Gemcitabine combined with baicalein exerts antiviral activity against PEDV by inhibiting the entry and replication phases by Yingge Zheng, Yanfei Zhang, Fangying Xiong, Dehua Luo, Yuxiang Wang, Yijia Zhang, Dengguo Wei

“…However, for effective inhibition of a particular virus, a customized approach to combination pharmacotherapy may be essential. Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is a member of the Coronaviridae family, whose genome consists of a single strand of positive-sense RNA and has evolved into multiple epidemic lineages with no available drugs in clinical practice. …”
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Potential of hazard mapping as a tool for facing COVID-19 transmission: the geo-COVID cartographic platform by María Jesús Perles Roselló, Juan Francisco Sortino Barrionuevo, Francisco José Cantarero Prados, Hugo Castro Noblejas, Ana Laura De la Fuente Roselló, José María Orellana-Macías, Sergio Reyes Corredera, Jesús Miranda Páez, Matías Mérida Rodriguez

“…After the analysis, it has been concluded that the proposed methodology, and thus, the maps included in the Geo-Covid Cartographic Platform allow a realistic and rigorous analysis of the spatial distribution of the epidemic in real-time. …”
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Évacuation massive des populations en temps d’épidémie de COVID-19 : comment éviter la sur-crise ? by Éric Daudé, Delphine Grancher, Franck Lavigne

“…This paper offers a reflection on the constraints imposed by the focus of the management of the pandemic at the global level and of the epidemic at the level of the territories on the preparation and anticipation of new threats, such as natural hazards.…”
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Effect of the epidemiological heterogeneity on the outbreak outcomes by Alina Macacu, Dominique J. Bicout

“…To address this issue we have characterized the epidemic response function for a single-host population and defined a heterogeneity index measuring how host systems are epidemiologically different in terms of generation time, basic reproduction number $R_0$ and, therefore, epidemic response function. …”
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Resolving Covid-19 with Blockchain and AI by Suyogita Singh, Satya Bhushan Verma

“…Blockchain and AI software for epidemic and pandemic containment were analyzed in that research. …”
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The Symptom and Genetic Diversity of Cassava Brown Streak Viruses Infecting Cassava in East Africa by I. U. Mohammed, M. M. Abarshi, B. Muli, R. J. Hillocks, M. N. Maruthi

“…The genetic and symptom diversity of six virus isolates causing cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) in the endemic (Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania) and the recently affected epidemic areas (Uganda) of eastern Africa was studied. …”
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Lactoferrin exhibits PEDV antiviral activity by interfering with spike-heparan sulfate proteoglycans binding and activating mucosal immune response by Peng Liu, Jinjiao Zuo, Hui Lu, Bin Zhang, Caihong Wu

“…Abstract Neonatal piglets infected with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) experience a mortality rate of up to 90%, resulting in significant economic losses to the swine industry in China. …”
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The limits of restrictions on free competition in the state of emergency—the Hungarian fuel and food retail price maximisation in the light of the Hungarian constitutional court’s,... by Csaba Erdős, Viktória Verebélyi, László Knapp

“…Since March 2020, Hungary has almost continuously been under a type of special legal order, the state of emergency, which was first introduced to better protect against the COVID-19 epidemic and then in May 2022—following the amendment of the Fundamental Law—due to the Russian-Ukrainian war. …”
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Impact of Personal Protection Habits on the Spread of Pandemics: Insights from an Agent-Based Model by Lindsay Álvarez-Pomar, Sergio Rojas-Galeano

“…We extended an agent-based COVID-19 epidemic model in a simulated community to incorporate the mechanisms of these aforementioned personal care habits and measure their incidence in person-to-person transmission. …”
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Sleep quality and sleep hygiene in Slovenian university students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Vita Štukovnik, Marina Horvat, Vesna Vrečko Pizzulin, Leja Dolenc Grošelj

“…This study sought to 1) assess Slovenian university students’ sleep habits during the initial COVID-19 epidemic and lockdown and 2) evaluate sleep hygiene’s role as a potential predictor of sleep quality during this period. …”
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Assessing the ecological resilience of Ebola virus in Africa and potential influencing factors based on a synthesized model. by Li Shen, Jiawei Song, Yibo Zhou, Xiaojie Yuan, Samuel Seery, Ting Fu, Xihao Liu, Yihong Liu, Zhongjun Shao, Rui Li, Kun Liu

“…<h4>Background</h4>The Ebola epidemic has persisted in Africa since it was firstly identified in 1976. …”
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Optimal strategies of social distancing and vaccination against seasonal influenza by Eunha Shim

“…Our results show that combined strategies have a stronger impact on the reduction of the final epidemic size. Our results also suggest that the optimal vaccination can be achieved by allocating most vaccines to preschool-age children (age under five) followed by young adults (age 20-39) and school age children (age 6-19). …”
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A two-sex model for the influence of heavy alcohol consumption on the spread of HIV/AIDS by Gigi Thomas, Edward M. Lungu

“…The HIV/AIDS epidemic, one of the leading public health problems tohave affected sub-Sahara Africa, is a multifaceted problem withsocial, behavioral and biological aspects. …”
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Modelling the Impact of Media-Induced Social Distancing on the Containment of COVID-19 in Beijing by Yinjiao Gong, Aili Wang, Jin Guo, Stacey R. Smith?

“…Our findings demonstrate that enhancing social distancing and media reporting alone, if done in sufficient measures, are enough to alleviate the COVID-19 epidemic.…”
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Mobiliser des partenaires pour lutter contre le VIH/sida : les risques de la démobilisation institutionnelle en cas d’épidémie faible et concentrée. Le cas du programme Amali au Ma... by David Goeury

“…This stigmatization currently prevents the extinction of the HIV-AIDS epidemic in Morocco.…”
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CitySEIRCast: an agent-based city digital twin for pandemic analysis and simulation by Shakir Bilal, Wajdi Zaatour, Yilian Alonso Otano, Arindam Saha, Ken Newcomb, Soo Kim, Jun Kim, Raveena Ginjala, Derek Groen, Edwin Michael

“…We discuss future work that can significantly improve the scalability and real-time application of this digital city-based epidemic modelling system, such that validated predictions and forecasts of the paths that may followed by a contagion both over time and space can be used to anticipate the spread dynamics, risky groups and regions, and options for responding effectively to a complex epidemic.…”
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Europhile Public vs Eurosceptic Governing Elite in Hungary? by Borbála Göncz, György Lengyel

“…Abstract The threat of an epidemic narrows the scope for political competition. …”
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Justice et répression de la criminalité en temps de peste by Fleur Beauvieux

“…The issue of value added to crime in the epidemic context can therefore be posed.…”
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Fatores associados a difusão da epidemia de Covid-19 by Confins

“…The maps in this text seek to show what factors are associated with the Covid-19 epidemic, at least in the patterns of its spatial distribution. …”
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Raising Healthy Children: Family Fitness by Lisa D. Chan, Karla P. Shelnutt

“…Shelnutt, addresses the obesity epidemic, the benefits of physical activity for children and adults and how to work physical activity into family lifestyle. …”
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