Novel filoviruses: indication of a global threat or cause to reassess our risk perception? [PDF]
npj VirusesFiloviruses such as Ebola virus are widely known as causative agents of severe human disease, although apathogenic filoviruses also exist. There is now increasing evidence that filoviruses circulate in almost all parts of the world, where they are being ...
Allison Groseth, Thomas Hoenen
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Aerosol Transmission of Filoviruses [PDF]
Viruses, 2016 Filoviruses have become a worldwide public health concern because of their potential for introductions into non-endemic countries through international travel and the international transport of infected animals or animal products.
Berhanu Mekibib, Kevin K. Ariën
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One-for-one or one-for-all? Considerations for filovirus vaccine development. [PDF]
PLoS BiologyFiloviruses continue to re-emerge in Africa, causing localized public health emergencies. Although vaccination has slowly been implemented for Ebola virus, not for other filoviruses, holistic approaches are needed to broadly protect against filovirus ...
Andrea Marzi
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Genetically Diverse Filoviruses in Rousettus and Eonycteris spp. Bats, China, 2009 and 2015
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Genetically divergent filoviruses detected in Rousettus and Eonycteris spp. bats in China exhibited 61%–99% nt identity with reported filoviruses, based on partial replicase sequences, and they demonstrated lung tropism.
Xing-Lou Yang +13 more
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Non-Ebola Filoviruses: Potential Threats to Global Health Security [PDF]
VirusesFiloviruses are negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses often associated with severe and highly lethal hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates, with case fatality rates as high as 90%.
Yannick Munyeku-Bazitama +2 more
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Virucidal Approaches for Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses [PDF]
VirusesWe have reviewed the primary literature on the virucidal efficacy of microbicidal active ingredients, formulated microbicides, and physical inactivation approaches (heat, irradiation) for hemorrhagic fever viruses (HFVs) (arenaviruses, filoviruses ...
Raymond W. Nims, M. Khalid Ijaz
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Multipurpose Passive Surveillance of Bat-Borne Viruses in Hungary: Lyssaviruses and Filoviruses in Focus. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Szabó A +10 more
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The New Members of Filoviridae Family: Distribution, Natural Reservoirs, Potential Epidemic Danger
Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2023 The purpose of the work is to analyze the distribution, natural reservoirs and potential epidemic hazard of new members of the Filoviridae family – Bombali viruses (genus Ebolavirus), Lloviu (genus Cuevavirus), Mengla (genus Dianlovirus), Xylang (genus ...
T. E. Sizikova +4 more
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Filoviruses: Innate Immunity, Inflammatory Cell Death, and Cytokines
Pathogens, 2022 Filoviruses are a group of single-stranded negative sense RNA viruses. The most well-known filoviruses that affect humans are ebolaviruses and marburgviruses. During infection, they can cause life-threatening symptoms such as inflammation, tissue damage,
Jianlin Lu +2 more
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Serological Evidence of Filovirus Infection in Nonhuman Primates in Zambia
Viruses, 2021 Ebolaviruses and marburgviruses are filoviruses that are known to cause severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates (NHPs). While some bat species are suspected to be natural reservoirs of these filoviruses, wild NHPs often act as ...
Katendi Changula +9 more
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