• previously referred to as Ebola hemorrhagic fever). (bcm.edu)
  • Ebola viruses produce hemorrhagic fever, a condition that also can be brought about by other types of viruses but Ebola produces one of the most lethal forms. (bcm.edu)
  • In addition to the other symptoms of hemorrhagic fever - fever, headache, muscle pain, weakness, vomiting, and diarrhea - the more severe cases can include damage to blood vessels and extensive internal and external bleeding (hemorrhage). (bcm.edu)
  • In addition to Ebola virus, there is one other member of the Filovirus family, known as Marburg virus (named after the city in Germany in which it was first discovered), that also causes hemorrhagic fever. (bcm.edu)
  • Some of the most virulent diseases are caused by viruses, e.g., the hemorrhagic fever caused by Ebola virus. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Ticks Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, various tick- borne encephalitis's etc. (slideshare.net)
  • This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • Transmission of the ebolaviruses between natural reservoirs and humans is rare, and outbreaks of Ebola virus disease are often traceable to a single case where an individual has handled the carcass of a gorilla, chimpanzee, bats, or duiker. (wikipedia.org)
  • The first three subtypes have been associated with large EVD outbreaks in Africa. (bcm.edu)
  • all the countries that have "ebola" outbreaks are also known to be oil rich! (rts.earth)
  • The pathogens responsible for the disease are the five ebolaviruses recognized by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses: Ebola virus (EBOV), Sudan virus (SUDV), Reston virus (RESTV), Taï Forest virus (TAFV), and Bundibugyo virus (BDBV). (wikipedia.org)
  • Part of the innate immune system that is the body s first line defense against infection, dendritic cells sense the presence of pathogens in the blood or other tissues, ingest infecting organisms, and then display fragments of the invaders on their surface, which alerts and activates both killer and helper T cells (CD4 and CD8 cells), essentially teaching them to target the specific pathogen. (regenerativemedicine.net)
  • There are five subtypes of Ebola viruses: Zaire, Sudan, Bundibugyo, Tai Forest (formerly known as Côte d'Ivoire), and Reston, each named after the location in which it was first identified. (bcm.edu)
  • Viruses portal Ebola Ebola River Globalization and disease List of epidemics In accordance with the sovereignty at the time. (wikipedia.org)
  • When viruses enter a cell, they may immediately trigger a disease process or may remain quiescent for years. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • The 400 known viruses are classified in several ways: by genome core (RNA or DNA), host (animals, plants, or bacteria), method of reproduction (such as retrovirus), mode of transmission (such as enterovirus), and disease produced (such as hepatitis virus). (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Porcine circoviruses (PCVs), as members of the Circovirus genus of the Circoviridae family, have been linked to a variety of pig disease conditions, including porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome (PDNS), respiratory disease, postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome, and reproductive disorders. (creative-biolabs.com)
  • Structural perspectives of beak and feather disease virus and porcine circovirus proteins. (creative-biolabs.com)
  • This cross-sectional purposive study detected coinfections that are associated with the Newcastle disease virus among poultry from selected regions in Kenya. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, no Newcastle disease virus (family Paramyxoviridae) was detected in the cloacal swabs, although they were detected in the oropharyngeal swabs of chickens sampled in Nairobi, Busia, and Trans Nzoia. (bvsalud.org)
  • Infectious bronchitis virus and rotavirus were chickens' most prevalent coinfections associated with the Newcastle disease virus. (bvsalud.org)
  • The detection of these coinfections suggests that these viruses are significant threats to the control of Newcastle disease as the Newcastle disease virus vaccines are known to fail because of these coinfections. (bvsalud.org)
  • Therefore, this study provides important information that will help improve disease diagnosis and vaccine development for coinfections associated with the Newcastle disease virus. (bvsalud.org)
  • Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a febrile vector-borne disease endemic in Africa and continues to spread in new territories. (bvsalud.org)
  • he said as a follow up to the report in a section of the media on the outbreak of Ebola disease in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Health wishes to inform the general public that laboratory investigation has revealed that it is a case of Dengue Heamorrhagic Fever and not that of Ebola virus as erroneously reported. (rts.earth)
  • Disease Mechanisms of Toga viruses and Flavivirus Viruses are cytolytic, except for rubella. (slideshare.net)
  • Unlike some other viruses, such as influenza or SARS , Ebola virus is not spread through the air. (bcm.edu)
  • The common influenza viruses have antigens that mutate or combine readily, requiring new vaccines with each mutation. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • When Ebola isn't really ebola, and EV-D68 is really Polio: Digging deep to connect the dots of medical mythology. (rts.earth)
  • This data excludes all laboratory personnel cases, Reston virus cases (since they are all asymptomatic), and suspected cases. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is a tripartite RNA virus with three genomic segments: small (S), medium (M) and large (L). Pathogen genomic sequencing is becoming a routine procedure and a powerful tool for understanding the evolutionary dynamics of infectious organisms, including viruses. (bvsalud.org)
  • Ebola can be spread from person to person only while the infected person is displaying symptoms (although it has recently been recognized that the virus can persist in the semen of a small percentage of male survivors for more than a year). (bcm.edu)
  • Ebola symptoms early ebola symptoms are almost identical to malaria and typhoid fever, chikunga, and dengue fever, which in it's severest form is called dengue hemoraggic fever. (rts.earth)
  • Viruses are good inducers of interferon, which can account for the flulike symptoms of infection. (slideshare.net)
  • Viruses, except rubella and hepatitis C, are arboviruses. (slideshare.net)
  • The virus is harmless to macaques or may cause only a herpetic rash in macaques, but in humans it often produces fatal infections of the brain and meninges. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Viruses are also responsible for the common cold, childhood exanthems (such as chickenpox, measles, rubella), latent infections (such as herpes simplex), some cancers or lymphomas (such as Epstein-Barr virus), and diseases of all organ systems. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Ebola virus is spread through direct contact with blood or other bodily fluids, such as semen, feces, or vomit, of infected persons (or animals), including close contact with deceased EVD victims, which are highly infectious. (bcm.edu)
