South Africa: Nigerian Man Treated for Lassa Fever

A Nigerian medical doctor who contracted Lassa fever in Nigeria is being treated at the Unitas Hospital in Pretoria, //the Gauteng Department of Health said on Wednesday. "The patient is under continuous observation and is receiving treatment in the hospital's special isolation ward," said depa...

New arenavirus discovered as cause of hemorrhagic fever outbreak in South Africa and Zambia

...ich was identified using genetic extracts of blood and liver from the victims and through unbiased high-throughput sequencing, is distantly related to lassa virus and Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). Characterization of the novel virus confirms the utility of unbiased high-throughput sequencing ...

Aethlon Medical Discloses New HIV/AIDS Treatment Data

... including several of world's deadliest bioterror and pandemic threats. These include: Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), H5N1 avian influenza (Bird Flu), the reconstructed 1918 influenza virus (r1918), West Nile virus (WNV), and Vaccinia and Monk...

Aethlon Medical Confirms Hemopurifier(R) Is a Treatment Candidate Against Swine Flu Virus

... including several of world's deadliest bioterror and pandemic threats. These include: Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), H5N1 avian influenza (Bird Flu), the reconstructed 1918 influenza virus (r1918), West Nile virus (WNV), and Vaccinia and Monk...

Aethlon Medical Announces Engagement of RedChip Companies to Initiate Investor and Media Relations Programs

..., including several of world's deadliest bioterror and pandemic threats. These include: Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), H5N1 avian influenza (Bird Flu), the reconstructed 1918 influenza virus (r1918), West Nile virus (WNV), and Vaccinia and Monk...

Aethlon Medical Announces CEO Interview and Corporate Presentation Available Online

..., including several of world's deadliest bioterror and pandemic threats. These include: Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), H5N1 avian influenza (Bird Flu), the reconstructed 1918 influenza virus (r1918), West Nile virus (WNV), and Vaccinia and Monk...

Data Published in Nature Medicine Highlights Ability of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals' Bavituximab to Cure Lethal Virus Infections

...of bavituximab in animal models of two lethal viruses --cytomegalovirus and lassa fever virus, a hemorrhagic fever virus that is listed as a class A bioterro...a pigs were infected with lethal Pichinde virus, which is a model virus for lassa fever. Fifty percent of the bavituximab-treated group survived, while untr...

UT Southwestern researchers develop new strategy for broad spectrum anti-viral drugs

...ps of guinea pigs infected with a virus similar to lassa fever virus recovered from the fatal disease when ...e guinea pigs infected with a virus similar to the lassa fever virus were cured when bavituximab was admini...t advanced Lassa-like fever infections in animals. lassa fever is an endemic disease in portions of West Af...

Media Affects Public Perception of Infectious Diseases

...ARS, West Nile virus, Lyme disease and avian flu -- while the other five haven't received much attention -- Tularemia, human babesiosis, yellow fever, lassa fever and hantavirus. The researchers found "that a single incident reported in the media can cause great public concern if it is interpreted to me...

Media coverage affects how people perceive threat of disease: study

...me disease and avian flu and five were medical disorders that have not often been present in current media: Tularemia, human babesiosis, yellow fever, lassa fever and hantavirus. Two groups of students, undergraduate and medical students, were asked to rate how serious, how prevalent, and how "disease-l...

Lassa in Medical Technology

SIGA Passes First Hurdle with Lassa Fever Antiviral ST-193

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2007 - SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGA) announced today the successful results of a proof of concept guinea pig trial of its lead Lassa fever virus drug, ST-193. This study was conducted under Biosafety Level 4 conditions at the U.S. Army Medical Research I...

Aethlon Medical to Present at the 2009 RedChip Small-Cap Investor Conference on June 16, 2009

... including several of world's deadliest bioterror and pandemic threats. These include: Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), H5N1 avian influenza (Bird Flu), the reconstructed 1918 influenza virus (r1918), West Nile virus (WNV), and Vaccinia and Monk...

Corgenix, Tulane Announce Award of NIH Grant Extending Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Product Development Program

... Recent lassa fever outbreaks in Africa show vital need for ne... This is the second grant awarded to Tulane for lassa virus products. Under the original grant awarded i...eveloped and patented new recombinant proteins for lassa virus and developed several viral detection produc...

