Browsing by Author "Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine"

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    Human monkeypox disease (MPX)
    (Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salern, 2022-09-01) Farahat, Ramadan Abdelmoez; Sah, Ranjit; El-Sakka, Amro A.; Benmelouka, Amira Yasmine; Kundu, Mrinmoy; Labieb, Fatma; Shaheen, Rahma Sameh; Abdelaal, Abdelaziz; Abdelazeem, Basel; Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine; Franco-Paredes, Carlos; Henao-Martinez, Andres F.; Garout, Mohammed A.; León-Figueroa, Darwin A.; Pachar, Monica; Suárez, José Antonio; Ramirez, Juan David; Paniz-Mondolfi, Alberto; Rabaan, Ali A.; Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.; Nishiura, Hiroshi; Ortiz-Martínez, Yeimer; Garcia-Robledo, Juan Esteban; Cimerman, Sergio; Barbosa, Alexandre Naime; Pagliano, Pasquale; Zambrano-Sanchez, Gabriela; Cardona-Ospina, Jaime A.; Bížová, Beatrice; Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Monkeypox is a rare viral infection, endemic in many central and western African countries. The last international outbreak of monkeypox reported outside Africa occurred back in 2003. However, monkeypox has reemerged at a global scale with numerous confirmed cases across the globe in 2022. The rapid spread of cases through different countries has raised serious concerns among public health officials worldwide prompting accelerated investigations aimed to identify the origins and cause of the rapid expansion of cases. The current situation is reminiscent of the very early stages of the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Overlapping features between these, two seemingly alike viral entities include the possibility for airborne transmission and the currently unexplained and rapid spread across borders. Early recognition of cases and timely intervention of potential transmission chains are necessary to contain further outbreaks. Measures should include rapid and accurate diagnosis of cases meeting case definitions, active surveillance efforts, and appropriate containment of confirmed cases. Governments and health policymakers must apply lessons learned from previous outbreaks and start taking active steps toward limiting the recent global spread of monkeypox. Herein, we discuss the status of the current monkeypox outbreaks worldwide, the epidemiological and public health situation at a global scale and what can be done to keep at bay its further expansion and future global implications.
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    Recent advances in vaccine and immunotherapy for COVID-19
    (Taylor & Francis, 2020) Rabaan, Ali A.; Al-Ahmed, Shamsah H.; Sah, Ranjit; Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.; Al-Qaneh, Ayman M.; Al-Jamea, Lamiaa H.; Woodman, Alexander; Al-Qahtani, Manaf; Haque, Shafiul; Harapan, Harapan; Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine; Kumar, Pavan; Dhama, Kuldeep; Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.; Medicine, School of Medicine
    The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in millions of cases and hundreds of thousands of deaths. Beyond there being no available antiviral therapy, stimulating protective immunity by vaccines is the best option for managing future infections. Development of a vaccine for a novel virus is a challenging effort that may take several years to accomplish. This mini-review summarizes the immunopathological responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and discusses advances in the development of vaccines and immunotherapeutics for COVID-19.
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    The global challenges of the long COVID-19 in adults and children
    (Elsevier, 2023) Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.; Lopez-Echeverri, María Camila; Perez-Raga, Maria Fernanda; Quintero-Romero, Valentina; Valencia-Gallego, Valentina; Galindo-Herrera, Nicolas; López-Alzate, Santiago; Sánchez-Vinasco, Juan Diego; Gutiérrez-Vargas, Juan José; Mayta-Tristan, Percy; Husni, Rola; Moghnieh, Rima; Stephan, Joseph; Faour, Wissam; Tawil, Samah; Barakat, Hanane; Chaaban, Toufic; Megarbane, Andre; Rizk, Youssef; Sakr, Rania; Escalera-Antezana, Juan Pablo; Alvarado-Arnez, Lucia E.; Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine; Camacho-Moreno, German; Mendoza, Henry; Rodriguez-Sabogal, Ivan Arturo; Millán-Oñate, Jose; Lopardo, Gustavo; Barbosa, Alexandre Naime; Cimerman, Sergio; do Socorro Souza Chaves, Tânia; Orduna, Tomas; Lloveras, Susana; Rodriguez-Morales, Andrea G.; Thormann, Monica; Zambrano, Patricia Gabriela; Perez, Clevy; Sandoval, Nancy; Zambrano, Lysien; Alvarez-Moreno, Carlos A.; Chacon-Cruz, Enrique; Villamil-Gomez, Wilmer E.; Benites-Zapata, Vicente; Savio-Larriera, Eduardo; Cardona-Ospina, Jaime A.; Risquez, Alejandro; Forero-Peña, David A.; Henao-Martínez, Andrés F.; Sah, Ranjit; Barboza, Joshuan J.; León-Figueroa, Darwin A.; Acosta-España, Jaime David; Carrero-Gonzalez, Carmen María; Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.; Rabaan, Ali A.; Leblebicioglu, Hakan; Gonzales-Zamora, Jose A.; Ulloa-Gutiérrez, Rolando; Medicine, School of Medicine