  • Ebola viruses belong to a family of viruses termed Filoviridae . (bcm.edu)
  • Nigeria was the first country in western Africa to successfully curtail the virus, and its procedures have served as a model for other countries to follow. (wikipedia.org)
  • Globally, Malaria, dengue and Yellow fever account for over 1.5 MILLION deaths a year. (rts.earth)
  • I was speaking about dengue fever and stated that I have had both dengue and malaria in the past (I've actually had dengue twice) and that dengue is so horrible that you actually wish you would die. (rts.earth)
  • Inspired by the utility of amplicon-based sequencing demonstrated in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Ebola, Zika and West Nile viruses, we report an RVFV sample preparation based on amplicon multiplex polymerase chain reaction (amPCR) for template enrichment and reduction of background host contamination. (bvsalud.org)
  • Infection can also be spread through objects like needles and syringes or clothing and bedding that have been contaminated with the virus. (bcm.edu)
  • Most cases of Ebola virus transmission occur between family members or in health care settings with inadequate infection control, because in these circumstances people are at highest risk of coming in contact with infected bodily fluids. (bcm.edu)
  • A few animals infected with PCV-2 may have a long-term infection. (creative-biolabs.com)
  • Viruses establish systemic infection and viremia. (slideshare.net)
  • In their paper published, the research team reports finding that dendritic cells of elite controllers are better able to detect the presence of HIV paradoxically through a greater susceptibility to HIV infection which enables them to stimulate the generation of T cells specifically targeting the virus. (regenerativemedicine.net)
  • The virus enters the body through a break in the skin or through the eyes, nose, or mouth of an unprotected person. (bcm.edu)
  • After HIV DNA enters the nucleus of an infected cell, it becomes integrated into the cellular DNA, turning it into an HIV factory that generates more virus particles. (regenerativemedicine.net)
  • ABBR: AAV A genus in the parvovirus family whose members cannot replicate without the presence of another virus. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • RVF is caused by the Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) of the genus Phlebovirus in the family Phenuiviridae. (bvsalud.org)
  • Chances of survival can be improved with early supportive care including maintaining body fluids and electrolytes and monitoring blood pressure, which may allow enough time for the body's immune system to fight off the virus. (bcm.edu)
  • Arthropod-borne Viruses Arthropod-borne viruses (arbovirus) are viruses that can be transmitted to man by arthropod vectors. (slideshare.net)
  • All of them can attach to cell membranes, enter the cytoplasm, take over cellular functions, reproduce their parts, and assemble themselves into mature forms capable of infecting other cells. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • New viruses are then released either by destroying their host cell or by forming small buds that break off and infect other cells. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • AAVs are nonenveloped single-stranded DNA viruses used in gene therapy to insert copies of missing genes into host cells. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • When the virulent version of an agent is encountered, the body recognizes the protein coat on the agent, and thus is prepared to respond, by first neutralizing the target agent before it can enter cells, and secondly by recognizing and destroying infected cells before that agent can multiply to vast numbers. (webot.org)
  • Flaviviruses can infect cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage. (slideshare.net)
  • We have shown that dendritic cells, which play a critical role in generating virus-specific T cells, have an improved ability to recognize HIV and build effective immune responses in elite controllers. (regenerativemedicine.net)
  • Because of this critical role of dendritic cells, the investigators explored the hypothesis that dendritic cells of elite controllers were better able to sense HIV and as a result to generate virus-specific T-cell responses. (regenerativemedicine.net)
  • While this may seem beneficial, it actually works more to the benefit of the virus than the infected individual by allowing HIV to escape recognition by dendritic cells. (regenerativemedicine.net)
  • A pathogen that is composed of nucleic acid within a protein shell but can grow and reproduce only after infecting a host cell. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Handlers of macaques may be infected by bites or exposure to animal blood or body fluids. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • The virus then spreads person-to-person, especially within families, in hospitals, and during some mortuary rituals where contact among individuals becomes more likely. (wikipedia.org)
  • The rep gene can be found on the virus sense strand, while the cap gene can be found on the complementary sense strand. (creative-biolabs.com)
  • Some BW (biological as markers for ongoing exposure risk, and amplify or prop- warfare) agents are capable of infecting/intoxicating a agate a bioterrorism outbreak. (cdc.gov)
  • Viruses maintained in nature principally, or to an important extent, through biological transmission between susceptible vertebrate hosts by haematophagus arthropods or through trans ovarian and possibly venereal transmission in arthropods. (slideshare.net)
  • A virus commonly found in macaques (Old World monkeys) but not in other primates. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • With SARS-CoV-2 as the model, the proposed method (RPA-TeaPNA-LFA) efficiently eliminated the false-positives, exhibiting a lowest detection concentration of 6.7 copies/µL of RNA and 90 copies/µL of virus. (bvsalud.org)
  • Recovery seems to depend in part on how much virus a person was initially exposed to, how early treatment is started, and on the patient's age and immune response. (bcm.edu)
  • Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa and the sixth most affected by COVID-19 on the continent. (bvsalud.org)
  • Field laboratories were established to confirm cases, instead of shipping samples to South Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is actually a very important aspect to all of this "ebola" scare. (rts.earth)
  • A virus with reduced pathogenicity as a result of treatment or repeated passage through hosts. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Viruses with lipid envelopes have a greater ability to adhere to cell membranes and to avoid destruction by the immune system. (unboundmedicine.com)