Faculty of Health Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences

 

Recent Submissions

  • Okware, Samuel (Africa Health, 2022-10)
    Community contribution to the control of Ebola outbreaks in Uganda, 2000-2022
  • Pleško, Sebastian; Podlipnik, Črtomir (ExLi4EvA., 2016)
    The recent outbreak of Ebola viral disease (EVD) in West Africa reminded us that an effective anti-viral treatment still does not exist, despite the significant progress that has recently been made in understanding ...
  • Khataby, Khadija; Kasmi, Yassine; Hammou, Rahma Ait; Laasri, Fatima Ezzahra; Boughribil, Said; Ennaji, My Mustapha (ExLi4EvA., 2016)
    Ebola virus glycoprotein (GP) is the only protein that is expressed on the surface of the virus. The GP proteins play critical roles in the entry of virus into cell and in the evasion of the immune system. The GP gene ...
  • Hammou, Rahma Ait; Kasmi, Yassine; Khataby, Khadija; Laasri, Fatima Ezzahra; Boughribil, Said; Ennaji, My Mustapha (ExLi4EvA., 2016)
    Ebola epidemic is a fatal disease due to Ebola virus belonging to Filoviridae; currently the viral evolution caused more than 50% of death worldwide. Among the eight proteins of ZEBOV, there are four structural ...
  • Teng, Yue; Xu, Zhe; Yuan, Jin; An, Xiaoping; Song, Jiangman; Feng, Dan (ExLi4EvA., 2016)
    Recent findings revealed that certain viruses encoded microRNA-like small RNAs using the RNA interference machinery in the host cells. However, the function of these virusencoded microRNA-like small RNAs remained u ...
  • Teng, Yue; Yu, Yan; Jin, Yuan; An, Xiaoping; Feng, Dan (ExLi4EvA., 2016)
    The Ebola virus (EBOV) disease epidemic from 2013 to 2015 is the largest in history, affecting multiple countries in West Africa. Genome sequencing of EBOV has re‐ vealed extensive genetic variation and ...
  • Rodriguez‐Morales, Alfonso J.; Cardona‐Ospina, Jaime Andrés; Fernanda‐Urbano, Sivia; Nasner‐Posso, Katherinn Melissa; Cruz‐Calderón, Stefania; Calvache‐Benavides, Carlos E.; Delgado‐Pascuaza, Yudy Lorena; Castillo, Juan Camilo; Alvarez‐Ríos, Maria Yamile; Marín‐Rincón, Hamilton A.; Urrutia, Liceth; Paniz‐Mondolfi, Alberto (ExLi4EvA., 2016)
    Until today, February 22, 2016, no confirmed Ebola cases have been diagnosed in Americas (except USA, four cases with one death). Confusion, lack of knowledge, and fear have led to quickly misclassify cases as suspected, ...
  • Brown, Colin S; Elsherbiny, Mohamed; Johnson, Oliver; Kamboz, Amardeep; Lado, Marta; Leather, Andrew; Mounter, Natalie; Thomas, Suzanne; Youkee, Dan; Walker, Naomi; Awonuga, Waheed; Kamara, TB; Kamara, Cecilia; Kasette, Quannan; Ngauja, Ramatu (ExLi4EvA., 2016)
    The chapter explores the role of health partnerships in delivering services throughout the West African Ebola Virus Disease epidemic, including the creation of the Ministry of Health & Sanitation Ebola Holding Unit models, ...
  • Okware, Samuel (ExLi4EvA., 2016)
    Five outbreaks of Ebola virus disease of the Sudan Ebola virus and the Bundibugyo Ebola virus occurred in Uganda from 2000 to 2012. The attack rates and the case fatality rates were much higher for the former than the ...
  • Ebola. 
    Podlipnik, Crtomir (ExLi4EvA, 2016)
    The book Ebola is a r elevant resource of knowledge about various aspects of the Ebola virus (EBOV) and the related disease. Many experts from different fields of science and from different parts of the world contributed ...