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Elevated l-threonine is a biomarker for Lassa fever and Ebola

Virology Journal, 2020
Background Lassa fever and Ebola are characterized by non-specific initial presentations that can progress to severe multisystem illnesses with high fatality rates.
Trevor V. Gale, John S. Schieffelin, Luis M. Branco, Robert F. Garry, Donald S. Grant   +4 more
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Viewpoint: filovirus haemorrhagic fever outbreaks: much ado about nothing? [PDF]

, 2000
The recent outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo has put the filovirus threat back on the international health agenda.
Boelaert, M, Borchert, M, Colebunders, R, Muyembe-Tamfum, J J, Pirard, P, Sleurs, H, van der Groen, G, Van der Stuyft, P   +7 more
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Deployable CRISPR-Cas13a diagnostic tools to detect and report Ebola and Lassa virus cases in real-time

Nature Communications, 2020
Outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers highlight the need for sensitive, field-deployable diagnostics. Here the authors present a CRISPR-based SHERLOCK platform with field protocol and mobile app for Ebola and Lassa fever outbreaks.
Kayla G. Barnes, Anna E. Lachenauer, Adam Nitido, Sameed Siddiqui, Robin Gross, Brett Beitzel, Katherine J. Siddle, Catherine A. Freije, Bonnie Dighero-Kemp, Samar B. Mehta, Amber Carter, Jessica Uwanibe, Fehintola Ajogbasile, Testimony Olumade, Ikponmwosa Odia, John Demby Sandi, Mambu Momoh, Hayden C. Metsky, Chloe K. Boehm, Aaron E. Lin, Molly Kemball, Daniel J. Park, Luis Branco, Matt Boisen, Brian Sullivan, Mihret F. Amare, Abdulwasiu B. Tiamiyu, Zahra F. Parker, Michael Iroezindu, Donald S. Grant, Kayvon Modjarrad, Cameron Myhrvold, Robert F. Garry, Gustavo Palacios, Lisa E. Hensley, Stephen F. Schaffner, Christian T. Happi, Andres Colubri, Pardis C. Sabeti   +38 more
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Nonspecific Medical Protection Against Diseased, Caused of Ebola Virus

Антибиотики и Химиотерапия, 2020
The article presents an analysis of research evaluating the effectiveness of nonspecific means of emergency prevention and treatment of Ebola virus disease.
T. E. Sizikova, v. N. Lebedev, A. A. Petrov, S. V. Borisevich   +3 more
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Undiagnosed Acute Viral Febrile Illnesses, Sierra Leone

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Sierra Leone in West Africa is in a Lassa fever–hyperendemic region that also includes Guinea and Liberia. Each year, suspected Lassa fever cases result in submission of ≈500–700 samples to the Kenema Government Hospital Lassa Diagnostic Laboratory in ...
Randal J. Schoepp, Cynthia A. Rossi, Sheik H. Khan, Augustine Goba, Joseph N. Fair   +4 more
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Irregular and Infectious? COVID‐19, Ebola and the Securitization of Migration to Southern Europe

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 312-340, January 2026.
Abstract Securitization scholarship concentrates on the discursive association between undocumented migration, terrorism and crime. Our textual and visual analysis of Italian, Spanish and Maltese newspapers between 2013 and 2020 demonstrates that the discourses securitizing irregular mobility as a health risk became more salient than those linking ...
Eugenio Cusumano, Martina Abisso, Diego Caballero‐Vélez   +2 more
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Isolation of Angola-like Marburg virus from Egyptian rousette bats from West Africa. [PDF]

, 2020
Marburg virus (MARV) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe Marburg virus disease (MVD). Most MVD outbreaks originated in East Africa and field studies in East Africa, South Africa, Zambia, and Gabon identified the Egyptian rousette bat (ERB; Rousettus ...
Amara, Emmanuel, Amman, Brian R, Bairoh, Fatmata V, Bakarr, Ibrahim A, Bangura, Abdulai A, Bangura, Camilla, Bangura, Doris, Bangura, James, Belaganahalli, Manjunatha, Bird, Brian H, Chow, Andrew, Conteh, Immah, Coomber, Moinya, Dhanota, Jasjeet, Edwin, Lavalie, Foday, Ibrahim, Gbakima, Aiah A, Gibson, Alexandra, Goldstein, Tracey, Graziano, James, Guetiya Wadoum, Raoul Emeric, Jambai, Amara, Johnny, Jonathan, Kamanda, Emmanuel S, Kamara, Sorie M, Kanu, Marilyn, Kanu, Osman, Kargbo, Dickson, Koroma, Alusine H, Lebbie, Aiah, Lungai, Victor, Mazet, Jonna AK, Mereweather-Thompson, Vanessa, Musa, Jonathan, Nichol, Stuart T, Ontiveros, Victoria, Osborne, Augustus, Patel, Ketan, Robert, Willie, Saidu, Emmanuel, Schuh, Amy J, Sealy, Tara K, Singh, Tushar, Taboy, Celine H, Towner, Jonathan S, Tremeau-Bravard, Alexandre, Turay, Joseph, Turay, Mohamed, Wadsworth, Richard, Williams, Samuel Maxwell Tom   +49 more
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Therapeutic Antibodies for Mosquito‐Borne Orthoflavivirus Infections: Discovery, Engineering Approaches, and Advances in mRNA‐Based Delivery Systems

Advanced Therapeutics, Volume 8, Issue 12, December 2025.
This review explores how antibody engineering and display technologies are driving therapeutic advances against mosquito‐borne orthoflaviviruses such as Zika, dengue, and yellow fever viruses. It highlights diverse neutralizing targets on the envelope protein, including the conserved fusion loop, and discusses how Fc engineering, rational antigen ...
Ana Clara Barbosa Antonelli, Lucas Silva Rodrigues, Maria Clara Moura Pinheiro, Sylvia Barbosa Pinhate, Marcelo de Macedo Brígido, Andréa Queiroz Maranhão   +5 more
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Risk factors for transmission of Ebola or Marburg virus disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2015
Background The Ebola virus disease outbreak that started in Western Africa in 2013 was unprecedented because it spread within densely populated urban environments and affected many thousands of people.
Baron, Bertherat, Blackley, Burke, Christie, De Roo, Faye, Formenty, Hall, Julii Brainard, Katherine Pond, Kelly Edmunds, Kunii, Lee Hooper, Mackay, McElroy, Moreau, Mupere, Nyenswah, Nyenswah, Nyenswah, Olabode, Paul R Hunter, Schibler, Victory, Vladyko, World Health Organization   +26 more
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Isolation and Phylogenetic Characterization of Ebola Viruses Causing Different Outbreaks in Gabon

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1997
Three outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever have recently occurred in Gabon. Virus has been isolated from clinical materials from all three outbreaks, and nucleotide sequence analysis of the glycoprotein gene of the isolates and virus present in clinical ...
Marie-Claude Georges-Courbot, Anthony Sanchez, Chang-Yong Lu, Sylvain Baize, Eric Leroy, Joseph Lansout-Soukate, Carole Tévi-Bénissan, Alain J. Georges, Sam G. Trappier, Sherif R. Zaki, Robert Swanepoel, Patricia A. Leman, Pierre E. Rollin, Clarence J. Peters, Stuart T. Nichol, Thomas G. Ksiazek   +15 more
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