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UnknownNovel astroviruses in children, Egypt.
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S-EPMC3311207 | biostudies-literature
UnknownUtility of TaqMan Array Cards for detection of acute febrile illness etiologies in patients suspected of viral hemorrhagic fever infections.

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Due to the difficulty in attributing a causative agent to acute febrile illnesses (AFI), multi-pathogen diagnostic tools should be prioritized in low-resource settings. A previously developed AFI-TaqMan Array Card (AFI-TAC), capable of detecting 26 pathogens within 2 h of nuclei...
S-EPMC12751250 | biostudies-literature
UnknownCrimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Refugee Settlement during COVID-19 Pandemic, Uganda, April 2021.
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) was detected in 2 refugees living in a refugee settlement in Kikuube district, Uganda. Investigations revealed a CCHF IgG seroprevalence of 71.3% (37/52) in goats within the refugee settlement. This finding highlights the need for a multisectoral approach to co...
S-EPMC9622249 | biostudies-literature
UnknownCase of Human Orthohantavirus Infection, Michigan, USA, 2021.
Orthohantaviruses cause hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome; most cases occur in the southwest region of the United States. We discuss a clinical case of orthohantavirus infection in a 65-year-old woman in Michigan and the phylogeographic link of partial viral fragments from the patient and rodents ...
S-EPMC10977823 | biostudies-literature
UnknownA Case of Human Lassa Virus Infection With Robust Acute T-Cell Activation and Long-Term Virus-Specific T-Cell Responses.
A nurse who acquired Lassa virus infection in Togo in the spring of 2016 was repatriated to the United States for care at Emory University Hospital. Serial sampling from this patient permitted the characterization of several aspects of the innate and cellular immune responses to Lassa virus. Althoug...
S-EPMC5853890 | biostudies-literature
UnknownUse of the Chainchecker application: Uganda's experience during the 2022 Sudan Virus Disease outbreak.
On September 20, 2022, the Uganda Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Sudan Virus Disease (SVD). As the outbreak grew, it became imperative to quickly visualize and analyze chains of disease transmission. Determining epidemiological links between cases is critical for outbreak control as inco...
S-EPMC12011214 | biostudies-literature
UnknownRift Valley Fever Outbreak during COVID-19 Surge, Uganda, 2021.
Rift Valley fever, endemic or emerging throughout most of Africa, causes considerable risk to human and animal health. We report 7 confirmed Rift Valley fever cases, 1 fatal, in Kiruhura District, Uganda, during 2021. Our findings highlight the importance of continued viral hemorrhagic fever surveil...
S-EPMC9622231 | biostudies-literature
UnknownHigher isolation of NDM-1 producing Acinetobacter baumannii from the sewage of the hospitals in Beijing.
Multidrug resistant microbes present in the environment are a potential public health risk. In this study, we investigate the presence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) producing bacteria in the 99 water samples in Beijing City, including river water, treated drinking water, raw water sampl...
S-EPMC3670931 | biostudies-literature
UnknownPrevalence of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus among Livestock and Ticks in Zhambyl Region, Kazakhstan, 2017.
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a highly fatal zoonotic disease endemic to Kazakhstan. Previous work estimated the seroprevalence of CCHF virus (CCHFV) among livestock owners in the Zhambyl region of southern Kazakhstan at 1.2%. To estimate CCHFV seroprevalence among cattle and sheep, we s...
S-EPMC9128673 | biostudies-literature
UnknownRift Valley Fever Outbreak Investigation Associated with a Dairy Farm Abortion Storm, Mbarara District, Western Uganda, 2023.
In Africa, Rift Valley Fever poses a substantial risk to animal health, and human cases occur after contact with infected animals or their tissues. RVF has re-emerged in Uganda after nearly five decades, with multiple outbreaks recorded since 2016. We investigated a unique RVF outbreak associated wi...
S-EPMC12298680 | biostudies-literature
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