Publications by authors named "Predict Consortium"
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- A One Health surveillance approach was used in Vietnam to monitor biological samples from bats, pigs, and humans for zoonotic viruses at high-risk locations.
- Over 1,600 samples were tested for five types of viruses, revealing a significant presence of coronaviruses in bats near pigs, indicating a potential spillover risk due to high pig density.
- While direct human infections from these bat viruses weren't found, serological tests indicated possible past exposure to other dangerous viruses, showcasing the importance of coordinated surveillance in tracking viral threats.
Patients with preexisting metabolic disorders such as diabetes are at a higher risk of developing severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Mitochondrion, the very organelle that controls cellular metabolism, holds the key to understanding disease progression at the cellular level. Our current study aimed to understand how cellular metabolism contributes to COVID-19 outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBats are important hosts of zoonotic viruses with pandemic potential, including filoviruses, MERS-Coronavirus (CoV), SARS-CoV -1, and likely SARS-CoV-2. Viral infection and transmission among wildlife are dependent on a combination of factors that include host ecology and immunology, life history traits, roosting habitats, biogeography, and external stressors. Between 2016 and 2018, four species of insectivorous bats from a readily accessed roadside cave and buildings in Ethiopia were sampled and tested for viruses using consensus PCR assays for five viral families/genera.
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