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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever and Septic Shock [PDF]
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003 Ebola virus is the cause of sporadic outbreaks of lethal Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) in central Africa. Despite the difficulties of studying this virus much has been learned over the past decade about the pathogenesis of Ebola virus infection in humans and nonhuman primates.
Mike Bray, Siddhartha Mahanty
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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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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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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.
Tadeusz Płusa
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The Republic of Guinea and Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak
International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2016 Background: The authors analysed the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Guinea. They summarised the epidemic impact on the country’s health care system, its economy, education, domestic policies and its international cooperation. Methods: This was a descriptive study based on statistics, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in ...
Moussa Kantara Camara +7 more
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Other than Ebola and Lassa [PDF]
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2019 Viral hemorrhagic fevers represent a group of diseases caused by enveloped RNA viruses. The epidemiology is broadly variable, ranging from geographically localized to more diffuse infections. Viral hemorrhagic fevers are classified as category A bioweapon agents by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Alimuddin Zumla +10 more
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever(EHF): Mechanism of Transmission and Pathogenicity.
Journal of Nippon Medical School, 2001 Hemorrhagic fevers represent a wide spectrum of viral infectious diseases, out-breaking mostly as epidemics, some of them being highly lethal. They range from those caused by bunyaviridae, associated with renal or pulmonary syndromes and those recently emerging and caused by the filoviridae family of thread-like viruses.
Masumi Shimizu +5 more
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Viral hemorrhagic fevers: Ebola and beyond [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016 Lucille Blumberg
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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 ...
Wenwu Yao +5 more
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A Syrian golden hamster model recapitulating ebola hemorrhagic fever. [PDF]
J Infect Dis, 2013 Ebihara H +10 more
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