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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 Ebola is a highly pathogenic virus, which in humans reaches a mortality rate above 50%. Due to a lack of laboratories in territories where Ebola viruses are endemic and the limited number of surveillance programmes, tests for the confirmation of suspected cases of Ebola are often performed in Reference Laboratories.
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2015 Ebola virus disease (EVD) has mostly affected economically deprived countries as limited resources adversely affect a country's infrastructure and administration. Probing into the factors that led to the widespread outbreak, setting forth plans to counter EVD cases in developing countries, and devising definitive measures to limit the spread of the ...
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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 ...
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Epidemiological dynamics of Ebola outbreaks [PDF]
, 2014 Ebola is a deadly virus that causes frequent disease outbreaks in the human population. Here, we analyse its rate of new introductions, case fatality ratio, and potential to spread from person to person.
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, 2020 The genus Ebolavirus from the family Filoviridae is composed of five species including Sudan Ebolavirus, Reston Ebolavirus, Bundibugyo Ebolavirus, Taï Forest Ebolavirus, and Zaire Ebolavirus The transmission of these viruses to human body is via direct ...
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Identification of Diaryl-Quinoline Compounds as Entry Inhibitors of Ebola Virus
Viruses, 2018 Ebola virus is the causative agent of Ebola virus disease in humans. The lethality of Ebola virus infection is about 50%, supporting the urgent need to develop anti-Ebola drugs.
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Assessment of Environmental Contamination and Environmental Decontamination Practices within an Ebola Holding Unit, Freetown, Sierra Leone. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Evidence to inform decontamination practices at Ebola holding units (EHUs) and treatment centres is lacking. We conducted an audit of decontamination procedures inside Connaught Hospital EHU in Freetown, Sierra Leone, by assessing environmental swab ...
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Increased Likelihood of Detecting Ebola Virus RNA in Semen by Using Sample Pelleting
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Ebola virus RNA can reside for months or years in semen of survivors of Ebola virus disease and is probably associated with increased risk for cryptic sexual transmission of the virus.
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Exposure to Ebola Virus and Risk for Infection with Malaria Parasites, Rural Gabon
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 An association between malaria and risk for death among patients with Ebola virus disease has suggested within-host interactions between Plasmodium falciparum parasites and Ebola virus.
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Ebola virus disease surveillance and response preparedness in northern Ghana [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak has been described as unprecedented in terms of morbidity, mortality, and geographical extension. It also revealed many weaknesses and inadequacies for disease surveillance and response systems in
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