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Natural History of Marburg Virus Infection to Support Medical Countermeasure Development
Viruses, 2022 The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recognizes that the evaluation of medical countermeasures under the ...
Jason E. Comer +13 more
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Factors Associated with Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever: [PDF]
, 2010 Background. Reliable on-site polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF) is not always available. Therefore, clinicians triage patients on the basis of presenting symptoms and contact history.
Bengi Moco Henrique +12 more
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Cellular Factors Implicated in Filovirus Entry
Advances in Virology, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013 Although filoviral infections are still occurring in different parts of the world, there are no effective preventive or treatment strategies currently available against them. Not only do filoviruses cause a deadly infection, but they also have the potential of being used as biological weapons.
Suchita Bhattacharyya +2 more
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Seroreactivity against Marburg or related filoviruses in West and Central Africa
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2020 A serological survey of 2,430 archived serum samples collected between 1997 and 2012 was conducted to retrospectively determine the prevalence of Marburg virus in five African countries.
Imke Steffen +14 more
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Antimicrobial peptides for novel antiviral strategies in the current post‐COVID‐19 pandemic
Journal of Peptide Science, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2024.This review describes the main physicochemical characteristics of antimicrobial peptides, with particular focus on peptides derived from amphibian skin. Summarizing the various antiviral activities of these peptides and the underlying mechanism, this review emphasizes the high potential of these small molecules for the development of new antiviral ...
Maria Rosa Loffredo +3 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018 Background Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus are genera of the virus family Filoviridae. Filoviruses cause rare but fatal viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) in remote villages of equatorial Africa with potential for regional and international spread.
Peace Babirye +9 more
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Rapid Sequence Identification of Potential Pathogens Using Techniques from Sparse Linear Algebra
, 2015 The decreasing costs and increasing speed and accuracy of DNA sample collection, preparation, and sequencing has rapidly produced an enormous volume of genetic data. However, fast and accurate analysis of the samples remains a bottleneck. Here we present
Chiu, Nelson +4 more
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Planning for the unexpected: Ebola virus, Zika virus, what's next? [PDF]
, 2016 Since 2000 we have witnessed global pandemics and public health emergencies of international concern. This review details which viruses are likely to caused further outbreaks and looks at the strategies and tools available to UK medical professionals to ...
Welfare, W. +3 more
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Introducing EbolaCheck: potential for point-of-need infectious disease diagnosis [PDF]
, 2015 The 2013–2015 Ebolavirus disease humanitarian crisis has spurred the development of laboratory-free, point-of-care nucleic acid testing solutions.
Christie A +6 more
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Evolutionary maintenance of filovirus-like genes in bat genomes
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011 Background Little is known of the biological significance and evolutionary maintenance of integrated non-retroviral RNA virus genes in eukaryotic host genomes.
Taylor Derek J +3 more
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