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Neurological, Cognitive, and Psychological Findings Among Survivors of Ebola Virus Disease From the 1995 Ebola Outbreak in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cross-sectional Study. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundClinical sequelae of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have not been described more than 3 years postoutbreak. We examined survivors and close contacts from the 1995 Ebola outbreak in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and determined ...
Bjornson, Zach +15 more
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Key features of Ebola hemorrhagic fever: a review
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2014 The current outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa has become a devastating problem, with a mortality rate around 51%; over 3 132 deaths have been confirmed and even more are expected in this case.
Zulane Lima Sousa
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PLoS Pathogens, 2023 Ebola virus (EBOV) causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans with high mortality. In Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors, EBOV persistence in the eyes may break through the inner blood-retinal barrier (iBRB), leading to ocular complications and EVD ...
Jiawang Gao +5 more
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Infection Rates and Risk Factors for Infection Among Health Workers During Ebola and Marburg Virus Outbreaks:A Systematic Review [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Infection in health workers (HWs) has characterized outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Marburg virus disease (MVD). We conducted a systematic review to investigate infection and mortality rates and common exposure risks in HWs in EVD ...
Adachi +112 more
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Diagnostic schemes for reducing epidemic size of african viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014 Introduction: Viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) outbreaks, with high mortality rates, have often been amplified in African health institutions due to person-to-person transmission via infected body fluids.
Iruka N Okeke +2 more
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Molecular Mechanisms of Ebola Virus Entry into Permissive Cells
Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2015 Ebola virus, representative of the Ebolavirus genus, Filoviridae family, causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans, with lethality rates amounting up to 90 %. The members of Ebolavirus genus infect a broad range of mammalian cells.
T. E. Sizikova +3 more
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The Ebola virus disease outbreak in Tonkolili district, Sierra Leone: a retrospective analysis of the Viral Haemorrhagic Fever surveillance system, July 2014–June 2015 [PDF]
, 2019 In Sierra Leone, the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak occurred with substantial differences between districts with someone even not affected. To monitor the epidemic, a community event-based surveillance system was set up, collecting data into the ...
Colizzi, Vittorio +7 more
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Journal of Health Policy & Outcomes Research, 2014 Pathogens causing transmissible viral hemorrhagic fevers are therefore classified internationally at the most dangerous hazard level. Most of them may be transmitted through the respiratory tract into human being. For this reason aerosol dissemination of viral pathogens may be considered as biological weapon.
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Frontiers in ImmunologyVaccines have historically played a pivotal role in controlling epidemics. Effective vaccines for viruses causing significant human disease, e.g., Ebola, Lassa fever, or Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, would be invaluable to public health ...
Duane C. Harris +13 more
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Ecologic and Geographic Distribution of Filovirus Disease
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004 We used ecologic niche modeling of outbreaks and sporadic cases of filovirus-associated hemorrhagic fever (HF) to provide a large-scale perspective on the geographic and ecologic distributions of Ebola and Marburg viruses.
A. Townsend Peterson +2 more
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