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, 2020 Characteristics of the family Filoviridae and the Ebola virus: an update of its implications in the human population The family Filoviridae is integrated by a group of filamentous RNA viruses that cause severe hemorrhagic fevers in primates and other ...
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A review of epidemiological parameters from Ebola outbreaks to inform early public health decision-making. [PDF]
, 2015 The unprecedented scale of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has, as of 29 April 2015, resulted in more than 10,884 deaths among 26,277 cases. Prior to the ongoing outbreak, Ebola virus disease (EVD) caused relatively small outbreaks (maximum outbreak ...
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BioMed Research International, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014 For a given West African country, we constructed a model describing the spread of the deathly disease called Ebola hemorrhagic fever. The model was first constructed using the classical derivative and then converted to the generalized version using the beta‐derivative.
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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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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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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 ...
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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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Presence and persistence of Ebola or Marburg virus in patients and survivors: A rapid systematic review [PDF]
, 2016 Background: The 2013-15 Ebola outbreak was unprecedented due to sustainedtransmission within urban environments and thousands of survivors. In 2014 the World Health Organization stated that there was insufficient evidence to give definitive guidance ...
Brainard, Julii +4 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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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
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