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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2020 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) 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 with infected bodily fluids or contaminated fomites.
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Viral genomics in Ebola virus research [PDF]
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 Filoviruses such as Ebola virus continue to pose a substantial health risk to humans. Advances in the sequencing and functional characterization of both pathogen and host genomes have provided a wealth of knowledge to clinicians, epidemiologists and ...
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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 ...
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Ebola Virus Transmission Initiated by Relapse of Systemic Ebola Virus Disease
New England Journal of Medicine, 2021 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
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Cell, 2020 Ervebo is the first licensed vaccine for prevention of Ebola virus disease. The vaccine, originally developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada, is delivered in a single 1 mL dose and has been delivered to >200,000 people in an ongoing 2018-2020 outbreak of disease. To view this Bench to Bedside, open or download the PDF.
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2014 Ebola virus disease (Ebola hemorrhagic fever) first appeared in 1976 with two concurrent outbreaks of acute viral hemorrhagic fever involving 284 cases (151 deaths [53%]) centred in Nzara, Sudan (1), and 318 cases (280 deaths [88%]) in Yambuku (near the Ebola River), Democratic Republic of Congo (2).
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Workplace Health & Safety, 2015 Nurses are the largest group of health care providers and, therefore, are often at the forefront of epidemics: responding, treating, educating, and coordinating care as needed. But what happens when nurses are afraid of contracting an illness and decide to leave the workplace?
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Ebola Virus Disease Vaccines: Development, Current Perspectives & Challenges
Vaccines, 2023 The global outgoing outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in different regions of Sudan, Uganda, and Western Africa have brought into focus the inadequacies and restrictions of pre-designed vaccines for use in the battle against EVD, which has affirmed ...
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Mapping of Ebola virus spillover: Suitability and seasonal variability at the landscape scale [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 The unexpected Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa in 2014 involving the Zaire ebolavirus made clear that other regions outside Central Africa, its previously documented niche, were at risk of future epidemics.
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