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Essentials of Filoviral Load Quantification [PDF]

, 2016
Quantitative measurement of viral load is an important parameter in the management of filovirus disease outbreaks because viral load correlates with severity of disease, survival, and infectivity.
Ariën, KK, Bausch, DG, Cnops, L, Colebunders, R, Formenty, P, Griffiths, A, Hewlett, A, Hill, CE, Honko, AN, Jahrling, PB, Johnson, JC, Kobinger, G, Kraft, CS, Kuhn, JH, Norwood, DA, Palacios, GF, Sabeti, P, Sprecher, A, van Griensven, J   +18 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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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., Isokpehi, Raphael D., Johnson, Brianna, McGill, Ayana, Sivasundaram, Seenith, Wollenberg Valero, Katharina C., Wootson, Kiara   +6 more
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Ebola virus infection among western healthcare workers unable to recall the transmission route [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction. During the 2014-2016 West-African Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, some HCWs from Western countries became infected despite proper equipment and training on EVD infection prevention and control (IPC) standards.
Messano, GIUSEPPE ALESSIO, Petti, Stefano, Protano, Carmela, Scully, Crispian   +3 more
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Viewpoint: filovirus haemorrhagic fever outbreaks: much ado about nothing? [PDF]

, 2000
The recent outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo has put the filovirus threat back on the international health agenda.
Boelaert, M, Borchert, M, Colebunders, R, Muyembe-Tamfum, J J, Pirard, P, Sleurs, H, van der Groen, G, Van der Stuyft, P   +7 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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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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Projections of Ebola outbreak size and duration with and without vaccine use in Équateur, Democratic Republic of Congo, as of May 27, 2018. [PDF]

, 2018
As of May 27, 2018, 6 suspected, 13 probable and 35 confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) had been reported in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. We used reported case counts and time series from prior outbreaks to estimate the total
Ackley, Sarah, Chen, Xianyun, Gao, Daozhou, Hoff, Nicole A, Kelly, J Daniel, Lietman, Thomas M, Mossoko, Mathais, Mukadi, Patrick, Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean Jacques, Okitolonda-Wemakoy, Emile, Porco, Travis C, Richardson, Eugene T, Rimoin, Anne W, Rutherford, George W, Selo, Bernice, Sinai, Cyrus, Wannier, S Rae, Worden, Lee   +17 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 ...
null Alamzeb, null Aziz Ahmad, null Taj Muhammad Khan   +2 more
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Treatment of Marburg and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers: A strategy for testing new drugs and vaccines under outbreak conditions. [PDF]

, 2008
The filoviruses, Marburg and Ebola, have the dubious distinction of being associated with some of the highest case-fatality rates of any known infectious disease-approaching 90% in many outbreaks.
A.G. Sprecher, Anon., Baize, Basler, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Benjamin Jeffs, Bernard, Borchert, Bosio, Bosio, Boumandouki, Bray, Bray, Bray, Bray, Brummel-Ziedins, Bukreyev, Bwaka, CDC and WHO, Colebunders, Daddario-DiCaprio, Daniel G. Bausch, Dowell, Egbring, Emond, Enterlein, Feldmann, Formenty, Fourrier, Gear, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Gibbs, Gupta, Hensley, Hensley, Hensley, Hewlett, Hewlett, Hoenen, Hotchkiss, Huggins, Jahrling, Jahrling, Jahrling, Jeffs, Johnson, Jones, Jones, Khan, Ksiazek, Kudoyarova-Zubavichene, Larkin, Leroy, Leroy, Mahanty, Mahanty, Martin, Martini, Martini, Monath, Mupapa, Mupapa, Nikiforov, Oswald, Parrino, Pattyn, Paul Boumandouki, Peters, Peterson, Peterson, Pourrut, Reid, Rivers, Roberts, Rollin, Sanchez, Schnittler, Schuler, Smith, Spurgers, Stille, Sullivan, Sullivan, Swanepoel, Takada, Todorovitch, Towner, Warfield, Warfield, Warfield, Wilson, Zaki   +105 more
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