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Treatment of Marburg and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers: A strategy for testing new drugs and vaccines under outbreak conditions. [PDF]

, 2008
The filoviruses, Marburg and Ebola, have the dubious distinction of being associated with some of the highest case-fatality rates of any known infectious disease-approaching 90% in many outbreaks.
A.G. Sprecher, Anon., Baize, Basler, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Benjamin Jeffs, Bernard, Borchert, Bosio, Bosio, Boumandouki, Bray, Bray, Bray, Bray, Brummel-Ziedins, Bukreyev, Bwaka, CDC and WHO, Colebunders, Daddario-DiCaprio, Daniel G. Bausch, Dowell, Egbring, Emond, Enterlein, Feldmann, Formenty, Fourrier, Gear, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Gibbs, Gupta, Hensley, Hensley, Hensley, Hewlett, Hewlett, Hoenen, Hotchkiss, Huggins, Jahrling, Jahrling, Jahrling, Jeffs, Johnson, Jones, Jones, Khan, Ksiazek, Kudoyarova-Zubavichene, Larkin, Leroy, Leroy, Mahanty, Mahanty, Martin, Martini, Martini, Monath, Mupapa, Mupapa, Nikiforov, Oswald, Parrino, Pattyn, Paul Boumandouki, Peters, Peterson, Peterson, Pourrut, Reid, Rivers, Roberts, Rollin, Sanchez, Schnittler, Schuler, Smith, Spurgers, Stille, Sullivan, Sullivan, Swanepoel, Takada, Todorovitch, Towner, Warfield, Warfield, Warfield, Wilson, Zaki   +105 more
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Changes in the Transmission Dynamic of Chikungunya Virus in Southeastern Senegal

Viruses, 2020
In Senegal, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is maintained in a sylvatic cycle and causes sporadic cases or small outbreaks in rural areas. However, little is known about the influence of the environment on its transmission.
Abdourahmane Sow, Birgit Nikolay, Oumar Faye, Simon Cauchemez, Jorge Cano, Mawlouth Diallo, Ousmane Faye, Bakary Sadio, Oumar Ndiaye, Scott C. Weaver, Anta T. Dia, Amadou Alpha Sall, Denis Malvy   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Containing the threat - don't forget Ebola [PDF]

, 2004
In 2000, Uganda experienced the largest outbreak of Ebola fever ever described.
Geisbert, Jonathan Cohen, Lamunu
core   +4 more sources

HMGB1 Is a Potential Biomarker for Severe Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) are common representatives of viral hemorrhagic fevers still often neglected in some parts of the world.
Katarina Resman Rus, L. Fajs, M. Korva, T. Avšič-Županc   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unexpected high circulation of Plasmodium vivax in asymptomatic children from Kédougou, southeastern Senegal

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Malaria in Senegal is due essentially to infections by Plasmodium falciparum and, to a lesser extent to Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale.
Makhtar Niang, Fode Diop, Oulimata Niang, Bacary D. Sadio, Abdourahmane Sow, Ousmane Faye, Mawlouth Diallo, Amadou A. Sall, Ronald Perraut, Aissatou Toure-Balde   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Viral hemorrhagic fevers in the Tihamah region of the western Arabian Peninsula

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) refers to a group of diseases characterized by an acute febrile syndrome with hemorrhagic manifestations and high mortality rates caused by several families of viruses that affect humans and animals.
F. Zakham, M. Al-Habal, Rola Taher, Altaf Alaoui, M. El Mzibri   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

CAQ Corner: Immune‐mediated complications

, 2022
Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Mary Thomson, John R. Lake
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Platelets in the Pathogenesis of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are acute zoonotic diseases that, early on, seem to cause platelet destruction or dysfunction. Here we present the four major ways viruses affect platelet development and function and new evidence of molecular factors that ...
J. Zapata, D. Cox, M. Salvato
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Atypical presentation of mpox in Irrua environs: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, -is an orthopoxvirus infection of the skin and previously a public health emergency of international concern. It reemerged in Nigeria over 5 years ago and has since spread to other parts of the world.
S. O. Oiwoh, E. A. Tobin, D. A. Asogun, C. O. Erameh, K. O. Iraoyah, J. Okoeguale, R. A. Eifediyi, S. O. Samuel, T. A. T. Salami, S. A. Okogbenin   +9 more
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Material Proximities and Hotspots: Toward an Anthropology of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2014
This article outlines a research program for an anthropology of viral hemorrhagic fevers (collectively known as VHFs). It begins by reviewing the social science literature on Ebola, Marburg, and Lassa fevers and charting areas for future ethnographic ...
H. Brown, A. Kelly
semanticscholar   +1 more source