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Ebola virus disease [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2020
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe and frequently lethal disease caused by Ebola virus (EBOV). EVD outbreaks typically start from a single case of probable zoonotic transmission, followed by human-to-human transmission via direct contact or contact ...
Shevin T. Jacob, Ian Crozier, W. Fischer, Angela L Hewlett, C. Kraft, Marc-Antoine de La Vega, Moses J. Soka, Victoria Wahl, A. Griffiths, Laura Bollinger, J. Kuhn   +10 more
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Predicting the extinction of Ebola spreading in Liberia due to mitigation strategies [PDF]

Scientific Reports 5, Article number: 12172 (2015), 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
Braunstein, L. A., Rêgo, H. H. A., Stanley, H. E., Valdez, L. D.   +3 more
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EBOLA VIRUS AND EBOLA VIRUS DISEASES

Journal of Saidu Medical College, Swat, 1969
The name of the Ebola virus which is making theheadlines today originates from the Ebola Riverin the Congo. The first time the disease appearedwas in August 1976. Patient zero was aschoolteacher who had been touring along theEbola River just days before he was identifiedwith what become known as the Ebola virus.This was the beginning of ebola viral ...
Alamzeb, Aziz Ahmad, Taj Muhammad Khan
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Dynamics and optimal control of Ebola transmission [PDF]

Math. Comput. Sci. 10 (2016), no. 3, 331--342, 2016
A major Ebola outbreak occurs in West Africa since March 2014, being the deadliest epidemic in history. As an infectious disease epidemiology, Ebola is the most lethal and is moving faster than in previous outbreaks.
Rachah, Amira, Torres, Delfim F. M.
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Knowledge and risk perceptions of the Ebola virus in the United States [PDF]

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2015
Objectives: The Ebola epidemic has received extensive media coverage since the first diagnosed cases of the virus in the US. We investigated risk perceptions of Ebola among individuals living in the US and measured their knowledge of the virus.
Jonathan J. Rolison, Yaniv Hanoch
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A comparative computational genomics of Ebola Virus Disease strains: In-silico Insight for Ebola control [PDF]

Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2018
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), is a national epidemic in Countries affected. It is also a potential global public health pandemic. The menace of the disease outbreak among West and Central African nations, in recent years, has resulted in the death of many ...
Olugbenga Oluwagbemi, Olaitan Awe
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Prevention of sexual transmission of Ebola in Liberia through a national semen testing and counselling programme for survivors: an analysis of Ebola virus RNA results and behavioural data [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2016
Background: Ebola virus has been detected in semen of Ebola virus disease survivors after recovery. Liberia's Men's Health Screening Program (MHSP) offers Ebola virus disease survivors semen testing for Ebola virus.
Moses J Soka, MD, Dr. Mary J Choi, MD, April Baller, MRCGP, Stephen White, MSc, Emerson Rogers, BSc, Lawrence J Purpura, MD, Nuha Mahmoud, MD, Christine Wasunna, PhD, Moses Massaquoi, MD, Neetu Abad, PhD, Jomah Kollie, RN, Straker Dweh, Philip K Bemah, MD, Athalia Christie, MIA, Victor Ladele, MBBS, Oneychachi C Subah, BSc, Satish Pillai, MD, Margaret Mugisha, MPH, Jonathan Kpaka, BSc, Stephen Kowalewski, BS, Emilio German, MSHSA, Mark Stenger, MA, Stuart Nichol, PhD, Ute Ströher, PhD, Kristin E Vanderende, PhD, Shauna Mettee Zarecki, MSN, Hugh Henry W Green, MPH, Jeffrey A Bailey, MD, Pierre Rollin, MD, Barbara Marston, MD, Tolbert G Nyenswah, MPH, Alex Gasasira, MBChB, Barbara Knust, DVM, Desmond Williams, MD   +33 more
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Ebola virus disease

The Lancet, 2019
Ebolaviruses are pathogenic agents associated with a severe, potentially fatal, systemic disease in man and great apes. Four species of ebolaviruses have been identified in west or equatorial Africa. Once the more virulent forms enter the human population, transmission occurs primarily through contact with infected body fluids and can result in major ...
Denis Malvy, Anita K McElroy, H. D. Clerck, Stephan Günther, J. Griensven   +4 more
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Understanding Ebola Virus Transmission [PDF]

Viruses, 2015
An unprecedented number of Ebola virus infections among healthcare workers and patients have raised questions about our understanding of Ebola virus transmission.
Seth Judson, Joseph Prescott, Vincent Munster   +2 more
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Ebola Model and Optimal Control with Vaccination Constraints [PDF]

J. Ind. Manag. Optim. 14 (2018), no. 2, 427--446, 2017
The Ebola virus disease is a severe viral haemorrhagic fever syndrome caused by Ebola virus. This disease is transmitted by direct contact with the body fluids of an infected person and objects contaminated with virus or infected animals, with a death ...
Area, Ivan, Ndairou, Faical, Nieto, Juan J., Silva, Cristiana J., Torres, Delfim F. M.   +4 more
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