Emergence of Oropouche fever in Latin America: a narrative review

KM Wesselmann, I Postigo-Hidalgo, L Pezzi… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Since its discovery in 1955, the incidence and geographical spread of reported Oropouche
virus (OROV) infections have increased. Oropouche fever has been suggested to be one of …

Serology as a tool to assess infectious disease landscapes and guide public health policy

AH Haselbeck, J Im, K Prifti, F Marks, M Holm… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Understanding the local burden and epidemiology of infectious diseases is crucial to guide
public health policy and prioritize interventions. Typically, infectious disease surveillance …

[HTML][HTML] Functional nucleic acid-based biosensors for virus detection

Z Zhang, BR Adhikari, P Sen, L Soleymani, Y Li - Advanced Agrochem, 2023 - Elsevier
A growing number of viruses pose significant threats to human health, impact agricultural
production and compromise food safety. Minimizing the impact of viral infections demands …

Latest advances in arbovirus diagnostics

J Varghese, I De Silva, DS Millar - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Arboviruses are a diverse family of vector-borne pathogens that include members of the
Flaviviridae, Togaviridae, Phenuviridae, Peribunyaviridae, Reoviridae, Asfarviridae …

Advances in metallic-based localized surface plasmon sensors for enhanced tropical disease detection: a comprehensive review

S Farooq, DM Zezell - Plasmonics, 2024 - Springer
Tropical diseases present significant challenges to global health, particularly in resource-
limited regions. Early and accurate detection of these diseases is vital for effective …

Seroprevalence of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika at the epicenter of the congenital microcephaly epidemic in Northeast Brazil: a population-based survey

C Braga, CMT Martelli, WV Souza… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background The four Dengue viruses (DENV) serotypes were re-introduced in Brazil's
Northeast region in a couple of decades, between 1980's and 2010's, where the DENV1 …

High-throughput platform for detection of neutralizing antibodies using flavivirus reporter replicon particles

AC Lücke, A Vom Hemdt, J Wieseler, C Fischer… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Flavivirus outbreaks require fast and reliable diagnostics that can be easily adapted to newly
emerging and re-emerging flaviviruses. Due to the serological cross-reactivity among …

[HTML][HTML] Frequent infection of cats with SARS-CoV-2 irrespective of pre-existing enzootic coronavirus immunity, Brazil 2020

EF Oliveira-Filho, OV de Carvalho, IO Carneiro… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Carnivores such as cats and minks are highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2. Brazil is a global
COVID-19 hot spot and several cases of human-to-cat transmission have been documented …

Diagnostic and vaccine potential of Zika virus envelope protein (E) derivates produced in bacterial and insect cells

VAS Lunardelli, BS Almeida, JS Apostolico… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction In the present study we evaluated the features of different recombinant forms of
Zika virus (ZIKV) proteins produced in either bacterial (Eschericha coli) or insect cells …

A multidisciplinary investigation of the first chikungunya virus outbreak in Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A De Weggheleire, A Nkuba-Ndaye… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Early March 2019, health authorities of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
alerted a sudden increase in acute fever/arthralgia cases, prompting an outbreak …