Against Zaire Ebola Virus Offers Hope in Developing a Bivalent Vaccine Against the 2 Deadliest Strains Microbial Genetics BT405 Thomas Jefferson University December 15‚ 2010 Development of a Monovalent Vaccine Based on cAdVax Technology Against Zaire Ebola Virus Offers Hope in Developing a Bivalent Vaccine Against the 2 Deadliest Strains Ebola viruses are a group of highly pathogenic filoviruses that cause outbreaks of severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and non-human primates‚ with a rate
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Introduction Ebola virus which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever‚ was first recognized in 1976 in Zaire‚ now Democratic Republic of Congo‚ and Sudan. It is named after the river Ebola in Zaire. The virus has five known subtypes named after the location where they were first identified and caused disease: Ebola Sudan‚ Ebola-Bundibugyo‚ Ebola-Zaire‚ Ebola-Ivory Coast and Ebola-Reston. (CDC.gov) Ebola-Reston is the newest subtype and was identified in research macaques imported from Philippines
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The Zika Virus is slowly spreading across the globe and it’s becoming more and more dangerous. The only real problem about Zika is that it doesn’t have a cure and that many babies end becoming deformed due to the Zika Virus. Zika is spread by the bite of an Aedes Mosquito these mosquitoes are known to carry the deadly virus. Another main problem is how common it is to get bitten by a mosquito and the fact that this disease can be passed to babies is terrifying and it can make babies look completely
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973 What is the Varicella-zoster virus? Varicella may not be a common term in every household but chickenpox on the other hand is always a worry of parents with children in elementary school. Chickenpox is caused by the Varicella-zoster virus (VZV). (Talaro) Chickenpox is a virus that causes an itchy rash that is contagious. Chickenpox is spread through airborne droplets or direct contact with the lesions created by chickenpox. Varicella is strictly a human disease and cannot be carried by animals
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want to get the Marburg virus (Preston 36). These are just some of the symptoms people experienced in Germany in 1967. Marburg was discovered in a factory called the Behring Works. This factory used the kidney cells of African green monkeys to produce vaccines for polio. The marburg virus had been discovered after a shipment of green monkeys had been brought from Uganda. These monkeys carried the Marburg virus‚ thus causing people who cared for these monkeys to get the virus. Several had died from
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Zika Virus‚ the rogue bug‚ has created quite a dreadful scene on an international scale by spreading rapidly to over 39 countries across the world. Doctors have described this as a “pandemic in progress”‚ indicating a state of emergency due to its rapid geographic expansion. Here are answers to all the questions you will ever need to ask about the Zika virus- What is the Zika Virus disease? It is a disease caused by a day time active species of mosquitoes infected by a virus called Zika. The
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Somehow immune to an unstoppable‚ incurable virus‚ military virologist Robert Neville is now the last human survivor in New York City and maybe the world. But he is not alone. Mutant plague victims lurk in the shadows? watching Neville’s every move? waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind’s last‚ best hope‚ Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find an antidote using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered? and quickly running out of time. SYNOPSIS The
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contained an infectious virus that spread through the air all over the globe. This new virus can mutate the human body into a horrific creature‚ but the severity and appearance is based on all the stress and hatred that the person (it used to be)‚ or a hideous monster or mythical creature or maybe hybrid. For example‚ if you are a super stressed-out person or hated every single living or nonliving thing that crossed paths with you‚ you would be
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The Zika Virus: The Undetected Effect Have you heard about the Zika virus? How it has being a huge epidemic in South America‚ especially in Brazil and neighboring states and countries. A next generation threat has surface and we are not even ready for the outcome of the vicious virus. The Aedes aegypti mosquitos is the most common to carry these virus. The virus started slow with everyone doctors thinking that this was going to die out on its own. They were wrong in many ways. It was first discovered
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(Wikipedia‚ 2012). Their extensive research and development efforts are focused on these same areas. MedImmune acquired FluMist when it purchased Aviron in 2002. FluMist is Aviron’s lead product for development and commercialization‚ it’s a live virus vaccine delivered to the patient as a nasal mist for the prevention of influenza (Wikipedia‚ 2012). Key Issues The board of MedImmune believed that Aviron was a good strategic fit but didn’t know what to offer. We need to see all the advantages
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