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Differentiation of influenza B lineages circulating in different regions of Brazil, 2014–2016, using molecular assay

Vaccine: X, 2022
Background: Two antigenically and genetically distinct lineages of influenza B viruses (B/Victoria and B/Yamagata) have been co-circulating worldwide since 2002.
Daniela Bernardes Borges da Silva, Katia Corrêa de Oliveira Santos, Margarete Aparecida Benega, Terezinha Maria de Paiva   +3 more
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Searching For Influenza Virus In Upper Respiratory System Samples Of Patients From Our Region

Van Tıp Dergisi, 2021
INTRODUCTION: In this study, we have planned to evaluate the frequency of Influenza virüs in our region and identified Influenza virüs prevelance using Immune Fluorescent Antibody(IFA) technique. METHODS: Nasopharyngeal swab samples were included in our
Özgür Çelebi, Ahmet Ayyıldız
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Vaccine Mismatches, Viral Circulation, and Clinical Severity Patterns of Influenza B Victoria and Yamagata Infections in Brazil over the Decade 2010–2020: A Statistical and Phylogeny–Trait Analyses

Viruses, 2022
Worldwide, infections by influenza viruses are considered a major public health challenge. In this study, influenza B vaccine mismatches and clinical aspects of Victoria and Yamagata infections in Brazil were assessed.
Jaline Cabral da Costa, Marilda Mendonça Siqueira, David Brown, Jonathan Oliveira Lopes, Braulia Caetano da Costa, Eric Lopes Gama, Maria de Lourdes Aguiar-Oliveira   +6 more
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Alphaviruses Detected in Mosquitoes in the North-Eastern Regions of South Africa, 2014 to 2018

Viruses, 2023
The prevalence and distribution of African alphaviruses such as chikungunya have increased in recent years. Therefore, a better understanding of the local distribution of alphaviruses in vectors across the African continent is important.
Milehna M. Guarido, Isabel Fourie, Kgothatso Meno, Adriano Mendes, Megan A. Riddin, Caitlin MacIntyre, Sontaga Manyana, Todd Johnson, Maarten Schrama, Erin E. Gorsich, Basil D. Brooke, Antonio Paulo G. Almeida, Marietjie Venter   +12 more
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Lung function, allergic sensitization and asthma in school-aged children after viral-coinfection bronchiolitis

Scientific Reports, 2022
Our main objective was to compare the lung function, the rate of allergic sensitization and the prevalence of asthma at 7–9 years in children hospitalized for bronchiolitis with viral coinfection versus single viral infection.
Sara Ruiz, Cristina Calvo, Francisco Pozo, Inmaculada Casas, María Luz García-García   +4 more
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Aedes species (Diptera: Culicidae) ecological and host feeding patterns in the north-eastern parts of South Africa, 2014–2018

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background There is a paucity of recent data and knowledge on mosquito diversity and potential vectors of arboviruses in South Africa, with most of the available data dating back to the 1950s–1970s.
M. M. Guarido, M. A. Riddin, T. Johnson, L. E. O. Braack, M. Schrama, E. E. Gorsich, B. D. Brooke, A. P. G. Almeida, Marietjie Venter   +8 more
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Screening of FDA-Approved Drugs Using a MERS-CoV Clinical Isolate from South Korea Identifies Potential Therapeutic Options for COVID-19

Viruses, 2021
Therapeutic options for coronaviruses remain limited. To address this unmet medical need, we screened 5406 compounds, including United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs and bioactives, for activity against a South Korean Middle ...
Meehyun Ko, So Young Chang, Soo Young Byun, Aleksandr Ianevski, Inhee Choi, Anne-Laure Pham Hung d’Alexandry d’Orengiani, Erlend Ravlo, Wei Wang, Magnar Bjørås, Denis E. Kainov, David Shum, Ji-Young Min, Marc P. Windisch   +12 more
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Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network Best Practices for COVID-19

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2020
The ability to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19, is a foundational component of Canada’s containment and mitigation strategies.
Respiratory Virus Infections Working Group
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Identification and Molecular Characterization of Shamonda Virus in an Aborted Goat Fetus in South Africa

Pathogens, 2023
Viruses in the Orthobunyavirus genus, Peribunyaviridae family, are associated with encephalitis, birth defects and fatalities in animals, and some are zoonotic.
Miné van der Walt, Matshepo E. Rakaki, Caitlin MacIntyre, Adriano Mendes, Sandra Junglen, Cherise Theron, Tasneem Anthony, Nicolize O’Dell, Marietjie Venter   +8 more
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Rhinovirus prevalence as indicator for efficacy of measures against SARS-CoV-2

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Non-pharmaceutical measures to control the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) should be carefully tuned as they can impose a heavy social and economic burden.
Simo Kitanovski, Gibran Horemheb-Rubio, Ortwin Adams, Barbara Gärtner, Thomas Lengauer, Daniel Hoffmann, Rolf Kaiser, Respiratory Virus Network   +7 more
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