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Ebola virus disease: past, present and future

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2015
Ebola virus disease is one of the most deadly ailments known to mankind due to its high mortality rate (up to 90%) accompanying with the disease. Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) is an infectious disease of animal that can be transmitted to both human and ...
Harish Rajak, Deepak Kumar Jain, Avineesh Singh, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Anshuman Dixit   +4 more
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Menace of Ebola Virus Disease: A Review

UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research, 2021
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) a deadly disease that affect human and apes like gorilla, chimpanzee antelopes and so on. The causative virus is found mostly in Africa. It had been uncovered first in mid 1970s on the brink of the River of Ebola village. Since
Galadima, M. A., Ali, J., Garba, K.
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Early control of viral load by favipiravir promotes survival to Ebola virus challenge and prevents cytokine storm in non-human primates.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Ebola virus has been responsible for two major epidemics over the last several years and there has been a strong effort to find potential treatments that can improve the disease outcome.
Stéphanie Reynard, Emilie Gloaguen, Nicolas Baillet, Vincent Madelain, Jérémie Guedj, Hervé Raoul, Xavier de Lamballerie, Jimmy Mullaert, Sylvain Baize   +8 more
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Ebola Virus Infection [PDF]

Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2014
Ebola virus is one of the cause of viral hemorrhagic fever with high mortality rate. This recent West African outbreak is the largest Ebola outbreak in history. The current Ebola outbreak is caused by Zaire Ebola virus species. Ebola virus disease can be
İlkay BOZKURT, Hakan LEBLEBİCİOĞLU
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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 ...
null Alamzeb, null Aziz Ahmad, null Taj Muhammad Khan   +2 more
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The Merits of Malaria Diagnostics during an Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Malaria is a major public health concern in the countries affected by the Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa. We determined the feasibility of using molecular malaria diagnostics during an Ebola virus disease outbreak and report the incidence of
Emmie de Wit, Darryl Falzarano, Clayton Onyango, Kyle Rosenke, Andrea Marzi, Melvin Ochieng, Bonventure Juma, Robert J. Fischer, Joseph B. Prescott, David Safronetz, Victor Omballa, Collins Owuor, Thomas Hoenen, Allison Groseth, Neeltje van Doremalen, Galina Zemtsova, Joshua Self, Trenton Bushmaker, Kristin McNally, Thomas Rowe, Shannon L. Emery, Friederike Feldmann, Brandi Williamson, Tolbert G. Nyenswah, Allen Grolla, James E. Strong, Gary Kobinger, Ute Stroeher, Mark Rayfield, Fatorma K. Bolay, Kathryn C. Zoon, Jorgen Stassijns, Livia Tampellini, Martin de Smet, Stuart T. Nichol, Barry Fields, Armand Sprecher, Heinz Feldmann, Moses Massaquoi, Vincent J. Munster   +39 more
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Uveitis and Systemic Inflammatory Markers in Convalescent Phase of Ebola Virus Disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
We report a case of probable Zaire Ebola virus–related ophthalmologic complications in a physician from the United States who contracted Ebola virus disease in Liberia.
John R. Chancellor, Sriranjani P. Padmanabhan, Thomas C. Greenough, Richard Sacra, Richard T. Ellison, Lawrence C. Madoff, Rebecca J. Droms, David M. Hinkle, George K. Asdourian, Robert W. Finberg, Ute Stroher, Timothy M. Uyeki, Olga M. Cerón   +12 more
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An overview of Ebola virus disease

Northern Clinics of Istanbul, 2016
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. Ebola virus (EBOV) is transmitted through contact with blood or body fluids of a person who contracted or died from EVD, contaminated objects like needles and infected animals or bush meat.
Kadanali, Ayten, Karagoz, Gul
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Knowledge and attitude towards Ebola and Marburg virus diseases in Uganda using quantitative and participatory epidemiology techniques.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundUganda has reported five (5) Ebola virus disease outbreaks and three (3) Marburg virus disease outbreaks from 2000 to 2016. Peoples' knowledge and attitude towards Ebola and Marburg virus disease impact on control and prevention measures ...
Luke Nyakarahuka, Eystein Skjerve, Daisy Nabadda, Doreen Chilolo Sitali, Chisoni Mumba, Frank N Mwiine, Julius J Lutwama, Stephen Balinandi, Trevor Shoemaker, Clovice Kankya   +9 more
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Postmortem Stability of Ebola Virus

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has highlighted questions regarding stability of the virus and detection of RNA from corpses. We used Ebola virus–infected macaques to model humans who died of Ebola virus disease. Viable virus was isolated
Joseph B. Prescott, Trenton Bushmaker, Robert J. Fischer, Kerri Miazgowicz, Seth D. Judson, Vincent J. Munster   +5 more
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