Emerging infectious diseases
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Emerging Infect. Dis.
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The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has highlighted questions regarding stability of the virus and detection of RNA from corpses. We used Ebola virus-infected macaques to model humans who died of Ebola virus disease. Viable virus was isolated <7 days posteuthanasia; viral RNA was detectable for 10 weeks.
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Emerging Infect. Dis. · May 2015
Historical ArticleAntimicrobial Drug Resistance of Vibrio cholerae, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
We analyzed 1,093 Vibrio cholerae isolates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo during 1997-2012 and found increasing antimicrobial drug resistance over time. Our study also demonstrated that the 2011-2012 epidemic was caused by an El Tor variant clonal complex with a single antimicrobial drug susceptibility profile.
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Emerging Infect. Dis. · May 2015
Letter Historical ArticleChikungunya virus outbreak, Dominica, 2014.