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 …

A forgotten episode of Marburg virus disease: Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1967

ES Ristanović, NS Kokoškov, I Crozier… - Microbiology and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
In 1967, several workers involved in poliomyelitis vaccine development and production fell
ill at three different locations in Europe with a severe and often lethal novel disease …

Detection of Marburg virus disease in Guinea

FR Koundouno, LE Kafetzopoulou… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
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Marburg virus disease: a deadly rare virus is coming

F Zhao, Y He, H Lu - Bioscience trends, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Two cases of the deadly Marburgvirus were reported in Ghana, which might be a new global
virus alert following COVID-19 and novel monkeypox. Thus far, there is no vaccine or …

[HTML][HTML] Combination therapy protects macaques against advanced Marburg virus disease

RW Cross, ZA Bornholdt, AN Prasad… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and remdesivir, a small-molecule antiviral, are promising
monotherapies for many viruses, including members of the genera Marburgvirus and …

[HTML][HTML] A highly attenuated Vesiculovax vaccine rapidly protects nonhuman primates against lethal Marburg virus challenge

C Woolsey, RW Cross, KN Agans… - PLoS neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Marburg virus (MARV), an Ebola-like virus, remains an eminent threat to public
health as demonstrated by its high associated mortality rate (23–90%) and recent …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesizing the connections between environmental disturbances and zoonotic spillover

JH Ellwanger, PM Fearnside, M Ziliotto… - Anais da Academia …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Zoonotic spillover is a phenomenon characterized by the transfer of pathogens between
different animal species. Most human emerging infectious diseases originate from non …

[HTML][HTML] Marburg virus persistence on fruit as a plausible route of bat to primate filovirus transmission

BR Amman, AJ Schuh, CG Albariño, JS Towner - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Marburg virus (MARV), the causative agent of Marburg virus disease, emerges sporadically
in sub-Saharan Africa and is often fatal in humas. The natural reservoir for this zoonotic virus …

Robust evidence for bats as reservoir hosts is lacking in most African virus studies: a review and call to optimize sampling and conserve bats

N Weber, M Nagy, W Markotter, J Schaer… - Biology …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Africa experiences frequent emerging disease outbreaks among humans, with bats often
proposed as zoonotic pathogen hosts. We comprehensively reviewed virus–bat findings …

Emergence of infectious diseases and role of advanced nanomaterials in point-of-care diagnostics: a review

K Markandan, YW Tiong, R Sankaran… - Biotechnology and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Infectious outbreaks are the foremost global public health concern, challenging the current
healthcare system, which claims millions of lives annually. The most crucial way to control …