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Updates in diagnosis and management of Ebola hemorrhagic fever

open access: yesJournal 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
Salah Mohamed El Sayed   +8 more
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Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreaks: strategies for effective epidemic management, containment and control [PDF]

open access: yesBrazilian 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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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever and the Current State of Vaccine Development [PDF]

open access: yesOsong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 2014
Current Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa already reached the total number of 1,323 including 729 deaths by July 31st. the fatality is around 55% in the southeastern area of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria. The number of patients with Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF) was continuously increasing even though the any effective therapeutics or ...
Kee-Jong Hong, Won-Ja Lee
exaly   +4 more sources

Simultaneous Detection of Ebola Virus and Pathogens Associated With Hemorrhagic Fever by an Oligonucleotide Microarray

open access: yesFrontiers 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 ...
Wenwu Yao   +5 more
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Ebola hemorrhagic fever: genetic biomarkers and vaccine development. [PDF]

open access: yesGenet 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,
Oliphant E.
europepmc   +4 more sources

The Weight of Waiting [PDF]

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases
In Ebola outbreaks, families wait to bury their dead until a PCR whispers yes or no. Amid outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in Senegal, laboratories raced clocks they could not command as loved ones stood by.
Moussa Moise Diagne
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Ebola Severe Hemorrhagic Fever

open access: yesJournal of Associated Medical Sciences, 2015
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Kanlaya Wongworapat, Wasana Sirirungsi
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Identification and Structural Characterization of Viroporins from Deadly Hemorrhagic Viruses [PDF]

open access: yesViruses
Crimean–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,
Hiya Lahiri   +2 more
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Key features of Ebola hemorrhagic fever: a review

open access: yesAsian 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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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern; a Review Article [PDF]

open access: yesEmergency, 2015
Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) was first reported in 1976 with two concurrent outbreaks of acute viral hemorrhagic fever centered in Yambuku (near the Ebola River), Democratic Republic of Congo, and also in Nzara, Sudan.
Saeed Safari   +4 more
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