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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ebola Virus Disease Therapeutics.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2019
BACKGROUND Although several experimental therapeutics for Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been developed, the safety and efficacy of the most promising therapies need to be assessed in the context of a randomized, controlled trial.
S. Mulangu, L. Dodd, R. Davey, Olivier Tshiani Mbaya, M. Proschan, Daniel Mukadi, Mariano Lusakibanza Manzo, Didier Nzolo, Antoine Tshomba Oloma, Augustin Ibanda, Rosine Ali, Sinaré Coulibaly, A. Levine, R. Grais, Janet Diaz, H. Lane, J. Muyembe-Tamfum, Billy Sivahera, Modet Camara, R. Kojan, R. Walker, Bonnie Dighero-kemp, H. Cao, Philippe Mukumbayi, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Steve Ahuka, S. Albert, Tyler Bonnett, Ian Crozier, Michael Duvenhage, C. Proffitt, M. Teitelbaum, T. Moench, J. Aboulhab, K. Barrett, Kelly Cahill, Katherine Cone, R. Eckes, L. Hensley, B. Herpin, E. Higgs, J. Ledgerwood, J. Pierson, M. Smolskis, Ydrissa Sow, J. Tierney, S. Sivapalasingam, W. Holman, Nikki Gettinger, D. Vallée, J. Nordwall   +50 more
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Ebola vaccination [PDF]

The Lancet, 2015
We welcome the results from the Ebola ça Suffit (“Ebola that is enough”) trial, emphasising the potential importance of a vaccine in controlling Ebola virus disease. However, parallel development in children and adolescents is scarce. More than 3000 confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease in children younger than 14 years have been reported, including ...
Fitzgerald, F, Yeung, S, Gibb, D, Baion, D, Pollard, A   +4 more
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Dose-dependent T-cell Dynamics and Cytokine Cascade Following rVSV-ZEBOV Immunization. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: The recent West African Ebola epidemic led to accelerated efforts to test Ebola vaccine candidates. As part of the World Health Organisation-led VSV Ebola Consortium (VEBCON), we performed a phase I clinical trial investigating rVSV-ZEBOV (a ...
Addo, MM, Becker, S, Biedenkopf, N, Borregaard, S, Dahlke, C, Eickmann, M, Fehling, SK, Jambrecina, A, Kasonta, R, Krähling, V, Lohse, AW, Lunemann, S, Ly, ML, Lütgehetmann, M, Olearo, F, Rechtien, A, Schmiedel, S, Spohn, M, Stahl, F, Strecker, T, Stubbe, HC, VEBCON Consortium, Zinser, ME   +22 more
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Bat portraits in times of pandemic

Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2020
In this Photo Essay, photographs are combined with drawings collected in Burkina Faso in the years following the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak. Portraits of bats are shown.
Michele Cros
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Sources of Mapping used in Humanitarian Emergencies: The Case of Ebola

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2022
The need to rapidly respond to health emergencies has generated various institutional initiatives to identify their location, through mapping. This study employs a qualitative-exploratory method, based on the daily monitoring of eight Ebola epidemics ...
Barra Martínez José Antonio, Morales-Yago Francisco José, de Lázaro-Torres María Luisa   +2 more
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Therapeutic efficacy of the small molecule GS-5734 against Ebola virus in rhesus monkeys

Nature, 2016
The most recent Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, which was unprecedented in the number of cases and fatalities, geographic distribution, and number of nations affected, highlights the need for safe, effective, and readily available antiviral agents ...
Travis K Warren, R. Jordan, Michael K. Lo, A. Ray, R. Mackman, V. Soloveva, D. Siegel, M. Perron, R. Bannister, H. Hui, Nate Larson, R. Strickley, Jay B. Wells, Kelly S. Stuthman, Sean A. van Tongeren, N. Garza, G. Donnelly, A. Shurtleff, Cary J. Retterer, D. Gharaibeh, Rouzbeh Zamani, Tara A. Kenny, Brett Eaton, Elizabeth C. Grimes, Lisa S. Welch, L. Gomba, C. Wilhelmsen, D. Nichols, J. Nuss, Elyse R. Nagle, Jeffrey R. Kugelman, G. Palacios, Edward M. Doerffler, Sean Neville, Ernest A. Carra, M. Clarke, Lijun Zhang, W. Lew, B. Ross, Q. Wang, K. Chun, Lydia Wolfe, D. Babusis, Yeojin Park, Kirsten M. Stray, Iva Trancheva, Joy Y. Feng, O. Barauskas, Yili Xu, Pamela Wong, Molly R. Braun, M. Flint, L. McMullan, Shan-Shan Chen, R. Fearns, S. Swaminathan, D. Mayers, C. Spiropoulou, William A. Lee, S. Nichol, T. Cihlář, S. Bavari   +61 more
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The laboratory health system and its response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016
The laboratory system in Liberia has generally been fragmented and uncoordinatedAccordingly, the country’s Ministry of Health established the National Reference Laboratoryto strengthen and sustain laboratory services. However, diagnostic testing services
Stephen B. Kennedy, Christine L. Wasunna, John B. Dogba, Philip Sahr, Candace B. Eastman, Fatorma K. Bolay, Gloria T. Mason, Mark W.S. Kieh   +7 more
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Seroprevalence of Ebola virus infection in Bombali District, Sierra Leone [PDF]

, 2017
A serosurvey of anti-Ebola Zaire virus nucleoprotein IgG prevalence was carried out among Ebola virus disease survivors and their Community Contacts in Bombali District, Sierra Leone. Our data suggest that the specie of Ebola virus (Zaire) responsible of
Antonella Minutolo, Brima Kargbo, Carla Montesano, Ebola Study Group, Emmanuel Iwerima, Gianluca Russo, Marta Giovanetti, Massimo Amicosante, Mattei Maurizio, Nadege Goumkwa Mafopa, Patrick Turay, Raoul Emeric Guetiya Wadoum, Thomas B. Turay, Vincent Batwala   +13 more
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Awareness of Ebola Virus Disease and Information Seeking Behaviour of Rural Dwellers in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study

Folia Toruniensia, 2021
Aim: The study investigated the awareness of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and information seeking behaviour of rural dwellers in Nigeria. Methods: The survey type of the descriptive research design was used in conducting the study and the study group ...
Ebiye V. Edonkumoh, Margaret N. Ngwuchukwu, Promise I Ilo, Omorodion Okuonghae   +3 more
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Hegemonic structure of basic, clinical and patented knowledge on Ebola research: a US army reductionist initiative [PDF]

Journal of Translational Medicine (2015) 13:124, 2016
Background: In this paper, we present an approach to understand how the basic, clinical and patent knowledge on Ebola is organized and intercommunicated and what leading factor could be shaping the evolution of the knowledge translation process for this disease.
arxiv   +1 more source