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A new Hendra virus genotype found in Australian flying foxes

Virology Journal, 2021
Background Hendra virus (HeV) has caused lethal disease outbreaks in humans and horses in Australia. Flying foxes are the wildlife reservoir from which the virus was first isolated in 1996.
Jianning Wang, Danielle E. Anderson, Kim Halpin, Xiao Hong, Honglei Chen, Som Walker, Stacey Valdeter, Brenda van der Heide, Matthew J. Neave, John Bingham, Dwane O’Brien, Debbie Eagles, Lin-Fa Wang, David T. Williams   +13 more
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Bridging the humanitarian-development divide in a protracted crisis: a case study of the use of a central plant to supply oxygen for COVID-19 case management in South Sudan

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
The rising demand for medicinal oxygen due to the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an underlying chronic shortage of the commodity in Africa. This situation is particularly dire in protracted crises where insecurity, dysfunctional health facilities, poor ...
Olushayo Oluseun Olu, Alex Yao Sokemawu Freeman, Joy Luba Lomole Waya, Argata Guracha Guyo, Benedict Kanu, Michael Tukuru, Sylvester Maleghemi   +6 more
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Evaluation of the pilot wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Norway, June 2022 – March 2023

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater-based surveillance gained great international interest as an additional tool to monitor SARS-CoV-2.
Ettore Amato, Susanne Hyllestad, Petter Heradstveit, Petter Langlete, Line Victoria Moen, Andreas Rohringer, João Pires, Jose Antonio Baz Lomba, Karoline Bragstad, Siri Laura Feruglio, Preben Aavitsland, Elisabeth Henie Madslien   +11 more
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Establishing National Multisectoral Coordination and collaboration mechanisms to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone 2016–2018

One Health Outlook, 2019
Background The governments of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have acknowledged that weak health systems and poor coordination of efforts hampered effectiveness of the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak response.
Serge Agbo, Lionel Gbaguidi, Chethana Biliyar, Seydou Sylla, Mukeh Fahnbulleh, John Dogba, Sakoba Keita, Sarian Kamara, Amara Jambai, Albert Harris, Tolbert Nyenswah, Mane Seni, Sow Bhoye, Sambe Duale, Andrew Kitua   +14 more
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Biology and Preparedness [PDF]

Science, 1917
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Rapid diagnostic test: a critical need for outbreak preparedness and response for high priority pathogens

BMJ Global Health
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are critical for preparedness and response against an outbreak or pandemic and have been highlighted in the 100 Days Mission, a global initiative that aims to prepare the world for the next epidemic/pandemic by driving the ...
Paul A Kristiansen, Solomon Abebe Yimer, Birgitte Boonstra Booij, Gwen Tobert, Andrew Hebbeler, Paul Oloo, Polina Brangel, Maïna L'Azou Jackson, Richard Jarman, Danielle Craig, Michael Selorm Avumegah, Henshaw Mandi, Timothy Endy, Stacey Wooden, Carolyn Clark, Valentina Bernasconi, Amy Shurtleff   +16 more
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Australian Culex annulirostris mosquitoes are competent vectors for Japanese encephalitis virus genotype IV

Emerging Microbes and Infections
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is transmitted by Culex species of mosquitoes. In 2022, JEV belonging to a previously unrecognized lineage of genotype IV (GIV) caused a major outbreak of JE in South-eastern Australia, resulting in human cases and ...
Melissa J. Klein, Sarah A. Jackson, Willy W. Suen, Jean Payne, Darcy Beveridge, Mel Hargreaves, Donna Gillies, Jianning Wang, Kim R. Blasdell, Mike Dunn, Adam J. López-Denman, Peter A. Durr, David T. Williams, Prasad N. Paradkar   +13 more
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Optical microscopy reveals the dynamic nature of B. pseudomallei morphology during β-lactam antimicrobial susceptibility testing

BMC Microbiology, 2020
Background In Gram-negative species, β-lactam antibiotics target penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) resulting in morphological alterations of bacterial cells.
Heather P. McLaughlin, Julia Bugrysheva, David Sue   +2 more
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Early Impact of Childhood Opportunity on Neurocognitive Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurocognitive impairment is a well‐recognized complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) that begins early in childhood and persists across development. While cerebrovascular injury contributes substantially to risk, neurocognitive deficits are also observed in children without overt or silent cerebral infarctions, suggesting ...
Julia E. LaMotte, Hannah Koch, Olivia A. Coughlin, Jillian R. Bouck, Allie Carter, Seethal A. Jacob   +5 more
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Considerations for bioanalytical characterization and batch release of COVID-19 vaccines

npj Vaccines, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted hundreds of laboratories around the world to employ traditional as well as novel technologies to develop vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. The hallmarks of a successful vaccine are safety and efficacy.
Gautam Sanyal, Anna Särnefält, Arun Kumar   +2 more
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