Blacksburg, Va. -Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Texas A&M Health Center, and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have uncovered genetic ...

Over the last several years, we have experienced an increase of large outbreaks of Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in European countries and neighboring areas. This disease poses a great threat ...

Existing mouse models of lethal Ebola virus infection do not reproduce hallmark symptoms of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, neither delayed blood coagulation and disseminated intravascular coagulation nor ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Brazilian purpuric fever (BPF) is an acute disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius; it is characterized by fever, purpura, ...

This project builds on recent work reporting tick transmission of relapsing fever spirochetes and genome sequencing of both the pathogen and tick vector. We have utilized both next generation and ...

Dengue fever is caused by an arthropod-borne flavivirus and usually presents as a self-limiting febrile illness, but in more severe cases, a high fever, hemorrhaging, and plasma leakage can occur.

About 15% of patients with typhoid fever develop serious neurological complications, including delirium and seizures, that are collectively described as acute encephalopathy. Until now, however, ...

The importance of granulocytic pyrogen was first demonstrated in the study of experimental fevers produced in rabbits by the intravenous injection of bacterial endotoxins. In this model the injected ...

Future Virology. 2010;5(4):469-479. Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) internalization is clathrin and pH dependent. The CCHFV replication cycle is dependent on actin and microtubule ...