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Perspectives on advancing countermeasures for Filovirus disease: Report from a multi-sector meeting

Sprecher A, Cross RW, Marzi A, Martins KA, Wolfe D,  et al.
2023-08-19 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2023-08-19 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
Although there are now approved treatments and vaccines for Ebola virus disease (EVD), the case fatality of EVD remains unacceptably high even when treated with the newly approved therap...
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Research

Plasmodium parasitemia associated with increased survival in Ebola virus-infected patients

Rosenke K, Adjemian J, Munster VJ, Marzi A, Falzarano D,  et al.
2016-08-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2016-08-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa has resulted in 28 646 suspected, probable, and confirmed Ebola virus infections. Nevertheless, malaria remains a large public he...
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Research

Clinical chemistry of patients with Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia

de Wit E, Kramer S, Prescott JB, Rosenke K, Falzarano D,  et al.
2016-07-28 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2016-07-28 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
The development of point-of-care clinical chemistry analyzers has enabled the implementation of these ancillary tests in field laboratories in resource-limited outbreak areas. The Eterna...
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Research

The use of a mobile laboratory unit in support of patient management and epidemiological surveillance during the 2005 Marburg outbreak in Angola

Grolla A, Jones SM, Fernando L, Strong JE, Stroher U,  et al.
2011-05-24 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2011-05-24 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Background: Marburg virus (MARV), a zoonotic pathogen causing severe hemorrhagic fever in man, has emerged in Angola resulting in the largest outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF) ...
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Short Report

Rift Valley fever outbreak--Kenya, November 2006-January 2007

Nguku PM, Sharif S, Omar A, Nzioka C, Muthoka P,  et al.
2007-02-02 • MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
2007-02-02 • MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
In mid-December 2006, several unexplained fatalities associated with fever and generalized bleeding were reported to the Kenya Ministry of Health (KMOH) from Garissa District in North Ea...
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Research

The merits of malaria diagnostics during an Ebola virus disease outbreak

de Wit E, Falzarano D, Onyango C, Rosenke K, Marzi A,  et al.
2016-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2016-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Malaria is a major public health concern in the countries affected by the Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa. We determined the feasibility of using molecular malaria diagnostic...
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Letter

Reply to Colebunders: Is Plasmodium species parasitemia really associated with increased survival in Ebola virus-infected patients?

Rosenke K, Adjemian J, Munster VJ, Strong JE, Sprecher A,  et al.
2016-12-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2016-12-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
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Research

Prior vaccination with rVSV-ZEBOV does not interfere with but improves efficacy of postexposure antibody treatment

Cross RW, Bornholdt ZA, Prasad AN, Geisbert JB, Borisevich V,  et al.
2020-07-27 • Nature Communications
2020-07-27 • Nature Communications
A replication-competent vesicular stomatitis virus vaccine expressing the Ebola virus (EBOV) glycoprotein (GP) (rVSV-ZEBOV) was successfully used during the 2013-16 EBOV epidemic. Additi...
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Commentary

Personal Protective Equipment for Filovirus Epidemics: A Call for Better Evidence

Sprecher A, Caluwaerts C, Draper M, Feldmann H, Frey C,  et al.
2015-03-27 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2015-03-27 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is an important part of worker protection during filovirus outbreaks. The need to protect against a highly virulent fluid-borne pathogen in the tropic...
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Review

Ebola

Feldmann H, Sprecher A, Geisbert TW
2020-05-07 • New England Journal of Medicine
2020-05-07 • New England Journal of Medicine