Issue · 2015
Vol. 2, Iss. 4 Pages 53-67
3 articles · pp. 53-67 · All issues →
CommentaryIntra-Host Bayesian Phylogeography Linking Viral Evolution and Pathogenesis Comes to an Age
Brittany D. Rife, Marco Salemi, E-mail | salemi@pathology.ufl.edu
Bayesian phylogeographic analysis has recently been at the forefront of understanding epidemiological processes through the reconstruction of evolutionary history and spatial dissemination of pathogens. Infection of a single host can be viewed simila…
3 Oct 2015
Research ArticleDetection of Hepatitis E Virus among HIV Infected Individuals in Ogbomoso, South-western Nigeria
Oladipo Elijah Kolawole, Oloke Julius Kola, Awoyelu Elukunbi Hilda, Olasunmibo Oluwatobi Gabriel, Ogunyale Tolulope Temitope E-mail | koladipo2k3@ yahoo.co.uk
Hepatitis E virus is a foodborne and waterborne virus commonly transmitted faecal-orally and through the transplacenta. Hepatitis E virus is one of the viruses that causes acute and self-limiting infection with a high risk of developing chronic hepatitis in im…
31 Oct 2015
ReviewCurrent Progress and Future Perspectives of Controlling Japanese Encephalitis Virus
Guoyi Li, Haiyan Tong, Jiansheng Chen, Jinliang Wei, Xiaoming Zhao, Guoping Zhang et al.
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an arthropod-borne disease causing dreadful central nervous system signs and high mortality in adults and children. It is caused by the JE virus (JEV), which belongs to the family Flaviviridae. JEV is endemic to many parts of East…
3 Oct 2015