COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask …

K Escandón, AL Rasmussen, II Bogoch… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Scientists across disciplines, policymakers, and journalists have voiced frustration at the
unprecedented polarization and misinformation around coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

From ancient to emerging infections: the odyssey of viruses in the male genital tract

A Le Tortorec, G Matusali, D Mahé… - Physiological …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
The male genital tract (MGT) is the target of a number of viral infections that can have
deleterious consequences at the individual, offspring, and population levels. These …

Capturing sequence diversity in metagenomes with comprehensive and scalable probe design

HC Metsky, KJ Siddle, A Gladden-Young, J Qu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Metagenomic sequencing has the potential to transform microbial detection and
characterization, but new tools are needed to improve its sensitivity. Here we present …

Persistence and sexual transmission of filoviruses

BG Schindell, AL Webb, J Kindrachuk - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
There is an increasing frequency of reports regarding the persistence of the Ebola virus
(EBOV) in Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors. During the 2014–2016 West African EVD …

Advances in designing and develo** vaccines, drugs, and therapies to counter Ebola virus

K Dhama, K Karthik, R Khandia, S Chakraborty… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Ebola virus (EBOV), a member of the family Filoviridae, is responsible for causing Ebola
virus disease (EVD)(formerly named Ebola hemorrhagic fever). This is a severe, often fatal …

Characterization of an air-liquid interface primary human vaginal epithelium to study Ebola virus infection and testing of antivirals

O Escaffre, V Popov, E Hager, AN Freiberg - Antiviral research, 2023 - Elsevier
Ebola virus (EBOV) is the causative agent of the often-fatal Ebola virus disease (EVD)
characterized by hemorrhagic fever in humans and non-human primates. Sexual …

Implications of RNA viruses in the male reproductive tract: an outlook on SARS-CoV-2

MI Zafar, J Yu, H Li - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Emerging viral infections continuously pose a threat to human wellbeing. Several RNA
viruses have managed to establish access to the male reproductive tract and persist in …

Longitudinal human antibody repertoire against complete viral proteome from Ebola virus survivor reveals protective sites for vaccine design

S Khurana, S Ravichandran, M Hahn, EM Coyle… - Cell host & …, 2020 - cell.com
Evolution of antibody repertoire against the Ebola virus (EBOV) proteome was characterized
in an acutely infected patient receiving supportive care alone to elucidate virus-host …

Active Ebola virus replication and heterogeneous evolutionary rates in EVD survivors

SLM Whitmer, JT Ladner, MR Wiley, K Patel, G Dudas… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Following cessation of continuous Ebola virus (EBOV) transmission within Western Africa,
sporadic EBOV disease (EVD) cases continued to re-emerge beyond the viral incubation …

A 40-month follow-up of Ebola virus disease survivors in Guinea (Postebogui) reveals long-term detection of Ebola viral ribonucleic acid in semen and breast milk

AK Keita, N Vidal, A Toure, MSK Diallo… - Open Forum …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background With the increasing frequency and impact of Ebola virus disease (EVD)
outbreaks illustrated by recent epidemics, a good understanding of the extent of viral …