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ArticleViruses2018

Ebola Virus Causes Intestinal Tract Architectural Disruption and Bacterial Invasion in Non-Human Primates.

Ronald B Reisler, Xiankun Zeng, Christopher W Schellhase, Jeremy J Bearss, Travis K Warren, John C Trefry, George W Christopher, Mark G Kortepeter, Sina Bavari, Anthony P Cardile

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Article in Viruses, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ronald B ReislerUS Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA. ronald.b.reisler.ctr@mail.mil.
Xiankun ZengUS Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA. xiankun.zeng.fn@mail.mil.
Christopher W SchellhaseUS Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA. christopher.w.schellhase.mil@mail.mil.
Jeremy J BearssUS Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA. jeremy.j.bearss.mil@mail.mil.
Travis K WarrenUS Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA. travis.k.warren.ctr@mail.mil.
John C TrefryBacterial Respiratory and Medical Countermeasures Branch, US Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA. john.trefry@fda.hhs.gov.
George W ChristopherJoint Program Management Office, Medical Countermeasure Systems, 1564 Freedman Drive, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA. george.w.christopher.civ@mail.mil.
Mark G KortepeterUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, 42nd and Emile, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. mark.kortepeter@unmc.edu.
Sina BavariUS Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA. sina.bavari.civ@mail.mil.
Anthony P CardileUS Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA. anthony.p.cardile.mil@mail.mil.
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases · USUnited States Food and Drug Administration · USUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the 2014⁻2016 West Africa Ebola Virus (EBOV) outbreak, there was a significant concern raised about the potential for secondary bacterial infection originating from the gastrointestinal tract, which led to the empiric treatment of many patients with antibiotics. This retrospective pathology case series summarizes the gastrointestinal pathology observed in control animals in the rhesus EBOV-Kikwit intramuscular 1000 plaque forming unit infection model. All 31 Non-human primates (NHPs) exhibited lymphoid depletion of gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) but the severity and the specific location of the depletion varied. Mesenteric lymphoid depletion and necrosis were present in 87% (27/31) of NHPs. There was mucosal barrier disruption of the intestinal tract with mucosal necrosis and/or ulceration most notably in the duodenum (16%), cecum (16%), and colon (29%). In the intestinal tract, hemorrhage was noted most frequently in the duodenum (52%) and colon (45%). There were focal areas of bacterial submucosal invasion in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in 9/31 (29%) of NHPs. Only 2/31 (6%) had evidence of pancreatic necrosis. One NHP (3%) experienced jejunal intussusception which may have been directly related to EBOV. Immunofluorescence assays demonstrated EBOV antigen in CD68+ macrophage/monocytes and endothelial cells in areas of GI vascular injury or necrosis.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, CDAntigens, Differentiation, MyelomonocyticAntigens, ViralCD68 MoleculeCohort StudiesDisease Models, AnimalEbolavirusFemaleGastrointestinal HemorrhageGastrointestinal TractHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumansLymphoid TissueMacaca mulattaMaleAntigens, CDAntigens, Differentiation, MyelomonocyticAntigens, ViralCD68 antigen, humanCD68 Moleculeantibioticsbacterial translocationEbola virushemorrhageintestinal tractkikwitMacaca mulattanecrosisrhesus macaque

Identifiers

PMID30241284
PMCPMC6213817
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