Pathogenicity and virulence of Marburg virus

MH Abir, T Rahman, A Das, SN Etu, IH Nafiz, A Rakib… - Virulence, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Marburg virus (MARV) has been a major concern since 1967, with two major outbreaks
occurring in 1998 and 2004. Infection from MARV results in severe hemorrhagic fever …

Filoviruses in bats: current knowledge and future directions

KJ Olival, DTS Hayman - Viruses, 2014 - mdpi.com
Filoviruses, including Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus, pose significant threats to public health
and species conservation by causing hemorrhagic fever outbreaks with high mortality rates …

Delayed treatment of Ebola virus infection with plant-derived monoclonal antibodies provides protection in rhesus macaques

GG Olinger Jr, J Pettitt, D Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Filovirus infections can cause a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman
primates, including great apes. Here, three anti-Ebola virus mouse/human chimeric mAbs …

Live attenuated recombinant vaccine protects nonhuman primates against Ebola and Marburg viruses

SM Jones, H Feldmann, U Ströher, JB Geisbert… - Nature medicine, 2005 - nature.com
Vaccines and therapies are urgently needed to address public health needs stemming from
emerging pathogens and biological threat agents such as the filoviruses Ebola virus (EBOV) …

Ebola virus VP24 binds karyopherin α1 and blocks STAT1 nuclear accumulation

SP Reid, LW Leung, AL Hartman, O Martinez… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Ebola virus (EBOV) infection blocks cellular production of alpha/beta interferon (IFN-α/β) and
the ability of cells to respond to IFN-α/β or IFN-γ. The EBOV VP35 protein has previously …

The Ebola virus VP35 protein inhibits activation of interferon regulatory factor 3

CF Basler, A Mikulasova, L Martinez-Sobrido… - Journal of …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Ebola virus VP35 protein was previously found to act as an interferon (IFN) antagonist
which could complement growth of influenza delNS1 virus, a mutant influenza virus lacking …

Properties of replication-competent vesicular stomatitis virus vectors expressing glycoproteins of filoviruses and arenaviruses

M Garbutt, R Liebscher, V Wahl-Jensen… - Journal of …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Replication-competent recombinant vesicular stomatitis viruses (rVSVs) expressing the type
I transmembrane glycoproteins and selected soluble glycoproteins of several viral …

Treatment of Ebola virus infection with a recombinant inhibitor of factor VIIa/tissue factor: a study in rhesus monkeys

TW Geisbert, LE Hensley, PB Jahrling, T Larsen… - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Infection with the Ebola virus induces overexpression of the
procoagulant tissue factor in primate monocytes and macrophages, suggesting that …

Exotic emerging viral diseases: progress and challenges

TW Geisbert, PB Jahrling - Nature medicine, 2004 - nature.com
The agents causing viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) are a taxonomically diverse group of
viruses that may share commonalities in the process whereby they produce systemic and …

Mechanisms underlying coagulation abnormalities in ebola hemorrhagic fever: overexpression of tissue factor in primate monocytes/macrophages is a key event

TW Geisbert, HA Young, PB Jahrling… - The Journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Disseminated intravascular coagulation is a prominent manifestation of Ebola virus (EBOV)
infection. Here, we report that tissue factor (TF) plays an important role in triggering the …