Containing the threat - don't forget Ebola [PDF]
, 2004 In 2000, Uganda experienced the largest outbreak of Ebola fever ever described.
Geisbert, Jonathan Cohen, Lamunu
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Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2022 The economy and health of the world’s population have been recurrently affected by infectious diseases since records began in the early 1900s, including large epidemic events that involved diseases such as the ‘Spanish influenza’, West Nile fever, Ebola ...
Vittorio Colizzi +11 more
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Delayed Disease Progression in Cynomolgus Macaques Infected with Ebola Virus Makona Strain
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 In late 2013, the largest documented outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever started in Guinea and has since spread to neighboring countries, resulting in almost 27,000 cases and >11,000 deaths in humans.
Andrea Marzi +5 more
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The Silent Risk of Sudan Virus: A Review Addressing Global Health Vulnerabilities. [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background and Aim Sudan Virus Disease (SVD) is a deadly hemorrhagic fever caused by the Sudan virus, first discovered in Sudan in 1976. This disease has been linked to several outbreaks in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly in Uganda. The high fatality rate of SVD, ranging from 41% to 70%, emphasizes the critical need for effective preventive ...
Dewan SMR, Khan SA.
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Presence and persistence of Ebola or Marburg virus in patients and survivors: A rapid systematic review [PDF]
, 2016 Background: The 2013-15 Ebola outbreak was unprecedented due to sustainedtransmission within urban environments and thousands of survivors. In 2014 the World Health Organization stated that there was insufficient evidence to give definitive guidance ...
Brainard, Julii +4 more
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern; a Review Article
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018 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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Predicting the extinction of Ebola spreading in Liberia due to mitigation strategies [PDF]
, 2015 The Ebola virus is spreading throughout West Africa and is causing thousands of deaths. In order to quantify the effectiveness of different strategies for controlling the spread, we develop a mathematical model in which the propagation of the Ebola virus
Aragao Rego, H. H. +3 more
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Awareness of Ebola Virus Disease among the Medical and Non-medical Personnel in Lahore
RADS Journal of Biological Research & Applied Science, 2022 Background: Ebola hemorrhagic fever, also called Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), is caused by a member of Filoviridae family known as Ebola Virus (EBOV).
Waqas Iftikhar +5 more
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Plant phenology supports the multi-emergence hypothesis for ebola spillover events [PDF]
, 2017 Ebola virus disease outbreaks in animals (including humans and great apes) start with sporadic host switches from unknown reservoir species. The factors leading to such spillover events are little explored.
Douglas, Noah E. +6 more
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Perspectives on West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak, 2013–2016
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 The variety of factors that contributed to the initial undetected spread of Ebola virus disease in West Africa during 2013–2016 and the difficulty controlling the outbreak once the etiology was identified highlight priorities for disease prevention ...
Jessica R. Spengler +4 more
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