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PLoS ONE, 2022 BackgroundThough clinically similar, Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease are caused by different viruses. Of the 30 documented outbreaks of these diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, eight were major outbreaks (≥200 cases; five caused by Zaire ...
Viki Bockstal +17 more
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A SOME ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EBOLA VIRUS IN NATURAL FOCIES
Журнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии, 2018 Ebola virus that composed Ebolavirus genus of Filoviridae Family causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans with high case-fatality rates (up to 90%).
T. E. Sizikova +5 more
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Persistent anthrax as a major driver of wildlife mortality in a tropical rainforest [PDF]
, 2017 Anthrax is a globally important animal disease and zoonosis. Despite this, our current knowledge of anthrax ecology is largely limited to arid ecosystems, where outbreaks are most commonly reported.
A McKenna +104 more
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A novel Coltivirus-related virus isolated from free-tailed bats from Côte d’Ivoire is able to infect human cells in vitro [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Zoonotic transmission events play a major role in the emergence of novel diseases. While such events are virtually impossible to predict, wildlife screening for potential emerging pathogens can be a first step.
Dabrowski, Piotr Wojtek +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2011 Lentiviruses have recently attracted considerable interest for their potential as a genetic modification tool for dendritic cells (DCs). In this study, we explore the ability of lentiviruses enveloped with alphaviral envelope glycoproteins derived from ...
Steven Froelich +4 more
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Natural history of Sudan ebolavirus infection in rhesus and cynomolgus macaques
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2022 Due to its high mortality rate and continued re-emergence, Ebolavirus disease (EVD) continues to pose a serious threat to global health. A group of viruses within the genus Ebolavirus causes this severe hemorrhagic disease in humans: Ebola virus (EBOV ...
Courtney Woolsey +10 more
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Infanticide in Chimpanzees: Taphonomic Case Studies from Gombe [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives We present a study of skeletal damage to four chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) infanticide victims from Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Skeletal analysis may provide insight into the adaptive significance of infanticide by examining whether ...
Collins, D. Anthony +5 more
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 Alphaviruses infect a diverse range of host organisms including mosquitoes, mammals, and birds. The enigmatic alphavirus non-structural protein 3 (nsP3) has an intrinsically disordered, C-terminal hypervariable domain (HVD) that can interact with a ...
Gwen Nowee +6 more
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Viewpoint: filovirus haemorrhagic fever outbreaks: much ado about nothing? [PDF]
, 2000 The recent outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo has put the filovirus threat back on the international health agenda.
Boelaert, M +7 more
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Development and evaluation of a panel of filovirus sequence capture probes for pathogen detection by next-generation sequencing. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 A detailed understanding of the circulating pathogens in a particular geographic location aids in effectively utilizing targeted, rapid diagnostic assays, thus allowing for appropriate therapeutic and containment procedures.
Jeffrey W Koehler +10 more
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