Nat Commun
Isolation of Angola-like Marburg virus from Egyptian rousette bats from West Africa.
Amman BR, Bird BH, Bakarr IA, Bangura J, Schuh AJ, Johnny J, Sealy TK, Conteh I, Koroma AH, Foday I, Amara E, Bangura AA, Gbakima AA, Tremeau-Bravard A, Belaganahalli M, Dhanota J, Chow A, Ontiveros V, Gibson A, Turay J, Patel K, Graziano J, Bangura C, Kamanda ES, Osborne A, Saidu E, Musa J, Bangura D, Williams SMT, Wadsworth R, Turay M, Edwin L, Mereweather-Thompson V, Kargbo D, Bairoh FV, Kanu M, Robert W, Lungai V, Guetiya Wadoum RE, Coomber M, Kanu O, Jambai A, Kamara SM, Taboy CH, Singh T, Mazet JAK, Nichol ST, Goldstein T, Towner JS, Lebbie A
Marburg virus (MARV) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe Marburg virus disease (MVD). Most MVD outbreaks originated in East Africa and field studies i ...
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Source: PubMed
Cell Rep
Niemann-Pick C1 Heterogeneity of Bat Cells Controls Filovirus Tropism.
Takadate Y, Kondoh T, Igarashi M, Maruyama J, Manzoor R, Ogawa H, Kajihara M, Furuyama W, Sato M, Miyamoto H, Yoshida R, Hill TE, Freiberg AN, Feldmann H, Marzi A, Takada A
Fruit bats are suspected to be natural hosts of filoviruses, including Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV). Interestingly, however, previous s ...
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Source: PubMed
Emerg Microbes Infect
Seroreactivity against Marburg or related filoviruses in West and Central Africa.
Steffen I, Lu K, Hoff NA, Mulembakani P, Okitolonda Wemakoy E, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Ndembi N, Brennan CA, Hackett J, Switzer WM, Saragosti S, Mbensa GO, Laperche S, Rimoin AW, Simmons G
A serological survey of 2,430 archived serum samples collected between 1997 and 2012 was conducted to retrospectively determine the prevalence of Marb ...
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ACS Infect Dis 2020 Jan 15
Small Molecule Compounds That Inhibit Antioxidant Response Gene Expression in an Inducer-Dependent Manner.
Edwards MR, Liu G, De S, Sourimant J, Pietzsch C, Johnson B, Amarasinghe GK, Leung DW, Bukreyev A, Plemper RK, Aron Z, Bowlin TL, Moir DT, Basler CF
Marburg virus (MARV) causes severe disease in humans and is known to activate nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), the major transcript ...
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Virol. J.
Marburg virus pathogenesis - differences and similarities in humans and animal models.
Shifflett K, Marzi A
Marburg virus (MARV) is a highly pathogenic virus associated with severe disease and mortality rates as high as 90%. Outbreaks of MARV are sporadic, d ...
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