pathogen of hepatities
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Hepatitis viruses are important human pathogens that cause severe liver disease worldwide.
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) causes acute hepatitis in humans, and as a potential agent of bioterrorism (BT) it poses a threat to the safety of the blood supply. Ebola virus is a Filovirus that causes a severe hemorrhagic disease in humans. There is currently no licensed treatment or vaccine to prevent Filovirus infection, which mortality rate can reach 90% of infected individuals, Early diagnosis and quarantine are the main tools to control Filovirus outbreaks.
Tests to screen blood donations and diagnose viral infection for hepatitis viruses are widely used. Nevertheless, hepatitis virus infections and the potential release of BT agents remain a serious public health problem in the United States. Understanding how these human pathogens cause disease is of paramount importance for detecting, treating, and preventing infection. The use of rapid and highly sensitive tests will have a major impact on public health by reducing the levels of illness and death due to hepatitis viruses and BT agents.
To accomplish our research goals, we use state-of-the-art techniques to detect viruses, adapt viruses to growth in cell culture, and develop animal models of hepatitis to study the course of the disease.