A systematic review of the immuno-inflammatory dysfunction secondary to viral hemorrhagic fevers; Ebola and Lassa fever. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesThe viral hemorrhagic fevers Ebola and Lassa fever are endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Both viruses are characterized by high case fatality risk and lifelong debilitating sequelae including blindness and deafness.
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Ebola Severe Hemorrhagic Fever
Journal of Associated Medical Sciences, 2015 -
Kanlaya Wongworapat, Wasana Sirirungsi
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Simultaneous Detection of Ebola Virus and Pathogens Associated With Hemorrhagic Fever by an Oligonucleotide Microarray [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Ebola virus infection causes severe hemorrhagic fever, and its mortality rates varied from 25 to 90% in the previous outbreaks. The highly infectious and lethal nature of this virus highlights the need for reliable and sensitive diagnostic methods to ...
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Associated with Novel Virus Strain, Uganda, 2007–2008 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 During August 2007–February 2008, the novel Bundibugyo ebolavirus species was identified during an outbreak of Ebola viral hemorrhagic fever in Bundibugyo district, western Uganda.
Joseph F. Wamala +13 more
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Updates in diagnosis and management of Ebola hemorrhagic fever
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2016 Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a lethal viral disease transmitted by contact with infected people and animals. Ebola infection represents a worldwide health threat causing enormous mortality rates and fatal epidemics. Major concern is pilgrimage seasons with
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Interventions to Control Virus Transmission During an Outbreak of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Experience from Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. [PDF]
, 1999 On 6 May 1995, the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) coordinator in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), received a request for assistance for what was believed to be a concurrent outbreak of bacillary dysentery and viral hemorrhagic fever ...
Kerstiëns, B, Matthys, F
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Ebola Virus Hemorrhagic Fever [PDF]
Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2015 This past year has seen the largest Ebola virus outbreak on record, centered in West Africa in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. 1 Cases were first reported in Guinea on March 21, 2014; by March 30, cases were reported in Liberia and in May Sierra Leone also reported cases.
Cynthia S. Goldsmith
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Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreaks: strategies for effective epidemic management, containment and control [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015 Ebola hemorrhagic fever, caused by the highly virulent RNA virus of the filoviridae family, has become one of the world's most feared pathogens. The virus induces acute fever and death, often associated with hemorrhagic symptoms in up to 90% of infected ...
Gerald Amandu Matua +2 more
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Identification and Structural Characterization of Viroporins from Deadly Hemorrhagic Viruses [PDF]
VirusesCrimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHF-V) and Ebola virus are lethal pathogens that cause widespread outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever. Both diseases can be transmitted through contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals, but as an arbovirus,
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Ebola hemorrhagic fever: genetic biomarkers and vaccine development. [PDF]
Genet Test Mol Biomarkers, 2014 The Ebola virus causes a highly virulent systemic disease that involves viral hemorrhagic fever, affects multiple organ systems, and leads to internal bleeding and, in most cases, death. The World Health Organization estimates that as of August 31, 2014, there have been 3,685 cases and 1,841 deaths during the current outbreak (World Health Organization,
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