Land Use Change and Infectious Disease Emergence
Abstract Major infectious diseases threatening human health are transmitted to people from animals or by arthropod vectors such as insects. In recent decades, disease outbreaks have become more common, especially in tropical regions, including new and emerging infections that were previously undetected or unknown. Even though there is growing awareness
M. Cristina Rulli +6 more
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There are a number of vaccine candidates under development against a small number of the most common outbreak filoviruses all employing the virus glycoprotein (GP) as the vaccine immunogen.
Md Niaz Rahim +11 more
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Filoviruses: One of These Things is (not) Like the Other
The family Filoviridae contains several of the most deadly pathogens known to date and the current Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Western Africa, due to Ebola virus (EBOV) infection, highlights the need for active and broad research into filovirus
Scott M. Anthony, Steven B. Bradfute
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Ebola virus infection among western healthcare workers unable to recall the transmission route [PDF]
Introduction. During the 2014-2016 West-African Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, some HCWs from Western countries became infected despite proper equipment and training on EVD infection prevention and control (IPC) standards.
Messano, GIUSEPPE ALESSIO +3 more
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An upstream open reading frame modulates ebola virus polymerase translation and virus replication [PDF]
Ebolaviruses, highly lethal zoonotic pathogens, possess longer genomes than most other non-segmented negative-strand RNA viruses due in part to long 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) present in the seven viral transcriptional units. To date, specific
Amarasinghe, Gaya K +7 more
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Filovirus Virulence in Interferon α/β and γ Double Knockout Mice, and Treatment with Favipiravir
The 2014 Ebolavirus outbreak in West Africa highlighted the need for vaccines and therapeutics to prevent and treat filovirus infections. A well-characterized small animal model that is susceptible to wild-type filoviruses would facilitate the screening ...
Jason E. Comer +11 more
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Filovirus tropism: Cellular molecules for viral entry
In human and nonhuman primates, filoviruses (Ebola and Marburg viruses) cause severe hemorrhagic fever.Recently, other animals such as pigs and some species of fruit bats have also been shown to be susceptible to these viruses. While having a preference
Ayato eTakada
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Ebola et Marburg : les hommes contre-attaquent [PDF]
La fréquence des épidémies de fièvres hémorragiques à virus Ebola ou Marburg constatée en Afrique Centrale est en augmentation depuis une dizaine d’années.
Alazard-Dany, Nathalie +2 more
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Evasion of the Interferon-Mediated Antiviral Response by Filoviruses
The members of the filoviruses are recognized as some of the most lethal viruses affecting human and non-human primates. The only two genera of the Filoviridae family, Marburg virus (MARV) and Ebola virus (EBOV), comprise the main etiologic agents of ...
Washington B. Cárdenas
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Mission to Indonesia to participate to the 1st Indonesia- France Seminar in Medicine & Public Health and investigate potential collaborations on animal health : 2nd - 9th of November 2012 [PDF]
Emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases are a major issue in Indonesia. The objective of this mission, funded by the Institut Français d'Indonésie (IFI), was to identify potential subjects of collaboration between CIRAD, Pasteur Institute, and ...
Bourhy, Hervé +2 more
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