines and therapeutics, but the current global patent system does not ensure that the poor will have access to these products.
Abraar Karan, Thomas Pogge
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Safety and Immunogenicity of Heterologous and Homologous 2-Dose Regimens of Adenovirus Serotype 26- and Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Vectored Ebola Vaccines: A Randomized, Controlled Phase 1 Study. [PDF]
Goldstein N +7 more
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Zika, Pregnancy, and the Law [PDF]
The public health emergency surrounding the spread of the Zika virus has resurrected and brought into sharp relief some of the most vexing questions surrounding the relationship between pregnancy and law: the appropriate circumstances, if any, in which ...
Halabi, Sam F.
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