The vesicular stomatitis virus-based Ebola virus vaccine: From concept to clinical trials

E Suder, W Furuyama, H Feldmann… - Human vaccines & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The devastating Ebola virus (EBOV) epidemic in West Africa in 2013–2016 accelerated the
progress of several vaccines and antivirals through clinical trials, including the replication …

Ebola virus shedding and transmission: review of current evidence

P Vetter, WA Fischer, M Schibler… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. The magnitude of the 2013–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa
was unprecedented, with> 28 500 reported cases and> 11 000 deaths. Understanding the …

[HTML][HTML] Phase 1 trials of rVSV Ebola vaccine in Africa and Europe

ST Agnandji, A Huttner, ME Zinser… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The replication-competent recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (rVSV)–based
vaccine expressing a Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) glycoprotein was selected for rapid safety …

VSV-EBOV rapidly protects macaques against infection with the 2014/15 Ebola virus outbreak strain

A Marzi, SJ Robertson, E Haddock, F Feldmann… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The latest Ebola virus (EBOV) epidemic spread rapidly through Guinea, Sierra Leone, and
Liberia, creating a global public health crisis and accelerating the assessment of …

Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus–based vaccines against Ebola and Marburg virus infections

TW Geisbert, H Feldmann - The Journal of infectious diseases, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The filoviruses, Marburg virus and Ebola virus, cause severe hemorrhagic fever with a high
mortality rate in humans and nonhuman primates. Among the most-promising filovirus …

[HTML][HTML] Post-exposure treatments for Ebola and Marburg virus infections

RW Cross, CE Mire, H Feldmann… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2018 - nature.com
The filoviruses—Ebola virus and Marburg virus—cause lethal haemorrhagic fever in
humans and non-human primates (NHPs). Filoviruses present a global health threat both as …

Mus81 and converging forks limit the mutagenicity of replication fork breakage

R Mayle, IM Campbell, CR Beck, Y Yu, M Wilson… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Most spontaneous DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) result from replication-fork breakage.
Break-induced replication (BIR), a genome rearrangement–prone repair mechanism that …

[HTML][HTML] Survey of laboratory-acquired infections around the world in biosafety level 3 and 4 laboratories

N Wurtz, A Papa, M Hukic, A Di Caro… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Laboratory-acquired infections due to a variety of bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi have
been described over the last century, and laboratory workers are at risk of exposure to these …

[HTML][HTML] Chaperna-mediated assembly of ferritin-based Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus nanoparticles

YS Kim, A Son, J Kim, SB Kwon, MH Kim… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The folding of monomeric antigens and their subsequent assembly into higher ordered
structures are crucial for robust and effective production of nanoparticle (NP) vaccines in a …

Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector vaccines for WHO blueprint priority pathogens

A Fathi, C Dahlke, MM Addo - Human vaccines & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The devastating Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak in West Africa in 2013–2016 has flagged the
need for the timely development of vaccines for high-threat pathogens. To be better …