In 1976, epidemics of severe hemorrhagic fever occurred simultaneously in both Zaire and Sudan. Of 550 cases reported, fatalities reached 88% in Zaire and 53% in Sudan, resulting in a total of 430 deaths.
Iverson, Phillip B., Will, Loren A.
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Projections of epidemic transmission and estimation of vaccination impact during an ongoing Ebola virus disease outbreak in Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as of Feb. 25, 2019. [PDF]
BackgroundAs of February 25, 2019, 875 cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) were reported in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Hoff, Nicole A+12 more
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Anemia during Hospitalization in the Patients with Ebola Virus Disease [PDF]
Ebola virus disease is the important emerging disease in Africa. This infection is deadly and has the main clinical feature as an acute hemorrhagic fever. The main hematological alteration in this infection is the platelet change.
beuy joob, viroj wiwanitkit
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Isolation of Angola-like Marburg virus from Egyptian rousette bats from West Africa. [PDF]
Marburg virus (MARV) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe Marburg virus disease (MVD). Most MVD outbreaks originated in East Africa and field studies in East Africa, South Africa, Zambia, and Gabon identified the Egyptian rousette bat (ERB; Rousettus ...
Amara, Emmanuel+49 more
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Simian hemorrhagic fever virus infection of rhesus macaques as a model of viral hemorrhagic fever: Clinical characterization and risk factors for severe disease [PDF]
Simian Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (SHFV) has caused sporadic outbreaks of hemorrhagic fevers in macaques at primate research facilities. SHFV is a BSL-2 pathogen that has not been linked to human disease; as such, investigation of SHFV pathogenesis in non ...
Bernbaum, John G.+12 more
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Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016
Background. Lassa fever belongs to the group of potentially fatal hemorrhagic fevers, never reported in Togo. The aim of this paper is to report the first two cases of Lassa fever infection in Togo. Case Presentation.
Akouda Akessiwe Patassi+14 more
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Ebola virus disease: Essential clinical knowledge
Since its initial outbreak in 1976, Ebola virus disease (EVD) has affected thousands of people, causing severe illness with high mortality rates. In the absence of a vaccine or effective specific treatment, as well as the lack of early diagnostic and ...
Mahmoud Tawfik Khalafallah+3 more
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Sequential Monte Carlo Filtering Estimation of Ebola Progression in West Africa [PDF]
We use a multivariate formulation of sequential Monte Carlo filter that utilizes mechanistic models for Ebola virus propagation and available incidence data to simultaneously estimate the disease progression states and the model parameters. This method has the advantage of performing the inference online as the new data becomes available and estimates ...
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (Ebolavirus) [PDF]
Without treatment, the Ebola Virus (also known as hemorrhagic fever) has up to a 90% fatality rate. Understanding this disease could help save a person’s life, especially if that person has recently traveled to ...
Hernandez, Maria, McKee, Katie
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Evaluating the use of cell phone messaging for community Ebola syndromic surveillance in high risked settings in Southern Sierra Leone [PDF]
Background: Most underdeveloped countries do not meet core disease outbreak surveillance because of the lack of human resources, laboratory and infrastructural facilities.
Kangbai, Jia, Koroma, Mohamed
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