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Evaluation of an Assay of Zika Virus Detection Without RNA Extraction

Xiehe Yixue Zazhi, 2022
Objective  To evaluate a Zika virus(ZIKV) test based on real-time reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) that can be performed without RNA isolation.  Methods  The detection method is based on rRT-PCR technology, and a virus-enrichment
LI Aqian, KONG Lingjun, LIU Yang, YI Jie, LI Chuan, LIANG Mifang, DOU Yaling   +6 more
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First molecular analysis of rabies virus in Qatar and clinical cases imported into Qatar, a case report

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Identifying the origin of the rabies virus (RABV) infection may have significant implications for control measures. Here, we identified the source of a RABV infection of two Nepalese migrants in Qatar by comparing their RABV genomes with RABV genomes ...
Bas B. Oude Munnink, Elmoubashar Abu Baker Abd Farag, Corine GeurtsvanKessel, Claudia Schapendonk, Anne van der Linden, Robert Kohl, Georgina Arron, Hisham Ziglam, Wael Goravey Mhjoop Goravey, Peter V. Coyle, Imad Ibrahim, Khaled A. Mohran, Muneera Mohammed Saleh Alrajhi, Md Mazharul Islam, Randa Abdeen, A. Aziz Mahmoud A.H. Al-Zeyara, Nidal Mahmoud Younis, Hamad Eid Al-Romaihi, Mohammad Hamad J. Al Thani, Richard Molenkamp, Reina S. Sikkema, Marion Koopmans   +21 more
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Atypical presentation of mpox in Irrua environs: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, -is an orthopoxvirus infection of the skin and previously a public health emergency of international concern. It reemerged in Nigeria over 5 years ago and has since spread to other parts of the world.
S. O. Oiwoh, E. A. Tobin, D. A. Asogun, C. O. Erameh, K. O. Iraoyah, J. Okoeguale, R. A. Eifediyi, S. O. Samuel, T. A. T. Salami, S. A. Okogbenin   +9 more
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Viral hemorrhagic fevers. [PDF]

Advances in pediatric infectious diseases, 1997
A 15-year-old European boy, who had been in Kenya for 1 month, was admitted to the hospital with a 3-day history of headache, malaise, anorexia, fever, and vomiting. Throughout the course of the illness, he developed copious bloody diarrhea, hypotension, leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, and prolonged prothrombin and partial thromboplastin times ...
M D, Lacy, R A, Smego
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Genetic structure of the mosquito Aedes aegypti in local forest and domestic habitats in Gabon and Kenya

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a devastating disease vector transmitting several important human arboviral diseases. In its native range in Africa, the mosquito can be found in both the ancestral forest habitat and anthropogenic habitats such ...
Siyang Xia, Luciano V. Cosme, Joel Lutomiah, Rosemary Sang, Marc F. Ngangue, Nil Rahola, Diego Ayala, Jeffrey R. Powell   +7 more
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Larval sites of the mosquito Aedes aegypti formosus in forest and domestic habitats in Africa and the potential association with oviposition evolution

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Adaptations to anthropogenic domestic habitats contribute to the success of the mosquito Aedes aegypti as a major global vector of several arboviral diseases.
Siyang Xia, Hany K. M. Dweck, Joel Lutomiah, Rosemary Sang, Carolyn S. McBride, Noah H. Rose, Diego Ayala, Jeffrey R. Powell   +7 more
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Comparison of serological assays to titrate Hantaan and Seoul hantavirus-specific antibodies

Virology Journal, 2017
Background Hantaan and Seoul viruses, in the Hantavirus genus, are known to cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). The plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT), as conventional neutralization test for hantaviruses, is laborious and time ...
Weihong Li, Shouchun Cao, Quanfu Zhang, Jiandong Li, Shuo Zhang, Wei Wu, Jing Qu, Chuan Li, Mifang Liang, Dexin Li   +9 more
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Emergence of deadly viral haemorrhagic fever disease outbreaks in West Africa

Virulence, 2023
Recent viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) disease outbreaks caused by Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV) in West Africa are unique and alarming.
Widaliz Vega-Rodriguez, Hinh Ly
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Elevated l-threonine is a biomarker for Lassa fever and Ebola

Virology Journal, 2020
Background Lassa fever and Ebola are characterized by non-specific initial presentations that can progress to severe multisystem illnesses with high fatality rates.
Trevor V. Gale, John S. Schieffelin, Luis M. Branco, Robert F. Garry, Donald S. Grant   +4 more
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Predicting the evolution of the Lassa virus endemic area and population at risk over the next decades

Nature Communications, 2022
It is currently unknown how climate and land use changes could affect the endemic area of Lassa virus, a zoonotic pathogen responsible for Lassa fever.
Raphaëlle Klitting, Liana E. Kafetzopoulou, Wim Thiery, Gytis Dudas, Sophie Gryseels, Anjali Kotamarthi, Bram Vrancken, Karthik Gangavarapu, Mambu Momoh, John Demby Sandi, Augustine Goba, Foday Alhasan, Donald S. Grant, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Ephraim Ogbaini-Emovo, Robert F. Garry, Allison R. Smither, Mark Zeller, Matthias G. Pauthner, Michelle McGraw, Laura D. Hughes, Sophie Duraffour, Stephan Günther, Marc A. Suchard, Philippe Lemey, Kristian G. Andersen, Simon Dellicour   +26 more
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