Therapeutic efficacy of the small molecule GS-5734 against Ebola virus in rhesus monkeys
Nature, 2016 The most recent Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, which was unprecedented in the number of cases and fatalities, geographic distribution, and number of nations affected, highlights the need for safe, effective, and readily available antiviral agents ...
Travis K Warren +61 more
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Pre-Ebola virus disease laboratory system and related challenges in Liberia
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016 Prior to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia, the laboratory system was duplicativefragmented and minimally coordinated. The National Reference Laboratory was conceptualisedto address the existing challenges by promoting the implementation of ...
Stephen B. Kennedy +7 more
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Assessment of Environmental Contamination and Environmental Decontamination Practices within an Ebola Holding Unit, Freetown, Sierra Leone. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Evidence to inform decontamination practices at Ebola holding units (EHUs) and treatment centres is lacking. We conducted an audit of decontamination procedures inside Connaught Hospital EHU in Freetown, Sierra Leone, by assessing environmental swab ...
Daniel Youkee +10 more
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Increased Likelihood of Detecting Ebola Virus RNA in Semen by Using Sample Pelleting
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Ebola virus RNA can reside for months or years in semen of survivors of Ebola virus disease and is probably associated with increased risk for cryptic sexual transmission of the virus.
Courtney M. Bozman +11 more
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Plant phenology supports the multi-emergence hypothesis for ebola spillover events [PDF]
, 2017 Ebola virus disease outbreaks in animals (including humans and great apes) start with sporadic host switches from unknown reservoir species. The factors leading to such spillover events are little explored.
Douglas, Noah E. +6 more
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Exposure to Ebola Virus and Risk for Infection with Malaria Parasites, Rural Gabon
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 An association between malaria and risk for death among patients with Ebola virus disease has suggested within-host interactions between Plasmodium falciparum parasites and Ebola virus.
Jessica L. Abbate +4 more
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Recommendations for dealing with waste contaminated with Ebola virus: a Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points approach [PDF]
, 2016 Objective To assess, within communities experiencing Ebola virus outbreaks, the risks associated with the disposal of human waste and to generate recommendations for mitigating such risks.
Ahmed A Mohamedani +25 more
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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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Care and COVID 19: Lessons for liberals and neoliberals
Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Within the liberal political traditions, care is regarded as a private matter, a problem of ethics rather than justice. Social justice is framed as an issue of economics (re/distribution), culture (recognition) and/or politics (representation).
Kathleen Lynch
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Identification of Diaryl-Quinoline Compounds as Entry Inhibitors of Ebola Virus
Viruses, 2018 Ebola virus is the causative agent of Ebola virus disease in humans. The lethality of Ebola virus infection is about 50%, supporting the urgent need to develop anti-Ebola drugs.
Qinghua Cui +7 more
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