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Summary: The Ebola virus matrix protein VP40 forms distinct structures linked to distinct functions in the virus life cycle. Dimeric VP40 is a structural protein associated with virus assembly, while octameric, ring-shaped VP40 is associated with ...
Sara Landeras-Bueno+8 more
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Risk assessment of Ebola Reston virus in humans in the Philippines
Objective: There have been five documented outbreaks of Ebola Reston virus (RESTV) in animals epidemiologically linked to the Philippines. This assessment was conducted to determine the risk of RESTV occurring in humans in the Philippines and its ...
Johnette A Peñas+4 more
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Workshop on mobile laboratories deployed in the Ebola outbreak in West-Africa 2014-2015 [PDF]
First paragraph: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a haemorrhagic fever caused by Ebola virus (EBOV) with high infectivity and mortality. EBOV is an enveloped, single-stranded, and negative-sense RNA virus belonging to the Filoviridae family.
Faye, Oumar+4 more
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A cytomegalovirus-based vaccine provides long-lasting protection against lethal Ebola virus challenge after a single dose [PDF]
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available fromElsevier via the DOI in this record.Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus; EBOV) is a highly lethal hemorrhagic disease virus that most recently was responsible for two independent 2014 ...
Ball, S+9 more
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An Interagency Collaboration to Facilitate Development of Filovirus Medical Countermeasures
The Filovirus Animal Non-Clinical Group (FANG) is a US interdepartmental and interagency group established to support and facilitate the advanced development of filovirus Medical Countermeasures (MCM), both vaccines and therapeutics.
Edwin O. Nuzum, Nicole Kilgore
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Ebola Virus Disease in Domestic and Wild Animals: A Review [PDF]
Ebola virus disease (formerly Ebola hemorrhagic fever) is an acute viral syndrome that presents with fever and an ensuing bleeding diathesis that is marked by high mortality in human and nonhuman primates.
Hambese, Hailu
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Ebola virus (EBOV) causes highly lethal disease outbreaks against which no FDA-approved countermeasures are available. Although many host factors exploited by EBOV for cell entry have been identified, including host cell surface phosphatidylserine ...
J. Maximilian Fels+4 more
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In 2014, Ebola virus (EBOV) was identified as the etiological agent of a large and still expanding outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa and a much more confined EVD outbreak in Middle Africa.
Jens H. Kuhn+43 more
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Potential Vaccines and Post-Exposure Treatments for Filovirus Infections
Viruses of the family Filoviridae represent significant health risks as emerging infectious diseases as well as potentially engineered biothreats. While many research efforts have been published offering possibilities toward the mitigation of filoviral ...
Gene G. Olinger+6 more
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Need of surveillance response systems to combat Ebola outbreaks and other emerging infectious diseases in African countries [PDF]
There is growing concern in Sub-Saharan Africa about the spread of the Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, and the public health burden that it ensues.
Emmanuel Ugwu+2 more
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