Unexplained post-acute infection syndromes

J Choutka, V Jansari, M Hornig, A Iwasaki - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 is not unique in its ability to cause post-acute sequelae; certain acute
infections have long been associated with an unexplained chronic disability in a minority of …

The role of immune activation and antigen persistence in acute and long COVID

S Opsteen, JK Files, T Fram… - Journal of Investigative …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) triggered the
global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although most infections cause a …

Resurgence of Ebola virus in 2021 in Guinea suggests a new paradigm for outbreaks

AK Keita, FR Koundouno, M Faye, A Düx, J Hinzmann… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Seven years after the declaration of the first epidemic of Ebola virus disease in Guinea, the
country faced a new outbreak—between 14 February and 19 June 2021—near the …

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 …

Persistence of Ebola virus in semen among Ebola virus disease survivors in Sierra Leone: A cohort study of frequency, duration, and risk factors

AE Thorson, GF Deen, KT Bernstein, WJ Liu… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Sexual transmission chains of Ebola virus (EBOV) have been verified and
linked to EBOV RNA persistence in semen, post-recovery. The rate of semen persistence …

[HTML][HTML] Use of Ebola vaccine: recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices, United States, 2020

MJ Choi - MMWR. Recommendations and Reports, 2021 - cdc.gov
This report summarizes the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP) for use of the rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP Ebola vaccine (Ervebo) in the United …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in the era of the human microbiome: persistent pathogens drive chronic symptoms by interfering with host …

A Proal, T Marshall - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The illness ME/CFS has been repeatedly tied to infectious agents such as Epstein Barr
Virus. Expanding research on the human microbiome now allows ME/CFS-associated …

Twenty-first century viral pandemics: a literature review of sexual transmission and fertility implications in men

K Payne, P Kenny, JM Scovell… - Sexual medicine …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Introduction The 21st century has seen a series of viral pandemics that have collectively
infected millions of individuals. To understand factors that may contribute to viral spread and …

[HTML][HTML] Ebola virus infection associated with transmission from survivors

S Den Boon, BJ Marston, TG Nyenswah… - Emerging Infectious …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ebola virus (EBOV) can persist in immunologically protected body sites in survivors of Ebola
virus disease, creating the potential to initiate new chains of transmission. From the outbreak …