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Repeated outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers in Uganda.

African Health Sciences, 2013
BACKGROUND Since the year 2000, Uganda has experienced repeated outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF). Ebola VHF outbreak occurred in the districts of Gulu in 2000, Bundibugyo, 2007, Luwero, 2011, Kibaale in July 2012, Luwero in November 2012 ...
A. Mbonye, J. Wamala, Winyi-Kaboyo, Tugumizemo, J. Aceng, Issa Makumbi   +5 more
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Myotis fimbriatus Virome, a Window to Virus Diversity and Evolution in the Genus Myotis

Viruses, 2022
Significant efforts have been made to characterize viral diversity in bats from China. Many of these studies were prospective and focused mainly on Rhinolophus bats that could be related to zoonotic events. However, other species of bats that are part of
Alix Armero, Ruiya Li, Kathrina Mae Bienes, Xing Chen, Jihao Li, Shiman Xu, Yanhua Chen, Alice C. Hughes, Nicolas Berthet, Gary Wong   +9 more
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of seroprevalence surveys of ebolavirus infection. [PDF]

, 2017
Asymptomatic ebolavirus infection could greatly influence transmission dynamics, but there is little consensus on how frequently it occurs or even if it exists. This paper summarises the available evidence on seroprevalence of Ebola, Sudan and Bundibugyo
Bower, Hilary, Glynn, Judith R
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Hospital-Based Surveillance for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Hepatitides in Ghana

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
Background Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are acute diseases associated with bleeding, organ failure, and shock. VHF may hardly be distinguished clinically from other diseases in the African hospital, including viral hepatitis.
J. Bonney, M. Osei-Kwasi, T. Adiku, J. Barnor, R. Amesiya, C. Kubio, L. Ahadzie, Stephan Ölschläger, Michaela Lelke, B. Becker-Ziaja, Meike Pahlmann, S. Günther   +11 more
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Application of animal models to compare and contrast the virulence of current and future potential SARS-CoV-2 variants

Biosafety and Health, 2022
Since severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first identified during late 2019, the sustained spread of this pathogen within the human population has caused worldwide disruption with staggering infection rates and death tolls ...
Zhe Ding, Tong Chen, Jiaming Lan, Gary Wong   +3 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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Surveillance of Rift Valley Fever in Iran between 2001 and 2011

All Results Journals: Biol, 2013
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is an acute zoonotic viral disease that mostly affects ruminants with an occasional spillover as human infection. Following the outbreak of RVF in Saudi Arabia in 2000, surveillance of both animal and human population in ...
Sadegh CHINIKAR, Nariman SHAH-HOSSEINI, Ehsan MOSTAFAVI, Maryam MORADI, Sahar KHAKIFIROUZ, Tahmineh JALALI, Anthony R. FOOKS   +6 more
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Emergence of viral hemorrhagic fevers: is recent outbreak of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in India an indication?

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2012
The emerging and re-emerging diseases are posing a great health risk for the last few years. One such category of diseases is viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHFs), which have emerged in the new territories, worldwide.
C. Lahariya, MK Goel, A. Kumar, Monika Puri, A. Sodhi   +4 more
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Re-Emergence of Rift Valley Fever Virus Lineage H in Senegal in 2022: In Vitro Characterization and Impact on Its Global Emergence in West Africa

Viruses
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a re-emerging vector-borne zoonosis with a high public health and veterinary impact. In West Africa, many lineages were previously detected, but since 2020, lineage H from South Africa has been the main cause of the outbreaks ...
Ousseynou Sene, Samba Niang Sagne, Ndeye Sakha Bob, Moundhir Mhamadi, Idrissa Dieng, Aboubacry Gaye, Haoua Ba, Moussa Dia, Elisabeth Thérèse Faye, Sokhna Mayemouna Diop, Yoro Sall, Boly Diop, Mamadou Ndiaye, Cheikh Loucoubar, Etienne Simon-Lorière, Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Ousmane Faye, Amadou Alpha Sall, Diawo Diallo, Ndongo Dia, Oumar Faye, Moussa Moise Diagne, Malick Fall, Marie Henriette Dior Ndione, Mamadou Aliou Barry, Gamou Fall   +25 more
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Sequential HCoV-HKU1 and SARS-CoV-2 Infections, a Case Report

Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2022
In the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the seasonal viral respiratory infections had a minimum prevalence due to public health precautions to reduce the risk of getting Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19).
Ali Maleki1,2, Mohammad Hassan Pouriayevali1,4, Mahsa Tavakoli1, Zahra Ahmadi1, Farideh Niknam Oskouei1, Zahra Nejatipour3, Tahmineh Jalali1,4, Mostafa Salehi‐Vaziri1,4*   +7 more
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