The costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics

AS Bernstein, AW Ando, T Loch-Temzelides… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The lives lost and economic costs of viral zoonotic pandemics have steadily increased over
the past century. Prominent policymakers have promoted plans that argue the best ways to …

Bat-borne virus diversity, spillover and emergence

M Letko, SN Seifert, KJ Olival, RK Plowright… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Most viral pathogens in humans have animal origins and arose through cross-species
transmission. Over the past 50 years, several viruses, including Ebola virus, Marburg virus …

Genomics and epidemiology of the P. 1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil

NR Faria, TA Mellan, C Whittaker, IM Claro… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in
Manaus, Brazil, resurged in late 2020 despite previously high levels of infection. Genome …

Ecology and economics for pandemic prevention

AP Dobson, SL Pimm, L Hannah, L Kaufman… - Science, 2020 - science.org
For a century, two new viruses per year have spilled from their natural hosts into humans (1).
The MERS, SARS, and 2009 H1N1 epidemics, and the HIV and coronavirus disease 2019 …

Transmission heterogeneities, kinetics, and controllability of SARS-CoV-2

K Sun, W Wang, L Gao, Y Wang, K Luo, L Ren, Z Zhan… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The role of transmission heterogeneities in severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) dynamics remains unclear, particularly those …

Nipah virus disease: epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and legislative aspects of this unpredictable emerging zoonosis

L Bruno, MA Nappo, L Ferrari, R Di Lecce, C Guarnieri… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review summarizes fundamental aspects of Nipah virus (NiV)
infection with particular emphasis on disease in swine and its zoonotic potential, focusing on …

Nipah virus dynamics in bats and implications for spillover to humans

JH Epstein, SJ Anthony, A Islam, AM Kilpatrick… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging bat-borne zoonotic virus that causes near-annual
outbreaks of fatal encephalitis in South Asia—one of the most populous regions on Earth. In …

Potent human neutralizing antibodies against Nipah virus derived from two ancestral antibody heavy chains

L Chen, M Sun, H Zhang, X Zhang, Y Yao, M Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nipah virus (NiV) is a World Health Organization priority pathogen and there are currently no
approved drugs for clinical immunotherapy. Through the use of a naïve human phage …

Inactivation of three emerging viruses–severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus and Nipah virus–in platelet …

M Eickmann, U Gravemann, W Handke… - Vox …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Emerging viruses like severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS‐
CoV), Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) and Nipah virus (NiV) have been …

A strategy to assess spillover risk of bat SARS-related coronaviruses in Southeast Asia

CA Sánchez, H Li, KL Phelps… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Emerging diseases caused by coronaviruses of likely bat origin (eg, SARS, MERS, SADS,
COVID-19) have disrupted global health and economies for two decades. Evidence …