Lassa in Medical Dictionary

Nephrosis

...ent, incidence, risk factors, signs, tests, support groups, ... Kidney Disease, Kidney Stones, Kuru, Kwashiorkor, Lactose Intolerance, Laryngitis, lassa Fever, Lead Poisoning, Legionnaires' Disease, Leprosy, etc... Nephrosis . Causes. Nephrotic syndrome is caused by various disorders that damage...

Metabolic Diseases

...ctor of the Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases Center. ... Kidney Disease , Kidney Stones, Kuru, Kwashiorkor, Lactose Intolerance, Laryngitis, lassa Fever, Lead Poisoning, Legionnaires' Disease , Leprosy, etc... The Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMD) Clinic consists of a multidisciplinary ...

Lassa in Biological News

UCI awarded $45 million for infectious disease research

...ans through either direct contact or an insect or tick. These include tularemia (also known as rabbit fever), Lyme disease, West Nile encephalitis and lassa fever. Improved detection of and vaccine development for coccidioidomycosis (also known as valley fever), a fungal disease that primarily affects ...

Nature Medicine study shows Peregrine's bavituximab can cure lethal virus infections

... of bavituximab in animal models of two lethal viruses--cytomegalovirus and lassa fever virus, a hemorrhagic fever virus that is listed as a class A bioterro...a pigs were infected with lethal Pichinde virus, which is a model virus for lassa fever. Fifty percent of the bavituximab-treated group survived, while untr...

Vaccine for Ebola virus

...agic fever viruses, says Dr Sanchez. As well as the difficulty in getting the right staff and facilities, vaccines for viruses like Ebola, Marburg and lassa fever have been difficult to produce because simple killed viruses that just trigger an antibody response from the blood are not effective. For these ...

New study may show how to forestall a fatal, virus-caused immune-system meltdown

...dliest pathogens ?including the Ebola, Marburg and lassa fever viruses, as well as the influenza virus stra...seen in humans infected by the much more dangerous lassa virus, which can cause an acute hemorrhagic fever ...t 5,000 people a year in West Africa. (During some lassa fever epidemics, as many as 50 percent of those di...

Hantavirus found in African wood mouse

...antavirus evolution and of rodent evolution." The researchers originally collected hundreds of African rodents during a study of the variability of lassa virus--another rodent-borne virus--in its hosts and in humans. They started looking for an African hantavirus in their unique, West African rodent col...

Lassa in Biological Technology

Aethlon Medical Announces Data Supported Strategy to Increase Hepatitis-C (HCV) Cure Rates

... including several of world's deadliest bioterror and pandemic threats. These include: Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), H5N1 avian influenza (Bird Flu), the reconstructed 1918 influenza virus (r1918), West Nile virus (WNV), and Vaccinia and Monk...

Nature Medicine study shows Peregrine's bavituximab can cure lethal virus infections

... of bavituximab in animal models of two lethal viruses--cytomegalovirus and lassa fever virus, a hemorrhagic fever virus that is listed as a class A bioterro...a pigs were infected with lethal Pichinde virus, which is a model virus for lassa fever. Fifty percent of the bavituximab-treated group survived, while untr...

Nature Medicine study shows Peregrine's bavituximab can cure lethal virus infections

... of bavituximab in animal models of two lethal viruses--cytomegalovirus and lassa fever virus, a hemorrhagic fever virus that is listed as a class A bioterro...a pigs were infected with lethal Pichinde virus, which is a model virus for lassa fever. Fifty percent of the bavituximab-treated group survived, while untr...

Consortium publishes Phase II map of human genetic variation

...eat glands, as well as other structures. The researchers also identified DNA variations in African populations that may be linked to resistance to lassa fever, a viral infection common in Western Africa. These changes lie in two genes, LARGE and DMD, which are involved in viral entry into cells. The fi...

Lassa in Biological Definition

Yellow fever

... Other meanings Yellow fever is sometimes used (generally disparagingly) to refer to men having a sexual fetish for Asian women. See also: lassa fever , Dengue fever . ...