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ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2020

Lessons learned from Zaire ebolavirus to help address urgent needs for vaccines against Sudan ebolavirus and Marburg virus.

Daniel N Wolfe, Marva J Taylor, Amanda G Zarrabian

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Article in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel N WolfeDivision of CBRN Countermeasures, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority , Washington, DC, USA.
Marva J TaylorDivision of CBRN Countermeasures, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority , Washington, DC, USA.
Amanda G ZarrabianDivision of CBRN Countermeasures, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority , Washington, DC, USA.
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 2014-2016 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa triggered extensive investments from public and private partners in an attempt to slow the spread of disease and bring the outbreak under control. This significantly accelerated the pace of development of countermeasures against Zaire ebolavirus that enabled vaccines to be a part of an effective response to the most recent 2018-2019 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, there remain urgent and unmet needs for medical countermeasures against other members of the Filoviridae family that cause viral hemorrhagic fevers. To improve the national and global preparedness posture for viral hemorrhagic fevers, a renewed emphasis is being placed on developing vaccines for filoviruses other than Zaire ebolavirus. Here we discuss lessons learned from the West Africa epidemic and how those lessons apply to the development of vaccine candidates for other filoviruses, specifically Sudan ebolavirus and Marburg virus. This commentary will highlight some of the key product development gaps to address in preparation for future disease outbreaks caused by these viruses.

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EbolavirusHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaMarburgvirusAfrica, WesternDemocratic Republic of the CongoHumansSudanEbolaFilovirusMarburgmedical countermeasuresSudan ebolavirusvaccine

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PMID32275465
PMCPMC7734060
OpenAlexW3015769802

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