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Recombinant Sudan virus and evaluation of humoral cross-reactivity between Ebola and Sudan virus glycoproteins after infection or rVSV-ΔG-ZEBOV-GP vaccination [PDF]

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2023
Ebola disease outbreaks are major public health events because of human-to-human transmission and high mortality. These outbreaks are most often caused by Ebola virus, but at least three related viruses can also cause the disease. In 2022, Sudan virus re-
Markus H. Kainulainen, Jessica R. Harmon, Amy N. Whitesell, Éric Bergeron, Elif Karaaslan, Caitlin M. Cossaboom, Jason H. Malenfant, Aaron Kofman, Joel M. Montgomery, Mary J. Choi, César G. Albariño, Christina F. Spiropoulou   +11 more
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Development of a Well-Characterized Cynomolgus Macaque Model of Sudan Virus Disease for Support of Product Development [PDF]

Vaccines, 2022
The primary objective of this study was to characterize the disease course in cynomolgus macaques exposed to Sudan virus (SUDV), to determine if infection in this species is an appropriate model for the evaluation of filovirus countermeasures under the ...
Kendra J. Alfson, Yenny Goez-Gazi, Michal Gazi, Ying-Liang Chou, Nancy A. Niemuth, Marc E. Mattix, Hilary Staples, Benjamin Klaffke, Gloria F. Rodriguez, Priscilla Escareno, Carmen Bartley, Anysha Ticer, Elizabeth A. Clemmons, John W. Dutton III, Anthony Griffiths, Gabe T. Meister, Daniel C. Sanford, Chris M. Cirimotich, Ricardo Carrion   +18 more
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A Chimeric Sudan Virus-Like Particle Vaccine Candidate Produced by a Recombinant Baculovirus System Induces Specific Immune Responses in Mice and Horses [PDF]

Viruses, 2020
Ebola virus infections lead to severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans and nonhuman primates; and human fatality rates are as high as 67%−90%. Since the Ebola virus was discovered in 1976, the only available treatments have been medical support or the ...
Fangfang Wu, Shengnan Zhang, Ying Zhang, Ruo Mo, Feihu Yan, Hualei Wang, Gary Wong, Hang Chi, Tiecheng Wang, Na Feng, Yuwei Gao, Xianzhu Xia, Yongkun Zhao, Songtao Yang   +13 more
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Investigating the Sudan virus outbreak in Uganda through the deployment of a mobile laboratory [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Uganda faced its sixth reported Ebola outbreak between September 2022 and January 2023, the fifth to be recorded as Sudan Virus Disease (SVD) in the country.
Godfrey Pimundu, Tonny Muyigi, Eunice Jennifer Nambozo, Christopher Okiira, Benedict Kanamwanji, Rebecca Nalwanga, Joseph Sekate, Raymond Mugabe, Juliet Naiga, Isaac Sewanyana, Julius Lutwama, Stephen Balinandi, Pontiano Kaleebu, Jane Ruth Aceng, Diana Atwiine, Henry Mwebesa, Henry Kyobe Bosa, Atek Kagirita, Charles Olaro, Andrew Nsawotebba, Emmanuel Achol, Hakim Lagu, Eric Nzeyimana, Juergen May, Florian Gehre, Muna Affara, Susan Nabadda   +26 more
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Isolation and subtyping of avian influenza A virus from wild birds in Khartoum, Sudan [PDF]

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
Avian influenza (AI) is a significant disease affecting chickens and other avian species. Wild birds are thought to contribute to the virus transmission. The present study intends to explore the existence of AI type A virus in wild birds at the Six April
Wegdan H. Ali, Intisar K. Saeed, Shaza M. Mutwakil, Muzdalifa H. Alamin, Abdelgader A. Balla, Mona A.E Ahmed, Abubaker A. Saeed, Rayan M. Asil, Omer A. Algezoli, Muaz M. Abdellatif, Yahia H. Ali   +10 more
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Pathogenicity and Virulence of Ebolaviruses with Species- and Variant-specificity

Virulence, 2021
Ebola virus (EBOV), belonging to the species Zaire ebolavirus in the genus Ebolavirus, causes a severe febrile illness in humans with case fatality rates (CFRs) up to 90%.
Satoko Yamaoka, Hideki Ebihara
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Serological detection and genetic characterization of foot-and-mouth disease virus from cattle in northern sudan, 2016‑2018

Veterinary and Animal Science, 2021
Northern Sudan is an important corridor cluster between pools of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in East and North Africa. It involves almost the whole border area with Egypt and represents a considerable part of a projected disease-free zone in ...
Nussiba H Ahmed, Nussieba A Osman, Wefag Alfouz, Haitham M. Saeed, Yazeed A/Raouf   +4 more
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Multiple Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strains are associated with disease outbreaks in Sudan, 2008-2009. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011
BACKGROUND: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) activity has recently been detected in the Kordufan region of Sudan. Since 2008, several sporadic cases and nosocomial outbreaks associated with high case-fatality have been reported in villages and ...
Imadeldin E Aradaib, Bobbie R Erickson, Mubarak S Karsany, Marina L Khristova, Rehab M Elageb, Mohamed E H Mohamed, Stuart T Nichol   +6 more
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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in Hyalomma impeltatum ticks from North Kordofan, the Sudan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
An evidence for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) was found in Hyalomma impeltatum ticks collected from sheep in North Kordofan in the Sudan.
Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Makarim Habeeb Issa, Malaz Esamalden Ezalden, Idris Ahmed Yagoub, Mohamed Abdalsalam Abdalla, Amel Omer Bakhiet, Sabine Schaper, Ramona Rieß, Patrick Vollmar, Anne Grumbach, Malena Bestehorn, Markus Antwerpen, Gerhard Dobler, Yassir Adam Shuaib   +13 more
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Effects of COVID-19 on the laboratory turn-around time of vaccine-preventable disease surveillance: the case of measles in South Sudan

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was first reported in Wuhan, China [1,2].
David Majuch Kunjok, Isaac Michael Zingbondo   +1 more
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