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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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Viral Hyperparasitism in Bat Ectoparasites: Implications for Pathogen Maintenance and Transmission

Microorganisms, 2022
Humans continue to encroach on the habitats of wild animals, potentially bringing different species into contact that would not typically encounter each other under natural circumstances, and forcing them into stressful, suboptimal conditions.
Alexander Tendu, Alice Catherine Hughes, Nicolas Berthet, Gary Wong   +3 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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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 diagnostic and genetic characterization of highly pathogenic viruses: application during Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus outbreaks in Eastern Europe and the Middle East [PDF]

, 2012
Several haemorrhagic fevers are caused by highly pathogenic viruses that must be handled in Biosafety level 4 (BSL–4) containment. These zoonotic infections have an important impact on public health and the development of a rapid and differential ...
Avsic-Zupanc, T., Berthet, N., Caro, V., Chinikar, S., Desprès, P., Filippone, C., Gessain, A., Marianneau, P., Mollard, N., Murri, S., Tordo, N.   +10 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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Simian hemorrhagic fever virus infection of rhesus macaques as a model of viral hemorrhagic fever: Clinical characterization and risk factors for severe disease [PDF]

, 2011
Simian Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (SHFV) has caused sporadic outbreaks of hemorrhagic fevers in macaques at primate research facilities. SHFV is a BSL-2 pathogen that has not been linked to human disease; as such, investigation of SHFV pathogenesis in non ...
Bernbaum, John G., Blaney, Joseph E., Byrum, Russell, Cann, Jennifer A., Dodd, Lori E., Gu, Wenjuan, Jahrling, Peter B., Jett, Catherine, Johnson, Reed F., Paragas, Jason, Ragland, Dan R., St. Claire, Marisa, Yellayi, Srikanth   +12 more
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Residual and Late Onset Symptoms Appeared in a Patient with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia in a Convalescence Stage

Viruses, 2021
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne infectious disease caused by Dabie bandavirus (formerly SFTS virus, SFTSV). Its manifestations during the convalescent phase have not been widely described.
Kohei Kanda, Noriko Kinoshita, Satoshi Kutsuna, Keiji Nakamura, Ayako Okuhama, Akira Shimomura, Takeshi Inagaki, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Takeshi Kurosu, Masayuki Shimojima, Masayuki Saijo, Norio Ohmagari   +11 more
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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
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Clinical Manifestations and Case Management of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever caused by a newly identified virus strain, Bundibugyo, Uganda, 2007-2008 [PDF]

, 2012
A confirmed Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreak in Bundibugyo, Uganda, November 2007-February 2008, was caused by a putative new species (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). It included 93 putative cases, 56 laboratory-confirmed cases, and 37 deaths (CFR = 25%).
A Grolla, A MacNeil, A Tuffs, AJ Georges, AM Casillas, B Jeffs, B Le Guenno, Benjamin Jeffs, BS Hewlett, DG Bausch, DG Bausch, DG Bausch, DG Bausch, DG Bausch, DH Smith, DL Heymann, E Mupere, ED Johnson, EM Leroy, EM Leroy, Esther Sterk, GA Martini, GA Martini, JL Conrad, Joseph Wamala, JS Gear, JS Towner, Julius Lutwama, K Kibadi, K Mupapa, K Mupapa, KJ Davis, M Borchert, M Bray, M Bray, MA Bwaka, Malcolm Gracie Semple, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, Matthias Borchert, ME Miranda, Michel Van Herp, MJ Bonnet, Natasha Howard, NK Jaax, P Formenty, P Formenty, P Francesconi, P Roddy, P Roddy, Paul Roddy, PE Rollin, Pedro Pablo Palma, PH Sureau, R Colebunders, R Ndambi, R Siegert, RC Baron, Robert Colebunders, RT Emond, S Becker, SF Dowell, SP Fisher-Hoch, SR Zaki, TH Roels, U Stroher, Y Kalongi, Zabulon Yoti   +66 more
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