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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
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Circulation and seasonality of influenza viruses in different transmission zones in Africa

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Influenza is responsible for more than 5 million severe cases and 290,000 to 650,000 deaths every year worldwide. Developing countries account for 99% of influenza deaths in children under 5 years of age.
Marie Roseline Darnycka Belizaire, Anderson Kouabenan N’gattia, Bibata Wassonguema, Marcel Mbeko Simaleko, Emmanuel Nakoune, Clotaire Rafaï, Baidy Lô, Francisco Bolumar   +7 more
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Human platelets and their capacity of binding viruses: Meaning and challenges? [PDF]

, 2015
Blood platelets are first aimed at ensuring primary hemostasis. Beyond this role, they have been acknowledged as having functions in the maintenance of the vascular arborescence and, more recently, as being also innate immune cells, devoted notably to ...
Chabert, Adrien, Cognasse, Fabrice, Garraud, Olivier, Gomez, Ricardo Martin, Hamzeh Cognasse, Hind, Pozzetto, Bruno, Schattner, Mirta Ana   +6 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
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Vascular events in viral hemorrhagic fevers: a comparative study of dengue and hantaviruses

Cell and Tissue Research, 2014
Viral hemorrhagic diseases are a group of systemic viral infections with worldwide distribution and are significant causes of global mortality and morbidity. The hallmarks of viral hemorrhagic fevers are plasma leakage, thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy and
A. Srikiatkhachorn, C. Spiropoulou
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Molecular Assay on Detection of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) Virus in Ixodid Ticks Collected from Livestock in Slaughterhouse from South of Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2020
Background: Ticks are vectors of a wide variety of pathogens that can be transmitted to humans, and tick-borne diseases are a significant public health issue worldwide.
Mostafa Salehi-Vaziri, Hassan Vatandoost, Alireza Sanei-Dehkordi, Mehdi Fazlalipour, Mohammad Hassan Pouriayevali, Tahmineh Jalali, Tahereh Mohammadi, Mahsa Tavakoli, Azim Paksa, Yaser Salim Abadi   +9 more
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SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced immunity reduces rates of reinfection and hospitalization caused by the Delta or Omicron variants

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2023
During a pandemic, effective vaccines are typically in short supply, particularly at onset intervals when the wave is accelerating. We conducted an observational, retrospective analysis of aggregated data from all patients who tested positive for SARS ...
Marc-Antoine de La Vega, Efstathia Polychronopoulou, Ara XIII, Zhe Ding, Tong Chen, Qixing Liu, Jiaming Lan, Marie-Edith Nepveu-Traversy, Hugues Fausther-Bovendo, Mohammed F. Zaidan, Gary Wong, Gulshan Sharma, Gary P. Kobinger   +12 more
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Adenovirus infection in pediatric liver transplant recipients [PDF]

, 1992
A retrospective review of adenoviral infection in pediatric liver transplant recipients was done at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to define its epidemiology and clinical importance.
Green, M, Michaels, MG, Starzl, TE, Wald, ER   +3 more
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Development and validation of serological assays for viral hemorrhagic fevers and determination of the prevalence of Rift Valley fever in Borno State, Nigeria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014
Background Rift Valley fever (RVF) is endemic to the tropical regions of eastern and southern Africa. The seroprevalence of RVF was investigated among the human population in Borno State, Nigeria to determine the occurrence of the disease in the study ...
D. Bukbuk, S. Fukushi, H. Tani, T. Yoshikawa, S. Taniguchi, Koichiro Iha, A. Fukuma, M. Shimojima, S. Morikawa, M. Saijo, F. Kasolo, S. S. Baba   +11 more
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Oropouche virus: clinical, epidemiological, and molecular aspects of a neglected orthobunyavirus. [PDF]

, 2017
Oropouche virus (OROV) is an important cause of arboviral illness in Latin American countries, more specifically in the Amazon region of Brazil, Venezuela and Peru, as well as in other countries such as Panama.
Acrani, Gustavo Olszanski, Cardoso, Jedson Ferreira, da Rosa, Jorge Fernando Travassos, de Paula Pinheiro, Francisco, de Souza, William Marciel, Figueiredo, Mário Luiz, Nunes, Márcio Roberto Teixeira   +6 more
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